The Embassy of Japan in the Philippines once again invited the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) to participate in this year’s Mindanao Young Leaders Invitation Program. This program aims at deepening the participants’ understanding of Japan through the exchange of views with Japanese experts from government and private sectors as well as through visits to industrial and cultural institutions.
The program kicked off on October 21, 2013 and will run until October 28, 2013, said the report by BDA News and Information on October 27.
This year’s participants were composed of representatives from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Ceasefire Committee of the Government of the Philippines, Bangsamoro civil society and the BDA.Engr. WindelDiangcalan, Program Division Head, represented the BDA.
It was noted the BDA participated in the Mindanao Young Leaders Invitation Program in 2011 and 2012. “We are very grateful to the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines for inviting the BDA in three straight years to participate in this program”, said Dr. Mohammad Yacob, BDA Executive Director.
Japan is supporting the BDA, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), since 2006 for the drafting Socio Economic Development Plan under the Socio Economic Reconstruction and Development in the Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao (SERD CAAM) project. Currently, JICA partners the BDA in the implementation of the Community Development in the Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao (CD CAAM) Program. BDA has partnered with Embassy of Japan on the facilitation of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).
JICA is likewise among the development partners providing support to BDA in the formulation of the Bangsamoro Development Plan both the Phase 1 – Transition Development Plan (2014-2015) and Phase 2 – Medium Term Development Plan (2015-2019).
During the send off meeting on October 21, 2013 at the office of the Embassy of Japan in Manila, H.E. Toshinao Urabe informed the Mindanao participants that the Japan Government is highly committed in supporting the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process.
While this program provides opportunity to learn how Japan carried out its reconstruction effort and speedy economic recovery after the war, Ambassador Urabe encouraged the Mindanao participants to share their experiences to the Japanese experts from government and private sectors in Japan during their visit.
The participants arrived in Tokyo on October 21, 2013. From October 22-23, 2013, they visited the government and private offices that include: a) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and b) Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Mindanao participants had also paid courtesy call to Ambassador Manuel Lopez at the office of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo.
The program participants will also visit Hiroshima, Kyoto and Osaka on October 24-27, 2013.
As of posting, no information whether the Mindanao young leaders have arrived from Japan.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/632-bda-invited-anew-to-mindanao-young-leaders-programin-japan
This year’s participants were composed of representatives from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Ceasefire Committee of the Government of the Philippines, Bangsamoro civil society and the BDA.Engr. WindelDiangcalan, Program Division Head, represented the BDA.
It was noted the BDA participated in the Mindanao Young Leaders Invitation Program in 2011 and 2012. “We are very grateful to the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines for inviting the BDA in three straight years to participate in this program”, said Dr. Mohammad Yacob, BDA Executive Director.
Japan is supporting the BDA, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), since 2006 for the drafting Socio Economic Development Plan under the Socio Economic Reconstruction and Development in the Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao (SERD CAAM) project. Currently, JICA partners the BDA in the implementation of the Community Development in the Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao (CD CAAM) Program. BDA has partnered with Embassy of Japan on the facilitation of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).
JICA is likewise among the development partners providing support to BDA in the formulation of the Bangsamoro Development Plan both the Phase 1 – Transition Development Plan (2014-2015) and Phase 2 – Medium Term Development Plan (2015-2019).
During the send off meeting on October 21, 2013 at the office of the Embassy of Japan in Manila, H.E. Toshinao Urabe informed the Mindanao participants that the Japan Government is highly committed in supporting the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process.
While this program provides opportunity to learn how Japan carried out its reconstruction effort and speedy economic recovery after the war, Ambassador Urabe encouraged the Mindanao participants to share their experiences to the Japanese experts from government and private sectors in Japan during their visit.
The participants arrived in Tokyo on October 21, 2013. From October 22-23, 2013, they visited the government and private offices that include: a) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and b) Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Mindanao participants had also paid courtesy call to Ambassador Manuel Lopez at the office of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo.
The program participants will also visit Hiroshima, Kyoto and Osaka on October 24-27, 2013.
As of posting, no information whether the Mindanao young leaders have arrived from Japan.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/632-bda-invited-anew-to-mindanao-young-leaders-programin-japan
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