The Search for the Filipino Young Farmers Internship Program (FYFIP) in Taiwan Batch 2023 is on.
FYFIP in Taiwan is a partnership between the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines (TECO) through a Memorandum of Understanding. The partnership aims to enhance the relations through the implementation of an internship program for qualified young Filipino farmers.
It consists of the acquisition of skills and knowledge through modern agricultural and fisheries techniques including value chain management, cooperative management, and enhancement of competencies, discipline, and values.
FYFIP Batch 2023 is open to all qualified farming youth in Central Visayas.
FYIP in Taiwan Basic Qualifications.
- Young Filipino farmers, preferably a 4H member who is an out-of-school youth (OSY) (not attending school for at least one year prior to application);
- High school graduate (senior high school level), undergraduate, if college level, and technical or vocational graduate;
- Male or female, between 20 to 35 years old, single, and has no live-in partner or child at the time of application;
- Can be a son or daughter of a farmer or fisher, or a cooperator of the ATI-certified Learning Site for Agriculture (LSA), or Farm School;
- Has existing agricultural land, regardless of size and status of ownership;
- Not employed in any job for at least one year at the time of application, certified by the LGU;
- Not related to any ATI employee by affinity or consanguinity, for up to 3rd degree;
- Must have at least one (1) year of accumulated farming experience at the time of application;
- Have no overdue obligations from the ATI at the time of application;
- Not a recipient of ATI's Internship program, and has no previous overseas travel related to an Internship;
- Has good community standing or moral character;
- Has good communication skills and English proficiency;
- Willing to learn new technologies and the Nihongo language;
- Passed the following medical examination, to be done in diagnostic clinics, hospitals, or laboratories accredited by the Department of Health (DOH):
- dental examination
- chest x-ray for tuberculosis
- stool examination for parasites
- serological test for syphilis
- proof of positive measles and rubella antibody
- examination for Hansen's disease
- skin examination for Hepatitis B and HIV or AIDS
- ECG exam and
- drug and neuro-psychological tests;
- Proof of having no tattoos and/or piercing in any part of the body (except for ear piercing for females only); and
- Must be vaccinated with 3 doses of any of the following vaccines against COVID-19 at the time of application: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen, Sinopharm, Sinovac.
Interested and qualified applicants may accomplish the documents/forms. Follow this link https://tinyurl.com/FYFIP2023
