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DEVELOPMENT POLICY RESEARCH MONTH

DEVELOPMENT POLICY RESEARCH MONTH

Per Malacañang Proclamation No. 247 dated 2 September 2002, the month of September of every year is designated as Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) to promote and draw nationwide importance of policy research in the formulation of national development plans, projects, and policies.

The Philippine Embassy in Berlin joins the nation in celebrating the DEVELOPMENT POLICY RESEARCH MONTH with a theme: “Reset and Rebuild for a Better Philippines in the Post-Pandemic World”

EMBASSY JOINS ASPAC EMBASSIES IN ECONOMIC MISSION TO THURINGIA & BAVARIA

 

Asia-Pacific ambassadors and senior diplomats with Thuringia Minister-President Bodo Ramelow in Erfurt. (photo courtesy of TSK/Jacob Schroter)

21 July 2021 – The Philippine Embassy in Berlin joined 16 other Embassies from the Asia-Pacific region in the second edition of the Ambassadors in Dialogue (AiD) economic mission to the states of Thuringia and Bavaria on 13-15 July 2021. Organized by the German Asia-Pacific Business Association (OAV), AiD is a platform to provide opportunities for closer engagement among Asia-Pacific countries and leading German companies. PE Berlin was represented by Minister and Consul Gerardo P. Abiog.

The delegation first visited Thuringia where they were welcomed by Minister-President Bodo Ramelow who noted the growing engagement between his state and several Asia-Pacific countries in the areas of investment and educational cooperation, as well as the open business climate provided by Thuringia. This was followed by a networking session with some of the state’s leading start-up enterprises in the technology and manufacturing sectors. The delegation also called on the Lord Mayor of Erfurt, Andreas Bausewein, at the city’s historic town hall. The following day, the AiD group visited two of the most important investment facilities in the state, the IHI Charging Systems International (producers of turbo chargers for European automobile manufacturers) and N3 Engine Overhaul Services which performs overhaul of Airbus aircraft engines.

 

The AiD delegation visiting the engine testing facility of N3 in Thuringia. (photo courtesy of OAV)

The second leg of the mission began with a visit at the Bavarian State Chancellery in Munich were delegation was greeted by Bavaria Minister-President Markus Söder, followed by a meeting with Bavaria Minister of State Dr. Florian Herrmann. Later in the afternoon, the group was welcomed by Brainlab AG CEO and Founder Stefan Vilsmeier at his company’s headquarters, who gave the delegation a personal tour and briefing on Brainlab’s various technological products in the field of medical surgery. The mission was capped with a networking dinner hosted by BMW AG at its exhibition center and events hall. END

Brainlab CEO and Founder Stefan Vilsmeier presenting his company’s thrust for the 21st century.

 

 

 

Global Skills Partnership for Nurses Launched

The Global Skills Partnership Initiative is launched in Bonn (photos by POLO-Berlin)

The Philippine Embassy and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Berlin took part in the Kick-Off Meeting for the pioneering program Global Skills Partnership Initiative at the Universitats Klinikum Bonn (UKB) on 25 September 2020.

Spearheaded by Germany’s GIZ, the initiative is a product of a series of discussions between the Philippines and Germany on how to better integrate best practices sharing as well as offering insights on elements of the German nursing practice in the Philippine nursing curriculum to augment training received by Filipino nurses after arriving in Germany.

Along with the GIZ, the project also has the support of the German think tank Bertelsmann Stiftung, the German Federal Ministry of Health, and hospital-teaching institutions such as the UKB.

Under the program, training for PH participants will start at the university level with some elements of the German curriculum integrated into the local PH nursing curriculum

The program’s partner universities in the Philippines are Baliuag University and Philippine Northwestern University. The program is likewise being undertaken with two other partner countries, Mexico and Brazil.

Second Secretary and Consul Marie Chris Chieng and Labor Attaché Delmer Cruz were present at the program launch. Consul Chieng delivered the message of Philippine Ambassador Theresa Dizon-De Vega, who underscored the potential role of such a platform for “encouraging more exchanges of best practices, ideas, and innovations from the nursing environments in the participating countries at a time when the sector faces new challenges and seismic changes.”

For his part, Labor Attaché Cruz noted the program is a “positive step towards enhancement of Philippine-German cooperation in human capital development. It presents an opportunity for a closer look at Philippine and German nursing curricula which could lead to harmonization and simplification of the recognition process for Filipino nursing professionals in Germany.” END


Consul Chieng (3rd from right) with officials of GIZ, Bertelsmann Stiftung, and the Universitats Klinikum Bonn at the program launch

PH Embassy in Berlin marks maritime awareness month with sustainable fisheries talk

Participants at the UPLIFT Session (photo by Berlin PE)

In celebration of Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month (ManaMo) in September, the Philippine Embassy in Berlin hosted the second session of its UPLIFT  series (Unpacking the Pandemic’s Lessons through Interviews with Filipino Thought-leaders/Talents) on the topic “What ISDA Future We Want: A conversation on sustainable fisheries”.

Mr Paolo Domondon, Senior Director for Policy and Partnerships at Rare, talked about the organization’s biggest project, Fish Forever, which currently works with 900 coastal communities and 150 local governments in managing 100 million hectares of municipal waters in 8 countries, including the Philippines. He highlighted the importance of small-scale fisheries to global food, economic, and environmental security.

Mr Heister Bon Jaralve , a second generation Filipino-German shared about the startup he co-founded and its free app, Fischroute, which helps fishing enthusiasts locate waters that can be fished in Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This helps to promote responsible and sustainable fishing by encouraging people to try explore other fishing spots, reducing the overfishing of popular spots.

The discussion may be viewed in full on the Philippine Embassy in Germany’s Facebook page. END

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