PRESIDENTS CONSOLIDATED TRAVEL REPORT

Date of Travel Institution/Country Nature of Visit Highlights of Visit Value-Added/Outputs/

Visited Agreements/Potential
Collaborations
January 21 28, 2017 National Graduate Phil-HECS International Study This visit is part of the Presidential Leadership Training Developed a Co-creation project
Research Institute Visit Program of CHED for incumbent SUC Presidents hosted entitled Climate-Adaptive
for Policy Studies by the Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies Technology Field School for
(GRIPS), Tokyo, (GRIPS) of Tokyo, Japan. It consisted of lectures by Lowland and Upland Vegetable
Japan Prof. K. Yokomichi and Prof. Ryoko Toyama of GRIPS Production.
and field visits to Toyohashi City University of
Technology and Saitama Institute of Technology. GRIPS Value-added:
was established as an institute for training leaders on 1. Acquiring knowledge on how
four policy clusters: global issues, developing technology universities in Japan
countries, emerging countries and developed countries. are operated and managed.
Emphasis was placed on the greater role of industry in 2. Appreciation of the greater role
education with examples drawn from the commitment of industry in education.
and program of the Japanese government in training 3. Enabling leaders to design
skilled workers for industry. program for training skilled
Lectures on knowledge-based management generated workers for industry
a lot of ideas from the participants with a message that
Diversity in viewpoints creates new knowledge. The
concept of Cell Production System vs Mass
Production System was also discussed.
Visits to Toyohashi City University of Technology and
Saitama Institute of Technology were equally
productive. These schools trained technologists to
supply the needed manpower of the Central Region of
Japan. Toyohashi City is the biggest port of automobile
exports in Japan and one of the biggest areas for
agricultural production. These universities nurtures
technologists to become ready assets to society.
January 28 February Kasetsart University, Head of Delegation, Food With the invitation from the President of Kasetsart Discussion with the President of
1, 2017 Thailand Value Chain Course and University to coincide with the Opening of Food Value Kasetsart University on possible
official visit to the President of Chain Course sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture areas of collaboration for academic
Kasetsart University to initiate and Food of Japan, I accompanied one (1) Professor exchange including student mobility
academic exchange. and three (3) graduate students of VSU as head of programs between VSU and KU.
delegation. VSU is the sole university in the Philippines - An MOU between VSU and KU
that has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture and will be signed in July to
Food of Japan to train graduate students in Food formalize agreement.
Science, Food Safety and Quality Analysis. It also gave
me an opportunity to forge collaboration with Kasetsart
University in the area of Agriculture and Food Science.
March 22 -24, 2017 Czech University of Signing of MOU between CULS VSU and CULS share common interests in the study of MOU is signed between VSU and
Life Sciences (CULS) and VSU; between MU and medicinal plants. The principal collaborator at CULS is CULS to formalize engagement.
Prague, Czech VSU; and renewing an ethnobotanist and ethnopharmacology expert which - faculty exchange has already
Republic; Masaryk collaboration with Mendel VSU doesnt have. Facilities and equipment capable of been done in early June.
University (MU), University analyzing molecular structure of bioactive ingredients - CULS has hosted one (1)
Czech Republic; and are also available at CULS. Presently, CULS is Erasmus Mundus Alfabet
Mendel University, documenting medicinal plants in SEAsia and Philippines Program scholar this month.
Czech Republic is one of them. Emphasis is given on the taxonomic - Developed a proposal entitled
characterization of common plants that can be found in PROMASIA New Generation
SEAsia. Antibacterial Agents from
Underutilized Crops of which
VSU is sending faculty and staff scholars who are VSU, Thailand and CULS are
recipients of the Erasmus Mundus Program to MU to collaborating for submission to
train on best practices on administrative work (staff) EU for funding.
and to gain credits for their masters degree program at
VSU. In return, MU is sending its students to VSU for MOU is signed between VSU and
short term courses and academic visits. MU. A total of nine (9) faculty and
staff of VSU have been sent to MU
Mendel University and VSU signed an MOU of academic to date. Two scholars and graduate
exchange and student mobility about 4 years ago. student of MU have already
Partnering with Mendel University is strategic with VSU completed their courses in VSU.
because it specializes in Agriculture and related fields. One graduate student in Forestry
will be coming to VSU this August
 2017 for a one-year program under
the Erasmus Mundus Student
Mobility Program.

June 6 -9, 2017 Paris, France Introduction of leading I was invited by CHED as one of the delegates along VSU is interested to send faculty for
Journey Pays universities in the Philippines with the Chancellor of UPLB, UP Manila, MSU-IIT, masters and doctorate levels
Program to educational institutions in AdMU and USM to a study mission in France. studies in France through the
France where faculty pursuing This visit was designed to know what universities in scholarship of CHED with the
advanced education in the France can offer programs that are aligned with the assistance of Campus France which
Philippines can study. Faculty Development Program of our universities and is Liaison Office in the Philippines.
the specific mandate of the institution. It is noteworthy The fields and the schools are as
to know that most universities in France are clustered follows:
into disciplines that operate independent of each other. Agriculture, Food Safety and
Veterinary Science - Agreenium
A big grouping now which is called University Paris Volcanology - Universite
Saclay amalgamates 19 big universities in France in one Clermont Auvergne
complex to produce a mega campus in various Biomedical Eng - Universit de
disciplines so professors and students can work Lorraine
effectively and productively. Environment Hazards - Ecole
Polytechnique
An education fair highlighted the visit wherein the Photomics/Nanotech
Director of International Affairs Office of at least 11 Universit de Technologie de
universities presented their strengths in terms of Troyes
instruction and research programs. Marine Biotech/Coastal
Resource Mgt. - Universit de
Bretagne Sud