Monthly Activity Report of JICA Malaysia Office
（The March 2012 issue）
【Main activities in February】
★ Promotion of Economic Partnership
▼ Training on Taxation Examination Method of International Transaction for
the Human Resource Development and Improvement in Tax
Administration (Phase 3) from 14th to 17th February
JICA conducted the seminar of tax examination method related to overseas
transactions for tax auditors of Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) from 14th
to 17th February, 2012. The experts from National Tax Agency of Japan provided
their experience through introducing the some case studies and terminology of
trading. It is expected that this seminar could develop tax audit skills of IRBM.
▼ Training on Taxation Administration for tax officers of Cambodia from 20th
to 24th February
JICA and Malaysia Tax Academy (MTA) jointly conducted the seminar of general
taxation system for tax officials of Cambodia Tax Authorities from 20th to 24th
February. The experts from National Tax Agency of Japan provided their experience
of “Tax Examination”, and MTA provided their experience of “Taxpayers Services”
for the purpose of developing the skills of Cambodian Officials’.
★ Social Welfare ・Environment
▼ 4th Dispatch of Short Term Expert to Environment Institute of Malaysia
(EiMAS) from 7th to 17th February
Following the dispatch in March, June and October, 2011, JICA continued to
dispatch two environmental management experts to EiMAS from 7th to 17th
February to conduct on-the-job training for EiMAS and DOE officials. The experts
conducted lectures focusing on water emission & water pollution control, hazardous
gas treatment at major heavy industries such as iron making plant, oil refinery plant
etc.
▼ Dispatch of Short Term Experts to Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) from
13th to 24th February＆27th February to 9th March
As part of the continuous efforts, JICA dispatched several sewerage experts to IWK
to conduct two sessions of on-the-job training for IWK’s officials from 13th to 24th
February and from 27th February to 9th March. The training for capacity building
were conducted for two weeks through full time trainings at selected sewerage
treatment plants (STP), namely Pantai STP (Feb 13 to 24) and Bunus STP (Feb 27 to
Mar 09) respectively by few experts, while the main focus included process control
& process improvement of sewage treatment, sludge management etc.
▼ Counterpart Training in Japan for E-Waste Project from 18th to 29th
February
Apart from the dispatch of experts, JICA also conducted a counterpart training in
Japan titled ‘E-Waste Recycle’ from 18th to 29th February. Ten officials from EPU,
MHLG, DOE Putrajaya, DOE Penang and MPPP who are also the key players /
stakeholders for the ‘Project for Model Development for E-Waste Collection,
Segregation and Transportation from Households for Recycling’ have attended the
training. The main objectives of the training are to study and develop the e-waste
collection system as well as the operation of the regulatory system for e-waste
recycling in Japan through site visits to recovery facility, mobile recycling center
and discussions with relevant ministry, manufacturers, retailers etc.
▼ Dispatch of Short Term Experts of the Project to Support Participation of
Persons with Disabilities on 27th February
On 27th February, the Job Coach seminar to promote
employment of person with disabilities was
conducted in Penang under the cooperation of
Malaysia government and JICA. In the seminar, Prof.
Hirosh Ogawa(Otsuma Women’s University), Dr.
Kenji Kuno(JICA Expert), Department of Social
welfare in Malaysia and representative of companies
which have experience of employing person with disabilities delivered a lecture and
shared their experiences.
★ South-South Cooperation
▼ Seminar on Community Based Tourism for Africa from 20th February to 2nd
March
JICA and Islamic Tourism Centre, Malaysia jointly
organized the Third Country Seminar for African
Countries on “Community Based Tourism for Africa”
from 20th February to 2nd March. 19 people attended
the Seminar from 11 African countries, namely,
Botswana, Ethiopian Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and
Zambia. Through this course, Participants learned about Community Based Tourism
in Japan and Malaysia, through lectures as well as
visiting various
Ministries/Agencies related. They also prepared and presented the Action Plans.
▼ Joint Seminar on Trade And Investment Promotion in ZAMBIA from 9th to
10th February
The Government of Zambia and JICA jointly held the above-mentioned seminar
from 9th to 10th February at the Gardens Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. This is one of the
activities under the JICA technical cooperation project called Strategic Action
Initiative for Economic Development in Zambia that started in the year 2005. The
aim of the seminar is to promote trade and investment in Zambia. The mission team
from Zambia was headed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce,
Trade and Industry (MCTI) together with officials from the Zambian Development
Authority and some private companies. On 9th February, almost 50 private firms
from Malaysian side attended the seminar in the morning and had “one to one”
sessions in the afternoon and also on 10th February. Before visiting Malaysia, the
mission had also visited India as one of their investment promotion target countries
under the project.
★ JICA Partnership Program (JPP)
▼ 3rd Dispatch of Experts on the Promotion of Community-based
Management of Coastal Fisheries in Malaysia from 8th February to 13th
February
The JICA Partnership Program is aiming at implementing development projects in
developing countries planned by Japanese development partners, mainly NGOs,
local governments and universities, based on their accumulated experiences and
their technologies in development at grassroots level. Since the year 2011, Hioki
City, Kagoshima Prefecture, has implemented “Promotion of Community-based
Management of Coastal Fisheries in Malaysia” for 3 years. In this regard, 2 experts
visited Malaysia to conduct water pollution survey from 8th to 13th February.
【Main activities in March】
＜Promotion of Economic Partnership＞
▼ Participating in the Workshop on “Time Release Study” of Royal Malaysian
Customs Department for “Asia Cargo Highway Initiative” by Policy
Adviser to Director-General of Customs on Trade facilitation from 5th to 9th
March
▼ Seminar on Special Rescue Technique under Project for Capacity Building
in Maritime Safety & Security Phase II on 2nd March
＜South-South Cooperation＞
▼ Needs Survey to Cambodia, Myanmar ,Vietnam and Mongolia for
‘Diagnosis of Avian Influenza ‘from 10th to 24th March
▼ Annual Meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia on 12th March
▼ MOFA–JICA Joint ‘Kaizen’ Workshop for TCTP Implementation Agencies
in 2011 JFY on 20th March
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Executive Editor: Mr Tsutomu Nagae
Editor: Ms Shino Kubo
(Chief Representative)