ARTDO International Profile

About ArtDo International

Redefining Global Standards in Human Resource Management

ARTDO INTERNATIONAL, formerly known as Asian Regional Training and Development Organization was founded in 1974 as an international non-profit NGO umbrella body comprising national training organizations, training and education institutions, HRD practitioners and multi-national companies from over 30 countries.

Based in Asia with its Secretariat in Manila, Philippines, ARTDO INTERNATIONAL organizes a major international Management and HRD Conference annually and confers a region-wide annual “Asia Pacific HRD Award" on outstanding contributors to HRD. It also publishes a reference journal, the “HRD Focus", which is a quarterly newsletter dealing with the latest management and HRD issues and occasional papers on best practices.

The Organization assists in the formation and growth of training and development organizations internally. Co-operate with international organizations and with private and government institutions working in the field of human development. Encourages and sponsor research and publications designed to meet the training and development needs. Serves as a resource centre for Asian and Pacific training and development, known as ARTDO Asia Pacific HRD Centre, based in Penang and KL, Malaysia.

“TOMORROW IS BUILT TODAY"