In October 2000, the economic ministers of ASEAN, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan convened in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and agreed to establish and promote an initiative program for skill development and objective level evaluation of IT engineers across Asian countries.

The mutual recognition agreement scheme for IT engineers can facilitate Asia-wide cooperation among businesses and the exchange of IT human resources across the region.

IPA has signed mutual recognition agreements with eleven partners, listed below as "Counterparts." We are very fortunate to have leading IT and educational organizations with access to modern technology in the region as our counterparts in this endeavor.

We expect to induct more counterparts to establish multi-lateral mutual recognition agreements in the region, to increase cross-border job opportunities and to promote alliance of IT companies.

Information Technology Professionals Examination Council (ITPEC) was established in November 2005 to benefit, assist and advance ITEE in Asian countries. The council agreed to conduct the examination on the same date and time with the same set of questions, so that the examination is consistent among all of the member countries. This consistency enables accurate measurement of the skills of the examinees in the region.

Currently ITPEC Common Examination has been conducted in the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Mongolia biannually, in April and October.

References to Japan's ITEE in English are available here.

Exam Categories with º marks are mutually recognized.