PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
Name
Current projects: ongoing
EC1
Research on key elements on Structural
Reform
EC4
Voluntary reviews
Stakeholders
Action
Future Milestones
EC
APEC
Ministers
responsible for
Structural
Reform
Liaise with EC to identify particular research topics
EC
Participating
Economies
Complete PSU role in assisting economies in
undertaking reviews
Due
As
required
2011 as required
As
required
Release of StatsAPEC website 
Optimization of StatsAPEC for mobile devices 
Beginning 2011, biannual data updates:
 First update 
 Second update
1 July 2010
August 2013
Ongoing
On needs basis
Exploratory meeting with Indonesia’s MoF – 14 May
2010 
PSU1
PSU2
StatsAPEC:
 Key Indicators Database
 Bilateral Linkages Database
PSU Board
Member
Economies
PSU13
PSU Policy Briefs
SOM
Member
Economies
Release Policy Briefs that analyse pertinent policy
relevant issues in the APEC region.
PSU15
APEC Economic Trends Analysis
report(s) 2013
EC
APEC
Ministers
Beginning 2012, biannual submission of assessment
reports for EC:
 First report 
 Second report 
SOM
APEC
Ministers
Beginning 2009, biannual submission of assessment
reports (including information provided by WTO,
ABAC and other relevant bodies) for:
 MRT 
SOM7
Key Trends and Developments
Relating to Trade and Investment
Measures and Their Impact on the
APEC Region 2013
 AMM 
1
25 June 2013
November 2013
Ongoing
Ongoing
April 2013
October 2013
APEC Ministers
committed to
continuing in 2013
 April 2013
(MRT)
 October 2013
(AMM)
Ongoing
PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
PSU16
Name
APEC in Charts
Stakeholders
SOM
APEC
Ministers
Action
Beginning 2013, annual publication for AMM
Future Milestones
October 2013
(AMM)
Due
Ongoing
Current projects: discrete
SFOM2
Asia Region Funds Passport: A Study
of Potential Economic Benefits and
Costs
SFOM
Contractual negotiations and appointment of
consultant 
Submission of Inception Report 
Submission of Draft Final Report 
Submission of Final Report 
9 May 2013
August
2013
CTI15
CTI
Presentation of literature review 
Presentation of Progress Report 
April 2013 (CTI2)
End-June 2013
(CTI3)
1st Quarter 2014
CTI1
2014 (1st
quarter
2014)
29 January 2014
End-January-End
April 2014
Three weeks prior
to SOM2 2014
SOM2 2014
SOM3 2014
CSOM
(4th
quarter
2014)
Perceptions in the Use of NTMs in the
APEC Region
Submission of Final Report & Presentation at CTI1
2014
CTI16
Bogor Goals Progress Report – IAP
Peer Review Process 2014
CTI
SOM
Submission of IAP Templates by member economies
Preparation of Progress Reports
Submission of Draft Progress Reports for review
Discussion & Presentation of Draft Progress Reports
Submission of Revised Progress Reports (if
necessary)
Submission of Final Reports
CTI17
Comprehensive Analysis on Enhanced
Resiliency of Cross-Border Value
Chains
CTI
Phase 1: Quantitative analyses of value chain risks
Phase 2: Evaluation of value chain strength
Phase 3: Evaluation of value chain connectedness
Phase 4: Creation of comprehensive model for value
chain resilience
2
15 June 2013
1 August 2013
30 August 2013
(ARFP WG)
CSOM 2014
CTI12014
CTI2 2014
CTI3 2014
AELM 2014
AELM
2014 (4th
quarter
2014)
PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
CTI18
Name
Voluntary Standards and Regulatory
Approaches in Advertising in APEC
Economies
Stakeholders
CTI
Action
Contractual negotiations and appointment of
consultant 
Submission of Inception Report
Submission of Draft Full Report
Presentation of Draft Final Report
Submission of Final Report
Future Milestones
9 October 2013
Due
March
2014
22 November 2013
20 December 2013
February 2014
(CTI1 2014)
March 2014
Completed projects
BMG1
Reducing Business Travel Costs: The
Success of APEC’s Business Mobility
Initiatives
BMG
Report distributed – October 2011
Accessed: 10,600 times
Done
CTI1
Logistics: Connectivity for Goods and
Services
CTI
Paper presented – February 2009
Accessed: 20,500 times
Done
CTI2
Trade Facilitation Action Plan II
(TFAP II) interim assessment
CTI
Report distributed – October 2009
Revised report distributed – August 2010
(classified)
Done
CTI3
Measuring Progress in Implementing
APEC’s IFAP: Establishing a
methodology and selecting key
performance indicators
CTI
Report distributed – October 2009
Accessed: 20,000 times
Done
CTI4
The Economic Impact of Enhanced
Multi-Modal Connectivity in the APEC
Region
CTI
Report distributed – June 2010
Accessed: 3,600 times
Done
CTI5
Study on Good Regulatory Practices
for Goods and Services Necessary or
Desirable for Climate Change
Mitigation and Adaptation
CTI
Paper presented – October 2009
Accessed: 20,000 times
Done
CTI6
Aggregate Measurement of Trade
Transaction Costs Reduction in APEC
2007-2010
CTI
Report submitted to AMM – November 2011
Accessed: 9,600 times
Done
3
PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
CTI7
Name
Supply-Chain Connectivity Framework
Action Plan: Interim Assessment for
2013
Stakeholders
CTI
Action
Report submitted – April 2013
Accessed: 1,700 times
CTI8
APEC's Achievements in Trade
Facilitation 2007-2010 - Final
Assessment of TFAP II
CTI
Report distributed – October 2011
Accessed: 14,300 times
Done
CTI9
Bogor Goals Progress Report – IAP
Peer Review Process
CTI
SOM
Done
CTI10
Economic Impact of Submarine Cable
Disruptions
CTI
Progress Reports submitted – September 2012
Accessed: 3,300
Dashboard submitted – September 2012
Accessed: 2,300
Report distributed – February 2013
Accessed: 1,600
CTI11
IFAP Implementation: Facilitating
Investment for APEC
IEG
Report submitted – March 2013
Accessed: 900 times
Done
CTI12
PSU Issues Paper: Concepts and
Trends in Global Supply, Global Value
and Global Production Chains
CTI
Member
Economies
Paper distributed – May 2012
Accessed: 3,800
Done
CTI13
Global Supply Chain Operation in the
APEC Region: Case Studies of the
Electrical and Electronics Industry
CTI
Report distributed – July 2013
Accessed: 1,500
Done
CTI14
PSU Issues Paper: Small and Medium
Enterprises’ (SMEs’) Participation in
Global Production Chains
CTI
SMEWG
Paper distributed – February 2013
Accessed: 1,800
Done
EC2
The Impacts and Benefits of Structural
Reforms in Transport, Energy and
Telecommunications Sectors
EC
APEC
Ministers
Finance
Ministers
Ministers
responsible for
Structural
Reform
Report distributed – January 2011
Accessed: 26, 600 times
Done
4
Future Milestones
Due
Done
Done
PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
EC3
Name
Handbook for Voluntary Reviews of
Institutional Frameworks and Processes
for Structural Reform
Stakeholders
EC
Participating
Economies
Action
Handbook distributed – October 2009
Accessed: 19,600 times
EC5
Regulatory Reform – Case Studies on
Green Investments
EC
FoTC on
Regulatory
Reform
Report distributed – February 2013
Accessed: 1,800
Done
EC6
APEC’s Ease of Doing Business –
Assessment of interim target 20092011
EoDB FoTC
EC
SOM
Report submitted – October 2012
Accessed: 5,700
Done
EC7
Ease of Doing Business – Interim
Assessment 2009-2012
Report submitted – July 2013
Accessed: 2,000
Done
ECSG1
Facilitating Electronic Commerce in
APEC: A Case Study of Electronic
Certificate of Origin
EC
EoDB FoTC
SOM
ECSG-PTS
Report submitted to AMM – November 2011
Accessed: 10,200 times
Done
ECSG2
Enabling Electronic Commerce: The
Contribution of APEC’s Data Privacy
Framework
ECSG-DPS
Report distributed – October 2011
Accessed: 10,400 times
Done
JPN1
Mapping and assessment of efforts
made by relevant international
organizations with regard to growth
strategies
SOM
Report distributed – March 2010
(classified)
Done
JPN2
Research into the reasons for Balanced
Growth, Inclusive Growth, Sustainable
Growth, and Knowledge Based Growth
in the APEC region
SOM
Report submitted – April 2010
(classified)
Done
PSU3
Trade creation in the APEC region:
Measurement of the Magnitude of and
Changes in Intra-regional Trade since
APEC’s Inception
PSU Board
CTI
Paper distributed – October 2009
Accessed: 3,400 times
Done
5
Future Milestones
Due
Done
PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
PSU4
Name
Cross-border Investment Linkages
among APEC Economies:
--the Case of Portfolio Investment and
Bank Lending
--the Case of Foreign Direct Investment
Stakeholders
PSU Board
CTI
Action
Paper distributed: Portfolio investment and bank
lending – October 2009
Accessed: 20,700 times
Future Milestones
Due
Done
PSU5
Trade in Services in the APEC Region:
Patterns, Determinants and Policy
Implications
PSU Board
GOS
Member
Economies
Paper presented –September 2010
Accessed: 23,000 times
Done
PSU6
APEC New Strategy for Structural
Reform (ANSSR) Symposium at
SOM2, Big Sky, Montana, 16 May
SOM
EC
Event Completed
Done
PSU7
Residential Workshop on Structural
Reform, Singapore, 10-12 August
SOM
EC
Event Completed
Done
PSU9
The Mutual Usefulness between APEC
& TPP
PSU Board
Member
Economies
Report distributed – October 2011
Accessed: 17,500 times
Done
Paper distributed: FDI – October 2009
Accessed: 21,000 times
Invitation from the Temasek
Foundation Centre for Trade
Negotiations (TFCTN) to participate in
project: Present at the Beginning: The
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Agreement
PSU11
Food Security Policies in APEC
ATCWG
PPFS
SOM
Report submitted – September 2012
Accessed: 2,200
Done
PSU12
APEC Economic Trends Analysis
report(s) 2012
EC
APEC
Ministers
Reported submitted – February 2012
Accessed: 10,000
Report submitted – May 2012
Accessed: 5,800
Done
6
PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
PSU14
Name
PSU Issues Paper: Challenges to
Achieving Food Security in APEC
Stakeholders
ATCWG
PPFS
Member
Economies
Action
Paper distributed – November 2012
Accessed: 2,400
SFOM1
Improving Food Markets in APEC
Economies: Can the Cost of Food be
Lowered?
SFOM
Report distributed – September 2009
Accessed: 21,200 times
Done
SFOM3
Issues Paper on Trends in Trade
Finance across the APEC Region
SFOM
Report submitted – October 2013
Accessed: 150 times
Done
SCCP1
Trade Facilitation through Customs
Procedures: Assessment of APEC’s
Progress
SCCP
Report submitted to AMM – November 2011
Accessed: 10,000 times
Done
SCSC1
Reducing Trade Transaction Costs:
Harmonization of Standards and
Conformity Assessments in APEC
SCSC
Report submitted to AMM – November 2011
Accessed: 9,900 times
Done
SMEWG
1
SME Market Access and
Internationalization: Medium-term
KPIs for the SMEWG Strategic Plan
SMEWG
Report submitted – June 2010
Accessed: 22,200 times
Done
SOM1
Policy background paper - The Global
Economic Crisis: Effective Responses
and Policy Strategies to Address the
Human Impact
SOM
SFOM
HRDWG
Paper presented – July 2009
Accessed: 20,200 times
Done
SOM2
A Results-Oriented Approach to
APEC’s Supply Chain Connectivity
Initiative
SOM
Report distributed – October 2009
Accessed: 20, 000 times
Done
SOM3
Key Trends and Developments
Relating to Trade and Investment
Measures and Their Impact on the
APEC Region 2010
SOM
APEC
Ministers
Report submitted to MRT – June 2010
Report submitted to AMM – November 2010
Done
7
Future Milestones
Due
Done
PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
SOM4
Name
Progressing towards the APEC Bogor
Goals: Perspectives of the APEC
Policy Support Unit
Stakeholders
SOM
APEC
Ministers
Action
Report presented – November 2010
Accessed: 24,600 times
SOM5
Key Trends and Developments
Relating to Trade and Investment
Measures and Their Impact on the
APEC Region 2011
SOM
APEC
Ministers
Report submitted to MRT – May 2011
Report submitted to AMM – November 2011
Done
SOM6
Key Trends and Developments
Relating to Trade and Investment
Measures and Their Impact on the
APEC Region 2012
SOM
APEC
Ministers
Report submitted to MRT – June 2012
Accessed: 1,250
Report submitted to AMM – September 2012
Accessed: 4,300
Done
SOM8
Improving Connectivity in the Asia
Pacific Region: Perspectives of the
APEC Policy Support Unit
SOM
Member
Economies
Report submitted to AMM – October 2013
Accessed: 950
Done
SRMM1
The Links between Trade, Investment
and Structural Reform
Ministers
responsible for
Structural
Reform
Paper presented – August 2008
Accessed: 20,600 times
Done
USA1
APEC’s Ease of Doing Business –
Interim Assessment (2009-2010)
EoDB FoTC
EC
SOM
Report submitted to AMM – November 2011
Accessed: 9,800 times
Done
APEC, IMF,
WB, ASEAN,
OECD, PECC,
ERIA, ADB,
etc.
Establish ongoing contacts with ADB, ASEAN,
ERIA, IMF, OECD, PECC, UNCTAD, WB, WEF,
WTO, etc 
Establish contacts with other organizations 
Establish information sharing arrangements
Undertake joint work as appropriate and in the
interests of APEC
Avoid duplication of effort
Collaboration tasks
Increasing relationships with other
international and research fora
Seek to establish more formalized
collaboration, possible joint research
and information sharing arrangements
where suitable
8
Future Milestones
Ongoing
Due
Done
Ongoing
PSU Projects as at 1 November 2013
ID
Stakeholders
Action
Management matters
PSU8
APEC Secretariat contracts review
Name
PMU
PSU10
PSU Board
Redraft contracts 
Review for compliance with Singapore law 
Roll out of new contracts  (Task concluded on 30
September 2010)
Draft preliminary feasibility paper 
Submission to PSU Board and approval to proceed to
next stage 
Mapping exercise on policies/procedures and draft
summary paper 
Submission of mapping exercise and summary report
on integration to SOM and PSU Board for
approval 
Advertise position 
Shortlist candidates 
Interview candidates 
Second round of interviews 
Final selection 
Negotiation of remuneration
Contract signature 
Commencement
Recruit staff and monitor performance
Manage workload of staff and consultants consistent
with work program
Prepare a concise half-year evaluation report for the
Board on work undertaken and expenditure and
commitments
Feasibility of Functional Integration
with Secretariat
Recruitment of new PSU Director
PSU Board
Canada
China
New Zealand
Chinese Taipei
Staff
PSU
Reports required by Governance
Arrangements
PSU Board
SOM
Future Milestones
As soon as practicable after each calendar year, the
PSU must submit to SOM an annual report on the
PSU’s operations during the previous calendar year
Due
Done
July 2011
September 2011
Done
April/May 2012
May/June
5 July 2010
27 July 2010
August/September
24 September 2010
25 September 2010
October 2010
November 2010
21 February 2011
Ongoing
Done
January and July to
report on previous
6 month period
Biannually
As soon as
practicable after
audit
Annually
Ongoing
The Board will regularly report the outcomes of its
meetings to SOM for approval
After each
meeting
The PSU Director will regularly report on its
activities to the Executive Director of the Secretariat
Ongoing
9