Tuazon reappointed UNESCO senior liaison to the Philippines
Ramon Tuazon  

AIJCi President Ramon R. Tuazon was recently reappointed by UNESCO Office Jakarta as senior liaison officer/consultant to the Philippines.

His appointment will ensure active participation of UNESCO, which is a non-resident UN agency in the Philippines, in the crafting of the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2012-2018. read more

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Dr. Braid  

Dr. Braid participates in South Africa constitutional dialogue

AIJC President Emeritus Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid represented the Philippines as a panelist in the four-day policy dialogue on constitutional building convened by International IDEA in Pretoria, South Africa on March 20-23, 2011.read more
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Tagiwalo  

Experts call for reforms in Philippine Education

Economist and education consultant Mario M. Taguiwalo called for increasing the effectiveness of public spending in schooling during the Roundtable Discussion on the 2010 Education for All Global Monitorng Report held last March 16, 2011 in Pasig City, Metro Manila.

UNESCO Office, Jakarta and the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) organized the roundtable discussion in cooperation with the Department of Education. Participants included key education stakeholders in government, international organizations, NGOs and media. read more

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MIL  

AIJC  is institutional partner for Morocco conference

AIJC is an institutional partner for the First International Forum on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) to be held on June 15-17, 2011 in Morocco. read more
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Journalists  

Filipino Journalists to set up EFA Watch

Editors and reporters from Metro Manila and provincial newspapers agreed to set up an Education for All (EFA) Watch to monitor Philippine progress in achieving universal primary education and other EFA goals for expanding learning opportunities for Filipinos.

The journalists, together with school paper advisers from Metro Manila high schools and information officers of the Department of Education, gathered for the “Education Makes News Seminar-Workshop” held last March 17-18, 2011 in Pasig City. read more

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impunity  
Culture of Impunity Research project gets UNESCO funding
 
AIJC will soon start the research project “A Multidisciplinary Inquiry on the Culture of Impunity in the Killing of Filipino Journalists,” with a UNESCO grant under its Participation Programme for 2010-2011.

Violence against journalists is one of the persistent human rights violations in the Philippines, which has been ranked third in the 2010 Global Impunity Index of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. read more
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frb2  
New CCP Board Member
 

AIJC President Emeritus Florangel  Rosario-Braid has been appointed Member of the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III. Her term of office is four years.
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training  

AIJC training in Tuguegarao
 

AIJC conducted the Advocacy and Communication Skills Enhancement Training for 60 staff members of the Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 on January 17-21, 2011.

Held  at the DTI Region 2 Training Hall in Tuguegarao City, the five-day seminar-workshop covered Advocacy Tools and Techniques, Effective Technical Writing, Writing in Various Formats,  Oral Communication, and The Art of Oral Presentation. read more

 

Paghahabi is the Filipino term for weaving materials such as textile, mats, baskets. It also means the weaving or telling of stories.

In essence, paghahabi reflects the core competency of the AIJC, ie communication. This competency transmits truth, creates understanding, builds community. It brings together the diversity of warp and woof and interlaces them into a single colorful fabric of concord and trust.

Our e-newsletter Paghahabi tells AIJC’s stories. It reflects our efforts to promote understanding amidst diversity through our various communication programs and projects and to build a network of AIJC partners and stakeholders whose stories are intertwined with ours.

The AIJC is committed to weave a community committed to the common good and the best interest especially of marginalized sectors that need the comfort of a warm woven fabric.

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