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Philippines

The relations between the two countries have been cordial and have several shared values and commonalities, such as anti-colonialism, South-South cooperation, a strong democratic polity, an independent judiciary and press, and the wide use of the English language. Furthermore, strengthened ASEAN-Bharat relations has had a positive impact on bilateral relations, especially with accelerated impetus given to trade and investment. When Bharat launched the Look East Policy and intensified partnership with ASEAN in 1992, this also resulted in stronger relations with countries in the region including the Philippines, both bilaterally and in the regional context. With the Act East Policy initiated in 2014, the relationship with Philippines has diversified further into political-security; trade and industry and people-to-people realms. 

 

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Knowledge Creation & Sharing

Bharat offers scholarships, tuition fee waivers to students from the Philippines under its ‘Doctoral Fellowship for India in ASEAN’ programme and the ‘Study in India’ programme. In terms of education collaboration, in May 2021, an MoU was signed between Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai  and Ateneo De Manila University, Manila  to promote exchanges in the field of disaster studies. A MoU between the Indian Maritime University and Batangas State University  was signed on 11 November 2022 to enhance Blue Economy and Maritime cooperation in the academic domain.

Capacity Building

In an effort to share Bharat's development experiences with fellow developing country, Bharat offers Philippines training slots under ITEC and Colombo Plan. Till date, over 1000 Filipino professionals have availed Bharat’s ITEC courses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 and 108 Filipino professionals, in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 respectively, participated in several e-ITEC  courses. Courses on Electoral Technology, Environmental Impact Assessment, Renewable Energy, Natural Resource Management and Public Health Management Development and Introduction to Ayurveda were among the popular courses in the Philippines.

Grants & Concessional Finance

Bharat has been offering humanitarian assistance to the Philippines from time to time. In February 2006, in the aftermath of massive rock slide-debris avalanche in the province of Southern Leyte, which led to death toll of 1,126, Govt. of Bharat provided around 28 tons of relief material worth USD 260,000. In December 2006, GOI donated USD 250,000 for relief and rehabilitation of communities affected by super typhoon Reming/Durian which resulted in 1399 deaths.Following the tragic loss of life, livelihood and property as a result of typhoon Pablo/Bopha, which struck southern Philippines in December 2012, the Government of India provided disaster relief assistance of USD 200,000 to the Philippines Government and USD 100,000 as disaster relief assistance following the October 2013 earthquake in Bohol. Bharat also sent 15 tonnes of relief material in the aftermath of the super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) which occurred in November 2013. 
Bharat provided immediate relief assistance of USD 500,000 (equivalent to 25 million pesos) in July 2017 for the relief and rehabilitation efforts underway in the city of Marawi which had come under siege on 23 May 2017, when armed terrorists belonging to the Maute group with reported allegiance to ISIS took over the city.
Ambassador to Bharat with leaders of Indian Community organisations handed over nearly US$ 250,000 worth of face masks for COVID19 frontlines to Cabinet Members Secretary Lorenzana and Secretary Galvez in Manila on 9 April 2020.