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APEC to Form Coordinating Group on Human Capacity Building
Foreign and trade minister of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Monday agreed to set up a new group to coordinate human capacity building.
APEC will set up a special coordinating group of human resources development representatives to share information to improve the coordination and efficacy of APEC's human capacity building efforts, the ministers said in a joint statement issued at the end of their two-day meeting here.
The emergence of the new economy has created a new dimension for human capacity building, the ministers said, instructing senior officials to prepare a human capacity building strategy that would define the objectives, priorities and principles for APEC to respond to the challenges of the new environment.
The ministers endorsed the recommendation to improve the reporting and public outreach of APEC's efforts in human capacity building, the statement said.
They said work on human capacity building in the APEC region can be strengthened and be made more effective through the development of mechanisms to enhance partnerships among all stakeholders.
The ministers noted that Brunei and China were working together to further advance this initiative.
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