Message from Chairman PEC Engr. Dr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh

ENGINEER PEC September 2007the ABET will process the case. For more information PEC http://www.feani.org/.may contact ABET, Inc.111 Market Pl., Suite1050Baltimore, MD 21202 ; Abet website: 3.3 Engineers Mobility Forumhttp://www.abet.org/contact.shtml, USA.The Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF) [21], established in3.2 The EUR ING Professional TitleOctober 1997, was initially formed as a subcommittee ofthe Washington Accord signatories to facilitate the mobilityThe Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales of experienced professional engineers. Unlike thed’Ingénieurs (FEANI) [6] (translated as the European Washington Accord, which focuses on mutual recognitionFederation of National Engineering Associations) is a of accredited academic programs, EMF is developing “afederation of national engineering associations from the system of mutual recognition of the full professional level toEU, European Free Trade Association, and countries facilitate cross border mobility of registered practitioners.”considered “eligible for accession into the EU” at a future This is especially important for currently practicingtime. Currently, FEANI, which has 26 member countries engineers whose qualifications are not recognized throughrepresenting more than two million professional the Washington Accord (EMF, 2003). EMF maintains aengineers, considers itself “the single voice for the decentralized Register of International Engineers thatengineering profession in Europe” and is working to “affirm includes the names of professional engineers in memberand develop the professional identity of engineers.” The countries who meet very specific educational andEuropean Commission recognizes FEANI as the official experiential guidelines. The purpose of the registry is torepresentative of the engineering profession in Europe. streamline the process of obtaining practice privileges inOne of the services provided by FEANI, the granting of the EMF-member countries. The registry is “decentralized” inEUR ING professional title, is intended to “facilitate the the sense that each country operates its own section andmutual recognition of engineering qualifications in Europe” writes its own “assessment statement” describing theand facilitate mobility by assigning a “guarantee of admission requirements for that country. A monitoringcompetence” to engineers who wish to practice outside committee in each country develops the assessmenttheir own countries, provide information to employers statement, reviews applications for admission to theabout educational and training systems in Europe, and registry, and functions as the point of contact for all mattersencourage continuous improvements in the quality of relating to the registry. EMF members include the nationalengineers by monitoring and reviewing standards. engineering organizations of Ireland, the United Kingdom,Currently, slightly fewer than 30,000 registered engineers United States, Canada, South Africa, Hong Kong,have been granted the EUR ING title. FEANI maintains an Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, and New Zealand.index of universities and other institutions of higher FEANI has observer status, and India and Bangladesheducation and their engineering degree programs have expressed an interest in joining EMF. With the signingrecognized as fulfilling the mandatory educational of the EMF Agreement in June 2001, the Internationalrequirements for the EUR ING title. Member countries Register of Professional Engineers (IRoPE) wassubmit descriptions of schools and degree programs for established (IPENZ, 2000).inclusion in the FEANI Index upon approval by theEuropean Monitoring Committee. The FEANI Index is 3.4. Vision of Global Engineering Registrarintended to be the “authoritative source of informationabout national engineering education systems and Global Engineering Registrar (GER) would be theeducational institutions”. Basically, FEANI takes care of its authorized body responsible for accrediting professionalmember European countries only but International engineering degree programs and registering professionalEngineering Institutes and organizations may seek degrees through its representative offices through out themembership of FEANI regarding accreditation or world. The member countries will have equalequivalency of their programs. Engineering organizations representation in global office and all of them will be boundof several countries like Association for Engineering to guidelines and rules framed by the GER. UniversitiesEducation in South and Central Asia (AEESCA) and The and colleges lacking compliance to the proposed GERInstitution of Engineers, India, Federation of Engineering regulations may be notified to make necessary correctionsInstitutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA) Nepal, in their procedures if not caring they may be ousted fromUnion of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects the GER list. It could be even more useful to design(UCTEA–TMMOB) Turkey, Association for Engineering common courses and experiments for all the universities toEducation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific (AEESEAP) minimize the overall differences. GER may refuse licenseand The Institution of Engineers, Indonesia, The Institution extension to engineers found involved in corrupt practices,of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) Malaysia and The Institution bankruptcy and cheating. This will isolate the badof Engineers Singapore (IES) Singapore, have already professionals and incompetent engineers throughout thesought membership of FEANI for the possible intuitive world. The people who do malpractices in one country andrecognition purposes. PEC may also apply to FEANI at Av. hide in others will have no safe heaven for second chance.Roger Vandendriessche 18, B-1150 Brussels, Belgium Certainly, in this information era, the engineering ethics52