{ "title": "JAPAN-IMF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR ASIA (JISPA) 30TH ANNIVERSARY", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2023/japan-imf-scholarship-program-for-asia-jispa-30", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2023/japan-imf-scholarship-program-for-asia-jispa-30", "overlayPath": "/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2023/japan-imf-scholarship-program-for-asia-jispa-30/index.md", "summary": "Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) celebrates its 30th anniversary in November 2023.", "sections": [ { "heading": "Program overview and milestone", "content": "- The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) celebrates its 30th anniversary in November 2023.\n- The program began with a non-degree graduate diploma course in 1993 and now offers full-fledged scholarships for master’s and Ph.D. students majoring in macroeconomics in Japan.\n- With more than 950 scholarship recipients from 24 countries, many alumni hold senior public positions and form a network of economic policymakers across the region.\n- The program highlights collaboration among economic agencies in the region, partner universities in Japan, and its donor, the Government of Japan." }, { "heading": "Reach, outputs, and alumni engagement", "content": "- More than 950 scholarship recipients from 24 countries.\n- Alumni now hold many senior public positions and contribute to a foundation for regional collaboration to safeguard financial stability.\n- Activities fostering alumni engagement:\n - Continuing Education Program (JISPA-CE), a two-week refresher course for alumni (Tokyo, 2023).\n - Summer Workshop to learn about the IMF's surveillance tools and analytical framework (September 2023).\n - JISPA thesis presentation events, policy dialogues, and tours (including Bank of Japan and Japan’s Ministry of Finance).\n - Orientation programs and welcome receptions to build networks among incoming and senior (\"senpai\") scholars." }, { "heading": "Program delivery, partner institutions, and visual documentation", "content": "- Partner universities in Japan host scholars and provide graduation ceremonies and thesis presentation venues.\n- Visual and documentary highlights:\n - A 3-min tribute video with messages from sponsors, partners, organizers, and scholarship recipients illustrating contributions to policymaking capacity in the region.\n - Photo slideshow captures events such as orientation programs, workshops, townhall meetings, policy dialogues, tours of the Bank of Japan, and graduation ceremonies.\n - Example: Vanpheng Thanameuan from Laos was one of 36 JISPA scholars graduating in 2023 and received her diploma from President Hiroko Ota at the GRIPS graduation ceremony in September 2023." }, { "heading": "2024-25 scholarship offering and application", "content": "- The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia 2024-25:\n - Designed for young policymakers from Asia-Pacific economies to pursue graduate studies in microeconomics in Japan.\n - About 35 individuals receive the scholarship every academic year.\n - Scholars may enter either a partner university program or their own selected university courses.\n - Applications are now open for 2024-25." }, { "heading": "Communications and community channels", "content": "- Anniversary communications and alumni stories are shared through:\n - A tribute video and social content featuring anniversary messages and memorable JISPA30 stories.\n - Channels for connecting: Newsletter, Facebook, X (formally Twitter), Alum Network, and the JISPA Website." } ], "bullets": [ "The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) celebrates its 30th anniversary in November 2023.", "The program began with a non-degree graduate diploma course in 1993 and now offers full-fledged scholarships for master’s and Ph.D. students majoring in macroeconomics in Japan.", "With more than 950 scholarship recipients from 24 countries, many alumni hold senior public positions and form a network of economic policymakers across the region.", "The program highlights collaboration among economic agencies in the region, partner universities in Japan, and its donor, the Government of Japan.", "More than 950 scholarship recipients from 24 countries.", "Alumni now hold many senior public positions and contribute to a foundation for regional collaboration to safeguard financial stability.", "Activities fostering alumni engagement:", "Partner universities in Japan host scholars and provide graduation ceremonies and thesis presentation venues.", "Visual and documentary highlights:", "The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia 2024-25:", "Anniversary communications and alumni stories are shared through:", "**Japan-Imf Scholarship Program for Asia 2024–25**", "**Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) — Recipients (October 2023)**" ], "related": [ { "title": "Japan-Imf Scholarship Program for Asia 2024–25", "role": "document", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/oap/jispa/2024/fy24-819203-ay2024-25-jispa-e-brochure.pdf", "summary": { "path": "/-/media/files/oap/jispa/2024/fy24-819203-ay2024-25-jispa-e-brochure.pdf.md", "mime": "text/markdown" }, "binary": { "path": "/-/media/files/oap/jispa/2024/fy24-819203-ay2024-25-jispa-e-brochure.pdf", "mime": "application/pdf" } }, { "title": "Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) — Recipients (October 2023)", "role": "document", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/oap/oap-home/2023/jispa-recipients-oct2023.pdf", "summary": { "path": "/-/media/files/oap/oap-home/2023/jispa-recipients-oct2023.pdf.md", "mime": "text/markdown" }, "binary": { "path": "/-/media/files/oap/oap-home/2023/jispa-recipients-oct2023.pdf", "mime": "application/pdf" } } ], "alternates": { "markdown": "/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2023/japan-imf-scholarship-program-for-asia-jispa-30/index.md", "json": "/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2023/japan-imf-scholarship-program-for-asia-jispa-30/index.json", "bundleManifest": "/en/countries/resrep/oap-home/2023/japan-imf-scholarship-program-for-asia-jispa-30/bundle-manifest.json" }, "generatedAtUtc": "2026-09-30T19:22:39.788Z" }