APO Forges Strategic Initiatives and Global Partnerships

TOKYO, Japan: The Asian Productivity Organization (APO) reaffirmed its dedication to addressing urgent productiveness challenges with the announcement of a number of strategic initiatives and partnerships. These endeavors leverage world experience and collaborative efforts in enhancing productiveness and driving sustainable progress throughout the Asia-Pacific area.

In a latest milestone collaboration, the APO joined forces with the distinguished Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) to inaugurate an intensive government management program tailor-made for National Productivity Organizations (NPOs). Held from 29 April to three May 2024 at INSEAD’s Europe campus in Fontainebleau, France, this program was attended by 12 government officers who lead respective NPOs beneath the steering of eight world thought leaders and practitioners. Notable figures included Alexandra Roulet, former adviser to France’s President Emmanuel Macron, and Phillipe Aghion, a founding father of the brand new progress principle, who addressed rising productiveness challenges and strategic methodologies for his or her decision, with a concentrate on prosperity via technological innovation.

APO Secretary-General Dr. Indra Pradana Singawinata’s inaugural remarks on the program’s begin underscored the important want for the Asia-Pacific to sort out productiveness challenges with resilience and innovation. The management framework adopts a business-centric perspective to formulate initiatives for sustainable productiveness and inclusive progress. Participating NPO leaders will finalize their productiveness initiative proposals inside three months beneath the steering and facilitation of Professor Philip Parker of INSEAD.

A strategic assembly between APO Secretary-General Dr. Indra and Secretary-General Mathias Cormann of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was held on 1 May in Paris. The dialogue was additionally attended by different OECD officers equivalent to Andreas Schaal, Director, Global Relations and Cooperation Directorate; Paul Schreyer, Director, Statistics and Data Directorate; and Thomas Schnöll, Deputy Chief of Staff centered on deeper collaboration on productiveness enhancement, sustainability, and innovation. This marked a major step in renewing cooperation between the APO and OECD, significantly in persevering with joint initiatives on productiveness measurement and statistics.

Building upon its membership within the OECD’s Global Forum on Productivity (GFP) since 2020, the APO solidified dedication with GFP administration on 2 May geared toward enhancing the capability of APO members in productiveness evaluation and coverage formulation. Both events reaffirmed dedication to using the GFP as a platform for coverage exchanges and analysis collaborations.

The collection of high-level engagements culminated in a productive dialogue between Secretary-General Dr. Indra and General Rapporteur of France’s National Council of Productivity Alain Durre, on 3 May. They explored avenues for collaboration, together with bolstering coverage consultancy initiatives and facilitating exchanges on productiveness analysis.

These strategic initiatives and partnerships underscore the APO’s dedication to equipping its members with the instruments and experience to deal with advanced productiveness challenges, driving sustainable improvement and prosperity throughout the Asia-Pacific area.