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APO APO ANNUAL REPORT 2015 APO






ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT








REPORT 2015






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CONTENTS












APO Directors, Alternate Directors, Liaison Officers, and NPO Heads iv


APO Secretariat vi

Foreword vii

Organization 1


2015 GBM and WSM 5

Brief Description of 2015 APO Projects 13

Strengthening of NPOs 14

Promoting the Development of SMEs and Communities 32


Catalyzing Innovation-led Productivity Growth 42

Green Productivity 62

Individual-country Programs 73

Evaluation of APO Projects 76


Information Program 77

International Cooperation 82

2015 APO Project Summary 83


Financial Report 115

List of NPOs 132

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Used 134







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APO DIRECTORS, ALTERNATE DIRECTORS,
NPO HEADS, AND LIAISON OFFICERS
(AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2015)





APO Chair NPO Head Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr. Pao-Cheng Chang
Muhammad Arif Azim President Director & NPO Head
APO Director for Pakistan China Productivity Center Dr. Roya Tabatabaei Yazdi
Head
Liaison Officer National Iranian Productivity Organization
APO First Vice Chair Jerry Chung-Wen Chen
Margarita R. Songco Project Manager Alternate Director
Dr. Firouzeh Khalatbari
APO Director for the Philippines APO Affairs Team
China Productivity Center Consultant
National Iranian Productivity Organization
APO Second Vice Chair Fiji Liaison Officer
Chew Mok Lee Mitra Alipour
APO Director for Singapore Director International Affairs Officer
Taito Waqa
International and
Permanent Secretary for Scientific Cooperation Department
Bangladesh Labour, Industrial Relations & Employment National Iranian Productivity Organization
Ministry of Employment, Productivity and
Director Industrial Relations
Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan ndc Alternate Director & NPO Head Japan
Secretary Kamlesh Prakash Director
Ministry of Industries Takio Yamada
Director
Alternate Director & NPO Head National Training & Productivity Centre Director-General
Md. Dabirul Islam Fiji National University International Cooperation Bureau
Director (A.C.) & Joint Secretary Liaison Officer Ministry of Foreign Affairs
National Productivity Organisation Vani Varea Alternate Director
Ministry of Industries Hideaki Mizukoshi
Director
Liaison Officer Labour Policy & Productivity Deputy Director-General
Md. Abdul Musabbir Ministry of Employment, Productivity and International Cooperation Bureau
Joint Director Industrial Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs
National Productivity Organisation NPO Head
Ministry of Industries Hong Kong Masayoshi Matsukawa
Not designated President
Cambodia Japan Productivity Center
Director India Liaison Officer
Ek Sonn Chan Sayaka Harada
Secretary of State Director Deputy Director
Ministry of Industry and Handicraft Amitabh Kant International Cooperation Department
Secretary Japan Productivity Center
Alternate Director Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
Dr. Tung Ciny Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Under Secretary of State Republic of Korea
Ministry of Industry and Handicraft Alternate Director & NPO Head Director & NPO Head
G.R. Raghavender
NPO Head Director General Dr. Soon Jick Hong
Heng Eang National Productivity Council & Joint Secretary Chairman & CEO
Director Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Korea Productivity Center
National Productivity Centre of Cambodia Ministry of Commerce and Industry Alternate Director
Ministry of Industry and Handicraft Sungcheon Kang
Liaison Officer
Liaison Officer K.D. Bhardwaj Director General for Industrial Policy
Khun Rumyol Director & Head (Int’l Serv.) Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy
Chief National Productivity Council Liaison Officer
Research and Planning Sang Yong Han
National Productivity Centre of Cambodia
Director
Ministry of Industry and Handicraft Indonesia International Cooperation Department
Director Korea Productivity Center
Republic of China Khairul Anwar
Director General of Training and Productivity
Director Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration
Sheng-Hsiung Hsu
Chairman Alternate Director
China Productivity Center Kunjung Masehat
Secretary
Alternate Director Directorate General of Training and Productivity
Dr. Ming-Ji Wu Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration
Director General NPO Head & Liaison Officer
Industrial Development Bureau
Ministry of Economic Affairs Estiarty Haryani
Director of Productivity and Entrepreneurship
Directorate Productivity and Entrepreneurship
Directorate General of Training and Productivity
Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration

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Lao PDR NPO Head Sri Lanka
Anjana Tamrakar
Director & NPO Head Director
General Manager
Somdy Inmyxai National Productivity and Jinasiri Dadallage
Director General Economic Development Centre Secretary
Department of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Ministry of Public Administration and Management
Lao National Productivity Organization Liaison Officer Provincial Councils
Prabin Kumar Acharya Local Government and Democratic Governance
Alternate Director
Branch Chief
Soutchay Sisouvong National Productivity and Alternate Director & NPO Head
Deputy Director General Economic Development Centre W. M. P. G. Wickramasinghe
Department of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Additional Secretary
Lao National Productivity Organization Ministry of Public Administration and Management
Pakistan
Liaison Officer Liaison Officer
Dr. Keomorakoth Sidlakone Director W. M. D. Suranga Gunarathne
Deputy Director General Muhammad Arif Azim Director
Department of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Secretary National Productivity Secretariat
Lao National Productivity Organization Ministry of Industries and Production
Alternate Director Thailand
Malaysia Shafqut-ur-Rehman Ranjha Director
Director Additional Secretary Arthit Wuthikaro
Azman Hashim Ministry of Industries and Production Permanent Secretary
Chairman NPO Head Ministry of Industry
Malaysia Productivity Corporation Abdul Ghaffar Khattak Alternate Director & NPO Head
Alternate Director & NPO Head Chief Executive Officer Dr. Santhi Kanoktanaporn
Mohd. Razali Hussain National Productivity Organization Executive Director
Director General Liaison Officer Thailand Productivity Institute
Malaysia Productivity Corporation Rabia Jamil Liaison Officer
Liaison Officer Head of International Relations Ratchada Asisonthisakul
Khidzir Ahmad National Productivity Organization International Relations Department Manager
Consultant Thailand Productivity Institute
Malaysia Productivity Corporation Philippines
Director Vietnam
Mongolia Margarita R. Songco Director
Deputy Director-General
Director National Economic and Development Authority Tran Van Vinh
Yamaaranz Erkhembayar Director General
Chairman of the Board of Directors Alternate Director & NPO Head Directorate for Standards, Metrology, and Quality
Mongolian Productivity Organization Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr. Alternate Director & NPO Head
Alternate Director President Nguyen Anh Tuan
Dr. Sharav Munkhtseren Development Academy of the Philippines Director
Executive Director Liaison Officer Vietnam National Productivity Institute
Human Development, Carlos A. Sayco, Jr.
Research and Training Center Senior Fellow Liaison Officer
Nguyen Thu Hien
NPO Head Development Academy of the Philippines Deputy Director
Amarsaikhan Damdinjav Vietnam National Productivity Institute
Executive Director Singapore
Mongolian Productivity Organization
Director & NPO Head
Liaison Officer Chew Mok Lee
Batbileg Tsagaan Assistant Chief Executive
Expert Capabilities & Partnership
Mongolian Productivity Organization SPRING Singapore
Alternate Director
Nepal Simon Lim
Director Group Director
Surya Prasad Silwal Capabilities & Partnership
SPRING Singapore
Secretary
Ministry of Industry Liaison Officer
William Lim Jing Han
Alternate Director Senior Manager
Dinesh Kumar Ghimire Productivity & Innovation Department
Joint Secretary SPRING Singapore
Ministry of Industry






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APO Secretariat







Secretary-General Mari Amano
Administration & Sherman Loo Director
Finance Department Chihiro Sakaguchi Project Coordinator
Tomoko Goto Assistant to Secretary-General
Itaru Nakamura Administration & Finance Officer
Emi Kakuta Accountant
Tsuyoshi Kimura Administration Assistant
Naoko Tsuruta Administration Assistant
Yumiko Yamashita Information & Public Relations Officer
Yoko Fujimoto Administration Assistant
Mohammad Towfiqul Islam Information Technology Officer
Yae Matsumoto IT Assistant
Yumiko Nishio Administration & Finance Officer
Yuki Natsui Administration Assistant
Aya Sato Administration Assistant
Energy Efficiency Program Hikaru Horiguchi Senior Program Officer
Research & Planning Naoki Ogiwara Director
Department Yasuko Asano Program Officer
Dr. Jose Elvinia Program Officer
Huong Thu Ngo Program Officer
Akemi Oikawa Project Coordinator
Kyoko Mauryama Project Assistant
Akiko Ohara Project Assistant
Industry Department J.M. Thilaka Jayasundara Director
Mochamad Arsyoni Buana Nur Program Officer
Muhammad Idham bin Mohd Zain Program Officer
Jun-Ho Kim Program Officer
Ta-Te Yang Program Officer
Mitsuko Eshita Project Coordinator
Madoka Asai Project Assistant
Noriko Kasai Project Assistant
Mayumi Nakagawa Project Assistant
Kana Wakabayashi Project Assistant
Agriculture Department Joselito Cruz Bernardo Director
Dr. Muhammad Saeed Senior Program Officer
Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Hossain Program Officer
Mitsuo Nakamura Program Officer
Emiko Iwasaki Project Coordinator
Kazuhiko Amagai Project Assistant
Satomi Kozuka Project Assistant
Emiko Kurayoshi Project Assistant
(As of 31 December 2015)




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Foreword






The APO’s work in the Asia-Pacific region in
the last 54 years was founded on the concept
of sustainability. In a rapidly evolving society,
individuals and organizations must rely on their
abilities to be aware of changes, adapt to shifting
norms and traditions, and adopt new technologies
and innovations. The APO has continued efforts
to help its members achieve long-term progress by
developing and harnessing such abilities.


Green Productivity (GP) remained a core area
for the APO in 2015. With the assistance of the
Government of Japan, several projects were
conducted on energy efficiency, a concern of many
members. The APO Center of Excellence (COE) on
GP in the Republic of China continued to play an principles and strategies reflect the commitment to
important role in supporting our members through enhancing the APO’s contribution to making the
its portfolio of programs and resources allocated to Asia-Pacific region an innovative hub for sustainable
support future GP efforts. socioeconomic development and transforming the
APO into the leading international organization
Programs on topics like social marketing, diversity in the area of productivity enhancement. The
management, youth employment issues, aging roadmap will guide program and project planning
societies, and gender mainstreaming were also over the next four years to help APO members
developed in 2015. Agriculture continues to be improve overall productivity performance.
important in the region, and emerging topics to
build resilience in the sector, such as climate change, This APO Annual Report is a compendium of
revitalization of rural economies, nonchemical pest information on activities in 2015. In addition to
management, value chain analysis, and food quality brief descriptions of projects and activities presented
control systems, were translated into APO projects. by subject area, summaries including number of
participants, names of experts, and other details are
The sustainability of the APO’s capacity building provided in tabular form for easy reference.
and knowledge sharing must be ensured. The
introduction of the National Follow-up Program in People remain at the core of the APO. Networks
2015 now allows members to use the experience connecting participants, experts, member
gained in multicountry projects for national-level economies, strategic partners, and NPO staff give
training of wider local audiences. The past year the productivity community advantages in pursuing
also saw the launch of the Success Stories initiative continued socioeconomic growth. The APO will
documenting the results achieved by APO project continue its role of connecting people for increased
participants and demonstration companies in productivity within and outside the region.
down-to-earth, real-world terms.
Mari Amano
The Roadmap to Achieve the APO Vision 2020 was APO Secretary-General
endorsed by the Governing Body in April 2016. Its Tokyo, June 2016



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ORGANIZATION






The Asian Productivity Organization (APO) was established on 11 May 1961 as a regional intergovernmental
organization. The APO is nonpolitical, nonprofit, and nondiscriminatory. ORGANIZATION













































From 1990 to 2010, APO programs and projects 2. Catalyze innovation-led productivity growth
were based on the five thrust areas of knowledge Productivity improvement includes both increased
management, Green Productivity, strengthening efficiency and innovation-led gains that increase
of SMEs, integrated community development, and the quality of products and delivery of services.
development of NPOs. Three strategic directions The APO aims to strengthen management skills
replaced them for the 2011 to 2020 decade: through proven knowledge management tools,
improve productivity in the service and public
1. Strengthen NPOs and promote the sectors, and promote business collaboration
development of SMEs and communities among member economies.
NPOs need to be strengthened to lead national
productivity initiatives, and SMEs play a crucial role 3. Promote Green Productivity
in all economies. The APO aims to support NPOs to The APO will work with member countries to
develop competency centers and improve the produc- promote green technologies, create demand for
tivity of targeted segments of SMEs and communities. green products and services, green manufacturing








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and service sector supply chains, and promote 1. As a think tank, the APO conducts research on
sustainable practices in agriculture. emerging needs of members for their follow-up and
for determining appropriate assistance to them.


MEMBERSHIP 2. As a catalyst, the APO promotes bilateral
and multilateral alliances among members and
APO membership is open to countries in Asia and between them and others outside the APO region
the Pacific which are members of the United Nations for collaboration in productivity-related activities
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the for mutual benefit.
Pacific. Current membership comprises Bangladesh,
Cambodia, the Republic of China, Fiji, Hong Kong, 3. As a regional adviser, the APO surveys the
India, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, economic and development policies and perfor-
the Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, mance of each member country and assists in
Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri formulating strategies for achieving enhanced
Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. These countries productivity and competitiveness.
pledge to assist each other in their productivity
drives in a spirit of mutual cooperation by sharing 4. As an institution builder, the APO strengthens
knowledge, information, and experience. the capability of the national productivity orga-
nizations (NPOs) and other institutions to provide
productivity promotion, training, and consultancy
KEY ROLES services to the public and private sectors.

In serving its members, the APO performs five 5. As a clearinghouse for productivity infor-
key roles: Think Tank, Catalyst, Regional Adviser, mation, the APO facilitates the dissemination
Institution Builder, and Clearinghouse for and exchange of information on productivity
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