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interventions are implemented to maximize the gains. A set of

specific recommendations is offered towards the end of the
paper.

Filipino skilled migration in ASEAN

In recent years, countries in the ASEAN have embarked
to mutually recognize certain professions. That way, these

Southeast Asian professionals can work anywhere in the region.
The skilled professions with ASEAN Mutual Recognition
Agreements (MRAs) are accountants (signed February 2009),

architects (November 2007), dental professionals (August 2008),
medical professionals (August 2008), nursing professionals

(December 2006), engineers (December 2005), surveying
(November 2007) and skilled professionals in the tourism
sector (2012).

The development and enforcement of these MRAs
also came side-by-side with the approval of the ASEAN

Qualifications Reference Framework. In summary, this framework
allows workers’ educational qualifications to match those of

other ASEAN countries’ so as to harmonize workers’ educational
qualifications.

Individual ASEAN countries, including the Philippines,

thus made their qualifications frameworks. In the case of the

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