ANNOUNCEMENT
INGENIEUR
MALAYSIA ( BEM ) ASSUMES CHAIRMANSHIP OF ASEAN ACPECC & BSSWG
Source : BEM Press Release , Kuala Lumpur February 22 , 2023
Malaysia , through the Board of Engineers Malaysia ( BEM ) has excellently chaired two ASEAN meetings held at ASEAN Secretariat Office in Jakarta , Indonesia . Datuk Ir . Mohd Adnan bin Mohd Nor chaired the ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer Coordinating Committee ( ACPECC ) Meeting on February 21 , 2023 whilst the Business Services Sectoral Working Group ( BSSWG ) Meeting which reports to ASEAN Co-ordinating Committee on Services ( ASEAN CCS ) was chaired by Datuk Wira Ir . Md Sidek bin Ahmad on February 22 , 2023 . These hybrid meetings gathered more than 50 delegates from 10 ASEAN countries representing professional regulatory authorities from four different professional services such as engineering , architectural , accountancy and surveying services .
Malaysia has been appointed as ACPECC and BSSWG Chairman for a period of two years respectively starting from January 1 , 2023 until January 31 , 2024 . For the record , ACPECC discusses the updates on Assessment Statements and Monitoring Committees ; considers and approves applications from 10 ASEAN countries to be registered as ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers and Registered Foreign Professional Engineers ( RFPE ). ACPECC also discusses the Mobility of ASEAN Engineers , and Roadmap and Implementation Plan .
BSSWG on the other hand discusses the outcomes ACPECC , ASEAN Architect Council ( AAC ), ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant Co-ordinating Committee ( ACPACC ); and ASEAN
Competent Authority Committee on Surveying ( ACACS ) Meetings .
BEM is also proud to inform that it has been the pioneer in developing an online registration system for ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer ( ACPE ) and Registered Foreign Professional Engineer ( RFPE ) since year 2020 in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic . Our efforts in successfully establishing an online registration system resulted in Malaysia becoming the country with the highest number of registered ACPE among ASEAN countries , standing at 2,550 registered ACPEs ahead of other ASEAN countries ( as shown in Table 1 : Registered ASEAN Professionals ).
Registering as an ACPE enhances our engineer ’ s mobility among ASEAN countries . BEM have always encouraged Malaysian engineers to be able to offer their expert services to other countries as opposed to only plying their trade in Malaysia . ACPE and RFPE registrations allows for mobility for Professional Engineers that opens the opportunity of offering our expert services to the 10 ASEAN countries . For instance , with the upcoming capital movement from Jakarta to Kalimantan , there will be mega projects that require expert services that our Malaysian engineers can offer .
On the mobility front , there are more activities being discussed at the ASEAN level , among them are Shared Capacity Building , Internship exchange programme and ASEAN Engineering Awards . We have always passionately championed these initiatives at BEM in ensuring the bond between ASEAN professionals remains as strong as ever .
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