Through the Handbook, ASEAN engineering professionals will be able to obtain information on how to qualify and practice as an engineer, either as an employee, through collaborations or through the setting-up of commercial presence, in all ASEAN Member States (AMS). The ability of engineers to move beyond national borders within ASEAN will assist ASEAN to accelerate the objective of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. Under the AEC, the ability of engineers to provide services beyond national borders is facilitated by the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Trade in Services (AFAS) 19951 and the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) on Engineering Services 2005. The MRA is one of the important tools to increase the level of liberalisation of cross-border trade in engineering services in ASEAN.