Noticias

5 September 2023 (Last update:7 September 2023)

On 30 August 2023, UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Jakarta organized the 6^th Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for the Better Life for Out-of-School Girls to Fight Against Poverty and Injustice in the Philippines Project, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The PSC is a high-level technical advisory team overseeing the project’s implementation and achievements in accordance with the objectives of the UNESCO-DepEd-KOICA cooperation.

The three Co-Chairs of the PSC, the Director of UNESCO Jakarta, Ms. Maki Katsuno-Hayashikawa; the Assistant Secretary for Curriculum and Teaching-Education Assessment and Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Philippine DepEd,  Asec G.H. S. Ambat; and the Country Director of the KOICA Philippine Office, Mr. Kim Eunsub participated in the meeting, which was also attended by PSC members and observers from DepEd and KOICA, and the UNESCO team.

Identified needs requiring responses and actions were highlighted during the meeting with specific actions to be undertaken and agreements.

Ms. Maki Katsuno-Hayashikawa expressed her sincere appreciation to DepEd and KOICA for their unwavering support to the project, emphasizing that outputs and objectives were achieved through fruitful collaboration. 

Asec. G.H. Ambat recognized UNESCO’s important contribution in the implementation of the ALS programme of DepEd in the Philippines, and KOICA  highlighted the project’s great achievement despite various challenges: the completion of the Girls Education Centre’s construction. 

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/6th-project-steering-committee-better-life-out-school-girls-philippines