Conseil National des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France (CNISF)
7 rue Lamennais
75008 Paris
France

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Officially registered on 22nd December 1860, the CNISF (Conseil National des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France) is organised as a Federation, comprising 160 Alumni Associations of Schools of Engineering, 30 Scientific, Technical and Professional Associations, a network of 24 Regional Associations, and 13 Foreign Sections. Altogether, CNISF comprises 160,000 members and represents approximately 450,000 Engineers and Scientists.

The main goals of CNISF are:

• to promote, maintain and defend the moral, cultural, and economical interests of engineers and scientists,
• to improve the contribution of scientific and technical progress to French economic and social development,
• to contribute towards the thinking of public authorities, firms, institutions and high schools on the development of training and of the engineering professions.
• to participate in the dissemination of information dealing with scientific and technical progress.
  

CNISF maintains a Register of more than 500,000 engineers, “Ingénieurs Diplômés� and engineers who have risen from the ranks.

The main sectoral activities are carried out through Committees such as:

• Energy
• Innovation
• Transport
• Environment
• Science and Society
• Formation (Training and Professional Development) of Engineers
• Economic Intelligence and Security
• Promotion of The Engineers’ Professions
• Civil Engineering, Building and Public Works (ECCE correspondent)

Other topics are worked on in temporary Working Groups, such as “Engineers’ Ethics�, “Industrial Risks�, etc…

CNISF works with many French partners (Academy of Technologies, commissions, institutes, etc.) and cooperates with international organisations (mainly in Europe, including ECCE, but also organisations in North America and in Asia).