08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

Inaugural Session (Regency Ballrooms I & II)

• Welcome Address by Mr. Ashok Jha, APO Director for India, Chairman, National Productivity Council and Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

• Statement by Mr. Shigeo Takenaka, APO Secretary-General

• Inaugural Address by Mr. E. V. K. S. Elangovan, Honorable Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India

• Introduction of NPO Delegates and Agriculture Delegates by Mr. Shigeo Takenaka, APO Secretary-General

• Vote of Thanks by Ms. Sunila Basant, Director General, National Productivity Council, India

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 – 12:00

Plenary Session I (Regency Ballrooms I & II)

• Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman

• Adoption of Agenda (Doc. Nos. 1 & 1-A)

• Presentation and Adoption of Evaluation of Project Implementation (Doc. No. 2)

• Consideration and Adoption of APO Program and Financial Estimates for 2005 – A Review (Doc. No. 3)

• Presentation of APO Two-Year Plan for 2006 and 2007 (Doc. No. 4); APO Program and Financial Estimates for 2006 (Doc. No. 5) and APO Program and Financial Estimates for 2007 – General Outline (Doc. No. 6)

12:00 – 12:45

Special Presentation on Information Technology by Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM), New Delhi

12:45– 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:00

Plenary Session II (Regency Ballrooms I & II)

• Country Presentations – Sharing of Views and Experiences among NPO Delegates and Agriculture Delegates

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee/Tea Break

15:30 – 18:00

Country Presentations – Sharing of Views and Experiences among NPO Delegates and Agriculture Delegates (cont’d.)

19:30 – 22:00

Welcome Dinner hosted by the National Productivity Council of India at India Habitat Centre

09:00 – 15:30

Strategic Planning Committee Session (Concurrent Sessions)

• Industry & Service Sectors
  Group I: Regency Ballroom I – Bangladesh, Cambodia, ROC, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, ROK and Lao PDR
  Group II: Regency Ballroom II – Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam

• Agriculture Sector
  Group III: Mayfair Room – All Agriculture Delegates

Topics:

I. Review of linkages among the mission, vision, thrust areas and subject classification including program coverage vis-à-vis diminishing resources against the need of selection and concentration.

II. Study on proposed two-year plan.

III. Review of the measures to improve operational cost effectiveness, including WSM and GBM structures.

IV. Review of the designation of the special theme and the APO Award on organizational excellence.

16:00 – 17:00

Continuation
Strategic Planning Committee Session (Concurrent Session)

• Presentation of reports by each group and summing-up by Committee Chairman

(Breaks for tea and lunch will be announced at an appropriate time)

19:00 – 21:00

Dinner hosted by the APO Secretary-General at InterContinental The Grand New Delhi

09:00 – 10:00

Special Session

• Special Presentation II on "Poverty, Employment and Productivity: An Asian Perspective" by Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar, Member of the Planning Commission, Government of India

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee/Tea Break

10:15 – 13:00

Observational Study Tours

Industry Sector: Visit to Hero ITES, Gurgaon, Haryana

Agriculture Sector: Visit to National Agricultural Science Museum, New Delhi

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:15

Plenary Session III (Regency Ballrooms I & II)

• Presentation and Adoption of the Strategic Planning Committee Reports

• Adoption of the APO Two-Year Plan for 2006 and 2007, APO Program and Financial Estimates for 2006, and APO Program and Financial Estimates for 2007 (Doc. Nos. 4, 5 & 6)

• Adoption of the Report of the Workshop Meeting to the 47th Session of the Governing Body

• Any Other Business and Observers’ Statements
  
  Vote of Thanks

15:15 – 15:45

Closing Session

• Closing Statements
  – Secretary-General
  – Chairperson