{"id":363303,"date":"2026-05-21T12:34:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363303"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:04:54","slug":"asian-productivity-organization-apo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asian-productivity-organization-apo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Productivity Organization (APO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>News: <\/strong>The 68th Session of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Governing Body is being hosted by the Government of India, as Chair of the APO, from 20 to 22 May 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Asian Productivity Organization (APO)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363307\" style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363307 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-APO.jpg?resize=374%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Asian Productivity Organization (APO)\" width=\"374\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-APO.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-APO.jpg?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-APO.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; APO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an\u00a0<strong>intergovernmental organization<\/strong>\u00a0established in\u00a0<strong>1961<\/strong>\u00a0to increase productivity in the Asia-Pacific region through mutual cooperation.<\/li>\n<li>The APO contributes to the\u00a0<strong>sustainable socioeconomic development<\/strong>\u00a0of the region through policy advisory services, acting as a think tank, and undertaking <strong>smart initiatives<\/strong> in the industry, agriculture, service, and public sectors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members:\u00a021<\/strong> (<strong>India<\/strong>\u00a0being a <strong>founding member<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Governing Body: <\/strong>The Governing Body (GB) is the <strong>highest decision-making body of the APO.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It serves as the <strong>apex institutional forum<\/strong> for <strong>governance, strategic oversight and organizational decision-making<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is held <strong>annually<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Governing Body Meeting brings together <strong>official representatives of all APO member economies<\/strong> to deliberate on the <strong>strategic direction of the organization, annual programme priorities, governance frameworks, institutional performance and financial planning.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>68th GBM (2025)<\/strong> is being hosted by the <strong>India<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It will feature <strong>high-level discussions<\/strong> on the <strong>APO Vision 2030<\/strong> framework, the <strong>APO preliminary budget for the 2027\u201328<\/strong> biennium and the <strong>review of APO Secretary-General election procedures<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>National Productivity Council (NPC)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an\u00a0<strong>autonomous organization<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce &amp; Industry.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was set up in\u00a0<strong>1958<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a constituent of the\u00a0<strong>Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Union Minister for Industry<\/strong>\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>President<\/strong>\u00a0of the NPC and the\u00a0<strong>Secretary<\/strong>\u00a0(Industrial Policy and Promotion) is its\u00a0<strong>Chairman<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>India has reaffirmed its commitment to\u00a0<strong>APO Vision 2030 and Green Productivity 2.0<\/strong> as the <strong>chairman of the Organisation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The 68th Session of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Governing Body is being hosted by the Government of India, as Chair of the APO, from 20 to 22 May 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. About Asian Productivity Organization (APO) It is an\u00a0intergovernmental organization\u00a0established in\u00a01961\u00a0to increase productivity in the Asia-Pacific region through mutual cooperation.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asian-productivity-organization-apo-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asian Productivity Organization (APO)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305,1236,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-363303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}