Training Course for Assessors of the Productivity Specialists Certification Program

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Pakistan

The CB Development Program assists NPOs or affiliated organizations in becoming APO-accredited CBs to operate certification schemes of productivity specialists. A CB must build up a pool of qualified assessors of candidates who apply for accreditation. The APO-PS 101:2019: Requirements for Productivity Specialists is a certification scheme that provides guidelines for CBs to conduct documentation […]

Training Course on Applications of Behavioral Insights in Regulatory Management

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Malaysia

BIs are utilized by governments to improve efficiency and effectiveness policymaking efforts and decision-making processes (OECD, 2021). BIs rely on behavioral economics, psychology, and social sciences that can contribute to better policies. Promoting behavioral change is a central goal of regulation, as demonstrated during the pandemic when governments used regulatory approaches to impose measures to […]

Tourism for Today and Tomorrow in Thailand

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APO Secretariat

Until recently, the competitiveness of the tourism sector was largely determined by expansion on the demand side, measured in terms of both the quantity and value of visitors. The economy, society, and environment are all affected by tourism, both positively and negatively. In addition to responding to increasing demand, the tourism industry is expected to […]

Multicountry Observational Study Mission on the Cashless Society

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Sri Lanka

In a cashless society, financial transactions are conducted digitally. As digitalization progresses, cryptocurrencies, digital payments, and ecommerce are more common. A cashless society helps reduce business risks and costs, increases transaction speed, and facilitates the collection of economic information and digital connection. It also creates concerns over users’ privacy, marginalization of those without digital technology […]

Workshop on Agricultural Innovations for Climate Resilience

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Japan

Agriculture has experienced challenges in maintaining and improving productivity under climate change, which is stressing crops with droughts, heat, salinity, and flooding. A report from Stanford University (2021) revealed that global farming productivity was 21% lower than it could have been without climate change. This indicates that climate change has basically wiped out about seven […]

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