Washington Accord
The International Engineering Alliance (IEA)
The International Engineering Alliance (IEA) is a global not-for-profit organisation, which comprises members from 41 jurisdictions within 29 countries, across seven international agreements. These international agreements govern the recognition of engineering educational qualifications and professional competence. Through the Educational Accords and Competence Agreements members of the International Engineering Alliance establish and enforce internationally bench-marked standards for engineering education and expected competence for engineering practice
The Washington Accord
The Washington Accord is a multi-lateral agreement between bodies responsible for accreditation or recognition of tertiary-level engineering qualifications within their jurisdictions who have chosen to work collectively to assist the mobility of professional engineers. The signatory bodies are committed to development and recognition of good practice in engineering education. The activities of the Accord signatories (for example in developing exemplars of the graduates’ profiles from certain types of qualification) are intended to assist growing globalization of mutual recognition of engineering qualifications. The Washington Accord is specifically focused on academic programmes which deal with the practice of engineering at the professional level. The Washington Accord acknowledges that accreditation of engineering academic programmes is a key foundation for the practice of engineering at the professional level in each of the countries or territories covered by the Accord.
www.ieagreements.org/accords/washington/
The currently Washington Accord’s signatories and provisional signatories
The Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET)
The Washington Accord Executive Committee formally acknowledges and assigns the Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET) to act as a mentor for Thailand Accreditation board of Engineering Education (TABEE).
Activity with TABEE
November 2017
IEET visited Council of Engineers, Thailand/ presented and shared their experiences on becoming Washington Accord Signatories / Visited Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University.
November 2018
IEET visited Thailand to observe TABEE accreditation process at Khon Khan University on program visit.
December 2019
IEET visited Thailand to give a seminar on “PEV Training: Experience Sharing from Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET)”.
January 2020
IEET invited TABEE members (Dr. Tatchai and Dr. Sutha) to observe IEET decision meeting at Taiwan.
February 2020
IEET visited Thailand to observe TABEE accreditation process on the Environmental Engineer Program, at Chulalongkorn University on program visit. IEET visited the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI).
June 2021
IEET observed (on line) TABEE Decision Meeting 2021.
March 2022
IEET observed (online) the Polymer Engineering Program, at Suranaree University of Technology.
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
In 2019
TABEE has agreement with ABET to send 10 TABEE candidates to join the ABET-Program Evaluator Candidate (PEVC) Training in 2020. (This activity has been postponed due to COVID 19 pandemics.)
Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK)
December 2017
ABEEK visited Thailand to observe TABEE accreditation process on the Industrial Engineering program, at Rajamangala University of Technology Thunyaburi on program visit.
March 2018
ABEEK visited Thailand to attend TABEE decision meeting.
Engineering Accreditation Council Board of Engineers Malaysia (EAC)
November 2018
EAC visited Thailand to observe TABEE accreditation process on the Civil Engineering program, at Suranaree University of Technology on program visit.
March 2022
EAC observed (online) the Polymer Engineering Program, at Suranaree University of Technology.
Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE)
December 2021
JABEE joined TABEE seminar (online) as a guest speaker, “TABEE: the road towards the Washington Accord”.
March 2022
JABEE observed (online) the Polymer Engineering Program, at Suranaree University of Technology.
Indonesian Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (IABEE)
December 2021
IABEE joined TABEE seminar (online) as a guest speaker, “TABEE: the road towards the Washington Accord”.
