Sunday, February 6, 2011
Friday, October 23, 2009
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) for Developing Countries
The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) was first introduced in 1993. It is funded by the Government of Japan, administered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and conducted at various graduate schools in Japan. Its objective is to contribute to institutional capacity building in economic policymaking to promote the sustainable growth of emerging and developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. By training future macroeconomic managers in these countries, the JISPA aims to enable them to better formulate sound economic and financial stability policies needed for sustainable growth and development.
The JISPA targets highly motivated government officials who may serve as future macroeconomic policy makers with the capacity and vision to contribute effectively to the economic development of their countries. Scholarship awards are made on the basis of the candidate’s academic record and work background, mathematical and statistics skills, English language proficiency, and potential for contributing to the macroeconomic and financial management and economic development of their country. The assessment also includes qualities such as the candidate’s commitment to public service, willingness to learn, and openness to new ideas.
Target countries
The JISPA targets highly motivated government officials who may serve as future macroeconomic policy makers with the capacity and vision to contribute effectively to the economic development of their countries. Scholarship awards are made on the basis of the candidate’s academic record and work background, mathematical and statistics skills, English language proficiency, and potential for contributing to the macroeconomic and financial management and economic development of their country. The assessment also includes qualities such as the candidate’s commitment to public service, willingness to learn, and openness to new ideas.
Target countries
Target Countries: Under current program guidelines, candidates must be a national of one of the following countries:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pacific Island Countries, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
What's on offer
The scholarship covers tuition-related costs and most living expenses for the scholar herself/himself. Officials who receive the JISPA scholarship cannot accept other scholarships. Scholars are expected to devote full time to their studies while in Japan.
The program comprises two tracks: the partnership track and the open track. Because of the strong competition for scholarships, the JISPA is highly selective. In 2010-2011, a total of 30 new scholarships are available to candidates for the partnership track. There is no fixed limit on new scholarships for the open track, but generally only a small number of scholarships are awarded.
The Partnership Track
The partnership track of the JISPA allows scholars to study a specially designed graduate level course concentrating on macroeconomics at an IMF partnership university. In 2010, the partnership universities that will be accepting scholars are:
Partnership Universities
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS): one year program
Hitotsubashi University (HIT): two year program
International University of Japan (IUJ): two year program
All subjects, including the thesis component, are taught entirely in English.
The universities offer subjects that cover essential elements that will allow scholars to enter the macroeconomic policy dialogue at an international level. They also offer various optional subjects that will allow scholars to pursue their particular interests, relevant to the topic of their master’s thesis. This thesis component is considered one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of the program.
Subjects are taught by dedicated professors, many of whom have experience working as professionals of the IMF, World Bank, or other international institutions.
The application deadline for the partnership track is December 10, 2009. After an initial screening of applications, select candidates will be contacted by the IMF to arrange an interview, which is typically done in-country with representatives from the partnership universities. A math and/or English examination may also be administered at this time. Final selection will be made on the basis of the in-country interview, math and English competencies, the application form, and any other supplementary information. (please see the application guidelines for the partnership track for the complete information).
Application procedures
1. Completed application form: The applicant for the partnership track is requested to apply through the online application system. (The on-line application will be made available by the mid-October, 2009.) The blank application form can be reviewed for reference only.
2. Official transcripts and official copies of diplomas or degree certificates from all undergraduate and graduate schools: An official copy means a certified copy of the original document with an official seal obtained from the administration office of the university attended. Copies attested by organizations/persons not having notarized/legal bearing will not be accepted.
2. Two reference letters: References should be from applicants’ supervisor at work and/or an 3cademic advisor or professor.
4. TOEFL/IELTS certificate (if available): The TOEFL/IELTS test score must be from an examination taken after December 10, 2007. If a score is unavailable, the applicant will be requested to sit for a TOEFL/IELTS examination prior to receiving a final decision on the scholarship award.All submitted application material must be presented in English or be accompanied by an official English translation. The material will be considered under the control of the IMF and provided to the relevant school(s) and the Government of Japan as it sees appropriate. None of the material will be returned to applicants.
* Yokohama National University (YNU) accepts new scholars every other year. It will not accept any new scholars for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Open Track: Application Guidelines
Application Guidelines For Open Track
Application deadline
Eligibility requirements
Application procedures
Application deadline
There is no application deadline. Applications are accepted and reviewed year-round.
Eligibility requirements
Work: Candidates should also currently work for one of the following or related agencies:
central bank, ministry of economy, ministry of finance, ministry of planning/development, ministry of trade/commerce, tax administration, or national statistics bureau.
The program will also consider officials working in other areas of government that have a significant impact on the formulation or implementation of macroeconomic policy.
Education Background: Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent with at least 16 years of formal education. Names of schools and attending dates beginning from primary school must be listed in the application. In some cases, 15 years of formal education may be accepted if there is an official explanation (a country’s particular educational system or other exceptional circumstances).
English proficiency: Applicants must have an English language proficiency, which needs to be demonstrated as equivalent to or more than an official TOEFL score of 550, CBT213, or iBT79-80. If TOEFL scores are not available, then an overall IELTS score of at least 6.0 can be substituted.
Admission to the University: The applicants must be accepted in a graduate-level program in an appropriate discipline. The scholars who have already commenced their studies in Japan may be also considered by the IMF.
Application procedures
1. Completed application form (preferably typed).
2. Official transcripts and official copies of diplomas or degree certificates from all undergraduate and graduate schools: An official copy means a certified copy of the original document with an official seal obtained from the administration office of the university attended. Copies attested by organizations/persons not having notarized/legal bearing will not be accepted.
3. Two reference letters: References should be from applicants’ supervisor at work and/or an academic advisor or professor.
4. TOEFL/IELTS certificate (if available): The TOEFL/IELTS test score must be from an examination taken after December 10, 2007. If a score is unavailable, the applicant will be requested to sit for a TOEFL/IELTS examination prior to receiving a final decision on the scholarship award (English Program only).
5. Admission letter or enrollment certificate of the University of Choice.
All submitted application material must be presented in English or be accompanied by an official English translation. The material will be considered under the control of the IMF and provided to the relevant school(s) and the Government of Japan as it sees appropriate. None of the material will be returned to applicants.
Application material should be sent by mail to the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (see address below).
Download: JISPA Brochure
http://www.imf.org/external/oap/index.htm
Application Notice:
The application for the partnership-track in 2010-2011 academic year is now open. An on-line application will be made available by the mid-October, 2009.
For further information on the application procedure, please contact:
Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia
IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
21st Floor Fukoku-Seimei Building
2-2-2 Uchisaiwai-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011, Japan
Tel. +81 3 3597-6708
Fax +81 3 3597-6705
Email: jisais@imf.org
Sunday, October 18, 2009
cambodia-laos-vietnam triangle
Việt Nam, Kampuchea, Lào ký hiệp ước về biên giới
27/08/2008
Việt Nam, Kampuchea và Lào đã ký với nhau một hiệp ước xác định giao điểm đường biên giới giữa 3 nước, mở đường để ba nước hợp tác thêm nữa trong công cuộc phát triển và mang lại những lợi ích chung.
Tân Hoa Xã cho hay theo tinh thần bản hiệp ước ký kết hôm thứ Ba tại Hà Nội, 3 nước sẽ tiếp tục làm việc về những vấn đề liên hệ tới việc xác định rõ đường biên giới trên bộ và củng cố hệ thống mốc giới trên tuyến biên giới Việt Nam, Lào và Kampuchea.
Lên tiếng trong buổi lễ tiếp đón Bộ Trưởng cao cấp phụ trách vấn đề biên giới của Hội Đồng Bộ Trưởng Kampuchea Var Kim Hong và Thứ Trưởng Ngoại Giao Lào Phongsavat Bupha, Thủ Tướng Việt Nam Nguyễn Tấn Dũng nói rằng 3 nước nên cùng nhau hoạt động để xây dựng hòa bình, thân hữu, hợp tác và phát triển trên đường biên giới để phục vụ cho chương trình phát triển tam giác giữa ba nước Việt Nam, Lào và Kampuchea.
Bộ trưởng Kampuchea cho biết nước ông sẽ gia tăng hợp tác với Việt Nam trong việc đánh dấu đường biên giới và cắm cột mốc. Ông tỏ ý hy vọng ít nhất 100 cột mốc sẽ được cắm trên ranh giới 2 nước trong năm nay, và việc cắm mọi cột mốc cần thiết sẽ hoàn tất năm 2012.
Thứ Trưởng Bộ Ngoại Giao Lào khẳng định là Lào sẽ thúc đây sự hợp tác trong việc cắm mốc biên giới trên đường ranh giới của hai nước để giúp gia tăng phát triển doanh thương, du lịch và trao đổi hoạt đông giữa những người sống dọc vùng biên giới.
Theo hiệp ước giao điểm đường biên giới giữa 3 nước được Thứ Trưởng Ngoại Giao Việt Nam Vũ Dũng ký kết với các ông Var Kim Hong và Phongsavat Bupha, giao điểm này được xác định tại một đỉnh núi có độ cao 1,086 mét so với mặt nước biển, nơi tỉnh Kontum của Việt Nam, tỉnh Attapu của Lào và tỉnh Rattanakiri của Kampuchea tiếp giáp nhau.
Japan commits to assist Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
HANOI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan remains strong commitment to providing assistance to the Development Triangle Area of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV), the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Wednesday.
The commitment was made by Ishikane Kimihiro, deputy head of the Southeast and Southwest Asian Department of Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the third CLV-Japan working level meeting held in Vientiane.
The meeting was to review the implementation of cooperation activities funded by Japan and draw up future direction to attract more direct investment of Japan to the triangle area, said the newspaper.
Kimihiro said that his country's assistance would contribute to stability and prosperity of the CLV countries in particular and that of Asia in general.
Japan has so far provided 20 million U.S. dollars for development related to the triangle, said Ya Seng, an official from Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The development triangle area is located in the border areas of the three CLV countries that share many common factors. These include untapped natural resources, potential for economic development and similar socio-cultural conditions.
VietNamNet Bridge - Strong pledges were made at a two-day meeting on trade and investment promotion into the “Development Triangle” comprising 10 border provinces of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia concluded in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Feb. 17.
Pledges showed the three countries’ resolve to boost investment into the region, strengthen internal link and put into full use potential and available resources of each and every province for economic development, especially production of commodities.
“No stone will be left unturned so as to reach the goal for high and sustainable economic growth ratified by the Prime Ministers of the three countries in Vientiane , Laos , on November 28, 2004,” they said in an agreement.
The Vietnamese head delegate, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat, said the country has issued open policies, offered numerous stimuli and upgraded infrastructure facilities to boost investment from the three countries as well as other countries into the Vietnamese provinces lying in the “Development Triangle.”
“The Vietnamese Government has also taken measures to encourage domestic investors to invest in Lao and Cambodian provinces lying in the Development Triangle,” he added.
The meeting, the second of its kind to date, was marked with a speech by Senior Minister and Trade Minister of Cambodia Cham Prasith. He emphasised the important role played by the “Development Triangle of Cambodia , Laos and Vietnam ” in the socio-economic development of each province in the region and the common future of the three countries as well.
He said the conference would be a good opportunity for businesses and authorities from the three countries’ provinces sharing the borderline to promote trade and investment so as to turn the “Development Triangle” into a region of socio-economically sustainable development.
The meeting drew in over 100 businesses, plus authorities, from the three countries who shared experiences and informed each other with their own countries’ policies and stimuli for foreign investment.
The region has been highly evaluated for its great potential in hydro-power industry, mining, industrial crops growing and processing, and tourism.
(Source: VNA)
27/08/2008
Việt Nam, Kampuchea và Lào đã ký với nhau một hiệp ước xác định giao điểm đường biên giới giữa 3 nước, mở đường để ba nước hợp tác thêm nữa trong công cuộc phát triển và mang lại những lợi ích chung.
Tân Hoa Xã cho hay theo tinh thần bản hiệp ước ký kết hôm thứ Ba tại Hà Nội, 3 nước sẽ tiếp tục làm việc về những vấn đề liên hệ tới việc xác định rõ đường biên giới trên bộ và củng cố hệ thống mốc giới trên tuyến biên giới Việt Nam, Lào và Kampuchea.
Lên tiếng trong buổi lễ tiếp đón Bộ Trưởng cao cấp phụ trách vấn đề biên giới của Hội Đồng Bộ Trưởng Kampuchea Var Kim Hong và Thứ Trưởng Ngoại Giao Lào Phongsavat Bupha, Thủ Tướng Việt Nam Nguyễn Tấn Dũng nói rằng 3 nước nên cùng nhau hoạt động để xây dựng hòa bình, thân hữu, hợp tác và phát triển trên đường biên giới để phục vụ cho chương trình phát triển tam giác giữa ba nước Việt Nam, Lào và Kampuchea.
Bộ trưởng Kampuchea cho biết nước ông sẽ gia tăng hợp tác với Việt Nam trong việc đánh dấu đường biên giới và cắm cột mốc. Ông tỏ ý hy vọng ít nhất 100 cột mốc sẽ được cắm trên ranh giới 2 nước trong năm nay, và việc cắm mọi cột mốc cần thiết sẽ hoàn tất năm 2012.
Thứ Trưởng Bộ Ngoại Giao Lào khẳng định là Lào sẽ thúc đây sự hợp tác trong việc cắm mốc biên giới trên đường ranh giới của hai nước để giúp gia tăng phát triển doanh thương, du lịch và trao đổi hoạt đông giữa những người sống dọc vùng biên giới.
Theo hiệp ước giao điểm đường biên giới giữa 3 nước được Thứ Trưởng Ngoại Giao Việt Nam Vũ Dũng ký kết với các ông Var Kim Hong và Phongsavat Bupha, giao điểm này được xác định tại một đỉnh núi có độ cao 1,086 mét so với mặt nước biển, nơi tỉnh Kontum của Việt Nam, tỉnh Attapu của Lào và tỉnh Rattanakiri của Kampuchea tiếp giáp nhau.
Japan commits to assist Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
HANOI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan remains strong commitment to providing assistance to the Development Triangle Area of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV), the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Wednesday.
The commitment was made by Ishikane Kimihiro, deputy head of the Southeast and Southwest Asian Department of Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the third CLV-Japan working level meeting held in Vientiane.
The meeting was to review the implementation of cooperation activities funded by Japan and draw up future direction to attract more direct investment of Japan to the triangle area, said the newspaper.
Kimihiro said that his country's assistance would contribute to stability and prosperity of the CLV countries in particular and that of Asia in general.
Japan has so far provided 20 million U.S. dollars for development related to the triangle, said Ya Seng, an official from Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The development triangle area is located in the border areas of the three CLV countries that share many common factors. These include untapped natural resources, potential for economic development and similar socio-cultural conditions.
VietNamNet Bridge - Strong pledges were made at a two-day meeting on trade and investment promotion into the “Development Triangle” comprising 10 border provinces of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia concluded in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Feb. 17.
Pledges showed the three countries’ resolve to boost investment into the region, strengthen internal link and put into full use potential and available resources of each and every province for economic development, especially production of commodities.
“No stone will be left unturned so as to reach the goal for high and sustainable economic growth ratified by the Prime Ministers of the three countries in Vientiane , Laos , on November 28, 2004,” they said in an agreement.
The Vietnamese head delegate, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Bich Dat, said the country has issued open policies, offered numerous stimuli and upgraded infrastructure facilities to boost investment from the three countries as well as other countries into the Vietnamese provinces lying in the “Development Triangle.”
“The Vietnamese Government has also taken measures to encourage domestic investors to invest in Lao and Cambodian provinces lying in the Development Triangle,” he added.
The meeting, the second of its kind to date, was marked with a speech by Senior Minister and Trade Minister of Cambodia Cham Prasith. He emphasised the important role played by the “Development Triangle of Cambodia , Laos and Vietnam ” in the socio-economic development of each province in the region and the common future of the three countries as well.
He said the conference would be a good opportunity for businesses and authorities from the three countries’ provinces sharing the borderline to promote trade and investment so as to turn the “Development Triangle” into a region of socio-economically sustainable development.
The meeting drew in over 100 businesses, plus authorities, from the three countries who shared experiences and informed each other with their own countries’ policies and stimuli for foreign investment.
The region has been highly evaluated for its great potential in hydro-power industry, mining, industrial crops growing and processing, and tourism.
(Source: VNA)
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