Exchange of Notes concerning Grant Aid Project ‘the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship’

On July 22, Mr. SUZUKI Satoshi, Ambassador of Japan to Bhutan, and His Excellency Mr. Vetsop Namgyel, Ambassador of Bhutan to Japan, have exchanged notes in New Delhi concerning the provision of the grant aid for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (total provision of the loan is up to 194 million yen).
 
Details of the project are as follows:
 
“The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship”
Maximum Amount: 194 million yen
 
This project provides scholarship to young public service officers in Bhutan which will help them earn either Master’s degree or PhD degree from higher educational institutions in Japan.
 
The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship began in 2018 and is currently in its fifth year. At present twenty young public service officers from various government agencies of Bhutan are studying in Japan, pursuing Master’s or PhD courses at Japanese universities.
 
In September 2021, the first batch of nine Bhutanese scholarship students who received master’s degree through this project returned to Bhutan. They are now actively working in Bhutan, making use of the knowledge and experiences they gained not only through research activities but also through their daily life in Japan.
 
It is expected that this project will help improve policy capacity of the Bhutanese government and contribute to the further strengthening of the friendship and cooperation that cordially exists between the two countries.