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CAA Commonweal th Assoc ia t ion o f Arch i tec ts

Biennial Report 2007 - 2008

Report 2007 – 2008 1 UK Charity No 288022 Registered address: P.O. Box 508 Edgware HA8 9XZ Tel/Fax: +44 20 8951 0550 Email: [email protected] Website: www.comarchitect.org

Cover Village centre, Santa Caterina Palopa, Guatemala. Winning Design for CAA Seventh Competition 2007 A Small Sustainable Sports Centre by Matthew French, New Zealand

CAA Commonweal th Assoc ia t ion o f Arch i tec ts

Report 2007 – 2008 ORG9002Report07-08.doc 2 UK Charity No 288022 Registered address: P.O. Box 508 Edgware HA8 9XZ Tel/Fax: +44 20 8951 0550 Email: [email protected] Website: www.comarchitect.org

Contents Pages

Activities for 2007 and 2008 3-14 Enhancing Development Effectiveness Commonwealth Association of Architects Accord

15-18

Council Members and Secretariat 2007-10

19 Accounts 20 Membership 21

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

Report 2007 and 2008 3

Education and Validation

E002 Multi-Lateral

- CAA Validation System

- Ongoing administration of the system with 3 Validation Panel Executive

Committee meetings (8.07, 6.08, 11.08) by teleconference.

- CAA Validation Procedures republished as the Green Book

- The administration contract with the Royal Institute of British Architects

Education Department ended in July 2008, by mutual agreement, and

administration of the system by the CAA Secretariat resumed.

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E052 Multi-lateral

03.05

03.07

‘A Small Sustainable Sport Centre’

7th

International Student Design Competition 2006

Sponsored by the Architectural Review and HOK Sport, Event, Architecture.

The brief was launched early in 2005. The Competition closed November 2006

and adjudication was organised in March 2007 by the Institute of Architects

Bangladesh with a public exhibition of all the entries.

The Jury chaired by Former AR Editor Peter Davey comprised Esther

Charlesworth (Founding Director Architects without Frontiers, Australia),

Geraint John (HOK Sport Architecture, the sponsors, and Director of UIA

Sport and Leisure Programme), Shamsul Wares (Professor of Architecture,

Asia Pacific University, Dhaka), Zainab Farouki Ali (Associate Professor of

Architecture, Brac University, Dhaka) and awarded;

1st Prize (£2000). Matthew French, Victoria University of Wellington, New

Zealand

2nd prize (£800). Kim Rock Young, Shin Dong-Han, Inha University, South

Korea

Equal 3rd Prize (£200). Ryan Goldring, University of the Witwatersrand, South

Africa)

Equal 3rd Prize (£200 + £200 bonus for team work). Gergely Baumann, Attila

Cselovski, Loltan Palyik, Bence Pottyondy, Gabor Somogy, Hungarian Szemt

Istvan University, Hungary.

The first prize was presented to Matthew French by, Michelle Fleming director

of the Brisbane office of HOK at a reception during the CAA General

Assembly to mark the opening of an exhibition of the winners and selected

entries held during the RAIA National Convention and building trade

exhibition in Melbourne.

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

Report 2007 and 2008 4

E062 CAA Validation Procedures Review

- The revised procedures were accepted by the 18th General Assembly with a

mandate to consider possible additions that had come to light in the ‘Gap

Analysis’ of systems carried out by the Invitational Validation Roundtable (see

below) and incorporate these as necessary prior to ‘sign off’ by the Validation

Panel Executive Committee. The final revised document was circulated to

member institutes for comment in December 2007 and published on the CAA

website as The Green Book.

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E068 Jamaica

01.07 VB Caribbean School of Architecture, University of the West Indies,

Kingston

CAA re-validation visit which recommended continued validation for the

Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (Hons) (Part 1) and Master of

Architecture (Part 2) courses. CAA representatives were Jim Low (Chair, UK)

and Mark Raymond (Trinidad).

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E075 New Zealand

08.07 Validation Agreement with the New Zealand Institute of Architects

Discussions were initiated on this agreement. Whilst the New Zealand uses the

Australian National procedures under a licence agreement they want to secure

CAA recognition.

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E071 Canada

05.07 2nd Invitational Accreditation/Validation Roundtable Conference. Ottawa Following on from the 1

st Roundtable conference in Washington in May 2006.

this meeting discussed a ‘gap analysis’ of the validation systems represented at

the Roundtable meeting that had been prepared. The basis for, and content of, a

draft Accord was discussed and the meeting concluded with the signing of an

MOU. George Henderson, CAA Chair of Validation, and Gordon Holden,

CAA Senior Vice President, represented CAA.

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E070 Australia

12.07 National Validation Procedures Agreement with the Australian Institute

of Architects

Detailed procedures for the acceptance and quality assurance of the Australian

Architecture Program Accreditation and Recognition in accordance with

Appendix B of the CAA Green Book Procedures were agreed and confirmed

with the signing of this agreement.

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

Report 2007 and 2008 5

E078 Hong Kong

11.07 VB University of Hong Kong

A joint Hong Kong Institute of Architects/Architects Registration Board (Hong

Kong SAR)/National Board of Architectural Accreditation (China) visiting

board which recommended continued validation for the Bachelor of Arts

(Architectural Studies) (Part 1) and the Master of Architecture (Part 2) courses.

CAA representative was Errol Haarhof (NZ).

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E079 India

02.08 Anna University, School of Architecture and Planning, Jubilee

Celebrations, Chennai

CAA President Gordon Holden was invited as keynote speaker to this event

and made a presentation entitled ‘Architectural Education: Issues and Trends’

and held a workshop on CAA Validation with representatives from Anna and a

number of other schools in the Chennai region.

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E079 India

03.08 Validation Workshop, New Delhi

From Chennai Gordon Holden went onto New Delhi and held a CAA

Validation workshop with representatives from a number of schools in the

region including the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. The

meeting was organised by CAA Chair of Practice, Balbir Verma.

incl

above

E080 South Africa

04.08 VB University of Pretoria and Tshwane University of Technology,

Pretoria

South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) validation

visits. Jim Low (UK) was the CAA Representative.

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E082 Australia

04.08 3nd Invitational Accreditation/Validation Roundtable Conference,

Canberra At this meeting CAA together with the Accreditation and validation agencies

from Australia, Canada, China, Korea, Mexico, the UK, and the United States,

signed an Accord declaring substantial equivalency of professional degrees in

architecture covered by their accreditation/validation systems and subject to

ratification by each organisation. This covers only qualifications from courses

directly recognised by CAA and not those recognised under system validation.

Gordon Holdon represented CAA.

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E083 UK

06.08 National Procedures. Validation Agreement with the Royal Institute of

British Architects

Discussions commenced on this agreement with a proposal from the RIBA to

replace the CAA Validation Secretariat administration contract with a

validation partnership agreement.

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

Report 2007 and 2008 6

E085

06.08 Canberra Accord ratification

At its 61st meeting CAA Council ratified the Canberra Accord. The Canberra

Accord establishes that as of 1 January 2010 academic qualifications in

architecture accredited/validated by The Royal Australian Institute of

Architects (RAIA), the Canadian Architectural Certification Board/Conseil

canadien de certification en architecture (CACB/CCCA), the National Board of

Architectural Accreditation (NBAA) of China, the Korea Architectural

Accrediting Board (KAAB), the Consejo Mexicano de Acreditación de

Enseñanza de la Arquitectura (COMAEA), the National Architectural

Accrediting Board (NAAB) of the USA, and the Commonwealth Association

of Architects (CAA) will be considered substantially equivalent by those

agencies. (cost is the initial subscription fee)

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E086 South Africa

07.08 Free State University, Bloemfontain

South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) validation

visits. Narendra Dengle (India) was the CAA Representative.

Inc in

E002

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07.08 CAA/SACAP Validation System Agreement

Meeting with Gerald Steyn, SACAP Chair of Validation, and RIBA in London.

Administration of agreement.

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E072 UK

07.08 Oxford 50 Education Conference

CAA Executive Director, Tony Godwin attended for networking purposes.

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E081 UK

09.08 Exhibition of ‘A Small Sustainable Sports Centre’ 7th International

Student Design Competition 2006, London

A month long exhibition of the winners and selected entries of this competition

at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London. The exhibition was

opened at private view attended by Mark Collins, Director of the

Commonwealth Foundation and Sunand Prasad, President and Richard

Hastilow, CEO, of the RIBA.

E076

09.08 ‘A Memorial to a Memorable Event’ 8th International Student Design

Competition 2010

Launch of the competition at the opening of the RIBA exhibition of the 7th

student competition at the RIBA in London

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

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E069 Uganda

10.08 National Council For Higher Education (NCHE) Visit to the Faculty of

The Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi

At the request of the Ugandan NCHE CAA put forward the names of four CAA

Validation Panellists to participate in this national visit (with representation

from the Uganda Society of Architects) to make a recommendation to the

NCHE on accreditation of the academic qualifications in architecture granted

by the Faculty (established in 2000) and to offer advice on the courses and

facility. Jaco Wasserfall (Namibia) was selected. Accreditation was

recommended and it is anticipated that the school of architecture will request

CAA Validation in due course.

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E088 Hong Kong

10.08 Validation Agreement with Hong Kong Institute of Architects

Hong Kong runs its own validation system which, with three schools does not

achieve the CAA threshold of ten to be considered for system validation. The

existing arrangement of single CAA representative does not now comply with

the CAA green Book procedures. Discussions commenced on a way to achieve

direct CAA recognition of the Hong Kong schools.

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E074 Ghana

- VB KNUST Kumasi

Visit postponed

08 371

E089 Nigeria

11.08 CAA Validation presentations to Ahmadu Bello University and University

of Lagos schools of Architecture

These were made by the CAA Executive Director, Tony Godwin whilst on a

personal visit to Nigeria. Both schools wish to apply for CAA initial validation.

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1429

Education and Validation activity support costs 07

08

14181

11960

Education and Validation sub-total 78199

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

Report 2007 and 2008 8

Practice

P089 Bangladesh

- ‘Architects Society and Emerging issues’ Publication

Publication of papers prepared for the abandoned CAA Triennial Conference,

Dhaka

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P109 South Africa

07.07 Conference, ‘People Building Better Cities’, Johannesburg and

Workshop in Participatory Planning and Design, ‘Global Studio’,

Marshalltown, Alexandra and Diepsloot townships.

Global Studio was spearheaded by the Millennium Project Task Force on

Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers in 2004, one of ten taskforces to develop

policy and strategy for the effective implementation of the Millennium

Development Goals, and developed by a consortium of Universities in

developed and developing countries in 2005. The on-going capacity building

project is administered by the Faculty of Architecture at the University of

Sydney, under the trademark Global Studio (http://www.theglobalstudio.com).

Global Studio Johannesburg in partnership with the University of the

Witswatersrand and the City of Johannesburg builds on Global Studio

Vancouver 2006 (in association with the World Urban Forum) and Global

Studio Istanbul 2005 (in association with the International Union of Architects

Congress). The event brought together over 85 students, academics and

professionals in the city building professions from 52 Universities in various

countries (including developing countries of Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya,

Uganda, India, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea) with NGOs and local

communities to focus on capacity building of all actors in improving the lives

of the urban poor addressing issues of sustainable development, good

governance, and the promotion of culture and diversity. See outcomes at

http://theglobalstudio.com/johannesburg-2007/ including the conference

programme and films New Mindsets and 50-50 SABC

which were presented to officials of the City of Johannesburg.

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P110 UK

06.07 UIA Meeting on Continuing Professional Development

CAA was represented at this meeting by CAA Executive Director, Tony

Godwin who gave a presentation on CAA and its CPD work.

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P105 Uganda

11.07 'Towns and Cities - Realising people’s potential through urban

development'

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, People’s Forum, Built

Environment Professions In the Commonwealth (BEPIC) Seminar,

Kampala

BEPIC, an informal partnership between the Commonwealth

Associations of Engineers, Planners, Surveyors and Architects, organised one

of the 20 official workshops as part of the Commonwealth People's Forum held

immediately prior to the CHOGM. The major objective of the People’s Forums

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

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are to allow civil society across the Commonwealth to raise awareness and

influence the Heads of Government.

The BEPIC workshop 'Towns and Cities - Realising people’s potential through

urban development', set out to demonstrate that there can be no sustainable

development without sustainable urbanisation. Presentations in the one day

workshop highlighted evidence and examples of how the social and

environmental benefits of urban economic growth can be captured through

effective governance, disseminated generic skills. A call for a State of

Commonwealth Cities report was included in Peoples’ Forum communiqué.

Mark Olweny, Associate Dean/Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Building

Technology and Architecture, Uganda Martyrs University presented the

outcomes of the Workshop on Sustainable Built Environments (see P113

below)

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P113 Uganda

10.07 Workshop on Sustainable Built Environments, Kampala

This was developed in collaboration with the consortium Promoting Renewable

Energy in Africa (PREA), the Faculty of Building Technology and

Architecture, Uganda Martyrs University and the Uganda Society of

Architects.

The first part of the workshop featured local and international speakers to

introduce the issues surrounding sustainability. CAA sponsored four

speakers with experience of sustainable practice from the Africa region;

Al Straford, President of the South African Institute of Architects introduced

CAA’s publication The Architect's Guide to Designing for Sustainability in a

talk entitled Infrastructure and the Millennium Development Goals: A

Framework for Enhancing the Efficacy of the Role of the Construction Sector

Nina Maritz, Namibia. The practice of sustainable architecture in Africa and

what makes it different? A Namibian architect's perspective and evolving

philosophy.

Heather Dodd, South Africa. Quality Housing Environments

Olumide Olusanya, Nigeria. Intermediate Technology In Housing Delivery

A study session followed in which participants, students and practitioners,

carried out a 'Sustainability' analysis on a local housing project identified by

the National Housing and Construction company of Uganda, using the

framework of The Architect's Guide to Designing for Sustainability.

CAA also subsidised the travel of a group from Kenya including CAA

Regional Vice President, Francis Mungai the Chairman of Architects

Association of Kenya together with a lecturer and students from the schools of

Architecture at the University of Nairobi and Jomo Kenyatta University of

Agriculture and Technology.

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08

2000

5220

430

P118 Multi-lateral

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

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P120 UK

07.08 ‘Commonwealth Cities and Climate Change’,

Built Environment Professions In the Commonwealth (BEPIC) Seminar,

London

This seminar was organised to bring together leading proponents from the

disciplines embraced by BEPIC, and to make recommendations on the issues of

climate change in relation to cities which can be taken forward to

Commonwealth governments at the Heads of government meeting in Kampala,

November 2007. The speakers were

Hooper Brooks, Director of the Prince’s Foundation International

Programmes, who provided a background to the work of the Foundation and

made a presentation on its international activities.

Roger Wood of Ove Arup, spoke on Integrated Urbanism providing examples

such as the new Eco-city at Dongtan, China

Clive Harridge, Vice-president (Europe), Commonwealth Association of

Planners and past President RTPI spoke on ‘Reinventing planning to tackle

global challenges’.

Duncan Preston, Director, Jones Lang LaSalle, former Chairman of RICS

Valuation Faculty, Chairman of the Cambridge International Land Institute and

a vice-president of RICS. Author of “Commercial drivers for greening non

residential buildings”

Adrian Cooper, Architect, WS Atkins, spoke on 'Urbanity and Attitude'

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1128

Practice activity support Costs 07

08

11253

30

Practice Sub-Totals 4000 25889

Communication

C002

- Existing Website

Updating costs

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08

807

356

C005

- eJournal

The eJournal was proposed by CAA President Llewellyn van Wyk primarily as

a means of exchange in architectural research. A publishing contact was

negociated with a company in South Africa on the basis that CAA will provide

the material and ‘Alive to Green’ will edit and format the eJournal. The venture

is financed by advertising revenue with profit sharing in due course

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08

686

540

C007

New Website

Design concepts

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1360

Activity support costs 07

08

1032

968

Communications Total 5209

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

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CAA Meetings and Other

P106 Multi-lateral

04.07 CAA Accord

The Commonwealth Association of Architects Accord ‘Enhancing

Development Effectiveness’ was adopted at the 18th General Assembly. (See

page 30)

P107 Australia

04.07 CAA 18th

General Assembly, Melbourne

As part of the proceedings of the Assembly three of the Australian

speakers due to present at the cancelled CAA conference ‘Society,

Architects and Emerging Issues’ in Bangladesh gave their presentations;

Esther Charlesworth Architecture, War and Design

Jon Lang Architecture at the Urban scale - A Typology of Procedures and

Products

Michael Pearce From Eastgate to CH2; From Sustainable Development to

Sustainable Retreat

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P107 Australia

04.07 CAA 59th

Council Meeting, Melbourne

Held following the General Assembly

P108 Multi-lateral

04.07 Robert Matthew Award

Two submissions were received and reviewed at the 18th General Assembly in

Melbourne by a jury comprising; Richard Hastilow (UK) Phillip Kungu

(Kenya) and John Sinclair (New Zealand).

The body of work in both cases showed a significant contribution to

architecture in the respective countries by undoubtedly outstanding architects

but in both cases did not meet the fundamental requirement of ‘cumulative

contributions over the current and immediately preceding sessions’ of the CAA

Council.’

Thus no award was made and Council further decided that the Award should be

reviewed over the forthcoming session.

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P111

07.07 CAA 60th

Council Meeting,

Held by teleconference.

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Date Activity No, Location, Title and description Expenditure A = Commonwealth Foundation grant, B = Total activity expenditure Yr A B

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P121

06.08 CAA 61st

Meeting (Part 1)

Held by teleconference.

P117 Italy

07.08 CAA 61st Meeting (Part 2) and members reception at the UIA Congress,

Turin

08

4044

Support Costs 07

08

711

1736

CAA Meetings and Other sub-total 7520

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Commonwealth Association of Architects Accord Enhancing Development Effectiveness

First edition

Endorsed by:

The 18th

General Assembly of the Commonwealth Association of Architects

Melbourne, Australia

16 and 17th

April 2007

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Preamble We, the member institutes of the Commonwealth Association of Architects, renew our enduring commitment to the values and principles that the People’s Commonwealth share. We endorse the principles of the Coolum Declaration (2002) and its commitment to the rule of law, good governance, respect for diversity and human dignity, opposition to all forms of discrimination, and the promotion of people-centred and sustainable development. Through our activities we will work toward a Commonwealth in tune with the future: an organisation that draws on its history, plays to its strengths, vigorously pursues its members’ common interests and seizes the opportunities open to it to shape a better world for our children. Accordingly we commit our institutes, on behalf of its members, to: � Acknowledge that we are part of the global development community; � Recognise the strategic importance of the Commonwealth community of architects in taking up new and

emerging critical issues for the future; � Take all necessary steps through our professional services to support the achievement of the Millennium

Development Goals; � Ensure that through our professional services we support the objectives of Agenda 21; � Support the New Vision for the Commonwealth; � Re-affirm our commitment to develop stronger and better-structured links between the official and the non-

governmental Commonwealth; � Practice our professional advocacy role on key issues such as urbanisation and infrastructure delivery; and Governance Having regard for the UNDP Principles of Good Governance, and taking cognisance of the nature of construction activities, we shall: � Perform our undertakings with probity; � Have clearly stated and enacted corporate values; � Ensure that processes and information on risks and impacts are directly accessible to those concerned

with them; and � Adopt agreed codes to tackle corruption and persist in the enforcement thereof. Fighting poverty The Commonwealth has recognised the need to keep at the forefront of its agenda the attack on poverty. In noting that thirteen of the world’s fastest-growing economies are in the Commonwealth as well as several of the slowest growing ones, and recognising the links between sustainable development and the alleviation of poverty, we shall: � Ensure that our professional services employed on infrastructure development will deliver value to the

communities it serves and to the investors who funded it; and � Commit our professional practices to the objectives of Better Public Buildings in order to improve public

service delivery and quality of life. Human rights A key aspect of better democracy is better human rights. Recalling that about one-third of the world’s indigenous peoples are in the Commonwealth, we shall: � Protect and promote the historical, cultural and social complexities of indigenous peoples; � Promote cultural diversity; � Recognise the legitimacy of interested and defined stakeholders; � Give due recognition to the respect for human rights; � Ensure the use of best practice regarding the health and safety of all construction workers from whatever

background on all of our construction projects; � Promote the participation of women in construction; and � Respect the well-being of employees treating them fairly and with cultural sensitivity.

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Civil society The totality of what has become known, as the People’s Commonwealth is far greater than the pan-Commonwealth associations and organisations of which it is usually seen to comprise. The wealth of expertise and resource and extraordinary reach of the unofficial Commonwealth can achieve impact just as successfully as governments. We shall: � Continue to codify good practice in our organisations and business enterprises; � Do more to cross-connect the networks on a country level; � Align our official CAA activities with the objectives of the Commonwealth Foundation; � Provide practical and technical assistance for the creation of capacities needed to promote people-centred

development in the communities in which we work; and � Even up the levels of access to technology, applications and skills and to eliminate the divide between and

within countries. Raise the profile The People’s Commonwealth has a crucial role to play in raising the profile of the Commonwealth. We shall: � Participate in and encourage the forming of partnerships with our colleagues within the Commonwealth; � Engage with and share best practice; � Develop and encourage access to our websites as portals of learning and sharing; � Remain in regular contact with our member institutes; and � Promote the aims and objectives of the Commonwealth among our members; Young people The youth must be offered more opportunities to involve themselves in the Commonwealth. We shall: � Encourage the increase of Commonwealth studies in the schools of architecture in the commonwealth; � Encourage students to study architecture; � Promote the exchange and interaction of students studying architecture within the Commonwealth to

develop their knowledge and to become aware of their role as global citizens; � Recognise and promote the work of students of architecture within the Commonwealth through

competitions and awards; Education Education is the glue of the Commonwealth connection. In recognising that two-thirds of the world’s knowledge institutions are in Commonwealth countries, we shall: � Maximise the opportunities for high-quality learning through the CAA Validation process; � Promote and facilitate the exchange of architectural teachers within the Commonwealth; � Recognise the contribution that architectural teachers make through appropriate recognition schemes; � Encourage and inculcate the value of life-long learning among our members; and � Utilise the role that our institutions can play in social transformation and economic development by

promoting standards through vocational training HIV/AIDS Recognising that the Commonwealth has more than 60 percent of global HIV infectivity, we shall: � Endeavour to ensure that HIV/AIDS awareness programmes are implemented on all our construction

projects.

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Sustainable development Sustainable development is a broad, and integrated interdisciplinary concept that seeks to satisfy the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and which emphasises the interrelationships between world problems and their solutions. It calls for all countries to nuture new values, behaviours and lifestyles conducive to building a sustainable future. Therefore in support of sustainable development we shall: � Acknowledge a holistic approach to sustainable development that centres on environment, society and

economy and their interrelationships; � Develop and employ our special knowledge and skills to minimise the consumption of scarce resources,

and the emission of harmful gasses and noxious waste. � Promote and implement those technologies aimed at furthering the use of energy and material resources; � Ensure that design and construction are efficient and socially and environmentally responsible and, � Continuously evaluate and validate our contribution to the principles of sustainable development. Signed by the Presidents of the Institutes and Associations of Architects within the Commonwealth on behalf of the Commonwealth community of architects:

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UK Charity No 288022 Registered address: P.O. Box 508 Edgware HA8 9XZ Tel/Fax: +44 20 8951 0550 Email: [email protected] Website: www.comarchitect.org

CAA Council Members 2007-2010 (elected at the 18

th General Assembly, 17-18 April, Melbourne, Australia)

President Gordon Holden (New Zealand) Senior Vice President Mubasshar Hussain (Bangladesh, President IAB) Immediate Past President Llewellyn Van Wyk (South Africa, Past President SAIA) Honorary Secretary/Treasurer Adrian Dobson (UK) EDUCATION COMMITTEE Chair of Education Mansur Ahmadu (Nigeria) Chair of Validation Panel George Henderson (UK, PP CAA) PRACTICE COMMITTEE Chair of Practice Balbir Verma (India, President IIA) COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE Chair of Communications post vacant VICE PRESIDENTS

AFRICA Vice President Africa (West) Frances Mungai (Kenya) Vice President Alternate Africa (East) (post vacant) Vice President Alternate Africa (South) (post vacant) AMERICAS Vice President Americas William Harris (Guyana) Vice President Alternate Americas (post vacant) ASIA Vice President Asia Rukshan Widyalankara (Sri Lanka, PP SLIA) Vice President Alternate Asia (post vacant) EUROPE Vice President Europe Christos Panayiotides (Cyprus) Vice President Europe Alternate (post vacant) OCEANIA Vice President Oceania John Sinclair (New Zealand, PP NZIA) Vice President Alternate Oceania John Andrew (Papua New Guinea, PP PNGIA)

CAA Secretariat Executive Director Tony Godwin (UK) Administrator Su Linning (South Africa) Validation Administrator Stephanie Beasley Suffolk (UK)

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UK Charity No 288022 Registered address: P.O. Box 508 Edgware HA8 9XZ Tel/Fax: +44 20 8951 0550 Email: [email protected] Website: www.comarchitect.org

Accounts

2008 2007 2006

INCOME

Subscriptions 60981 61927 58871

Grants from the Commonwealth Foundation

3750 2500

Royalties and miscellaneous 5100 3561

Interest 2096 2267 2608

Sponsorship

Total Income 74927 67944

67540

EXPENDITURE

Charitable Activities (direct expenditure) 48854 66517 43995

Governance and costs of generating voluntary income

11074 14288 24170

Bad debts, Depreciation and Miscellaneous

12707

2049

Total expenditure 72635 82854 68165

Surplus/(deficit) for the year 2292 (14910) (625)

CAA Commonweal th Assoc ia t ion o f Arch i tec ts

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