International
The APEC Engineer Register is an initiative of the Commonwealth Government and Engineers Australia to facilitate cross border mobility for professional engineers in the APEC Region. An APEC Engineer Register has been established in Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the United States of America.
The Engineers Mobility Forum (EMF) has constituted an International Recognition Agreement for Professional Engineers. The International Register of Professional Engineers is operated in Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, UK and USA. Engineers registered on the International Register may use the postnominal IntPE(Aus).
A person who is registered on the National Professional Engineers Register (NPER) has already met to a significant extent the requirements for enrolment on the APEC Engineer Register or on the International Register of Professional Engineers. Please download a copy of the
APEC Handbook and Application Form 
for further details.
A Bilateral Framework
to Facilitate Mobility for Mutual Recognition of
Registered/licensed Engineers 
was signed by Engineers Australia and officials from the Japanese Government and the Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan on 1 October 2003. The application of the Framework is explained in a paper on
Matching Disciplines for
a Bilateral Framework to Facilitate Mobility
for Mutual Recognition of
registered/licensed Engineers.
. The parties to this bilateral framework met in June 2009 and agreed that a five-year extension to the framework would be formalised.
