ANCA Aims & Objectives
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To provide a platform for Chartered Architects to interact among themselves professionally.
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To promote moral, ethical and professional discipline and conduct among registered architects.
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To enhance professional development amongst chartered architects.
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To foster friendship amongst its members, to cater for their welfare, and to establish mutual support and co-operation amongst them.
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To support the development of indigenous Nigerian architecture.
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To promote interaction of Nigerian chartered architects with their counterparts in the rest of the world, and to strengthen the bonds of friendship as well as intellectual, cultural, artistic, educational and scientific ties between the architects of all nations, schools and philosophies.
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To promote cooperation and contact between national and international associations of architects and other professions whose aims and objectives are compatible with those of the Association.
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To represent the profession at national and international levels and where appropriate, to formulate official statements for the consideration of Governments at various levels as well as international organizations and other relevant institutions as they affect the profession of architecture.
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To develop and maintain public confidence in the ability and integrity of architects by demanding from members of the Association, the highest moral and professional standards; to protect public interest by the promotion of and enforcement of the Association’s code of professional conduct, ethics and practice by all its members practicing in Nigeria.
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To actively promote and protect Nigeria’s interests and aspirations in all physical development efforts which have an impact on the economic, sociological and environmental concerns of the nation.
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To support and strengthen the role of the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria as the sole regulatory authority for all architects practicing in Nigeria and to continue to assist in providing and monitoring the level of practical training and experience required for the practice of the profession in Nigeria.
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To encourage the training of Nigerian architects, architectural technologists and technicians and to give all possible support and cooperation to higher institutions of learning in various facets of the academic and practical training of students as may be necessary.
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To promote and encourage the development of architectural education and research in all its ramifications, and facilitate international exchange of architects, teachers, researchers and students.
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To continuously educate the public about the dynamic role and functions of the Architect in the built environment society in general and to ensure that the social and cultural interests of Architects and other allied professions are recognized by public opinion and by official and semiofficial bodies and other organizations.
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To encourage cooperation of architects with other disciplines, professions and interests involved in the built environment in highly technical fields and to stress the value of the work of the architect.
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To promote and encourage the establishment of a conducive environment for the practice of the profession of architecture, including the upholding of the Association’s code of professional conduct, ethics and practice, standards of academic and professional training and the status of architects in the society.
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To protect the overall Nigerian national interest by ensuring the rights of indigenous practice to equitable proportion of government projects; to consistently promote and encourage optimum and effective utilization of indigenous manpower in architecture in Nigeria in the public and private sectors of the economy; to protect registered indigenous architectural practices against unfair foreign competition an unethical practice; to promote Nigerian architectural expertise in other countries.
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To act as the official negotiation body for the profession in matters of common interest of members or concern to the profession as a whole, and to promote the observance of a mandatory scale of fees for architects practising in Nigeria as enacted or shall be enacted by the regulatory body, ARCON.
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To encourage active participation of architectural students in relevant activities of the Association and the respective architectural students’ organizations in Nigerian institutions of higher learning.
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To encourage and foster active involvement of architects in midcareer courses and professional exchanges as a valuable means of continuing professional development.
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To make all possible efforts to be actively involved in various decision-making levels of society at governmental and non-governmental circles and to encourage to make a maximum contribution of their creative skills in the widest possible range of human activities for the benefit of the society.
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To promote public awareness of the role and scope of services of the profession by publications, lectures, exhibitions including the specialized forum of building materials and construction technology and any other public enlightenment programs considered appropriate by the Association.
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To organize and administer a benevolent fund for assisting its member in need, and in promoting the study of architecture and charitable causes.
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To initiate, organize, promote and enter into any such enterprise as may be deemed beneficial to the Association.
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To carry out any activity consistent with the above aims and objectives.