Monthly Activity Report of JICA Malaysia Office
（The May 2012 issue）
【Main activities in May】
★ Promotion of Economic Partnership
▼ Official Launching Ceremony of Malaysia-Japan International Institute of
Technology on 1st June
Official Launching Ceremony of Malaysia-Japan International Institute of
Technology (MJIIT) is planned on 1st June 2012. MJIIT is an academic institution
established under Universiti Technologi Malaysia in 2011 to introduce
Japanese-style engineering education in Malaysia. JICA is cooperating for the Yen
Loan project which aims to provide with laboratory equipment and create
educational curriculum for MJIIT. Representatives of the government of Malaysia,
the government of Japan, Japanese universities and other relevant organizations are
expected to attend the Launching Ceremony.
★ Social Welfare ・Environment
▼ The Third Training in Japan for Environment Institute of Malaysia
(EiMAS) from 20th May to 2nd June
Following the 2nd training in Japan in January 2012, JICA continues to conduct
training to enhance the training capacity of EiMAS on environmental management
from 20th May to 2nd June. The training will focus on Japan’s environmental policy,
environment management system, pollution prevention & control technology,
disposal of industrial wastes as well as contaminated soil management and
technology. The knowledge & skill to be learnt from the trainings are expected to
enhance the training capacity of EiMAS trainers and contribute toward the
promotion of self-management of industrial pollution in the country.
▼ Terminal Evaluation on ” Bornean Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Conservation Programme Phase2(BBEC2)” from 7th to 25th May
The technical cooperation Programme for Bornean Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Conservation Phase2(BBEC2), launched on October, 2007 has been implemented
for 5 years in Sabah. At the end of the Programme, JICA will dispatch 5 members of
the terminal evaluation mission team to Malaysia from 7th to 25th May. Through the
mission survey, the team will confirm the Programme outputs made and the
achievement of the Programme purpose. In addition, the team will propose
recommendations on future cooperation after BBEC2 through discussion with
related organizations in Sabah.
★ South-South Cooperation
▼ Third
Country
Training
Program
(TCTP)
for
African
Countries-Enhancement of Productivity & Competitiveness for Trade
Promotion through TQM & KAIZEN from 7th to 25th May
Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC),MOFA Malaysia and JICA will jointly
organise a TCTP for African Countries - Enhancement of Productivity &
Competitiveness for Trade Promotion through TQM & KAIZEN as a TICAD IV
Follow Up activity from 7th to 25th May. 18 people will attend the course from 8
African countries. (Namely, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda,
Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). During the 3weeks Training course, the participants
will learn the basics of KAIZEN &Total Quality Management (TQM), and visit
various related Ministries/Agencies, and formulated the Action Plans for their
countries.
▼ Third Country Training Program (TCTP) for Palestinian Authority-Islamic
Finance and Banking from 14th to 25th May
Japan together with the Malaysian government and in discussion with the
Palestinian Authority will be conducting a series of cooperation activities for the
Palestinians. The inaugural activity is the course on Islamic Finance and Banking
Training to be held from 14th to 25th May. 23 Palestinian authority officials working
in the field of Islamic Finance will attend this training conducted by Islamic
Banking and Finance Institute of Malaysia (IBFIM) and supported by The National
Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara). The participants will be exposed to various areas
of Islamic Finance and Banking promoted in Malaysia.
★ Volunteers
▼ Social Welfare Conference with Counterparts from 9th to 10th May
JICA Volunteers in the field of Social welfare will hold a conference with their
counterparts at the Social Welfare Department in Putrajaya from 9th to 10th May.
Especially, on the second day, a self-advocacy (Persons with learning disabilities can
decide and choose to do something by themselves ) activities will be introduced by a
volunteer, Ms Yoshie Dan who is assigned at NGO, United Voice as a social
worker.
★ JICA Partnership Program (JPP)
▼ First Dispatch of Experts on the Environmental Conservation and Domestic
Solid Waste Management in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia from 17th to 24th
May
The JICA Partnership Program is aimed at implementing development projects in
developing countries planned by Japanese development partners, mainly NGOs,
local governments and universities, based on their experiences and technologies in
economic and social development at grassroots level. Motegi Town, Tochigi
Prefecture, is going to start “ Environmental Conservation and Domestic Solid
Waste Management in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia” Project. In this regard, 3
experts who are program manager and environmental educator visit to Kuching-city
to have a discussion on this project and research compost market and material for
their activity from 17th to 24th May.
★ Others
▼ A Group of Japanese High School Students Visit Malaysian Maritime
Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on 5/4
Under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths
(JENESYS) Programme, Government of Japan dispatches a group of Japanese high
school (Miyazaki technical high school) students to Malaysia from 29th April to 6th
May. The purpose of the JENESYS Programme is to promote mutual understanding
among youth in this region by dispatching Japanese youths to East Asia Countries
including Malaysia. As a part of the Programme, the students will have an
opportunity to observe the Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) activity
at the MMEA’s project site. It aims to deepen their understanding towards
international cooperation and development assistance performed by JICA and to
learn rescue trainings by MMEA’s Special Task and Rescue (STAR) Team.
【Main activities in April】
＜Promotion of Economic Partnership＞
▼ Training on Taxation Examination Method of Basic Transfer Pricing
Taxation Method of the Human Resource Development and Improvement
in Tax Administration (Phase 3) from 9th to 13th April
For tax auditors of Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM), Mr. Takeuchi, JICA
expert, conducted the seminar of tax examination method for Transfer Pricing
Taxation in Kuching, Sarawak.
＜Social Welfare ・ Environment＞
▼ Completion of the Project for Improving Occupational Safety and Health
Administration of the Department of Occupational Safety and Health
“Project for Improving Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the
Department of Occupational Safety and Health”, which has been implemented since
April 2007, was completed on 8th April 2012. This project aimed to decrease
occupational accident through capacity development of Department of Occupational
Safety and Health in Malaysia. As the output of project, training courses in the field
of occupational safety for SME and construction industry were developed for DOSH
inspectors. DOSH will continue to implement the training courses for inspectors to
protect workers from occupational accidents.
▼ Preparatory Survey on Capacity Building Project for Forest Plantation
Management from 11th March to 7th April
Government of Malaysia through Malaysia Timber
Industry Board (MTIB), as an implementing
organization, has targeted 37,500 ha of trees for the
period between 2006 and 2020 under Forest
Plantation
Development
Programme.
The
Programme aims to meet the growing domestic
demand for timber and ease pressure on natural
forest in Malaysia. JICA dispatched 2 Japanese consultants to Malaysia from 11th
March to 7th April. At the end of the survey, they reported to relevant governmental
agencies on the progress, challenges and recommendation on the Programme from
technical point of view obtained thorough observation of programme sites in
peninsula Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak.
＜Volunteers＞
▼ Opening Ceremony of Toilet and Slope for CBR (Community Based
Rehabilitation) Center in Kelantan on 30th April
Ms Ayako Sasage, a JICA Volunteer who is assigned in
Kelantan Social Welfare Department as an occupational
therapist, is supporting some CBR Centers in Kelantan. She
knew a situation of people with a wheelchair through her
activities. It is too difficult to use a toilet for them and their
parents cannot use a wheelchair, when they are into the
rehabilitation centre because of no slope. So she installed the
necessity western-style toilet and slope at Gaal Jeram CBR
Center.
A heartwarming opening ceremony was held on 30th by
assistant director in Kelantan Social Welfare Department,
people with disability, their parents, and CBR’s staff.
＜JICA Partnership Programme＞
▼ 4th Dispatch of Experts on the Promote Efficient
Waste Management System in Malaysia from
22nd to 28th April
6 experts from Kitakyushu City organized a seminar
and workshop concerning the effective composting
management and provided consultations for the public
those who had started composting activity.
＜Others＞
▼ Lecture in the Japanese Chamber of Trade & Industry, Malaysia in 18th
April
Mr. Takeuchi, a JICA expert to Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) made a
presentation in JACTIM, for which the subject was “Basic Transfer Pricing Taxation
to be required for the manager in Japanese subsidiary”. After the presentation, the
expert got some concrete questions from participants. This fact shows that Japanese
subsidiaries in Malaysia have a high interest in taxation problem in Malaysia.
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