APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for the 2013 Young Leaders' Program (YLP).
The Young Leaders' Program (YLP) was introduced by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology (MEXT) in 2001. It seeks to create comprehensive human network and establish friendly relationships among the leaders in Asia while improving the quality of policy planning in the participating countries.
With the aim of fostering future national leaders in Asia and other regions, YLP encourages promising young Filipinos to take part in its 1-year academic scholarship program in Japan . A master's degree will be conferred by the participating university upon the successful completion of the program.
YLP offers four (4) courses: Business Administration, Law, Local Governance, and School of Government . Classes for all courses are held primarily in English.
Interested applicants must have a Bachelor's degree with excellent academic performance, and must be highly proficient in English. Depending on the course, applicants must be 35 or 40 years old and below, with at least 3 – 5 years of work experience .
The screening of applicants is based on the endorsement of the ‘recommending authorities' for each course.
The selected grantees with begin their 1-year academic program either on September or October in their respective host universities.
Please submit your application forms to the 2013 Young Leaders' Program Recommending Authorities.
Deadline for submission of application is on OCTOBER 19, 2012 (Friday).
RECOMMENDING AUTHORITIES:
Business Administration Course |
Mr. Randolf Ivan A. Ruste
National President
Junior Chamber International Philippines
# 14 Don A. Roces Avenue , Quezon City
Tel.: 373 – 7907
Fax: 374 – 4138 / 374 – 2495 |
Mr. Arnold P. Salvador
MAP Executive Director
Management Association of the Philippines
Center for Management Excellence
Unit 608 6F Tower One Ayala Triangle
Ayala Avenue , Makati City 1226
Tel.: 751 – 1149 to 52
Fax: 751 – 1154 |
Law Course |
Dean Danilo Concepcion
UP College of Law
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
Tel.: 920 – 5514 loc. 100 / 927 – 0518 / 927 – 7180 |
Local Government Course |
Prof. Alex Brilliantes
University of the Philippines
UP-National College of Public Administration and Governance
Diliman, Quezon City
Tel.: 928 – 3861
Fax: 926 – 1432 |
School of Government (Public Administration) Course |
Director Agnes Padilla
Director, Human Resource Development Office
Civil Service Commission
Constitution Hills, Batasang Pambansa Complex
Diliman, Quezon City 1126
Tel.: 931 – 4182 / 931 - 8019 |
