The “European Charter Of Interior Architecture Training 2007” is now available in print or as download in 6 languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Swedish. All versions provide both the original English text, as was adopted by the ECIA Members at the General Assembly in 2007, and the translation. The printed and pdf versions can be purchased directly from the internet. For bulk orders please contact ECIA directly.

We have been informed that after being sincerely ill for more than a year Emmanuel Botte has passed away.
Emmanuel, or Manu as many of us knew him, has been active in ECIA since the start in 1992. From 1992 untill 2004 he served as the Treasurer of the Board, but he was also enthousiasticly active in many of ECIA's programs. As a former president of founding member AinB and as a long time educator and practitioner he brought to ECIA a wealth of knowledge, experience and critical reflection.

Our hearts are with his family and our colleagues in Belgium.

12 May 2008 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as “a new dawn in the fight for the well-being of people with disabilities,” at a special commemorative event held in the hall of the United Nations General Assembly.