13 December – 15 December 2023 PAES Working Group conducted the site visit to one of the Governmental Maritime Higher Education Institutions, the Zamboanga State College of Marine Science and Technology, Zamboanga city, the Republic of Philippines.

The purpose of the site visit was to provide peer-assisted evaluation and academic advice based on the MoU signed between IAMU and MARINA. Prof. Rom Rabe, Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences Technology, Business and Design, Germany and Yusuke Mori, Deputy Executive Director of the IAMU conducted the evaluation and gave general feedback including preliminary findings and recommendations to the institution at the end of the visit, the detailed report will be delivered in the coming year.