PCG UPDATES
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Four
JICA Long-Term Experts to team up with PCG
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The
Government of Japan has sent anew four (4) Japan International
Cooperation Agency long-term experts for the Philippine
Coast Guard Education and Human Resource Management System
Development (EHRMSD) Project.
The PCG-JICA EHRMSD Project, which started six years ago,
covers a wide range of development projects that include
the formulation of plans and programs on the PCG education
system and faculty system. The project aims to further identify
and improve necessary and feasible areas in the system of
organization.
Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Wilfredo D Tamayo
formally welcomed the four experts last January 16, 2010
ath the PCG Headquarters in Manila. He said that the arrival
of the JICA experts is very timely in the light of the impending
passage of the Coast Guard law which provides, among others,
the strengthening of the PCG human resource development
program. Admiral Tamayo added that personnel capability
upgrade has become imperative since the PCG law mandates
an expanded Coast Guard enforcement powers on maritime safety,
maritime security, environmental protection and maritime
administration.
CDR Iwao Mabuchi JCG, 42 years old is a JICA long-term expert
designated as the Special Assistant to the Director on Planning
and International Cooperation Policy concerning Guard and
Rescue Mission, Administration Division at Japan Coast Guard
Headquarters. He graduated from Japan Coast Guard Academy
with a degree in Electronics and Radio Communication Engineering.
Commander Mabuchi obtained his 1st Class License for Radio
Operator for General Services in 1991 and his 1st Class
License for Mariners as Radio Communication Officer in 1993.
He also became a licensed professional diver in 1992.
CDR Keizo Eguchi JCG, 45 years old from Tokyo , Japan is
the Commander of Coast Guard Rescue Department of Japan
Coast Guard. Commander Eguchi graduated from the Japan Coast
Guard Academy in 1986. He has held various positions in
the Cabinet Secretariat of Japanese Government in relation
to his expertise - Maritime Law Enforcement. He is also
a First Grade Licensed Maritime Engineer and has the Primary
License of Arresting (License of Japan Coast Guard).
LCDR Fujuki Kamada, 46 years old is a long-term expert on
Educational System from the Japan Coast Guard and Rescue
Department / Administration Division at Japan Coast Guard
Headquarters. He worked as a short-term oversea research
worker for the United States of America in March 2006.
Mr. Masahiro Hasegawa, 52 years old is a Senior Consultant
Natural Environment Department / Project Management and
Maritime Technology, INTEM Consulting. He is a graduate
of Tokai University in March 1981, with a degree in Nautical
Engineering, Department of Marine Science and Technology.
Mr. Hasegawa has worked in different countries such as Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Kingdom of Morroco and Philippines
in terms of maritime technology, fishing technology and
project management.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has been consistently
supporting the Philippine Government especially the Coast
Guard in providing highly skilled and competent personnel
through human resource development. PCG officers are being
sent to Japan for short courses on maritime safety, security
and marine environmental protection, while Nippon Foundation
has sponsored PCG student officers to the World Maritime
University in Malmo Sweden for various masteral programs.
On top of the training program, JICA has been providing
the PCG equipment and funding on some school facilities
to include the diving pool at the Coast Guard Education
and Training Command and maritime communications capability
enhancement, among others...See
pictures...
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