Iran Productivity Development Association (IPDA)

Established in 2005

Website: www.ipda.ir

Objectives:
♦ Acquire and propagate productivity knowledge and experience from APO member countries and other national and international productivity institutions
♦ Facilitate access to productivity statistics
♦ Accelerate the pace of economic development in Bangladesh through productivity and competitiveness enhancement

Organizational Structure:

Membership: 
♦ Official members: IPDA founders and participants in APO and NIPO courses who pay annual membership contributions of 250,000 rials (US$27)
♦ Unofficial members: Any individual or legal entities who want to join the IPDA (no membership contribution and no voting rights)

Financing: Annual membership contributions from official members

Membership:
♦ Managing the IPDA Web site
♦ Supervising training courses and issuing certificates
♦ Regular meetings of board of directors
♦ Periodic conventions of members
♦ Nominating participants in APO projects
♦ Assist the NIPC in implementing projects including e-learning