The UN Refugee Agency kicked off a series of training workshops this week in Greece to provide additional tools on how to strengthen coordination among many partners. This will help ensure their collective efforts in support of national and local authorities deliver improved living conditions for th...

The Ministry of Border Affairs currently runs a technical and vocational training school in Hpa-An town of Kayin State in partnership with Japanese non-government organization Bridge Asia Japan (BAJ). The training school plans to spend US$1.5 million over six years from 2013-14 to 2018-19 fiscal ...

Tobi Soniyi in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said ending insurgency in Africa would require stronger collaboration and commitment from governments, financial institutions and security agencies in tracking the sponsors of terrorist activities. A statement issued by his Spec...

Ethnic health workers have been awarded government recognized certificates after a joint training held by government and Karen health departments in Hlaingbwe Township, Karen State. The 31 trainees who completed the seven-month maternal child and reproductive health course provided by Karen Depar...

The Yangon government and the Ministry of Education will start collaboration in running vocational training schools in the region to help youth dropouts find gainful employment, Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein said. “Children who drop out from school will finally have a chance to get acces...

Peace Win Japan under the Japan Nippon Foundation will give agricultural training to armed ethnic groups in Kawkareik and Myawady in Kayin State to help then earn more from farming, said U Win Hlaing Oo, head of the Agriculture Department. “They will train armed ethnic groups to produce high qua...

YANGON—The Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar revealed his government’s plan to boost economic development in Myanmar’s most troubled and impoverished Rakhine State by backing the upcoming investment fair there and by pushing Japanese investors to consider opportunities there. Despite Rakhine’s tarn...

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It has been almost one year since the New Mon State Party (NMSP) signed the Nationwide CeasefireAgreement (NCA). The NMSP signed the NCA in February 2018, and was then invited to have one representative join the Joint Monitoring Committee Union-Level (JMC-U) established to oversee the ceasefire. How...