Each participating economy is required to establish a Monitoring Committee to take responsibility for administration of the APEC Architect framework in that economy, after receiving authorization by the Central Council to do so. Monitoring Committees act with delegated authority from the Central Council to implement its policies and carry out its duties.
The primary duty of a Monitoring Committee is to operate a section of the APEC Architect Register for the enrolment of APEC Architects registered/licensed in that economy. It must confirm that candidates for APEC Architect registration have complied with criteria adopted by the Central Council and assess the professional practice experience they have obtained as registered/licensed architects. Each Monitoring Committee is also responsible for ensuring the continued maintenance of required standards.
Monitoring Committees are the constituent bodies of the Central Council. They must nominate one or more representatives to the Council; however, each Monitoring Committee is entitled to only one vote. They are called upon to contribute from time to time to the administrative and review functions of the Central Council and generally to act as centers of information on all APEC Architect matters, and to promote its purposes.
Monitoring Committee Philippine Section
On January 28, 2004, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), signed a Memorandum of Agreement to bind themselves to work harmoniously as the Monitoring Committee Philippine Section of the APEC Architect Central Council, towards the establishment of the APEC Architect Register in the Philippines in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the APEC participating economies.
During the Central Council held in Tokyo, Japan on May 30 to June 1, 2005, the Monitoring Committee Philippine Section received its authorization from the Central Council to manage and operate the Philippine Section of the APEC Architect Register and ensure the continued maintenance of required standards. It also received the authorization to take responsibility for administration of the APEC Architect framework in the Philippines.
The above-mentioned two (2) government agencies and one (1) chartered private association have agreed to do and perform their respective undertakings/responsibilities as follows:
Undertaking/Responsibilities of the PRC:
- Confirm that the applicant for registration in the APEC Architect Register is a registered architect
- Assess, using appropriate criteria and established assessment standards, the competence of the applicant for registration as APEC Architect
- Issue special temporary permits to foreign architects registered in their economy’s APEC Architect Register who desire to practice in the Philippines, after validation of their qualifications as APEC Architects
- Exercise jurisdiction through the Board of Architecture in the suspension of the licenses issued to Filipino architects registered in the APEC Architect Register and foreign architects practicing in the Philippines by virtue of temporary special permits issued by the PRC
Undertaking/Responsibilities of the CHED:
- Determine, in coordination with the PRC through the Board of Architecture and in accordance with the principles adopted by the APEC Architect Register Project, the substantial equivalence of foreign architectural program in education to the Philippines architectural education programs
- Assess the educational qualifications of applicants for registration in the APEC Architect Register in the Philippines
- In consultation with the PRC through the Board of Architecture, establish and/or adopt alternative additional qualification requirements for architectural education programs taken or completed by applicants found to be deficient or not equivalent, taking into consideration the relevant provisions of the law regulating the profession and provide and develop a program for the applicant’s compliance
- Designate the institution or institutions which shall implement the program providing for alternative educational requirements to enable them to meet substantial equivalence for registration in the APEC architect Register
Undertaking/Responsibilities of the UAP:
- Establish and/or provide the criteria or guidelines in accordance with the framework, guidelines, and policies agreed upon by APEC participating economies, for the assessment and validation of the applicant’s relevant seven (7) years experience and the minimum three (3) years experience within the seven (7) years, spent as an architect with sole professional responsibility for projects of moderate complexity, or as an architect working in collaboration with other architects in charge of and responsible for a significant aspect of the design, documentation and contract administration of complex projects
- Assess, on the basis of the documents submitted, the applicant’s compliance with the seven (7) years experience and the minimum three (3) years experience within the seven (7) years, spent as an architect with sole professional responsibility for projects of moderate complexity, or as an architect working in collaboration with other architects in charge of and responsible for a significant aspect of the design, documentation and contract administration of complex projects
- Certify the status of the applicant with regards to his/her membership in the integrated and Accredited Professional Organization of Architects
- Make available its data bank with regards to the professional competence, qualifications and accomplishments of applicant
