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Title: APRUAPEC Relations Revisited: New Approaches to Engagement
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APRU-APEC Relations Revisited New Approaches to
Engagement
- by
- Michael A. Goldberg
- Associate Vice President International
- The University of British Columbia
- APRU 2004 Presidents Meeting
- 23rd to 25th June 2004 University of Chile
- Santiago, Chile
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Context
- APRU was born just before Asian crisis began
- From inception APEC was to be a policy focus
- Much early optimism re Asia Pacific is gone
- Initial successful links with APEC are past
- Thus, there is a need to revisit APRU-APEC
possibilities and relationships
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Initial Ideal APRU-APEC Model
- APRU is APEC brain trust and capacity builder
- High level APRU-APEC dialogue promotes this
- APRU presidents meet APEC ministers annually
- APRU presidents meet host country ministers
- President Kim-Dae Jung in Seoul
- Minister of Industry and PM Advisory Council on
Science and Technology in Vancouver in - Planned Lee Kwan Yew meeting in Singapore in 2003
- Meeting President Lagos
- APRU a continuing source of policy analysis and
advice for APEC and its constituent economies
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APEC-APRU Report in 2002 A Failed Effort to Use
the Model
- Background
- Global forces are reshaping all economies
- Natural resources-manufacturing not enough
- Human resources key to prosper now future
- Knowledge-economy demands HCB investing
- Conclusions
- Many APRU roles as APEC capacity builder
- Diverse needs to help with education/training
- Education, skills training are linked system
- Need seamless and portable training
- Need digital access for continuing learning
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APRU-APEC Opportunities and Questions I
- How can APRU add value to APEC?
- Move APEC from seeing us as another NGO
- Identify areas where we can, and do, add value
- Identify programs and activities we can undertake
to add value
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APRU-APEC Opportunities and Questions II
- APEC is trade not education focused
- How can we bridge education-trade gap?
- How can our degree programs add to APEC?
- How can our research add to APEC trade?
- How can our extension and distance programs add
to APEC trade? - How can our alumni links add to APEC trade?
- How do we mobilize these APRU assets to add to
APEC trade?
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APRU-APEC Opportunities and Questions III
- What role should our IP assets and technology
transfer prowess play? - Should we continue to try to get into Ministerial
Meetings? - APEC Science Ministers are meeting in NZ should
we push via Auckland? - Should we try to work with ISTWG again?
- Should we pursue the APEC Leaders again?
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APRU-APEC Opportunities and Questions IV
- Should we pursue something totally different?
- Build APRU strengths so we are sought out by APEC
given our stature and achievements? - What other bottom-up approaches might work via
our individual economies? - Should we work with ASEAN developing economies
under an ASEAN umbrella? - Should we target specific countries that might
serve as exemplar templates?
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2004 APRU Links to APEC HRDWG Cause for Optimism
- APRU participated in 26th APEC Human Resources
Development Working Group - Meeting held May 11-14, 2004 at Jeju Island,
Korea - 117 participants 17 economies plus invited
guests - APRU only non-member invited to attend all
plenary and network sessions - APRU included in agenda to make a statement
- Gave APRU rare chance to see APEC working group
in action comment on working with APEC
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Implications of APEC HRDWG Recommendations for
APRU
- APRU attended as independent organization
- Major step APRU previously participated in APEC
as part of official delegation of an APEC economy - APRU needs recognition in own right, not
affiliated with interests of particular
government-economy - APRU built credibility with APEC delegates
- APRU objectives and initiatives part of official
APEC delegate briefing - APRU offered to assist APEC HRDWG in HCB
- Entirely in line APRU corporate citizenship
mission in contributing to growth and development
in region
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Conclusions from APEC HRDWG Meeting
- Research institution delegates want to work with
APRU - Hard to be in HRDWG projects with their
complexities - Short terms of key APEC positions and HRDWG
- Building long-lasting APEC ties challenging
costly - Executive Director at APEC Secretariat serves
1-year - Program Directors for working groups serve 2-3
years - APRU thus must renew links to all new officials
- APRU Secretariat to monitor HRDWG development
- APRU Secretariat recommend actions at appropriate
time
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Summary
- APRU has much to offer to APEC
- As broadly based research policy brain trust
- As ST human capacity building resource
- As powerful link across APEC economies
- APRU potential for APEC has not been exploited
- Initial idea build ties with APRU Presidents
APEC leaders at APEC meetings not realized - Thus, need a new approach
- HRDWG participation may be one such avenue
- We should explore others too
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Conclusions
- APEC may be having a rebirth
- Getting serious about its trade mandate
- Moving into regional security issues as well
- Continuing its interests in HCB and HQP
- APRU can be very valuable to APEC
- APRU IP-tech transfer activities
- APRU joint course and program development
- APRU economic security policy research
- APRU alumni networking
- APRU web-based learning and resources
- Link to working committees ISTWG-HRDWG
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