Citizen's Charter FY 2025 (1st Edition)

Application for APO Scholarship Training Program

As the country’s National Productivity Organization (NPO), the DAP coordinates the projects of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) through its APO/DAP Secretariat (APO/DAP Sec). APO projects can be implemented online, face-to-face or in hybrid format. They feature scholarship trainings on productivity-related technologies through a combination of lectures by experts, field visits for observation of actual applications, country reports by participants for the sharing of experiences, and other modalities.

The APO/DAP Sec accepts scholarship training applications from qualified Filipinos, which are then endorsed to the APO Secretariat in Japan. The APO Secretariat makes the final deliberations on the applications. All applicants must complete and submit the application form online through the APO portal, as required by the APO Secretariat. The link to the online application form will be provided to the applicant as soon as their endorsement is received and verified by the APO/DAP Sec.

Previous APO grantees (former participants) are expected to have submitted their post-training requirements from past projects attended before reapplying. If not, they are encouraged to comply prior to submitting a new application.

Successful applicants will be notified by the APO/DAP Sec and must make the necessary preparations for their participation in the training, such as a country paper preparation, and other requirements if the project will take place abroad (e.g., travel order, visa, travel insurance, etc.). Applicants for face-to-face trainings that will be conducted abroad are expected to have a passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of travel; an e-copy of this will be requested by APO if they are selected. All successful applicants must attend a pre-training orientation that will be conducted by the APO/DAP Sec.