The 2026 Work Program will have the following priorities:
Regional Economic Integration Working Group- Robust, resilient and open economic architecture
- Unlocking pathways to prosperity: Access and Opportunity
- Future-proofing trade: The new digital and green economies
- Enhancing Food Security and Agri-Tech Innovation
- Achieving Smarter and Inclusive Healthcare
- Promoting Resilience and Sustainability in Mining
- Enabling Realistic and Just Energy Transitions
- AI Applied (AI+): AI solutions that transform traditional industries and empower underserved communities
- AI and the Future of Work: Impact, training & adaptability
- Trusted & Resilient Foundations: cybersecurity & secure, sustainable digital infrastructure
- Digital Now & Next: Foster knowledge exchange and foresight
- Physical Connectivity – supporting new APEC Connectivity Blueprint, supply chain connectivity cooperation
- Institutional Connectivity: trade facilitation, regulatory cooperation, and financial integration
- People-to-People Connectivity: skills, mobility, and inclusion
- Financing transition to secure, efficient and clean energy systems
- Building ecosystems for expanded access to digital finance
- Promoting regionally integrated digital trade finance, payment, settlement and clearing infrastructure
- Expanding private financing for regional resilience
- Supporting implementation of the Finance Ministers’ Incheon Plan
Detailed recommendations will be developed during the course of 2026 on priorities identified in the work program. ABAC’s recommendations will be conveyed to APEC governments through a range of avenues including to APEC Senior Officials, Trade, SME and Finance Ministers and directly to APEC Economic Leaders at the annual Dialogue with APEC Leaders.
