Engineers' Mobility
APEC Engineer Project
Ministers at the APEC Osaka Summit held in November 1995 had a respltion
that technology transfer is essential to enhance the economic growth of
the APEC region, for the international mobility of engineers is indispensable.
This led to the establishment of the APEC Engineer Project
in the Human Resources Development Working Group of APEC (APEC HRD Working
Group), and the launch of studies on how to mutually. recognize engineering
qualifications.
November 1, 2000, the APEC Engineer requirements were
crystallized and publicly announced in the form of the APEC Engineer Manual.
This was followed by the commencement of assessment and registration of APEC
Engineers in the seven recognized economies (Japan, Australia, Canada, Hong
Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and New Zealand).
October 2001, the number
of the economies increased to 10, with the admission of Indonesia, the
Philippines and the US.
June 2003, Thailand was recognized as a member
of the APEC Engineers. Singapore and Chinese Taipei are the latest additions and
currently total thirteen economies are authorized to operate APEC Engineer
Register.
Framework of APEC Engineer and Member Economies
The framework of APEC
Engineer consists of two parts. One is called Substantial Equivalence Framework
for assessment and registration of the Engineers by national independent
authorized bodies.
And, the other one is Mutual Exemption Frameworks on
bilateral and/or multilateral agreements by national registration authorities.
Substantial Equivalence Framework has reached agreement and seven economies
started their assessment and registration from date 1, November 2000.
To
ensure consistency in application of the agreed criteria, ultimate authority for
conferring the title of APEC Engineer will remain with the APEC Engineer
Coordinating Committee to an authorized Monitoring Committee in each
participating economy.
The main role of the Coordinating Committee is to facilitate the development
and maintenance of authoritative and reliable decentralized Registers of
APEC Engineers, and to promote the acceptance of APEC Engineers in each
participating economy as possessing general technical and professional
competence that is substantially equivalent to that of professional engineers
in that economy.
The Monitoring Committee is established in
each member economy, to develop and maintain a Register of APEC Engineers in
that economy, as an independent authorized body, and is able to certify the
qualifications and experience of individual professional engineers directly or
by reverence to other competent bodies.
Each Monitoring Committee seeking
authorization to operate a Register prepares a statement setting out the
criteria and procedures by which applicants for designation as APEC Engineer
within that economy are proposed for the assessment. Each statement is reviewed
by the APEC Engineer Coordinating Committee in accordance with its published
Rules and guidelines describes in the APEC Engineer Manual (Blue Book, published
by APEC Coordinating Committee in November 2000).
 
APEC Engineer Coordinating Committee 2007
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