00:00a gathering of government officials. It is a milestone in the story of friendship
00:06between our two nations. A friendship that began formally in 1974 when the UAE and the Philippines
00:14established their diplomatic ties and has flourished for more than five decades. Since then
00:23our countries have built partnerships across many fields, trade, investment, culture, energy,
00:30justice, art and labor and many more values. They strengthen our economy with their skills
00:38and they remind us daily that the ties between our two nations are not only diplomatic but
00:45profoundly human. Excellencies, it was in the same spirit of partnership that the government
00:54experience exchange program or what we call JEEP was created in the UAE. Its principle is simple
01:02yet powerful. No country holds a monopoly on wisdom and every government has lessons worth
01:13sharing. What began as an initiative to listen and learn has grown into a global platform
01:21where nations work side by side exchanging knowledge, co-designing solutions and applying innovation
01:30to serve their people. Just a couple of months after the signing, on behalf of the Philippine
01:37government, we were able to actually conduct this type of technical assistance for the country.
01:44I hope to learn more about the experiences of the United Arab Emirates in terms of digitalization, competitiveness,
01:55of course from our end for BFF, public financial management system, budgeting and even procurement reform.
02:04This will not be just a one day event, they are here until tomorrow. They will be going around the different departments here in the country and then this will move forward further.
02:15I know that the collaboration within the government will continue, not just this year but beyond, so I hope that this will be a very successful event and your visit will be very successful.
02:31So, we are looking forward to the future collaborations within the government of UAE and of course the national schools.
02:38Thank you very much.
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