Enhancing Public-Sector Productivity Specialists in the Region

The public sector plays a pivotal role in promoting the well-being of citizens, providing a path to economic recovery, and improving living standards. The overall aim of the course is to establish a high-performance culture by developing the capacity of public-sector leaders to improve the sector's productivity performance.

To examine the concepts and dimensions of public-sector productivity specialists, introduce issues and challenges confronting this sector and the urgency of improving its performance, and build the capacity to become public-sector productivity specialists by mastering the required knowledge, skills, and competencies, the APO Secretariat collaborated with the DAP in organizing a training course on the Development of Public-sector Productivity Specialists from 4-15 November. Twenty-five participants from 10 APO members attended the course, with resource persons from Malaysia, the Philippines, and the ROK.

Participants were familiarized with the role of the public sector in enhancing productivity, e-government, regulatory reform, public-sector leadership, citizen-centered services, foresight, change management, measuring public-sector productivity, tools and approaches for improving organizational productivity, and performance management. Site visits to the City Government of Valenzuela, Philippine Economic Zone Authority, and Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System