CLARB President Brian Verardo and CEO Matt Miller represented CLARB at the IFLA Asia-Pacific Professional Standards Roundtable held in Quezon City, Philippines in April. This summit convened to advance a global framework for professional recognition and mobility in landscape architecture.
The gathering brought together representatives from IFLA, IFLA Asia-Pacific, national professional associations and regulatory authorities, including the Professional Regulation Commission of the Philippines. Miller served in an advisory role to IFLA's Professional Standards Working Group.
Discussions centered on building a shared international foundation for recognizing landscape architecture credentials across diverse regulatory systems. Participants explored the development of a voluntary IFLA international certification model intended to function as a professional passport by supporting cross-border mobility and benchmarking without imposing a single regulatory model on member nations.
Key topics included the creation of mutual recognition pathways, the establishment of common competency standards covering education, experience and assessment, and a proposed global registrar to support equivalency determinations. Representatives also addressed ongoing challenges, including inconsistent legal recognition of the profession, overlap with allied disciplines and the need to modernize the global definition of landscape architecture.
The group will build on the roundtable’s success by sharing their work with a broader audience and seeking consensus.
In partnership with
International Federation of Landscape Architects
Professional Regulation Commission of the Philippines
