APEC School Leadership Program
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic group that currently has 21 members,
each of which has a separate economy rather than a state.
Its primary goal is to create greater prosperity for its member economies and people by promoting secure,
balanced, sustainable, and inclusive growth and accelerating regional economic integration.
The Republic of Korea(ROK) is one of the founding member economies and joined APEC in 1989.
The concept of APEC was initially introduced by former Australian Prime Minister
Bob Hawke during a speech in Seoul, Korea, on 31 January 1989.
Ten months later, 12 Asia-Pacific economies gathered in Canberra to establish APEC.
As more economies joined, APEC's membership increased to 21 in 1998.
Australia
Brunei Darussalam
Canada
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
New Zealand
the Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
the United States
China
Hong Kong, China
Chinese Taipei
Mexico
Papua New Guinea
Chile
Peru
Russia
Viet Nam
At the 2020 APEC Summit, the future vision known as
the APEC Putrajaya Vision 2040 for the Next 20 Years was adopted,
with three core elements of trade and investment,
innovation and digital economy, and inclusive and sustainable growth.
APEC set up a Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG) in 1990.
Its broad mission is to share knowledge, experience,
and skills to enhance human resource development and promote sustainable economic growth,
and its three specific objectives are to:
Develop 21st century knowledge
and skills for all
Integrate human resources development
into the global economy
Address the social dimensions of globalization
focuses on skills development, human resource management and vocational training
through crosscutting collaboration to facilitate 21st century talents,
enhance employability and provide quality employment.
focuses on fostering strong and vibrant learning systems
across APEC member economies, promoting quality and equitable education to enable people of all ages
to meet the challenges of rapid change in today’s world through enhancing competencies,
accelerating innovation and increasing employability.
For more details, please refer to
the EDNET webpage available here.
focuses on fostering strong and flexible labor markets and strengthening social protection,
including social safety nets, through evidence-based interventions, collaboration, technical co-operation
and the provision of labor market and social protection information and analysis
to address sustainable human resource development across APEC member economies.
APEC eligibility is based on economies rather than sovereign nations,
therefore the use of terms such as "country" or the display of national flags is not permitted.