Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Forewords to the First and Second ASEAN Reader: ASEAN: Conception and Evolution
- Forewords to the First and Second ASEAN Reader: ASEAN: The Way Ahead
- Forewords to the First and Second ASEAN Reader: New Challenges for ASEAN
- SECTION I ASEAN: THE LONG VIEW
- SECTION II COUNTRY ANALYSES
- SECTION III COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF THE REGION
- Southeast Asian Societies
- The Southeast Asian Economy
- Southeast Asian Politics
- SECTION IV INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
- SECTION V INSTITUTIONS OF ASEAN
- SECTION VI ASSESSING ASEAN'S INTERNAL POLICIES
- ASEAN Political Security Community
- ASEAN Economic Community
- 41 Implementing the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
- 42 Towards an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015
- 43 Understanding ASEAN's Connectivity
- 44 Enhancing the Institutional Framework for AEC Implementation
- 45 What is a Single Market? An Application to the Case of ASEAN
- 46 Non-Tariff Barriers: A Challenge to Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community
- 47 Towards a Truly Seamless Single Windows and Trade Facilitation Regime in ASEAN Beyond 2015
- 48 An Assessment of Services Sector Liberalization in ASEAN
- 49 Financial Integration Challenges in ASEAN beyond 2015
- 50 Free Flow of Skilled Labour in ASEAN
- 51 Toward a Single Aviation Market in ASEAN: Regulatory Reform and Industry Challenges
- ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
- SECTION VII ASSESSING ASEAN'S EXTERNAL INITIATIVES
- ASEAN Processes
- ASEAN's Major Power Relations
- SECTION VIII SOUTHEAST ASIA: PERIPHERAL NO MORE
- Bibliography
- The Contributors
- The Compilers
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Forewords to the First and Second ASEAN Reader: ASEAN: Conception and Evolution
- Forewords to the First and Second ASEAN Reader: ASEAN: The Way Ahead
- Forewords to the First and Second ASEAN Reader: New Challenges for ASEAN
- SECTION I ASEAN: THE LONG VIEW
- SECTION II COUNTRY ANALYSES
- SECTION III COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF THE REGION
- Southeast Asian Societies
- The Southeast Asian Economy
- Southeast Asian Politics
- SECTION IV INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
- SECTION V INSTITUTIONS OF ASEAN
- SECTION VI ASSESSING ASEAN'S INTERNAL POLICIES
- ASEAN Political Security Community
- ASEAN Economic Community
- 41 Implementing the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
- 42 Towards an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015
- 43 Understanding ASEAN's Connectivity
- 44 Enhancing the Institutional Framework for AEC Implementation
- 45 What is a Single Market? An Application to the Case of ASEAN
- 46 Non-Tariff Barriers: A Challenge to Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community
- 47 Towards a Truly Seamless Single Windows and Trade Facilitation Regime in ASEAN Beyond 2015
- 48 An Assessment of Services Sector Liberalization in ASEAN
- 49 Financial Integration Challenges in ASEAN beyond 2015
- 50 Free Flow of Skilled Labour in ASEAN
- 51 Toward a Single Aviation Market in ASEAN: Regulatory Reform and Industry Challenges
- ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
- SECTION VII ASSESSING ASEAN'S EXTERNAL INITIATIVES
- ASEAN Processes
- ASEAN's Major Power Relations
- SECTION VIII SOUTHEAST ASIA: PERIPHERAL NO MORE
- Bibliography
- The Contributors
- The Compilers
Summary
INTRODUCTION
The AEC provides for market access for ASEAN skilled labour. “Free flow of skilled labour” affects the implementation of the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) through allowing foreign service suppliers, and the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) through allowing employment of foreign corporate personnel to accompany FDI.
The AEC Blueprint focuses on action to implement Mutual Recognition Arrange-ments (MRAs) for major professional services. It is obvious that recognition of qualifica-tions is not enough to ensure market access in ASEAN. We need to also look at policies and regulatory frameworks affecting skilled labour mobility, and highlight the various policy and regulatory constraints and impediments.
POLICIES AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS ON SKILLED LABOUR MOBILITY IN AND AMONG ASEAN COUNTRIES
ASEAN governments have facilitated in-flows of professional manpower for various reasons, including to: facilitate FDI by permitting entry of foreign business people and professionals to accompany FDI; meet short-term skills shortages; facilitate structural/industrial upgrading; meet com-mitments under GATS and FTAs; and pro-mote health and education services.
Provisions in AFAS
AFAS provides for regulatory convergence and regulatory harmonization including MRAs.
AFAS Article 5 — Domestic Regulation (on qualifications):
With the objective of ensuring that measures relating to qualification requirements and procedures, technical standards and licensing requirements do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade in services, the Parties shall jointly review the results of the negotiations on disciplines in these measures pursuant to Article VI. of GATS, with a view to their incorporation into the Agreement.
AFAS Article 6 — Recognition (on qualifications):
• For the purposes of fulfilment of their respective standards or criteria for the authorization, licensing and certification of service suppliers, each Party may recognize the education or experience obtained, requirements met, or licenses or certification granted in another Party.
• Two or more parties may enter into, or encourage their relevant competent bodies to enter into, negotiations or recognition of qualification require-ments, qualification procedures, licens-ing and/or registration procedures for the purposes of fulfilment of their respective standards or criteria for the authorization, licensing or certification of service suppliers…
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- The 3rd ASEAN Reader , pp. 261 - 265Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2015