The DIK Drielanden Ingenieurs Kontakt Foundation is an organization to which engineering associations from the Euregion are affiliated. Currently 7 associations from North Rhine-Westphalia, Dutch and Belgian Limburg, the province of Liège and the Eupen region are constituent or associate members.
The first joint activities took place more than 20 years ago. Since then, the activities have not only become more frequent, but also increased in size. This resulted in an informal association in which a work group, consisting of members of the various associations, held consultations several times a year.
The collaboration became so intensive that it was decided to place the collaboration in a separate organization. On September 24, 1993, the founding deed of the Foundation Drielanden Ingenieurs Kontakt at the Gouvernement in Maastricht was signed by the constituent associations.
The objective of the DIK Foundation is laid down in the notarial deed:
Any engineering association in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine can be admitted to the DIK Foundation. This association can then join the board and is thus a constituent association, or can renounce a seat on the board and is thus an associated association.