The ASEAN Federation
of Engineering Organisations (AFEO)
What
is AFEO?
The ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (AFEO) is a non-govermental
body. Its members are the engineering institutions and organisations
of ASEAN countries with the following main objectives:
History of AFEO
AFEO has its beginning in 1973; from the engineering convention
held between The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and The Institution of
Engineers Singapore (IES). The IEM/IES Engineering Convention was held
primarily for the purpose of promoting interaction and rapport for their
members in view of their common historical background and geographical
similarities. IEM and IES took turns to host the convention. In 1976, while
preparing for the 3rd IEM/IES Convention it was decided that all other ASEAN countries
would be invited. The ensuring 3rd IEM/IES Engineering Convention in April 1977
saw the participants of other ASEAN engineering bodies with the exception of
Brunei. This gave birth to the Convention of Engineering Institutions of South
East Asian Nations (CEISEAN) and with it a “Ten-Point Principles” were adopted.
The first CEISEAN was to be held in Kuala Lumpur in 1978 and the second CEISEAN
held in Manila in 1979.
During the 2nd CEISEAN held in Manila in February 1980, an
agreement was reached for the formation of the ASEAN FEDERATION OF ENGINEERING
ORGANISATIONS (AFEO) and its constitution was drafted.
At the 3rd CEISEAN held in April 1981, the Guiding Principles for
the Conference of AFEO (CAFEO) were adopted. Application to the ASEAN Secretariat
was approved and subsequently the 4th CEISEAN held in Indonesia 1982 was
renamed: CAFEO 1. The formal date for the establishment of AFEO was taken as
the 1st of August, 1982.
Since then, CAFEO has been held annually at the different member
institutions in a rotating alphabetical order.
AFEO has grown from five (5) members in 1980 comprising of Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia
(PII), the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), the Philippine
Technological Council (PTC), the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) and
the Engineering Institution of Thailand under H. M. the King Patronage (EIT) to
nine (9) in 2001 with the inclusion of Pertubuhan Ukur, Jurutera dan Arkitek (PUJA) Brunei 1984,
Vietnam Union of Science and Technological Associations (VUSTA) in 1998,
Myanmar Engineering Society in 2000 and the Engineering Institution of Cambodia
in 2001. The full membership of ten was achieved when Lao P.D.R was admitted on
September 3rd, 2002.
Starting 1998, AFEO embarked on a very important mission with the
aim to spearhead and to facilitate the mobility of engineers within the ASEAN
Free Trade Area, i.e. AFTA with the formation of the ASEAN Engineers Register
i.e. the AER. This is in line with the AFTA's AFAS - programming for the
liberalization of professional services within ASEAN to prepare for
globalization under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) initiative.
ASEAN ENGINEERING REGISTER
ASEAN Engineering Register would now be as follows:-
ASEAN
Engineering Register Application
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The list of ASEAN
Engineering Organizations that can nominate ASEAN Engineer/ASEAN Engineering
Technologists & ASEAN Engineering Technician
Brunei
Pertubuhan
Ukur Jurutera & Arkitek (PUJA)
Cambodia
Board of Engineers
Cambodia (BEC)
Indonesia
Persatuan
Insinyur Indonesia (PII)
Lao
Lao Union of
Science and Engineering Associations (LUSEA)
Malaysia
The Institution of
Engineers Malaysia (IEM)
Technological Association of Malaysia [TAM] (www.tam.com.my)
Myanmar
Myanmar Engineering
Society (MES)
Phillippine
The Philippine
Technological Council (PTC)
Singapore
The Institution of
Engineers Singapore (IES)
Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists(SIET) (www.siet.org.sg)
Thailand
The Engineering Institute
of Thailand (ETT)
Vietnam
Vietnam Union of Science
and Technology Associations (VUSTA)
Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists(SIET)
Affiliated college in Myanmar
IQY Technical College of Highlight Computer Group