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Human Resources Development in Myanmar
33,000,000 yen[Self-operated/Commissioned Project]
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Myanmar Times(Myanmar), Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University(Thailand), Kyung-Hee University(Korea),Malaysian Institute of Economic Reserch(Malaysia) , Civil Service Selection and Training Board(Myanmar)
The following activities are scheduled this year.
- Training Workshop for Mid-level Regional Public Officials in Myanmar
A training workshop on civil service systems in South Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand will be held over four days in May 2004, inviting about sixty mid-level regional public officials.
- Fact finding visit for high-ranking officers of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board:
Six high-ranking officers from the CSSTB will be invited to other Southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea) to observe the civil servant systems in those countries.
- "Workshop for Mid-level Officials in the Central Government" in Myanmar.
With the cooperation of specialists from Thailand, Malaysia, and Korea, a one-week workshop will be held in late November 2004, inviting about 120 mid-level officers from Myanmar's 34 government agencies and independent offices. The themes for the 2004 workshop are 1) the role of local authorities within a federal system and 2) relationship between central and local governments.
- Fact-finding tour to South Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia. (Mid-February 2005):
About thirty of the participants in the abovementioned workshop will be selected to go on a fact-finding tour.
- Publication of an academic journal on civil servant systems:
A bi-annual journal will be published in Burmese.
- Training of young journalists:
Five young journalists will be trained with the help of the Myanmar Times.
- Commissioned work:
Work will be commissioned to the Myanmar Times, Myanmar's CSSTB, Kyung Hee University in South Korea, The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.
(Final year of a 3-year project)
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