EMF INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

1. EMF INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS Alec Hay Pr Eng C Eng Chair EMF

2. INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING MOVEMENT Washington, Sydney & Dublin Accords, EMF, ETMF, APEC, FEANI EDUCATION FORUM MOBILITY FORUM

3. INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING MOVEMENT Websites • http://www.washingtonaccord.org/ • http://www.ieagreements.com/

4. INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING MOVEMENT Benchmarks Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies For Engineers, Technologists and Technicians

5. INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING MOVEMENT Basic Development Stages Programme for an Academic Qualification Professional Development and Registration

6. WASHINGTON ACCORD PURPOSE Recognition of equivalence of accredited engineering education programs leading to the engineering degree Applicable to engineers only

7. WASHINGTON ACCORD The signatories: • Accept that accreditation procedures are comparable • Accept one another’s accredited degrees – from date of Full Membership • Agree to identify & encourage implementation of best practice

8. WASHINGTON ACCORD The signatories: • Accept mutual monitoring • Accept that it applies to accreditations in home jurisdictions only • Accept the need to encourage licensing & registration authorities to apply the agreement

9. WASHINGTON ACCORD “Graduate Attributes” for the Engineer – Benchmark for a “Washington Accord” Graduate

10. WASHINGTON ACCORD • Full Members • Australia EA 1989 • Canada CCPE 1989 • Ireland IEI 1989 • New Zealand IPENZ 1989 • U K EC 1989 • USA ABET 1989 • South Africa ECSA 1993/9 • Hong Kong, China HKIE 1995 • Japan JABEE 2005

11. WASHINGTON ACCORD • Provisional Members • Malaysia BEM 2003 • Singapore IES 2003 • Germany ASIIN 2003 • Korea ABEEK 2005 • Chinese Taipei IEET 2005 • Chair – Dr Greenwood - EA Secretariat - ABET

12. WASHINGTON ACCORD Entry Requirements for a Provisional Signatory : • National Accreditation System – independent of educational institutions being accredited, and • Academic standards for Engineering Qualifications close to benchmark for a “WA” Graduate

13. WASHINGTON ACCORD Documentation: • Agreement • Rules & Procedures • Graduate Attributes for the Engineer • Guidelines • -For Admission to provisional and signatory status • -Systematic Monitoring & Verification of Signatories • -Mentoring

14. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM PURPOSE To establish and maintain an International Register of Professional Engineers

15. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM OBJECTIVES • Facilitate international mobility of professional engineers • Establish de-centralised International Register of Professional Engineers • Promote best practice

16. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM OBJECTIVES • Continue mutual monitoring • Understand existing barriers to mobility and develop strategies to assist governments and licensing authorities to manage the barriers • Encourage governments and licensing authorities to adopt the EMF agreement

17. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM International Register Coordinating Committee • Committee within the EMF consisting of representatives of all Provisional and Full Members • Only signatories with an approved Assessment Statement are Full Members and they have a vote • Responsible for: • Approving Assessment Statements • Authorising a signatory to have a de-centralised Register • Controlling the monitoring process • The Chair and Secretariat - same as EMF

18. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS - International Register Candidates must have: • reached an overall academic level substantially equivalent to a WA degree • been assessed in own economy as eligible for independent practice • had seven years practical experience since graduation • spent at least two years in responsible charge of significant engineering work • maintained CPD at a satisfactory level

19. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM “Professional Competencies” for the Engineer - Benchmark for an “International Professional Engineer” Post-nominal IntPE (Jurisdiction)

20. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM • Full Members • Australia IEAust 1997 • Canada CCPE 1997 • Hong Kong, China HKIE 1997 • Ireland IEI 1997 New Zealand IPENZ 1997 • South Africa ECSA 1997 • UK EC 1997 • USA USCIEP 1997 • Japan IPEJ 1999 • Malaysia IEM 1999 • Korea KPEA 2000

21. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM Provisional Members Bangladesh BPERB 2003 India IEIndia 2003 Singapore IES 2005 Sri Lanka IESL 2005 Observers FEANI 1997 APEC 1997 Chair: Alec Hay - ECSA Secretariat: EC(UK) – Chris Simpson

22. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM Entry Requirements for a Provisional Member: • National Register of professionally qualified engineers • Professional Competencies close to benchmark of the international register

23. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM Documentation: • Constitution of the EMF with Schedules covering: • Guidelines on Criteria and Procedures • International Coordinating Committee Rules • IntPE Protocol • Guidelines for Admission as Provisional & Full Members • Mentoring Guidelines • The EMF IntPE Review Process Guidelines • Glossary of Terms • Competency Profile for a Professional Engineer

24. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM • Qualification requirements of the EMF: • Schedule 2: Guidelines on Criteria and Procedures • In context of the complete package – • appropriate degree listed on the FEANI index • EMF Full Members: • 9 WA signatories • 2 Provisional Status in the WA

25. ENGINEERS MOBILITY FORUM Challenge facing the EMF is the question of Granting Right to Practice. • Of 11 full members: • 5 are fairly open • 2 have residency requirements • 4 have major statutory restrictions Statutory difficulties constitute barriers to mobility Role of Bi-laterals under investigation APEC situation - buy in by governments

26. INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING MOVEMENT CONCLUSIONS • Real and meaningful international recognition only comes through fairly rigorous processes built into agreements • Not like “club” agreements which focus on cooperation • Critical issues in the process are quality assurance, competency, risk management and accountability • IEM critical mass as primary movement for International recognition of Engineering Professionals

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