Malaysia reviews framework for technical aid to developing countries amid global challenges

Malaysia's Foreign Ministry is reviewing the institutional framework for international development cooperation to aid developing countries facing debt, conflicts, and technological disparities.

The Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) has supported 330 programmes, benefiting participants from 144 countries and scholars in higher education during the 12th Malaysia Plan.

Deputy Foreign Minister emphasized the programme's success in bolstering Timor-Leste's public service as a preparatory step for ASEAN integration.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry is reviewing ways to strengthen the institutional framework for the country’s international development cooperation to better support developing countries grappling with mounting debt, escalating conflicts and the threat of a widening technological divide.

Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni said the review would draw on insights from a symposium on the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP), a key instrument of Malaysia’s commitment to developing countries through human capital development, technical assistance and capacity building.

Under the 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025), he said the MTCP funded 330 capacity-building programmes benefiting 5,609 participants from 144 developing countries, while supporting 87 scholars pursuing tertiary education in Malaysia.

“Yet, the true impact of MTCP is measured not in numbers, but in outcomes,” he said in his keynote address at the Symposium on MTCP: Prosperity Through Partnership here on Wednesday.

He cited the programme’s support for capacity building in Timor-Leste’s public service ahead of its integration into Asean, a milestone achieved during Malaysia’s Asean chairmanship last year, as an example of its impact.

Lukanisman said the global landscape in which the MTCP operated had grown more complex since the 1980s, with escalating conflicts, mounting debt burdens among developing countries and rapid technological advances threatening to widen the gap between technology creators and consumers.

“Wisma Putra (the Foreign Ministry) is reviewing how best to fortify the institutional framework for Malaysia’s international development cooperation,” he said.

He said Malaysia had reiterated at the United Nations General Assembly last month that the Global South must be empowered as partners in innovation rather than merely treated as clients and markets.

“Technical cooperation is the most practical vehicle to achieve this,” he said.

Also present at the symposium was Acting Director-General of the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR) Datuk Rus Shazila Osman. — Bernama

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马来西亚外交部正在审查国际发展合作的体制框架，以帮助面临债务、冲突和技术差距的发展中国家。

在第十二个马来西亚五年计划期间，马来西亚技术合作计划 (MTCP) 支持了 330 个项目，使来自 144 个国家的参与者和高等教育学者受益。

外交部副部长强调，该计划在加强东帝汶公共服务方面取得了成功，这是迈向东盟一体化的准备步骤。

吉隆坡，10 月 21 日讯——马来西亚外交部正在研究如何加强该国国际发展合作的体制框架，以更好地支持那些面临债务不断增加、冲突升级以及技术鸿沟日益扩大威胁的发展中国家。

外交部副部长拿督卢卡尼斯曼·阿旺·萨乌尼表示，此次审查将借鉴马来西亚技术合作计划（MTCP）研讨会的见解。MTCP是马来西亚通过人力资本发展、技术援助和能力建设向发展中国家做出承诺的关键工具。

他表示，根据马来西亚第十二个计划（2021-2025 年），马来西亚发展合作计划资助了 330 个能力建设方案，使来自 144 个发展中国家的 5,609 名参与者受益，同时还支持了 87 名学者在马来西亚接受高等教育。

“然而，MTCP 的真正影响不是用数字来衡量的，而是用结果来衡量的，”他在周三于此举行的 MTCP：通过合作实现繁荣研讨会上发表的主题演讲中说道。

他以该计划对东帝汶公共服务能力建设的支持为例，说明了该计划的影响。东帝汶加入东盟之前，马来西亚去年担任东盟轮值主席国期间，实现了这一里程碑式的目标。

卢卡尼斯曼表示，自 20 世纪 80 年代以来，MTCP 所处的全球环境变得更加复杂，冲突不断升级，发展中国家的债务负担日益加重，技术的快速进步有可能扩大技术创造者和消费者之间的差距。

他说：“外交部正在研究如何更好地加强马来西亚国际发展合作的体制框架。”

他表示，马来西亚上个月在联合国大会上重申，必须赋予全球南方国家创新伙伴的权力，而不是仅仅将其视为客户和市场。

他说：“技术合作是实现这一目标最切实可行的途径。”

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