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These summaries are designed to direct readers to updated chapters, but readers are strongly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the changes to the Guidebook.  \nChapter 1: Introduction  \n(Capacity Building) Update to specify that children (persons below 18 years of age) may not participate in APEC projects, to maximise capacity building outcomes and minimise risk and liability issues for APEC.  \nChapter 2: Roles and Responsibilities  \na) Update to clarify that if a Project Overseer is replaced, it should be by an official in the same organisation, since APEC funding is awarded to the Project Overseer as a representative of the organisation that proposed the project.  \nb) Proposed addition to prevent Project Overseers from starting new APEC projects in parallel with existing ones, if their existing projects are not in compliance with APEC project policies and processes, or they are unresponsive to Secretariat correspondence.  \nChapter 3: Funding and Accounts  \nTo clarify that economies implementing APEC projects may not seek to gain financially.  \nChapter 5: Applying for Funding  \na) Update to clarify that POs must confirm co-sponsorship in writing before submission of the Concept Note by the internal submission deadline.  \na) Update to reflect BMC’s decision to allow POs of unsuccessful CNs to request the averaged scores for each CN evaluation criterion, in order to identify and address weaknesses in their CNs.  \nChapter 8: APEC Project Expenses  \nUpdate to clarify the existing policy on splitting contracts and the process to seek a waiver.  \nChapter 11: Contracting  \na) Update to clarify that if POs are unable to identify panellists for RFP evaluation processes from co-sponsoring economies, they may approach other members in their forum to participate in the panel.  \nb) Update to reinforce APEC’s policy in relation to Intellectual Property ownership, to avoid submission of projects that may expose APEC to risks in relation to defending IP interests. Projects that expose APEC to high risk must be consulted with the APEC Secretariat prior to submission of the Concept Note.  \nAppendices A, B and C: APEC Concept Note, Project Proposal and Self-funded Project Proposal  \nMinor editorial updates.  \nAppendix E: APEC Monitoring Report template  \nMinor editorial updates and a clarification to the Outputs Table.  \nAppendix F: APEC Project Completion Report template  \nMinor editorial updates and a clarification to the Outputs Table.  \nAppendix M: Honorarium Payment Schedule  \nAddition of a new appendix containing the BMC-endorsed Honorarium Payment Schedule.  \nAppendix N: APEC Project Event Recording Policy  \nAddition of a new appendix containing the BMC-endorsed APEC Project Event Recording Policy.  \nContents  \n1. Introduction 7  \nCapacity Building in APEC 7  \n2. Roles and Responsibilities 9  \nSenior Officials 9  \nBudget and Management Committee (BMC) 9  \nResponsible APEC Fora (RAF) 9  \nProposing Forum 10  \nProject Overseer (PO) 10  \nAPEC Secretariat 12  \nProgram Director (PD) 12  \nProgram Executive (PE) 12  \nProject Management Unit (PMU) 13  \n3. Funding and Accounts 14  \nThe General Project Account (GPA) 14  \nThe Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation Account (TILF) 15  \nThe APEC Support Fund (ASF) 16  \nSelf-Funding 17  \nOther Sources of Project Funding 17  \nPrivacy 18  \n4. APEC Project Cycle 19  \n5. Applying for Funding 20  \nStage 1—Concept Note Preparation and Submission 20  \nStage 2—Eligibility Assessment and Scoring of Concept Notes 22  \nStage 3—Quality Assessment of Project Proposals 23  \n6. Project Implementation and Monitoring 27  \nStage 4—Implementation and Monitoring 27  \n7. 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