Introducing Ourselves

He is a Chief Expert in KM at the Asian Productivity Organization (Tokyo), the Vice-Chair of the Society of KM Professionals and a member of Entovation 100, a global network of 100 leading KM practitioners.

He was KM consultant for the World Bank (Manila), European Union, the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (Cambodia, Philippines), the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office, the ILO Regional Office for Asia Pacific (Bangkok), UNISDR - Asia Pacific (Bangkok), IBM Philippines, the Asian Productivity Organization (Tokyo), the Baganuur JST (Mongolia), Shell Malampaya MMT, Dunamis (Indonesia), Institute of Development Studies (U.K.), IKM Emergent (Netherlands) with EADI (Germany) and the Ambedkar Institute of Productivity (India).

Apin’s varied experiences include work for the Philippine Government in knowledge-based development as part of national development strategy. In 1988-1992, Apin set up and developed the Economic Research Group for the Department of Finance’ economic intelligence bureau, which undertook a series of studies in the Philippine political economy. In 1992-1998, he was appointed by President Fidel V. Ramos as Assistant Secretary for Policy of the National Security Council, where he assisted in the formulation of Philippines 2000, President Ramos’ economic strategy for global competitiveness and people empowerment. At NSC, he headed the Policy and Plans Office whose responsibility is to undertake policy research, recommendations and formulations in various economic reform initiatives. He wrote policy issue papers on “The Philippines as Knowledge Center in Asia-Pacific” and “A Leapfrogging Strategy for the Philippines.”

He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal. He wrote a book on KM, co-authored an e-book on KM for poverty alleviation, and wrote papers on KM for the development sector. He has presented papers in KM conferences and meetings in Jakarta, Taipei, Seoul, Yogyakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, New Delhi, Hong Kong and Singapore; given lectures in Vietnam and Indonesia; and was conference rapporteur of KM conferences in Bangkok and New Delhi.

View his KM weblog at where you can read about “Low-Cost KM Tips,” “Success Factors in KM,” “KM Case Studies,” “Learn from my KM Mistakes,” “KM Framework,” and “Useful Distinctions in KM” or browse the website of his graduate KM course at the University of the Philippines.