Item Target Marginalized : -Political -Economic -Geographical -Social -Ethnic/cultural Outreach

Philippines Marginalized

Indonesia Indicators for marginalized: -political -economic -social -cultural -geographical -Local News paper -On visited Presentation -Disseminated information by post to NGOs, Universities and Government Offices

-Hosting information dissemination workshop -On air radio interviews -Sending of letters and IFP information materials to 32 development NGOs and People's Organizations based in the province -Running a radio ad in a local radio station -Mailing of information materials -Posting announcements in the website of IFP Philippines -Issuing press releases in national, provincial, and community papers

Profile

*Will be presented in a table : -Distribution of Fellows by Place of Residence -Distribution of Fellows by Place of Work -Gender Distribution by Cohort -Female Fellows by Degree and Study Field -Male Fellows by Degree and Study Field -Ethnicity, Gender and Study Field

*Will be presented in a table

Selection

-Building Network for IFP recruitment -Pre Application -Full Application -TOEFL/IELTS -Panel Interview -Screening for eligibility and validation of application documents

-Pre Application -Full Application -English Assessment test (ITP TOEFL) -Interview -National Meeting

Pre Academic Training

-English Proficiency : English course (PSSC contracted the Berlitz Language Center) -Basic computer skills : Computer course (PSSC hired Systems Technology Institute (STI) to measure the base computer competency levels) -Research skills : Training workshop

-English course -Computer course -Outbound

University Placement Pre-Departure Orientation Support Monitoring Re-Entry Orientation

-Cooperated with PSSC

-Cooperated with Placement Partner (PP)

IFP Philippines Program Director and Program Officer provided IIEF provided PDO before our fellows depart to Host PDO before the fellows depart to Host Country Country -Staying in contact with the Fellows -Maintaining contact with Fellows' academic advisors -PSSC used the lessons learned to make the gathering of returnees in the Re-Entry Sessions in line with building a regional community of Alumni -Maintaining contact with Fellows and the Host University -Depending on the time of the Fellows returning to the country

Item Alumni Activities

Philippines -IFPPAA give a presentation on the association and invite the returnees to become members -Develop a network of scholars -Encourage the mentoring of active Fellows with alumni who were in the same field of specialization -Set-up a database of job opportunities for returnees -Fund small community-based projects -Provide a forum for sharing the research output of IFP-Philippine alumni -Create, renew, and sustain linkages among IFP-Philippines alumni -Establish the strategic directions of the IFPPAA in the next three years and its network (ISJN)

Indonesia -Increase the capacity of the alumni -Become the medium to contribute to society and internally it serves to improve their own capacity -Get involved in training and research across the country

Profile

-Philippines is grouped into three major island regions Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao -Indigenous cultural communities comprise some 15% and Muslim ethnic groups about 11% of the Philippine population that currently stands at 92 million -Filipino women actually hold an advantage in terms of educational achievement

*presented in the table

Challenges

-Identified through the needs assesment process -Dissemination of the IFP Model (Workshop, website, brochures and Posters, Newspaper/Print Ads, TV Exposures, Radio Plugs) -Interaction with Regional and International Partners -Maintaining the Alumni Association (IFPPAA)

-Maintaining the Alumni Association (ISJN) -The language proficiency requirement

Lesson Learn

-Having a lot of strategies to pave the way for IFP Philippines to reach its major target groups is needed.

-Having a freedom to design a program that suitable for a country will be a great advantage for its people -Have a long term period for a program will give the opportunities for them to evaluate, improve, and make it perfect

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