As Director General of Engineers Ireland I am delighted to extend a very warm welcome to IESL as a full signatory to the Washington Accord. This is a very significant achievement for IESL and indeed your members, engineering students and everybody involved in the wider engineering profession in Sri Lanka should be very proud.

The significance of full signatory will very positively manifest itself in time and you will be seen to have done a wonderful service to your profession in Sri Lanka. As the world gets smaller and international collaboration within the engineering profession itself and with other professions also, the requirement for mobility across national and continental boundaries will become common place. It is then that you will appreciate the huge significance of full membership of the Washington Accord.

Welcome again and it's a pleasure to be associated with IESL

Very best wishes from Engineers Ireland,

John Power
Chartered Engineer
Director General
Engineers Ireland