Convergence became an agenda item when the former US Office of Technology Assessment published its pioneering study Critical Connections ( OTA, 1990 ); later in the decade, the European Union adopted the same theme for its new approach to communication policy ( CEC, 1997 ).

IPCA-Europe is an associate organization of the CEC ( Conference of European Churches ) and is in contact with the Committee for the Prevention of Torture of the Council of Europe.

* European Commission Joint Research Centre ( CEC / JRC ) Geostatistics Unit

She has also become highly involved in building ecumenical relations, and was a member of the Central Committee of the Conference of European Churches ( CEC ) 2003-2009 ( and also moderated CEC's Assembly held in Lyon, France, in July 2009 ).

The Conference of European Churches ( CEC ) was founded in 1959 to promote reconciliation, dialogue and friendship between the churches of Europe at a time of growing Cold War political tensions and divisions.

The Third European Ecumenical Assembly ( co-organised by CEC and CCEE ) was held in Sibiu, Romania, 4 – 9 September 2007.

The 4th CEC assembly ( 1964 ) had to be held on a ship on the Baltic Sea owing to the difficulties of obtaining visas for delegates from eastern European countries.

In 1999 the European Ecumenical Commission on Church and Society ( EECCS ) merged with CEC, becoming CEC's Church and Society Commission.

The 12th CEC Assembly of the Conference of European Churches ( Trondheim, 2003 ) elected the 40-member Central Committee.

* Council for Exceptional Children / Special Education Club ( CEC / SPED )

Besides representing India in the Engineers Mobility Forum, the institution has been prominent in World Mining Congress ( WMC ), the World Federation of Engineering Organizations ( WFEO ), the Commonwealth Engineers ’ Council ( CEC ), the Fédération Internationale du Béton ( fib ), and the Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia ( FEISCA ).

The CEC Council is made up of representatives from the CEC from each level.

The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC ) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement, led by American political activist and conspiracy theorist Lyndon LaRouche.

In 2001, the Citizens Electoral Council published " What Australia must do to survive the Depression ", that outlines the party's policy to enact, development programs, academic writings by Lyndon LaRouche and a brief " history " of how the CEC was marginalized by the Hanson mobs.

The CEC in turn has published a response to the ADC's accusations and described the ADC " as a front for Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council, the ruling body of the British Commonwealth.

Between September 2005 and January 2006 The Australian reported upon alleged infiltration by the CEC of the National Civic Council ( NCC ), claiming the latter organisation's dismissal of its state executives over the Christmas 2005 period was an internal coup.

* Retort to the Anti-Defamation Council by CEC ( PDF )

* Catholic News reports charges of CEC infiltration of the National Civic Council

The CEC General Secretariat and the Churches in Dialogue Commission is located in the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland-which is also the headquarters building of the World Council of Churches.

The largest Christian body, the Roman Catholic Church, is not a member of the CEC for the same reasons that it abstains from officially participating in the World Council of Churches, which is that such organizations do not recognize any kind of Roman Catholic primacy in the governance of the universal Church.

It is argued however that such missiles and arsenal ships pose no serious threat as they would be eliminated due to increasing improvement in ship defenses such as CEC ( cooperative engagement capability ), DEW technology and missile technology.

The candidate then undergoes three sessions of interviews, each with four or five ministers or MPs, and the appointment is then made by the CEC.

* The company also makes several software radio and digital communication systems for military applications such as Cooperative Engagement Capability ( CEC ), is participating in Navy-Marine Corps Intranet ( NMCI ), ECHELON and the Joint Tactical Terminal ( JTT ) programs.

Cranbrook Schools is part of the Cranbrook Educational Community ( CEC ), which includes the Cranbrook Institute of Science, the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and Cranbrook House and Gardens.

The Canadian Engineering Competition ( CEC ) ( Compétition canadienne d ' ingénierie in French ) is an annual competition involving more than 150 of the best and brightest engineering students from across Canada.

The current CEC is V Sundaram Sampath.

The CEC is the supreme parliamentary body setting out the strategies and ideologies during and after the elections.

The CEC is currently chaired by its Chairman Asif Ali Zardari ( current president of Pakistan and also the Co-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party ), assisted by additional vice-chairmen, including all the major office bearers of the party.

However, the CEC is focused on election campaign and organizational strategy during the national parliamentary elections, overseeing the media works, ideological promotion, and the foreign policy.

The Capping Enzyme Complex ( CEC ) required for capping is found bound to the RNA polymerase II before transcription starts.

Career Education Corporation ( CEC ) is the parent company of IADT and a number of other for-profit schools.

In 2008, after winning 12th general election, Lim Kit Siang issued an instruction for all DAP representatives to stay away from the swearing-in ceremony for Perak Menteri Besar, claiming that there is no DAP CEC mandate for PAS Menteri Besar in Perak.

The SDP is governed by a twelve-member Central Executive Committee ( CEC ), who are elected by the Party's cadre members at the Ordinary Party Conference held biennially.

The CEC leader is National Secretary and National Treasurer Craig Isherwood of Melbourne, who has been a CEC election candidate three times.

Other members of the Isherwood family are also prominent in the CEC ; Noelene Isherwood is the party's National Chairman.

The College of Life and Environmental Sciences, which incorporates Biosciences, is represented by the Centre for Ecology and Conservation ( CEC ) in Cornwall.

Over-liming is most likely to occur on soil which has low CEC, such as sand which is deficient in buffering agents such as organic matter and clay.

The CEC aimed to produce a focused and systematic body of evidence concerning initial hypotheses about the environmental effects of NAFTA.

Throughout the world there are many organizations and institutions dedicated to the area of computer and electronic music study and research, including the ICMA ( International Computer Music Association ), IRCAM, GRAME, SEAMUS ( Society for Electro Acoustic Music in the United States ), CEC ( Canadian Electroacoustic Community ), and a great number of institutions of higher learning around the world.

Cadre members have the right to attend party conferences and to vote for and elect and to be elected to the Central Executive Committee ( CEC ), the pinnacle of party leaders.

IUCN Commission on Education and Communication ( CEC ): CEC champions the strategic use of communication and education to empower and educate stakeholders for the sustainable use of natural resources.

After much debate the CEC decided that there would be a U shaped line in which people would first cast a ballot for President and then cast a separate ballot for each of the two questions.

All competitors at the CEC qualify for the competition through one of four regional competitions:

" While on a technical level the election was organized with professionalism, particularly on the part of the Central Election Commission ( CEC ), the election process overall did not adequately reflect principles necessary for a healthy democratic election process.

" Criticizing the election campaign, the Committee claimed as " unreasonable hurdle " the requirement to collect 2 million signatures for submission to the CEC in support of persons seeking registration as candidates.

Much of Pitzer's community engagement occurs under the auspices of the Community Engagement Center ( CEC ) ( formerly Center for California Cultural and Social Issues ), which strives to root community-based pedagogy more deeply into the College's curricular and research agendas.

The Center for Elders and the Courts ( CEC )

* The Centers for Elders and the Courts ( CEC )

It also changed CEC capacitance limits, clarified sRGB video quantization range, and CEC commands for timer control were brought back in an altered form, with audio control commands added.

In an attempt to produce an election result acceptable to both domestic and international opinion, the Georgian government allowed the votes to counted simultaneously by the CEC and by a non-government organisation, the International Society for Fair Elections and Society ( ISFED ).

Civil Engineering Certification Inc. ( CEC ), affiliated with ASCE, has been established to support specialty certification academies for civil engineering specialties.

In April 2010, CEC lost accreditation for all International Academy of Design Schools ; this was sparked due to a large civil suit from previous students from IADT Pittsburgh, IADT WV, and IADT Toronto citing registration fraud, improper credit transfers, and false pretense.