APWA maintains formal partnerships with the following organizations:
Āpōpō is the lead professional association for Aotearoa, New Zealand’s infrastructure asset management community. Founded in 1948, for 75 years the organisation has represented those with responsibility for the community outcomes delivered by the nation’s horizontal and vertical infrastructure, being asset managers, planners, engineers, and more, working for local government, central government, and private asset owners. With over 1,100 members in New Zealand, Āpōpō provides accreditation, training, collaboration events and networking, best practice guidance resources, international connections with peers and peer organisations, and advocacy in support of asset management professionals. Āpōpō holds an annual Congress and publishes and distributes content through their newsletter.
The Finnish Association of Municipal Engineering (FAME) is an association for engineers, architects, and other municipal engineering professionals, representing more than 700 municipal technology professionals and twenty community members. Membership consists of public and private sector directors, managers and experts in all areas of public works. FAME has committees for City Planning, Land Surveying, Asset Management, Certification, Youths and retired experts, as well as an active International Committee, populated by member volunteers. FAME has developed a municipal technology certification program for public works professional supervisors and managers. FAME has more than 20 publications, all in Finnish, and arranges an annual Public Works Conference and a biannual Public Works Expo.
The Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Ingenieros Civiles A.C. (FEMCIC) is a society of associations of civil engineers in Mexico. FEMCIC’s 62 local chapters represent an average of 60,000 professionals in 29 of the 32 states that make up the country of Mexico. In its organizational structure FEMCIC has 9 vice presidencies geographically distributed in Mexico and 1 international vice presidency. FEMCIC promotes scientific and technological development and knowledge exchange in areas including professional certification, roads infrastructure, and energy infrastructure.
ICLEI – Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ICLEI-MECS) is a subdivision of ICLEI, a global network that works with more than 1,750 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. ICLEI’s five pathways towards low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development are designed to create systemic change. The Secretariat for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean works with more than 600 local governments, promoting initiatives to efficiently and effectively implement sustainable urban development. ICLEI-MECS holds an International Public Works Conference, as well as a Regional Membership Conference, each year.
The International Federation of Municipal Engineering (IFME) connects municipal engineers and public works professionals, public agencies, organizations, institutions and businesses around the world in order that they share a global pool of knowledge and experience. The aim is to foster continued improvement in the quality of public works and wider community services.
The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) is an association of more than 4,950 professional members who deliver public works and engineering services to communities in Australia and New Zealand. IPWEA provides regular continuing professional development, conferences, technical publications, and the chance to be involved in committees addressing technical issues. IPWEA is focused on asset management as a complete discipline, as well as emerging technologies, fleet management, financial management, parks and facilities and sustainability as they relate to asset management. IPWEA holds an annual International Public Works Conference (IPWC).
The Norwegian Association of Municipal Engineers (NKF) is a municipal engineering association, founded in 1907, representing 99.5% of Norwegian municipalities. Over 1,000 municipal units are active in the association’s network. The municipal engineering professional field includes: administration and management, waste and recycling, buildings and properties, fire, safety and emergency preparedness, building permit issuance, physical planning, the outdoor environment, park and sports facilities, mapping and geodata, water and wastewater, and roads and transport. NKF has established the following professional forums, which organize conferences and meetings: building permit and control; physical planning; public buildings and properties; and roads and transport. NKF hosts a national convention every two years, as well as the fair Kommunalteknikkmessen, and publishes the magazine Kommunaltenkikk.
The Royal Association Stadswerk The Netherlands (Stadswerk) is an association for municipalities, companies, as well as driven professionals who are actively involved in dealing with issues and practical solutions in respect to our direct physical environment. The network has four and a half thousand driven and specialized professionals, working for municipalities, engineering companies and universities as well. Stadswerk offers a forum in which knowledge and experience can be shared and exchanged. Stadswerk holds a Public Space Trade Fair, Future Green City Idea Theatre, and publishes content through Stadswerk Magazine.
The Swedish Public Works Association (SPWA) was founded in 1902 to promote development, training, cooperation and information in most aspects of public works. Membership includes personnel from local, county, state/province, and federal agencies as well as representatives from the private sector. SPWA is organized in seven committees representing the following areas of public works: Management, Surveying, Streets, Land Management & Development, Transportation, Sustainable Urban Planning, and International. SPWA holds an annual conference and publishes content through the SPWA magazine Stadsbyggnad.
Association des Travaux Publics Du Québec (TP Québec)
A pillar of the public works sector in Quebec for over 50 years, the Quebec Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) transferred its activities to the Quebec Public Works Association in 2022. With hundreds of members, primarily from cities, municipalities, and public organizations, they continue to advance excellence in public works and innovate.
