International Course on Aseismic Design and Construction

CADAC

ABOUT THE CADAC COURSE

Within the framework of the Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation signed between former Yugoslavia and the Royal Netherlands in the second half of the seventies of the last century, an intensive twelve week course for training of engineers in the field of earthquake engineering was proposed by the Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, IZIIS, Skopje. The programme was accepted in 1981 and the first course was realized in 1982.
The International Course on Aseismic Design And Construction (CADAC) is the most remarkable and worldwide recognized effort of IZIIS in the field of education and training of young academics and professionals from developing countries. Over the last 25 years, CADAC has trained 491 participants from 73 developing countries from 4 continents. CADAC participants represent a worldwide spread network of missionaries contributing to the seismic safety and welfare of their countries.
As in the years before, 18 fellowships for engineers from developing countries have been provided for this year CADAC 2007 Course through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, the Royal Netherlands.
This year,  additional 12 fellowships for engineers from West Balkan, (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and UNMIK Kosovo), have also been provided through the Council of Europe Development Bank (from the Trust Account fed by Norway).

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

The continuous education of the engineering staff from the underdeveloped countries is of a particular importance for reduction of human and economic loss. Such an education is of a particular importance having in mind the fact that even the cheapest structure can be safe if the basic principles of aseismic design are known and respected. In the programme of this kind of education, it is particularly important to emphasize that all the phases of analysis, design up to consistent construction of what has been planned with the project must be respected.
The main objective of the Course has been and is transfer of knowledge in the field of earthquake engineering to the junior university teaching staff of the developing countries. Due to the fact that earthquake engineering is a rather recent scientific discipline developed in the past decades, all countries should make considerable efforts toward training of staff in this particular discipline. In the efforts for prevention and mitigation of earthquake consequences, engineers play a significant role; they are responsible for developing technical regulations for design and construction of aseismic structures and providing of conditions for their practical application.

The emphasis in this Course has been put on methods for design and analysis of structures constructed of different materials resistant to earthquake inputs. Therefore, in addition to the junior teaching staff, the programme of the Course is also intended for civil engineers working on design, inspection of construction and development of construction technologies. Having in mind that the presented philosophy for aseismic design of structures is a state-of-the-art of the knowledge, which is used in the world, this Course may also serve for refreshing and updating the knowledge of the younger staff of engineering colleges and faculties. In addition, the choice of subjects has been adopted to comply with the identified needs of the developing countries.

CADAC PARTICIPANTS BY COUNTRIES AND CONTINENTS