The document summarizes the Malaysia-UNESCO Cooperation Programme (MUCP) and its Malaysia Funds-in-Trust (MFIT) projects. It notes that MUCP was established in 2009 to utilize Malaysian expertise and resources to promote sustainable development, knowledge exchange, and capacity building for countries in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and small island developing states through MFIT-funded projects implemented in partnership with UNESCO and beneficiary countries. It provides details on the numbers of projects funded, beneficiary countries involved, partner organizations, and achievements including conferences, publications, and training programs on topics like technical and vocational education, sustainable tourism, climate change education, and water security management.

1. MALAYSIA-UNESCO COOPERATION
PROGRAMME (MUCP) :
MALAYSIA FUNDS-IN-TRUST (MFIT)
IFIT Achievements Showcase and Workshop of
UNESCO,
23 – 24 March 2017,
Jakarta, Indonesia

2. Establishment of the Malaysia-UNESCO
Cooperation Programme (MUCP)
SIDS Asia Pacific Africa
6 Oct
2009
5 Apr
2013
15
Nov
2011

3. Utilize expertise, encourage knowledge
exchange
Promote sustainable development
Create networking opportunities, strengthen
capacity & establish strong partnership
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Mobilize resources, responsive to needs &
priorities of target countries
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4. 20
1st Cycle
(2014)
7
UNESCO
Offices and
Centres
9
2nd Cycle
(2016)
29
Projects in
total!

5. Project Partners
Malaysian
•MOE
•MOSTI
•MOTAC
•MWFCD (KPWKM)
•MOHE
•MOHR
•DID
•JWN
•Malaysian Meteorological Department
•National Disaster Management Agency
(NaDMA)
•Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)
•HTCKL
•ISTIC
•PPJ
•IEM
•UKM
•USM
•UPM
•UTM
•GTWHI
•Melaka World Heritage Office
•Think City
International
•SEAMEO RECSAM
•Provincial Local Government Unit of Ifugao,
the Philippines
•Department of Tourism, the Philippines
•Ministry of Education and Culture of the
Republic of Indonesia
•Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of
Indonesia
•Ministry of Education, Bhutan
•KEDI
•NUEPA
•ANTRIEP institutions
•Asia-Pacific Research institutes Network
(ERI-Net)
•Institute of Technical Education, Singapore
•Korea Research Institute for Vocational
Education and Training (KRIVET)
•University of Canberra
•HELP Davao Network
•Environment Division of the ASEAN
Secretariat, Science and Technology
Division of ASEAN
•Federation of Engineering Institutions of
Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP)
•Council for the Regulation of Engineering in
Nigeria (COREN)
•University of the South Pacific Centre for
Sustainable Development
•UNESCO National Committee for Timor-
Leste
•Disability Action Council for Cambodia
International (cont.)
•Secretariat of the Pacific Community
• SEAMEO VOCTECH
• Office of Vocational Education
Commission, Ministry of Education of
Thailand
•Committee on Education and Skills Policy,
Government of Afghanistan
•Institute of Brunei Technical Education
(IBTE)
•Competency Assessment and Certification
Office, Ministry of Labor and Vocational
Training of Cambodia;
•Training Provider Accreditation Authority
Independent Body under The Ministry of
Manpower of Indonesia
• Educational Standards and Quality
Assurance Centre (ESQAC), Ministry of
Education and Sports of Lao PDR
•Banmaw University, Myanmar
•Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority of the Philippines
•Samoa Qualifications Authority;
•Department of Technical and Vocational
Education, Ministry of Education and
Training of Vietnam
•Tonga National Qualifications and
Accreditation Board
•United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(UNESCAP)
•Trinity College Dublin
•Department of Heritage, Arts and Culture,
Ministry of Education, Fiji
UNESCO
•Jakarta
•Bangkok
•Apia
•New Delhi
•IBE
•IIEP
•Secretariat for the Intergovernmental
Coordination Group for Indian Ocean
Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems
(ICG/IOTWS)
•Chair of Working Group 1 on Tsunami Risk
Assessment and Preparedness of
ICG/IOTWS
•UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for
Technical and Vocational Education and
Training
•Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE)
•UNESCO Chair on Hydroinformatic at
Capital National University (CNU) Beijing,
China
•Regional Centre for Integrated River Basin
Management (RCIRBM) Kaduna, Nigeria
•UNESCO Chair on Water Resources,
University of Khartoum, Sudan
•With support from:
•UNESCO Tashkent
•UNESCO Phnom Penh

6. Beneficiary Countries
Afghanistan,
Australia,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
Cambodia,
China,
China-Hong
Kong,
Chinese
Taipei,
Fiji,
India,
Iran,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Lao
PDR,
Malaysia,
Mongolia,
Myanmar,
Nepal,
New
Zealand,
Palau,
Pakistan,
Singapore,
Solomon
Islands,
Sri
Lanka,
Thailand,
Tonga,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan,
Vietnam
46 12
LDCs
14
*SIDS
ASIA PACIFIC
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei,
Cambodia, China, China-Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Cook
Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan,
*Kiribati, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives,
*Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal,
New Zealand, *Niue, *Palau, Pakistan, *Papua New Guinea,
Philippines, *Samoa, Singapore, *Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka,
Tajikistan, *Timor-Leste, Thailand, *Tonga, Turkmenistan,
*Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, *Vanuatu, Vietnam
* Also LDCs

7. Beneficiary Countries
17
LDCs
31 3
*SIDS
AFRICA
Algeria, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire,
*Comoros, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya,
Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, *Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, *Seychelles, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
* Also LDCs

8. Achievements
Asia-Pacific
Conference
on Education
& Training
2015 (ACET)
• Culminated the Kuala Lumpur Declaration
• Endorsed by 27 Member States
• outlining 8 action-oriented recommendations for
the development of TVET
Support sustainable development at World Heritage
sites (and sites of the tentative list) in Southeast Asia
through support to site managers and key
stakeholders in community-based management
incorporating sustainable tourism management.
47 766
Govt.
Reps.
PARTICIPANTS
ACHIEVEMENTS
Sustainable
Tourism:
Indonesia,
Malaysia, the
Philippines
Publication of guidebook/guidemap for ‘The
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak
System as the Manifestation of the Tri Hita
Karana Philosophy’

9. Achievements
Development
of the Climate
Change
Educational
Materials
• Conducted Needs Assessment
• Visited Green Schools in Indonesia
• Training of Trainers
• Publication of Training Materials
• Aims to provide solutions to the current global
water challenges
• Conducted study on ecosystem services economic
assessment of Putrajaya Lake and Wetland
• Brought together lake managers and other
researchers from ASEAN countries i.e. Indonesia
(Lake Rawa Pening).
5 766
AP
SIDS
PARTICIPANTS
Upscaling Water
Security to meet
local, regional
and global
challenges
Hosted the international seminar on “Ecohydrology
Management of Putrajaya Lake and Wetland:
Ecosystem Services Economic Assessment“ to
ACHIEVEMENTS

10. WWW mucp-mfit.org