At its meeting in Cluj-Napoca in October, the General Assembly enrolled two more member associations from Greece and Italy into its recently launched "Recognised European Valuer” Scheme.

The REV scheme is the only international certification system which identifies those valuers who are not only qualified but who are able to prove that they continue to practice valuation, comply with lifelong learning requirements and follow a code of ethical practice.

To date the associations which have joined the REV Scheme are as follows:

* ANEVAR (ASOCIATIA NATIONALA A EVALUATORILOR DIN ROMANIA) > 66 REV valuers

* ARE (AUSTRIAN ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE EXPERTS) > 10 REV valuers

* AVAG (ASSOCIATION OF GREEK VALUERS) > 33 REV valuers

* BDVI (BUND DER ÖFFENTLICH BESTELLTEN VERMESSUNGSINGENIEURE e.V.) > 7 REV valuers

* BVS (BUNDESVERBAND ÖFFENTLICH BESTELLTER UND VEREIDIGTER SOWIE QUALIFIZIERTER SACHVERSTÄNDIGER) > 39 REV valuers

* CAAV (CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL VALUERS) > 11 REV valuers

* CEIF-FNAIM (CHAMBRE DES EXPERTS IMMOBILIERS DE FRANCE) > 31 REV valuers

* CSN (CONSEIL SUPÉRIEUR DU NOTARIAT) > 9 REV valuers

* IFEI (INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE L'EXPERTISE IMMOBILIÈRE) > 56 REV valuers

* IRRV (INSTITUTE OF REVENUES RATING AND VALUATION) > 4 REV valuers

* IsIVI (ISTITUTO ITALIANO di VALUTAZIONE IMMOBILIARE) > 0 REV valuers

* LIVA (LATVIJAS IPASUMU VERTETAJU ASOCIACIJA) > 17 REV valuers

* PFVA (THE POLISH FEDERATION OF VALUERS' ASSOCIATIONS) > 252 REV valuers

* RBA (RUSSIAN BOARD OF APPRAISERS) > 29 REV valuers

* RSA (RUSSIAN SOCIETY OF APPRAISERS) > 54 REV valuers

* SNPI (SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES PROFESSIONNELS IMMOBILIERS) > 21 REV valuers

* SOE (BODY SWORN-IN VALUERS OF GREECE) > 11 REV valuers

At a special ceremony during the General Assembly, 51 new recognised European valuers diplomas were awarded to , French valuers from CEIF-FNAIM, CSN and IFEI, German valuers from BDVI, Greek valuers from AVAG, Latvian valuers from LIVA, Polish valuers from PFVA and Russian valuers from RSA, bringing the total to 668.

For more information about the scheme, you can go to the 'Recognised European Valuer (REV)' page. To do so, please click link page hereafter.