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6. Recognition of Tourism Professional QualificationsTopics6.1 Introduction6.2 Recognition of Tourism Professionals6.3 Conformity Assessment6.4 Rationale for the Approach6.5 Registration of Tourism Professionals onto ATPRS6.6 The ASEAN Tourism Qualifications Equivalence Matrix6.7 Rationale for ATQEM6.8 How ATQEM will work6.9 Key Features of the Online ATQEM6.10 Importance of the ATQEM6.11 Skills Passbook6.12 ConclusionKey terms found in this chapter Conformity assessment ASEAN Tourism Qualifications Equivalence Matrix (ATQEM) ASEAN Tourism Professionals Registration System (ATPRS) Skills Passport6.1 IntroductionFor the MRA for Tourism Professionals to function effectively across ASEAN MemberStates there needs to be a system of recognition of tourism professionalqualifications. Countries that import tourism labour must accept and comply withthe regulatory requirements of the exporting country. Likewise, countries thatexport tourism labour must ensure they conform to the requirements of theimporting country by validating the local tourism qualifications of the employeeswishing to work in another ASEAN member country.6.2 Recognition of Tourism ProfessionalsThe ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement states,“A foreign tourism professional may be recognized as eligible for a certain tourismjob title in the labour divisions as specified in APPENDIX III in a host countryprovided that he/she possesses tourism competency qualification/certificate in aspecific tourism job title as specified in the ACCSTP, issued by the TPCB in anASEAN Member Country, provided further that he/she shall comply with theprevailing domestic laws and regulations of the host country.”P a g e | 48
6.3 Conformity AssessmentAccording to the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Mutual Recognition Agreements:‘Conformity Assessment means systematic examination to determine the extent towhich a product, process or service fulfils specified requirements’. Forinternational arrangements, cross-border conformance can occur in two ways:1. Countries can accept the results of other country’s conformanceassessment as the basis for their own conformity assessment decisions.This is useful as it does not need extensive promotional campaigns, but itdoes less to reduce redundancy in assessment; or2. They can promote the direct acceptance of the conformance assessmentresults of the other countries by customers in their own country. Thisneeds considerable promotional activity, but eliminates most of theredundancy in the system. This is the most common arrangement and theone recommended for the ASEAN MRA in tourism.Countries therefore mutually accept each other’s conformity assessment in termsof tourism qualifications. This acceptance relates to the process of conformityassessment. It is important to note that this does not imply harmonisation wherethe exporting country checks the regulations of the importing country beforeexport. The purpose of an ASEAN MRA – TP is therefore to ensure that all tenASEAN countries accept the conformity assessment relating to tourism competencyqualifications produced in any single ASEAN Member State.6.4 Rationale for the ApproachIn order to achieve conformity, each of the ten ASEAN countries will need to havetheir tourism qualification system evaluated against the requirements establishedunder the MRA – TP to demonstrate their competence to be part of the MRA. Thisarrangement will involve the comparison of tourism qualifications across the tenASEAN countries.6.4.1 Equivalence AssessmentHere, the key process is equivalence assessment – the process of judging theconformity assessment procedures and/or rules of another country to beequivalent to national conformity assessment procedures and/or rules. If the MRA –TP is to be a robust arrangement then this equivalence assessment needs to takeplace.The reason that the equivalence assessment process is so pivotal to this MRArelates to the fact that tourism is comprised of non-regulated occupations:P a g e | 49
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