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304 SESSION V<br />
Table 2: List of Partners.<br />
Organizati<strong>on</strong>/ Company Explanati<strong>on</strong><br />
Philippine Nati<strong>on</strong>al IT Standards<br />
Foundati<strong>on</strong> Incorporated<br />
(PhilNITS, formerly known as<br />
JITSE Philippines Foundati<strong>on</strong> Inc.)<br />
Polytechnic University of <strong>the</strong><br />
Philippines (PUP)<br />
JITSE changed its name to PhilNITS in Dec 2004. It is an IT skill training and certificati<strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>org</strong>anizati<strong>on</strong> supported by Japanese and <strong>the</strong> Philippines governments. Japanese companies in <strong>the</strong><br />
Philippines regard <strong>the</strong> holders of PhilNITS certificati<strong>on</strong> as reliable IT engineers. The Japanese<br />
immigrati<strong>on</strong> policy provides easier procedure of getting a working visa for elders. We can adopt <strong>the</strong><br />
curriculum of PhilNITS certificati<strong>on</strong> and also may order <strong>the</strong>m textbooks and lectures for our classes.<br />
(http://www.jitse.<strong>org</strong>/)<br />
PUP is a state university that provides higher educati<strong>on</strong> to <strong>the</strong> masses. Some of students are from<br />
poor areas because of low tuiti<strong>on</strong>s. PUP has new IT institute and some professors including<br />
participants in API requested me to provide IT training support for poor students. (http://www.pup.<br />
edu.ph/)<br />
D<strong>on</strong> Bosco T<strong>on</strong>do D<strong>on</strong> Bosco is <strong>on</strong>e of <strong>the</strong> best vocati<strong>on</strong>al training groups for <strong>the</strong> poor in <strong>the</strong> Philippines. It has a<br />
big vocati<strong>on</strong>al training school and a church in T<strong>on</strong>do, formerly known as Smoky Mountain. They<br />
offered me to use <strong>the</strong> PC training rooms for my project. (http://www.d<strong>on</strong>bosco.net/)<br />
D<strong>on</strong> Bosco Pugad D<strong>on</strong> Bosco group has an institute for street children in Pugad. It also has a PC training room and<br />
a Japanese language class. The latter is d<strong>on</strong>ated by <strong>on</strong>e Japanese IT company, Software Partnership<br />
Internati<strong>on</strong>al Japan (SPIJ). Toge<strong>the</strong>r with this IT company, D<strong>on</strong> Bosco Pugad has ano<strong>the</strong>r plan to<br />
open IT class for ex-street boys. They offered me to join those two projects. (http://www.d<strong>on</strong>bosco.<br />
net/)<br />
Table 3: Main Functi<strong>on</strong>s of New NGO.<br />
Functi<strong>on</strong> Explanati<strong>on</strong><br />
Fundraising Fundraising for a whole system; getting financial supports from mainly Japanese funding bodies<br />
and corporati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Labor Market Analysis Analyzing labor demands for Filipino workers in <strong>the</strong> Philippines, Japan, and o<strong>the</strong>r countries;<br />
planning suitable vocati<strong>on</strong>al trainings.<br />
Coordinating Schools Searching and coordinating suitable training schools for demands of labor market; supporting to<br />
open new classes.<br />
Supporting School Management Supporting student screening, PR, financial management, and o<strong>the</strong>r administrative matters.<br />
Job-Hunting Support Supporting Job-hunting of graduates not <strong>on</strong>ly in <strong>the</strong> Philippines but also in Japan; helping<br />
graduates life in Japan.<br />
Scholarship Management Selecting students; administrating scholarship and loan programs.<br />
JICA supports <strong>the</strong> Technology Educati<strong>on</strong> and Skills<br />
Development Authority (TESDA) of <strong>the</strong> Philippines<br />
and intended to open new ITC classes for poor young<br />
ladies though <strong>the</strong> TESDA Women Center project.<br />
EDSA can not provide gender-related services because<br />
we are not gender specialists. In cooperati<strong>on</strong> with <strong>the</strong><br />
JICA gender specialists, we can provide our resources<br />
to <strong>the</strong>ir gender support. TESDA Women Center also<br />
accepted our offer to support our study tour project by<br />
providing a workshop to Japanese students.<br />
I got a good partnership with <strong>on</strong>e Japanese IT company,<br />
Software Partnership Internati<strong>on</strong>al Japan (SPIJ.) SPIJ<br />
is an offshore programming venture company and is<br />
a c<strong>on</strong>tributor to <strong>the</strong> agreements between Filipino and<br />
Japanese software companies associati<strong>on</strong>s in 2004. The<br />
uniqueness of this company is that it supports educati<strong>on</strong><br />
programs for street children at D<strong>on</strong> Bosco Pugad. SPIJ<br />
adopts social entrepreneurship for <strong>the</strong>ir management<br />
Ref lecti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Human</strong> C<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>: Change, C<strong>on</strong>flict and Modernity<br />
The Work of <strong>the</strong> 2004/2005 API Fellows<br />
style. After <strong>the</strong> IT training for ex-street children, <strong>the</strong><br />
company has a plan to hire some good students as<br />
engineers. It is a challenging plan that includes IT skill<br />
training, Japanese language study, and changing lifestyle<br />
of street children. If <strong>the</strong> boys can work as programmers,<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir life will be completely different from <strong>the</strong>ir present<br />
situati<strong>on</strong>s because of <strong>the</strong> wage difference between <strong>the</strong><br />
two countries.<br />
Domestic labor demand for immigrant programmers<br />
in Japan is getting bigger. Japanese IT companies have<br />
begun offshore programming projects in China, India<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Philippines. To survive <strong>the</strong> global market<br />
competiti<strong>on</strong>, <strong>the</strong>y need cheap labor force of foreign<br />
engineers. Compared to Filipino IT companies, Japanese<br />
companies do not require diplomas. This tendency is<br />
good for our students who do not have college degrees.<br />
Practically, SPIJ was asked for recruitment c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong><br />
of Filipino engineers, including ex-street children as