ASEAN Common Competency Standards
for Tourism Professionals
Key terms found in this chapter
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ASEAN
Tourism Agreement (ATA)
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ASEAN
Common Competency Standards for Tourism Professionals (ACCSTP)
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ASEAN
Strategic Plan
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ASEAN
Task Force on Tourism Manpower Development (ATFTMD)
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Capacity
Building for an ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement in Tourism (CBAMT) Project
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Core,
Generic and Functional Competencies
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Regional
Qualifications Framework and Skills Recognition System (RQFSRS)
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Toolboxes
(for each Competency Standard in the 6 Labour Divisions)
Introduction
At their eighth summit in November 2002, ASEAN leaders signed
the ASEAN Tourism Agreement (ATA) which
aimed to create favourable industry conditions in support of ASEAN’s vision for a free flow of tourism services before 2020. As part of the agreement, the ASEAN leaders agreed to upgrade
tourism education, curricula and skills through the formulation of competency
standards and certification procedures, thereby leading to mutual recognition
of skills and qualifications in the ASEAN region. In
addition, it supported the wider ASEAN agenda of encouraging Member States to
adopt national frameworks for qualifications, competencies and training.
Rationale for Standards
Development
The rationale for development of ASEAN Common Competency
Standards was based on the assumption that if a framework of competencies could
be compiled, shared and adopted by the ASEAN Member States as a common
reference for qualifications, this would lay the foundations and conditions
necessary for an MRA to operate. The proposed development
and operation of an MRA would then facilitate the free movement of qualified
tourism professional staff due to be fully operational by 2015.
Priority for Tourism Standards
Tourism is an important economic sector for the Member States of
ASEAN. It provides an important source of export income
and is a vital sector for employment particularly for women and small
businesses. Not only has the significance of this area of
economic development been recognised at the individual state level, but also
tourism has been included as a priority sector for economic integration across
the ASEAN region
Human Resources Development
Human resources are a key competitive element of tourism, as
destinations increasingly compete on level of service rather than physical or
natural assets. In recognition of the imperative to
develop a skilled labour force for tourism across the ASEAN region, the ACCSTP
project was developed and agreed based upon three general objectives:-
1. To establish an agreed set of
ACCSTP.
2. To determine the potential for
manpower mobility and the establishment of an MRA within ASEAN
3. To develop a strategic plan for
the regional implementation of ACCSTP anda sustainable network to facilitate
the application of an MRA on Tourism Professionals.
Strategic Direction
The ASEAN Strategic Plan identified the importance of increasing
the quality of services and human resources in the region as a strategic
direction, and identified ASEAN tourism standards and implementing the MRA as
strategic actions of the plan. Figure 2.1
illustrates these priorities as part of responsible and sustainable tourism
development.
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