FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS JR.
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
ENRIQUE A. MANALO
SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY CRAFTS CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION WITH PH DIASPORA-EU EXPERTS
The Philippine Embassy in Brussels was invited by the European Union Global Diaspora Facility (EUDIF) / International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Team to their “End of Action” online meeting on 24 August 2023 to celebrate the completion of their nine-month long diaspora engagement project in collaboration with the Palawan Council on Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) and the Palawan State University (PSU).
Upon invitation of the ICMPD last year, the Philippine Embassy in Brussels, the Philippine Embassy and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Berlin, and the Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt coordinated in finding professionals from the Filipino diaspora to create project proposals for funding by the EUDIF. Among those presented, the project proposal on climate change adaptation presented by two Filipino diaspora professionals based in Germany, namely Dr. Denise Margaret Matias and Ms. Julie Amoroso Garbin, was approved by the EUDIF in April 2022. They were engaged by the EUDIF to work with the PCSDS and the PSU for the implementation of their project proposal under EUDIF’s “Diaspora Professionals 4 Development” project.
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Philippines-EU Joint Committee Meets, Establishes New Dialogue on Maritime Security
The third Joint Committee Meeting between the Philippines and the EU was convened on 30 June 2023 in Brussels.
Read the Joint Press Release here.
DTI Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual Brings Europe Investment Roadshow to Brussels
Secretary of Trade and Industry Alfredo E. Pascual and officials from the Department of Trade and Industry, the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Department of Energy (DOE), as well as representatives from the private sector, were in the Brussels leg of DTI's Europe Investment Roadshow on 27-28 July 2023.
The trade mission aims to position the Philippines as a viable investment destination for priority markets in Europe.
Secretary Pascual delivered the keynote speech during the Philippine Business Forum on Green Energy and Digital Technologies, and pushed for the resumption of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) during a roundtable on the Philippines-EU FTA.
Philippine Space Agency Signs Copernicus Agreement with European Commission Directorate-General for Defense Industry and Space
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the European Commission Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) signed the Copernicus Administrative Agreement (CAA) during a hybrid signing ceremony held at the sidelines of the third Philippines-European Union Joint Committee Meeting (PH-EU JCM) on 30 June 2023.
The CAA is a non-binding instrument between PhilSA and DG DEFIS that will facilitate the access and exchange of Earth Observation satellite data between the Philippines and the EU on a reciprocity basis, based on the National Copernicus Support Action Program for the Philippines’ (CopPhil) Data Infrastructure component.
PhilSA Director General Dr. Joel Marciano, Jr. in Manila and DG DEFIS Director for Outreach and Innovation Ekaterini Kavvada in Brussels signed the CAA, witnessed by DG DEFIS officials and by a delegation from the Philippines consisting of representatives from the Philippine Mission to the EU in Brussels, the PhilSA, and the Department of Finance.
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