ASSOCIATION OF MARITIME EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN ASIA PACIFIC
5 ADOPTION OF CHARTER
DRAFT AMETIAP CHARTER 2000-2005
We, the representatives of the Member Institutions of the Association of Maritime Education and Training Institutions in Asia Pacific (AMETIAP) meeting at the Annual AMETIAP Conference hosted by the Mercantile Marine Institute of Japan in cooperation with Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine and the Institute for Sea Training in Tokyo in December 1999;
Recognising that AMETIAP was formed to promote, develop and support in the spirit of cooperation, the common interests of its members in all matters concerning the development and quality of maritime education and training institutions, with the declared objectives:
・to provide a forum for the exchange of views among members;
・to foster, develop and maintain close cooperation between and among members on matters relating to maritime education and training including maritime research and development and other matters of mutual and/or collective interest;
・to extend assistance consistent with its policies and capabilities to any member upon the latter's request;
・to formulate a common stand on issues of interest to AMETIAP related to maritime education, training, research and development;
・to improve or assist in improving the services provided by members through the efficient and economic utilisation of resources;
・to represent the general membership in its collective dealings with regional and international organisations;
・to acquire, collate, process and disseminate relevant data and material of common interest to all members;
