MASHAV, Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, offers international workshops and courses.
More than 3,000 Filipino professionals have attended various training courses and workshops in Israel in different fields of study, mostly in agriculture.
Israel's official international development cooperation program was launched in late 1957 to share with the rest of the developing world the know-how and technologies which provided the basis for Israel's own rapid development. MASHAVwas established as a division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
What started as a modest program focused on grassroots-level human capacity building at a time when Israel itself was still very much a developing country, has blossomed into an extensive program of cooperation throughout the developing world with the aim of ensuring social, economic and environmental sustainable development.
MASHAV prioritizes the goal of poverty alleviation, provision of food security, empowerment of women and upgrade of basic health and education services.
Since its establishment, MASHAV has trained close to 270,000 course participants from approximately 132 countries in Israel and abroad and has developed dozens of demonstration projects worldwide.
Israeli experts share their know-how to Filipinos…
Thirty-five professionals from nine universities participated in an intensive training course on innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture and related businesses at the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University in La Union, July 2016.
Two Israeli experts in the field of gender, climate change, sustainable agriculture and food security conducted a two-week training course for professionals at the Tarlac Agricultural University, September 2016.
Filipino professionals are among the hundreds of scholars participating in international courses…
Four Filipinos participated in MASHAV- Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency’s development cooperation program on postharvest technology conducted in Thailand. Ma. Joverly Abello from Central Mindanao University; Nathaniel Naanep from Sultan Kudarat State University; Ronnel Llubit, Agricultural Technologist and Samuel Escamis, Municipal Agricultural Officer from Davao Provincial Office joined other participants from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Timor Leste and Thailand.
Prof. Belinda Espiritu from the University of the Philippines Cebu participated in the international course “ICT in Education”.
“Our 18 days of training under the MASHAV Ofri International Educational Training Center from January 16 to February 2, 2017 in Jerusalem gave us, participants from different countries and four continents, priceless experiences and precious gains. The 18 days were both a training course and a pilgrimage to the Holy Land,” she said.
Professionals from the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) participated in a MASHAV course on “Comprehensive Drug Control Strategy – Israel’s Model.”
The Filipino participants are Joan Marie Sison and Atty. Philip Josef Vera Cruz from DDB, and PSSupt. Adelio Benjamin Castillo from the PNP.
Mark Anthony Gamboa, environmental planner and professor from University of the Philippines, was among the professionals from 28 countries who participated in the course on “Addressing the Urbanization Challenge”. He said he learned from the experts' experiences and from the study tours in terms of: focusing urban development on people; applying science, technology, and innovation; and protecting heritage and historical sites.
Karima Patricia Palafox (seated, second from right), managing partner of Palafox Associates and head of its planning and urban design teams, attended the MASHAV course on “Addressing the Urbanization Challenge - Slum Upgrading and Migration to the City”.
Mary Jane Donesa from Elpidio Quirino Elementary School Davao participated in the MASHAV Scholarship Program on “Combating Violence Against Women and Children”.
PCInsp Benson Pimentel, Deputy - Personnel Management Unit of the Southern Police District and Atty. Joselito Valle, Special Investigator III of the National Bureau of Investigation participated in the MASHAV training course “Police and Community”.