UNB, Dhaka :
The Asian Productivity Organization (APO), under a special cash grant from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), has drafted national productivity master plans for Bangladesh and Fiji.
APO Secretary-General Dr Santhi Kanoktanaporn said the “agility-productivity-innovation” nexus should form the core of national sustainable productivity initiatives. He mentioned that productivity itself was “never enough in a world of constant
change and uncertainty” and that the governments of Bangladesh and Fiji needed to become resilient to achieve sustainability while meeting their national development goals.
The draft master plans were released to the Ministry of Industries of Bangladesh on July 22 and to the Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations of Fiji on June 13, APO said on Monday. Workshops were subsequently organised in Suva and Dhaka to orient representatives of key institutions on the plan contents and how they can be put into practice. The focus of the master plan initiative is tailoring efforts to meet the current and future needs of individual members, while expanding the APO’s policy advisory services.
After consultations with government units at various levels and thorough review by key stakeholders, the master plans can be adopted as part of national productivity policies or used as drafts for the development of future guideline documents. The current APO members are Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Asian Productivity Organization (APO), under a special cash grant from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), has drafted national productivity master plans for Bangladesh and Fiji.
APO Secretary-General Dr Santhi Kanoktanaporn said the “agility-productivity-innovation” nexus should form the core of national sustainable productivity initiatives. He mentioned that productivity itself was “never enough in a world of constant
change and uncertainty” and that the governments of Bangladesh and Fiji needed to become resilient to achieve sustainability while meeting their national development goals.
The draft master plans were released to the Ministry of Industries of Bangladesh on July 22 and to the Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations of Fiji on June 13, APO said on Monday. Workshops were subsequently organised in Suva and Dhaka to orient representatives of key institutions on the plan contents and how they can be put into practice. The focus of the master plan initiative is tailoring efforts to meet the current and future needs of individual members, while expanding the APO’s policy advisory services.
After consultations with government units at various levels and thorough review by key stakeholders, the master plans can be adopted as part of national productivity policies or used as drafts for the development of future guideline documents. The current APO members are Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
