Federation of European Ergonomics Societies Ergonomics in and for Europe

Sylvain Leduc president and Pascal Etienne secretary general attended the executive meeting of the International Ergonomics Association on 28th March, 2017 Florence.

Following a year discussion and several meetings, with the final amendments written down during the meeting the
Memorandum of Understanding on Collaboration Between the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) and the Federation of European Ergonomics Societies (FEES) Regarding Scientific, Technical and Professional Collaboration for the Development of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Europe
has been adopted and signed on Wednesday, 29th at 9 am.

This memorandum marks a milestone in the relation of these international organizations both showing the mission of FEES in the European region and the progress IEA is making Globally.

Thanks to the MoU between FEES and IEA ergonomics will earn

• better information exchange in executive level,
• valuable workshops at IEA 2018, e.g.
  • workshop on Regional Networks,
  • workshop on Ergonomist cooperation with stakeholders, 
  • a Student workshop,
• improved visibility of IEA at European events,
• even better Month of ergonomics.

Yushi Fujita, president of IEA signing the Memorandum of Understanding and Sylvain Leduc, president of FEES