Youth training program to Japan now open
The Regional Development Council 6 announces that the Philippine Management Committee ((PMC) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is now accepting applicants for the 2007 Training Program for Young Leaders (TPYL), formerly known as "The Youth Invitation Program."
The training program is being conducted by the government of Japan under its technical cooperation scheme with a view to promote human resource development in the Philippines.
Qualified for the program are young leaders aged 20 to 25 years old.
The categories open under this training program are education, agriculture, administration, environmental conservation and information technology.
Deadline for submission of application forms and requirements for the Education and Agriculture categories (1st Batch) is on June 25, 2007, for the administration category (2nd Batch) on July 27 and for the Environmental Conservation and Information Technology categories (3rd Batch) on August 3.
Under the program, successful applicants included in the 1st Batch will be in Japan starting September 12 to 29, 2007 and those included in the 2nd Batch from October 28 to November 14, 2007 and those in the 3rd Batch from November 14 to December 1, 2007.
The basic requirements and general information on the training program as well as application forms and curriculum vitae can be obtained at NEDA-RDC VI website, www.neda-rdc.ph or at the MACRO Division of NEDA VI at Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City.
Also, applicants are advised to address their letters to The Philippine Management Committee, Northeast Asia Division Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs (ASPAC), Department of Foreign Affairs, 8th Floor, DFA Building, 2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.
For more information, contact DFA Manila at telephone nos. (02) 834-3163, 833-1136, 834-3272 or Ma. Leah Letrero of NEDA VI at 337-6840.
(PIA)