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APEC Architect Framework
The APEC Architect Project is based on a framework agreed to by participating economies. In essence this involves:
Participating economies
A standard for being an APEC Architect, agreed to by particapting economies
The online Register of APEC Architects, provided in sections by participating economies
Overall governance provided by a Central Council that typically meets every two years
Administrative Monitoring Committees within each participating economy
An Operating Manual that lays out the projects rules and procedures
A secretariat that provides administrative services.

Participating Economies

The APEC Architect Project has 14 participating economies. The word 'economies' is used to describe APEC members
because the APEC cooperative process is predominantly concerned with trade and economic issues, with members
engaging with one another as economic entities.

Australia
Canada
People’s Republic of China
Hong Kong, China
Japan
Republic of Korea
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Republic of the Philippines
Singapore
Chinese Taipei
Thailand
United States of America

The Standard for Being an APEC Architect

Participating economies have agreed to a set of requirements and standards that must be met by an architect from any
participating economy to be accepted and recorded as an APEC Architect.

The APEC Architect criteria is based on:

A recognised architectural education

A minimum period of post-graduate practical experience, with specified requisites
Registration, licensing or other requirements for full professional recognition
A minimum period of professional practice as a registered or licensed architect, with specified requisites.

More information on what's required to be an APEC Architect is available here.

Architects deemed by their monitoring committees to fulfill these requirements are eligible for registration as an APEC
Architect.

The Register

The names of APEC Architects are recorded on an online register. The register is divided into sections based on the
participating economies which are each hosted by the participating economies.

Central Council

The Central Council has ultimate responsibility for all matters relating to the APEC Architect framework. The Council
comprises at least one representative of each Monitoring Committee. The Council is responsible for authorising
Monitoring Committees to maintain their sections of the Register. Typically the Council meets every two years.

A decision to permit an economy to join the project rests with the Central Council.

The Central Council's decisions are generally reached by consensus and are not binding on the regulatory authorities of
participating economies.

Monitoring Committees
 Responsibility for the project within participating economies is delegated to monitoring committees. The duties of the
monitoring committees include the following:

Manage and make determinations on applications from architects within economies to become APEC Architects
Operate the APEC Architect Register within each economy
Provide representatives to the Central Council
Make public information about the APEC Architect Project.

Monitoring Committees are the constituent bodies of the Central Council. They nominate one or more representatives
to the Council, with each Monitoring Committee entitled to one vote.

More information on the monitoring committees is available here.

Operating Manual

The projects rules and procedures are encapsulated in an operating manual which is updated every two years. The
Operating Manual can be viewed here.

Secretariat

Administrative services for the project are provided by a secretariat. More information is available here.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 January 2015 18:14

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