Annual Report 2009 - Asian Productivity Organization

INDIVIDUAL-COUNTRY
PROGRAMS
The needs and demands of each member country vary
due to the different stages of development, maturity
of the productivity movement, and economic profile.
Individual-country programs are designed to meet the
identified needs of single countries which cannot be
fully covered by multicountry ones.
Individual Observational Study
Missions (OSMs)
Under the Individual-country OSM Program, one
member country can depute a mission(s) to another
member country or countries to observe recent developments
in a specific area of interest. The firsthand
observations are then adapted and transferred to the
participants’ home country for productivity promotion.
Technical Expert Service (TES)
Upon request, the APO can dispatch one or more
experts in a specific field to a member country under
the TES Program. The experts can be asked to
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conduct training programs, offer consultancy services,
or support the NPO, including institutional capacity
building. The TES Program is meant for the industry,
service, and agriculture sectors and can include
community-building efforts. The maximum period
of assignment of the experts is six months, and they
are selected from among APO member countries or
from other countries outside the Asia-Pacific region,
including Australia, Canada, Europe, and the USA.
When an expert is dispatched, the recipient NPO
usually appoints one or more of its staff to play an
understudy role for human resources development
and institutional capacity building.
Development of Demonstration
Companies/Organizations
The Development of Demonstration Companies/
Organizations Program assists less developed member
countries in establishing model projects to improve
productivity in factories, companies, or organizations
and then disseminate the results to promote the
national productivity movement. Under this program,
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