The Secretariat¡¯s operational plan comprises six outputs (and four services) based on the following Statement of Business, approved by member economies.

Statement of Business

• The Secretariat is the core support mechanism for the APEC process.
  
  
• The Secretariat provides advisory, operational and logistic/technical services to member economies and APEC fora to coordinate and facilitate conduct of the business of the organization.
  
  
• On behalf of member economies, it provides preparatory advice on formulation of APEC projects, manages project funding and evaluates projects funded from the APEC Operational and TILF Accounts.
  
  
• The Secretariat provides information and public affairs support to promote APEC¡¯s role and activities through its publications, media, business and outreach programmes and through the maintenance of a website. It also performs public affairs functions on behalf of APEC members when required.
  
  
• The Secretariat maintains a capacity to support research and analysis in collaboration with APEC Study Centres and PECC as required by APEC fora.
  
  
• The Executive Director is responsible to APEC Senior Officials through the SOM Chair and manages the Secretariat in line with priorities set by SOM on behalf of Ministers.

Key Contact

APEC Secretariat
Mr Terry Lee Tsong-Guey
Director (Information Systems)
438 Alexandra Road
#14-00 Alexandra Point
Singapore 119958
Tel: 65-276-1880
Fax: 65-276-1775
E-mail: tl@mail.apecsec.org.sg