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On 22 August 2024, the first Operating Committee Meeting for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) was organized, discussing the application and selection procedures for the 2024 JDS Program.
The OC members confirmed that the application for JDS 2024 (Master’s program) would commence from 26 August until 15 November 2024.
The JDS Operating Committee is comprised of representatives from the following organizations:
-𝑀𝑟. 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑜 𝐴𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑐𝑎𝑟 𝐵𝑜𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑎 (𝐶𝑜-𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟), 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟-𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐼𝑁𝐴𝑃)
-𝐷𝑟. 𝑀𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑖 𝐼𝑡𝑜 (𝐶𝑜-𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟), 𝐽𝐼𝐶𝐴 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒
-𝐸𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛
-𝐶𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐶𝑆𝐶)
-𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 (𝑀𝐸𝑆𝐶𝐶)
-𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑢𝑛𝑑 (𝐹𝐷𝐶𝐹)
-𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑀𝑁𝐸𝐶)
The purpose of the JDS program is to provide scholarship opportunities for public servants of Timor-Leste to pursue graduate studies, including PhD in Japan. The areas of studies include the improvement of public administration and legal system; public service delivery improvement; industrial policy; and the promotion of environmental policy and natural resource management.
Through JDS scholarship program, 44 Timorese civil servants have received scholarship support since the inauguration of JDS in 2018 in Timor-Leste. 22 of them have already returned with their master’s degrees from Japanese universities, who are now supporting policy formulation and public service delivery.
