APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for the 2014 Young Leaders’ Program (YLP).
Since 2001, the Young Leaders’ Program (YLP) has been nurturing promising young Filipinos through its 1-year academic scholarship program in Japan. Introduced by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology (MEXT), YLP strives to create a wide-ranging human network and establish friendly relationships among the leaders in Asia while improving the quality of policy planning in the participating countries.
YLP offers four (4) courses: Business Administration, Law, Local Governance, and School of Government. Classes for all courses are held primarily in English. A master’s degree will be conferred by the participating university upon the successful completion of the program.
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 2014 Young Leaders’ Program Recommending Authorities. For inquiries and deadline of submission, please call the office of the appropriate Recommending Authority.
Recommending Authorities
Business Administration Course |
JCI Sen. Ryan C. Ravanzo
National President
Junior Chamber International Philippines
# 14 Don A. Roces Avenue, Quezon City
Tel.: (02) 373 – 7908 to 09
Fax: (02) 374 – 4138
Email: nom@philjaycees.com |
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.: (02) 751 – 1152
Fax: (02) 751 – 1154
Email: mapsecretariat@gmail.com |
Law Course |
Dean Danilo L. Concepcion
Dean
UP College of Law
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
Tel.: (02) 920 – 5514 loc. 415 / (02) 927 – 0518 /
(02) 927 – 7180
Email: ocs.uplaw@yahoo.com |
Local Government Course |
Dr. Edna Estifania A. Co
Dean
University of the Philippines
UP-National College of Public Administration and Governance
Diliman, Quezon City
Tel.: (02) 928 – 3861
Fax: (02) 926 – 1432 |
School of Government (Public Administration) Course |
Dir. Agnes Padilla
Executive Director, IV Civil Service Institute
Civil Service Commission
IBP Road, Constitution Hills,
Diliman, Quezon City 1126
Tel.: (02) 931 – 4182 / (02) 931 - 7971 |
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