International Conference on Green Economy Growth: Synergizing Green Productivity and the Circular Economy

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Thailand

This international conference is a commemoration of the APO’s Diamond Jubilee to showcase the productivity improvement journey in the Asia-Pacific region, specifically efforts to enhance GP. The APO’s 60th Anniversary celebrations started in 2021 but the associated commemorative events were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. GP was launched in 1994 in line with the […]

Solar Cow Systems: Innovation for Inclusive Productivity

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APO Secretariat

This P-Innovator highlights the thinnest solar panel available, Solar Paper, which has been adapted to help underprivileged children in Africa under the Solar Cow Project. In this project, children can bring Solar Cow batteries for recharging in Cow Chargers installed in schoolyards and study while the batteries are recharging. This sustainable power source creates an […]

Training Course on Strategic Management for Public-sector Productivity Enhancement

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Sri Lanka

Public-sector organizations have had to transform in response to rapid changes and uncertainties. As a result of complex new challenges, management of public services requires greater skills to guide the future course of public-sector organizations. These skills, in essence, are strategic management. They comprise deploying organizational capacity efficiently and managing performance to achieve the desired […]

Workshop on Sustainable Ecotourism

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Fiji

Tourism provides abundant opportunities for employment, investment, infrastructure, and cultural exchanges. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism accounted for 7% of global trade and more than USD1.4 trillion of expenditure that created jobs and momentum for socioeconomic development. However, tourism often comes at the cost of environmental pollution, commercialization of local cultural activities, biased and insecure […]

Training Course on Productivity Gainsharing in Agribusiness Enterprises

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Pakistan

Gainsharing is an organization-wide performance-based pay system whereby both workers and management receive increased benefits as a result of improved productivity. This practice is common in the manufacturing sector. However, its application in the agriculture and agribusiness sectors of APO members still needs encouragement. Other than cooperative gainsharing models in the Republic of China, Japan, […]

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