Scholarship Training Program

Description 

Multi-country projects are designed to provide practical training, share best practices and innovations, and promote knowledge management. They cover the industry, service, agriculture and public sectors. These projects are implemented in coordination with APO member countries. The Asian Productivity Organization Secretariat (APO Tokyo) issues a project notification (PN) for each project covering all relevant details, including qualifications of participants.

Project Types

• Conferences: Share or disseminate new knowledge, best practices, and research findings.

• Observational Study Missions: Provide learning opportunities based on direct observations of applications of best practices, innovations, and advanced technologies.

• Workshops: Discuss, share knowledge on, and explore emerging topics related to productivity tools, techniques, methodologies, and issues for making relevant recommendations and/or developing action plans.

• Training Courses: Offer information and practical skills based on an established body of knowledge following a structured curriculum to improve competency and performance.

Participants

Participants in APO activities represent diverse groups of productivity stakeholders in member economies. They are expected to create multiplier effects by disseminating their newly acquired knowledge and understanding to others in their home countries. Potential participants to multi-country projects are nominated by National Productivity Organizations or NPOs. APO Tokyo does the final screening and selection of participants.

Nomination/Application Process

As the country’s NPO, the DAP coordinates the projects of the APO, through its APO/DAP Secretariat (APO/DAP Sec). APO/DAP Sec accepts scholarship training nominations/applications for multi-country projects under the APO Scholarship Training Program. APO/DAP Sec does the initial screening and endorsement of qualified candidates to APO. Successful applicants are notified by the APO/DAP Sec to make the necessary preparations for their participation in the training, such country paper preparation, and other requirements (e.g. travel order, visa, travel insurance, etc.). All successful applicants must attend the Pre-Training Orientation that will be conducted by the APO/DAP Sec.

Mode of Implementation

Project activities are conducted through virtual or face-to-face modality, depending on the travel restrictions that may be applicable at the time of implementation.

Five (5) major stages of application process

1. Initial Document Screening (check for completeness of basic information provided)

2. Technical Deliberation of the NPO Screening Committee

3. Endorsement of Final Candidates to APO Secretariat (Tokyo, Japan)

4. Deliberation by the Screening Committee of APO Secretariat (Tokyo, Japan)

5. Notification of screening result