Workshop on Capacity Building on Innovation-led Productivity Based on ISO 56000

Vietnam is pursuing its transformation toward an innovation-driven, high-value economy, with innovation and productivity improvement playing important roles in industrial upgrading and enterprise competitiveness. Under the Vietnam Strategic Partnership Program (SPP), priority sector upgrading aims to enable enterprises to move toward higher-value activities through innovation, standard adoption, and supplier development. Achieving this transformation requires enterprises not only to improve the efficiency and quality of existing operations, but also to strengthen their ability to systematically manage innovation and translate new ideas, technologies, and business opportunities into sustainable productivity improvement.

The ISO 56000 series provides internationally recognized principles, frameworks, and guidance for systematically managing innovation in organizations. Innovation management can support productivity improvement by enabling enterprises to identify and prioritize opportunities, develop and implement innovative solutions, and create greater value through innovations in products, services, processes, technologies, management practices, and business models. Previous APO initiatives have similarly emphasized the role of systematic innovation management in strengthening enterprise productivity and competitiveness.

In 2022, the APO and Vietnam National Productivity Institute (VNPI) jointly implemented the Training Course on Innovation Management Standards for Enterprises, which introduced innovation management concepts and principles, practical applications of the ISO 56000 series, and strategies for utilizing innovation management for productivity enhancement.

Building on this experience, the two-day Workshop on Innovation-led Productivity Based on ISO 56000 will strengthen participants from APO member economies’ practical understanding of the ISO 56000 series and their capability to apply innovation management approaches to support innovation-led productivity improvement in enterprises. The workshop will cover the key principles and practical applications of innovation management, approaches to integrating innovation management with productivity improvement initiatives and other management systems, and tools and good practices for identifying and pursuing innovation opportunities.

Through presentations, discussions, and practical learning, the workshop will enable participants to consider how systematic innovation management can be adapted to their institutional and enterprise contexts to support value creation and productivity improvement.

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