Inception Meeting of the Master’s Degree Programme for the IAI Attachment Program Graduates at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

JAKARTA, 1 February 2024 – The JAIF Management Team (JMT) provided a virtual inception briefing to the Proponent and the Implementing Agency of the new project Master’s Degree Programme for the IAI Attachment Program Graduates at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).

The project was proposed by the Initiative for ASEAN Integration and Narrowing the Development Gap (IAI-NDG) Division of the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and will be implemented by GRIPS for two years, starting from January 2024. The new project enrol Attachment Programme alumni in a one-year master’s degree programme at GRIPS in Japan to enhance their career development in leadership, administration, governance, and organisational management. It is a direct follow-up to the JAIF-funded IAI Attachment Programme undertaken at ASEC. Both the master’s programme and the IAI programme aim to foster future central and local government leaders in the region.

The briefing served as a learning opportunity for GRIPS about the essential elements in implementing the JAIF-funded project. A presentation by Miyuki Ishikawa, JMT Programme Coordinator, covered JAIF rules and procedures, monitoring and evaluation, financial management, and visibility guidelines.

Prior to the briefing, GRIPS Professor Mikitaka Masuyama and Assistant Director Sumitra Jayaseelan, IAI-NDG Division, discussed the implementation plan of the project. The meeting was facilitated by IAI-NDG Division Officer Diyanah Afifah Ramadhaniyati.