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The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG) was established in 1990 and conducts work programs on developing human resources, touching on issues ranging from education to labor to capacity building. In addition, the HRDWG is responsible for building cultural awareness and gender equity. The HRDWG conducts its work program through its three networks: the Capacity Building Network (CBN); the Education Network (EDNET); and the Labor and Social Protection Network (LSPN).
The APEC Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG) derives its mandate from taskings by APEC Leaders and Ministers, as well as HRD and Education Ministers.
In Jakarta in 1994, the Human Resources Development Framework for AEPC set out objectives, principles, and priorities for HRD and APEC.
In Osaka in 1995, the Action Agenda and Action Programme for Human Resources Development stated “human resources development in APEC is to promote the well-being of all people in the region through economic growth and development.”
In Manila in 1996, APEC built the foundations of its third pillar, Economic and Technical Cooperation, through the Declaration on an APEC Framework for Strengthening Economic Cooperation and Development (the ECOTECH Statement). It identifies ‘developing human capital’ as one of the six areas of economic and technical cooperation in APEC.
Building upon the Manila Framework, the 1997 HRDWG Statement of Medium Term Strategic Priorities adopted identifies eight medium term strategic priorities in the areas of basic education, labor market, training for executives and SMEs, mobility, labor force and workplace, and HRD for trade and investment liberalization and facilitation.
In 2006, APEC Senior Officials' Report on Economic and Technical Cooperation reaffirmed the pivotal role of human resources development for sustainable development and prosperity in the APEC region and encouraged the HRDWG to consider building on work already underway to describe research-based promising practices.
In 2008, APEC goes back to the Philippines to reaffirm its commitment and strengthen its thriving work on human resources development. With the theme “Human Resources Development Towards a Decent, Equitable and Sustainable 21st Century”, the 30th APEC HRDWG Meeting (HRDWG30) will take place in beautiful and sunny Bohol, Philippines on 15-18 April 2008.
Some 150 to 200 HRD experts from APEC’s twenty-one member-economies are expected to concretize the renewed vision and reinvigorated work plan of the HRDWG as steered by Lead Shepherd Alan Ginsburg of the US Department of Education.
The HRDWG30 comes at the heels of the successful “Symposium on Education Reform in the APEC Region” held in Xi’an, China last 14-18 January 2008 and precedes the 4th APEC Education Ministers Meeting to be held in Lima, Peru on 10-12 June 2008.
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