ASEAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENT ON TOURISM ...

a) Facilitate mobility of Tourism Professionals;b) Encourage exchange of information on best practices in competency-basededucation and training for Tourism Professionals; and,c) Provide opportunities for cooperation and capacity building across ASEAN MemberStates.1.7 How was the MRA – TP Developed?In January 2006 ASEAN Tourism Ministers supported the decision by ASEAN NTOs toestablish the ASEAN Task Force on Tourism Manpower Development (ATFTMD) to preparea Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA – TP) for ASEAN Tourism Professionals. TheASEAN MRA on Tourism Professionals was signed by the ASEAN Tourism Ministers in 2009(See Annex I for the full text). The ATFTMD was one of six tourism task forces formed toassist ASEAN NTOs (National Tourism Organisations) in all matters related to tourismmanpower development, especially in the implementation of the Roadmap for Integrationof the Tourism sector, the Vientiane Action Program and the ASEAN Tourism Agreement.The ATFTMD was dissolved in 2010 and the ASEAN Tourism Professional MonitoringCommittee (ATPMC) was formally established in June 2010, at Lombok, Indonesia, to takeover responsibility for promoting, updating, maintaining and monitoring ACCSTP andCATC, and for disseminating information about MRA – TP. ATPMC will work closely withthe Quality Tourism Working Group which is primarily responsible for developingstandards and in the implementation of the MRA – TP (see Figure 1.1 for ASEAN TourismCooperation Organizational Structure).ASEANTourism MinistersDialogue PartnersOther ASEAN Bodies(DGICM, SEOM, STOM,SLOM, SOMHD,CCS, CCI, COCI)ASEANSecretariatASEAN NTOsInternationalOrganizationsIntegration and Budget CommitteeASEANTAor otherpartnersMarketing andCommunicationWorking GroupProduct DevelopmentWorking GroupQuality TourismWorking GroupATPMCP a g e | 7Figure 1-1 ASEAN Tourism Cooperation Organizational StructureThe ATPMC’s responsibilities in relation to the MRA – TP, are: