IIW History 1990-2015

1993 Mr Raül Timerman elected as IIW President, first from the southern Hemisphere. Joining Nations – A history of the International Institute of Welding 1947- 1990 by Philip Boyd published by Woodhead Publishing. Proposal for restructuring IIW into a single Secretariat submitted to the IIW Executive Council. IIW Yoshiaki Arata Award sponsored by the Japanese delegation and first awarded to Prof. Dr-Ing. I. Hrivnak from Slovakia. 1994 IIW Governing Council unanimously approved resolution to go ahead with an IIW global education, training, qualification and certification scheme at the Beijing IIWAnnual Assembly. New IIW Board of Directors WG Regional Activities and Liaison with Developing Countries (WG-RA) formed. English adopted as the official language for IIW and for the publication of Welding in the World . Principle of a single IIW Secretariat adopted 1995 Proposal to run the single IIW Secretariat by the Institut de Soudure accepted by the Governing Council. Mr Michel Bramat appointed Executive Director of the IIW Secretariat. IIW Commission VII Authorisation and Qualification formed to establish the guidelines for the education, training, qualification and certification scheme. 1996 Prof. Yuzuru Fujita (Japan) elected as IIW President, the first from the Asia-Pacific region. New Constitution for IIW approved at the IIW Governing Council meeting at the IIWAnnual Assembly in Budapest. IIWGoverning Council renamed as the IIWGeneral Assembly and Executive Council renamed as the Board of Directors.

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