Top executives of the Mongolian Productivity Organization, one of 20 member organizations of the Asian Productivity Organization, recently paid a visit to the Development Academy of the Philippines, the implementing and focal organization of the Philippines as the APO’s Center of Excellence in Public Sector Productivity. The Mongolian executives led by Yamaaranz Erkhembayar, an APO director and Chairman of the Board of the MPO, hoped to learn from the DAP the rudiments of how the country became the COE in Public Sector Productivity, with DAP President Antonio Kalaw Jr. and the Academy’s top quality and productivity officials briefing the MPO executives. Shown in picture are (from left) Ma. Rosario Ablan, AO 25 Secretariat Program Manager; Batbileg Tsagaan, Expert and APO Liaison Officer for the MPO; Erkhembayar; Kalaw; Amarsaikhan Damdinjay, Executive Director of the MPO; Carlos Sayco Jr., DAP Senior Fellow and APO Liaison Officer for the Philippines; Magdalena Mendoza, DAP Senior Vice President for Programs; and Arnel Abanto, DAP Vice President and Productivity and Development Center Managing Director.