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Models for Globalizing Personnel Certification Programs

Models for Globalizing Personnel Certification Programs. American National Standards Institute International Standards Week Conference Washington D.C. October 15, 2002 Sharon Goldsmith, Ph.D Head, Certification, Education and Accreditation Practice Plexus Consulting Group

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Models for Globalizing Personnel Certification Programs

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  1. Models for Globalizing Personnel Certification Programs American National Standards Institute International Standards Week Conference Washington D.C. October 15, 2002 Sharon Goldsmith, Ph.D Head, Certification, Education and Accreditation Practice Plexus Consulting Group Washington, DC

  2. Goals and Challenges in International Regulation of Personnel • Promote portability of qualified individuals • Protect public from unqualified individuals

  3. Forces Encouraging InternationalPersonnel Regulation • Governmental Interest • International treaties focusing on trade in services • Standards as a non tariff trade barrier • Encouraging international business development • Consumer Protection • Increased need for quality control and surveillance asworkforce mobility increases • Reports of increasing numbers of unqualified individuals in some areas • Post 9-11 concerns

  4. Forces Encouraging International Personnel Regulation • Private Business Interest due to international expansion • Funding is available

  5. Forces Encouraging Global Personnel Regulation • New technologies : • e-mail • distance education • computerized test administration • electronic data keeping

  6. Forces Encouraging Global Personnel Regulation:The Regulators Perspective • Certificate Holder Interest (increased workforce mobility) • Financial Incentives • Increasing the Power of the Credential

  7. International Regulation Schemas Applied to Individuals • Transporting programs from one country into another • Uniform International Standards • Licensing Agreements • Deference/Endorsement • Full Reciprocity (Mutual Recognition)

  8. International Schema Applied To Certification Systems: • ISO/CASCO 17024: • International standards for benchmarks of quality for organizations certifying individuals • Define globally accepted process of assessment, surveillance and re-assessment of individuals • Resulting in harmonizing certification systems, improving quality and protecting the public

  9. International Schemas Applied to Other Systems • Accreditation of Academic Programs • Accreditation of Facilities and Processes

  10. Determining the Feasibility of International Agreements (Part I) • Is there a mutual desire among all the stakeholders to develop agreements? • Are the occupations defined the same way between countries? • Is there a common scope of practice and practice patterns?

  11. Determining the Feasibility of International Agreements (Part II) • Is there an accreditation or educational program approval body? • What personnel regulation programs are currently in place: • private or governmental? • national or local? • required or voluntary? • What immigration laws and regulations need to be considered?

  12. Principles for Developing Recognition Agreements • Integrity of the credential • Parity in application of standards • Equal access • Reverse discrimination • Reasonable comparability • Authority of agency

  13. Practical Concerns • Determining Comparability: Substantial Equivalence of Standards and Outcomes • Application Procedures • Surveillance of Regulated Individuals • Crafting and Updating Agreements

  14. The Millennium Intent • A commitment to a defined negotiation process leading to an Accord that establishes a transparent, robust international mutual recognition system of professional qualifications

  15. The Millennium Intent • Negotiating Principles • Parity • Substantial equivalency • Legal acceptability

  16. Advantages of negotiations evenif agreements are not achieved • Promote consistency and quality in academic preparation and occupational standards • Improve quality in an industry through shared research and best practices • Improve communication through common understanding of terms, standards and processes • Improve opportunities for workforce mobility • Improve opportunities, process for public protection

  17. For more information Sharon Goldsmith, PhD Plexus Consulting Group 1620 Eye Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-785-8940 Fax: 202-785-8949 Email: sharon_goldsmith@plexusconsulting.com Website: www.plexusconsuting.com

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