APO Charts Path Toward Vision 2030 At 66th Workshop Meeting In Seoul

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 (Bernama) -- The Asian Productivity Organization (APO) has convened its 66th Workshop Meeting of Heads of National Productivity Organizations (WSM) in Seoul recently.

Delegates from 19 APO members shared insights on the Strategic Partnership Program (SPP) and agreed to operationalise the APO Vision 2030, advancing the transformation from a project-based to a result-driven, member-led organisation, according to a statement.

In the inaugural address, APO Director for the Republic of Korea and Chair of the Korea Productivity Center, Dr Park Sungjoong highlighted the significance of the 66th WSM as the first formal discussion of the APO’s Vision 2030 and called for stronger collaboration for sustainable productivity and inclusive growth in the region.

Meanwhile, APO Secretary-General, Dr Indra Pradana Singawinata stated: “The APO has accelerated work on three core platforms since the WSM in 2024: Vision 2030 implementation through the SPP, Green Productivity (GP) 2.0, and accreditation and quality assurance to strengthen national productivity ecosystems.”

In a statement conveyed through NPO Delegate from India Neerja Sekhar, APO Chair 2025–26 Amardeep Singh Bhatia congratulated APO members, NPO Heads, and relevant stakeholders on the APO Governing Body’s (GB) endorsement of the Vision 2030 strategy and operationalisation documents, while also describing Vision 2030 as a bold, forward-looking roadmap.

The Secretariat reports on the 2024 Annual Project Review, APO Vision 2030 Strategy and Operationalization, and SPP highlighted the APO’s collective achievements, lessons learnt, and progress made in implementing programmes and shaping the APO Vision 2030.

Furthermore, representatives from the UN International Labour Organization, World Bank International Finance Corporation, and Asian Development Bank featured their country-specific programmes to enlighten delegates on practical approaches to planning based on members’ needs.

The workshop was continued on SPP Primers, with NPO delegates from Fiji and Indonesia sharing their approaches, and the Secretariat’s SPP Team facilitating the APO SPP Primer Workshop, where delegates drafted 2026–28 country primers covering national contexts, strategic focus areas, and key results, with outputs displayed on a live Productivity Dashboard.

The 66th WSM marked a significant milestone and concluded with a consensus to shift to need-based, member-led programming under the APO Vision 2030, supported by pillar‑level budgeting and a streamlined two‑track governance flow between the GB and WSM, with an SPP rollout starting in November 2025.

-- BERNAMA