Professional Registration of Electrical and Information Engineers in Cyprus, Turkey and Various Countries around the World

摘要

Professional licensure is the act of professional registration and authorisation by law of engineers who have the right competencies in their designated professional areas. Licensing (licensure) enforces standards that restrict practise to qualified individuals with the aim to protect and improve public health, safety and welfare. Hence, it is an important issue and there are laws to this end in many countries [1-3]. Engineering is a global profession and mobility of engineers is desirable. Licensing laws of many countries have some similarities but also exhibit some differences. Hence, for easier mobility of professional workforce, conditions for allowing comity of licensure between different countries need to be agreed upon [4-6]. In the European Union a series of Community Directives have been adopted in order to overcome the obstacles in the free access and pursuit of professions which are regulated by specific laws in member states.