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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) REQUIREMENTS74
Table 117 CPD requirements for Architects Region
Africa
Country
Mandatory CPD
Botswana
Y
Gambia, The
-
Ghana
N
Kenya
Required hours per annum
CPD regulator
Consequence for failing minimum CPD requirement
Architects Registration Council
Practice Licence is not renewed
-
-
21
-
-
Y
30
BORAQS
Non-renewal of practicing licence
Mauritius
Y
12
PAC
can be removed from the registry; but PAC is yet to set in place proper regulatory framework
Namibia
Y
6
NCAQS
Only for In-Training-Architects, registered Architects are not regulated.
Nigeria
Y
160-man hours
ARCON/NIA
Delayed renewal of practice licence
45
Rwanda Institute of Architects / Board of Registration and the Board of Practice
If a minimum requirement of CPD is not met, the professional license is suspended for the subsequent year or other professional sanctions can be applied in some cases
SACAP
Warning given; time to rectify; thereafter deregistration.
The Architects Registration Board
The individual will not get a practicing license
-
-
Rwanda
Y
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20 nominal hours = 2 full days formal (5 Credits/
South Africa
Y
annum in three categories; formal courses, workrelated, personal study
Asia
Caribbean and Americas
Uganda
Y
Zambia
N
Bangladesh
Y
16
Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB)
One cannot get IAB registration number for Architectural practice
India
N
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Malaysia
Y
10
The Board of Architects Malaysia
De-registered
Pakistan
Y
PCATP
License will not be renewed
Singapore
Y
20 CPD Points per annum
Board of Architects, Singapore
Appeal to the Board
Sri Lanka
N
-
-
-
Antigua & Barbuda
N
-
-
-
Canada
Y
Varies by province
Provincial associations
Possible finding of professional misconduct and suspension of license.
Dominica
N
Trinidad & Tobago
N
20
TTIA
No action
20
74 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is vital if architects are to
keep abreast of current practice in terms of design, technology, contract, law etc, yet only 63% of architecture respondents, 60% of planners and only 57% of engineers consider CPD to be a mandatory requirement (only a 3% increase on the 2017 figures for architecture). This may be due in part to the lack of institutional capacity.
Survey of the Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth
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