On 14 December 2016, The Cabinet Division of the Government of Bangladesh, in cooperation with BIGD, held a Pre-Lab Exercise at the Cabinet Division Conference Room, under the World Bank funded Community of Practice, Phase 2 (COP-II) programme. The exercise comprised of opening remarks made by Cabinet Secretary, followed by presentations made by each ministry with regards to GPMS and the adoption of APA – A Performance Management System (PMS) for public sector organizations. APA is essentially an agreement between the Cabinet Secretary and the Secretaries of the concerned ministries/divisions where the Secretaries commit to deliver the results described in the document. Deputy Secretary, Mr. Altaf Hussain, also presented on the Malaysian Experience with Lab Exercises and the adoption of APA. The objectives of the LAB was to assist the selected Ministry/Division in developing a Model APA with the formulation of proper strategic objectives and aligning them with SDGs, 7th Five Year Plan and other relevant policies of that Ministry/Division. The event also aimed to identify and prioritize the activities of the concerned ministry/division from stakeholders’ feedback. Resulting discussion of the APA team was referred to for the feedback process. Extending BIGD’s role as the Secretariat, two staff from BIGD involved in COP-II, Ms. Ramizah Ahmed, Programme Assocaite and Mr. Mahbub Hossain, Research Assitant were present at the event.