SEAMEO SEARCA Vision: SEARCA seeks to be the leading enabler and champion of Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (ISARD). Mission: SEARCA works to strengthen institutional capacities toward inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD) in Southeast Asia through graduate education, research and development, and knowledge management. Suggestions Key Activities & Impact Collaborators & Partners to SEAMEC Graduate Scholarship Program SEARCA’s current partners in offering its In view of the ASEAN regional At the institutional Development of human Graduate Scholarship Program include the integration, SEAMEC may resources to serve as leaders and agents of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), facilitate talks and pursue a change the International Development Research Regional Credit Transfer System At the individual level: Center (IDRC) of Canada, the Philippine and the standardization of Automatic promotion in position/rank and salary Carabao Center (PCC), and higher education curricula in agriculture and (for the majority) of SEARCA scholarship alumni institutions including the Universiti Putra related fields to allow more Malaysia (UPM), the Tokyo University of mobility for scholars. Improvement in research and technical skills, as well as communication and social skills; has Agriculture (Tokyo NODAI) and Nagoya opened other opportunities for professional University. growth The University Consortium members which serve as study posts of scholars also provide tuition subsidy and other assistance. The members include UPM; Kasetsart University (Thailand); the University of the Philippines Los Baños; and Institut Pertanian Bogor and Universitas Gadjah Mada (both in Indonesia). Institutional Development Assistance Program In assisting these universities, SEARCA In order for these IDA partner The program is still relatively new and its impact partners with the University of the Philippines universities to sustain the gains may not yet be that apparent; however, the program Los Baños (UPLB) and the various ministries of the program, they would need has been able to contribute to the manpower of education and agriculture in each Southeast institutional support from their development of its partner universities through the Asian country. Funds from the Food Security governments, particularly of the
SEAMEO SEARCA Vision: SEARCA seeks to be the leading enabler and champion of Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (ISARD). Mission: SEARCA works to strengthen institutional capacities toward inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD) in Southeast Asia through graduate education, research and development, and knowledge management. Key Activities & Impact Collaborators & Partners Suggestions to SEAMEC Graduate Scholarship Program At the institutional Development of human resources to serve as leaders and agents of change At the individual level: Automatic promotion in position/rank and salary (for the majority) of SEARCA scholarship alumni Improvement in research and technical skills, as well as communication and social skills; has opened other opportunities for professional growth SEARCA’s current partners in offering its Graduate Scholarship Program include the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada, the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), and higher education institutions including the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), the Tokyo University of Agriculture (Tokyo NODAI) and Nagoya University. The University Consortium members which serve as study posts of scholars also provide tuition subsidy and other assistance. The members include UPM; Kasetsart University (Thailand); the University of the Philippines Los Baños; and Institut Pertanian Bogor and Universitas Gadjah Mada (both in Indonesia). In view of the ASEAN regional integration, SEAMEC may facilitate talks and pursue a Regional Credit Transfer System and the standardization of curricula in agriculture and related fields to allow more mobility for scholars. Institutional Development Assistance Program The program is still relatively new and its impact may not yet be that apparent; however, the program has been able to contribute to the manpower development of its partner universities through the In assisting these universities, SEARCA partners with the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and the various ministries of education and agriculture in each Southeast Asian country. Funds from the Food Security In order for these IDA partner universities to sustain the gains of the program, they would need institutional support from their governments, particularly of the
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