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TECHNICAL COOPERATION COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES

 

MISSION
 

VISION
 

MANDATE

As the TCDC focal point of the Philippines, to formulate and execute the Philippine Technical Cooperation Program in favor of developing countries, particularly the least developed among them, bearing in mind the further strengthening of the competitive edge of the Philippines in socio-economic development.

A socially and economically developed, interdependent and empowered developing and least developed countries able to maintain harmony, sustainable growth and manage globalization effectively with the Philippines in a leadership role.

  • Offer non-degree training courses in areas where the Philippines has developed the experience and expertise, and which are relevant to the development efforts of beneficiary countries and the Philippines.
  • Coordinate related projects and activities concerned with Technical / Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC / ECDC) which are implemented by other agencies of the Philippine Government and / or counterpart TCDC Focal Points of other countries.
  • Undertake research on the technical assistance requirements of the Philippines and other developing countries and the LDCs.



Introduction

Pursuant to United Nations (UN) resolutions on Technical and Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC-ECDC), the Technical Cooperation Council of the Philippines (TCCP) was created by virtue of Executive Order No. 17 signed on                01 September 1992 by President Fidel V. Ramos, to serve as the national focal point for the implementation of the Philippine technical cooperation program in favor of developing countries, particularly the least developed among them, and the coordination of similar projects and activities implemented by other Philippine government agencies.

The Council is composed of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs as Chair, the Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority as Vice-Chair, and the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, the Secretary of Science and Technology, and the Secretary of Trade and Industry, as Members. 

The TCCP was effectively the consolidation of the former Technical Assistance Council (TAC) of the Philippines and the Inter-Agency Technical Committee on Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries (IATC-TCDC/ECDC), the former having been established in 1979 under the co-chairship of DFA and NEDA, and the latter in 1980 under NEDA.   The TCCP Secretariat, an attached agency of the Department of Foreign Affairs, was also established in 1992.

TCDC-ECDC has evolved over the decades into the current South-South and triangular cooperation framework promoted by the UN system, specifically for purposes of attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

THE TCCP’s COOPERATION PROGRAM

A key mandate of the TCCP is the formulation and implementation of the Philippine Technical Cooperation Program. This mainly involves the provision of non-degree training programs in areas of Philippine expertise.

For the past three decades, trainees from countries of the South, which include those from Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America, and even as far as Europe, have been provided with programs on livelihood and income-generating skills, entrepreneurship and SMEs, agricultural management, environment, health, gender and development, investment promotion, disaster management, culture and heritage tourism, among others. Training was initially provided within the Philippines, eventually expanding to outbound training missions in beneficiary countries, where the TCCP reached more participants at the community level. Travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic also opened the TCCP to virtual and hybrid training modes.

The TCCP is due for a major review in light of developments in South-South cooperation over the past three decades.

CONTACT US:

The Secretariat

TECHNICAL COOPERATION COUNCIL OF THE PHILIPPINES

Address:

6th Floor, Department of Foreign Affairs Building, 2330 Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City 1300

Telephone:

(632)-2-8834-3945; (063)-2-8834-3129

Fax:

(632) 834 3129

Email:

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