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Environmental Technology Training Program for the Trainees from Shenyang, China
Type of Project : Hosting Trainees
Field : Environment
Name of Local Authority (Japan) : Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Cooperation Partner : Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China

Motive for the start of project:
August 1981 Friendship city agreement
May 1997 Cooperation agreement on environmental technology exchanges
Outline and Progress of Project:
We have accepted engineers from Shenyang (Friendship city) since 1997 to contribute to the improvement of environmental technology in Shenyang.
By utilizing cutting-edge environmental technologies in Kawasaki, training programs at administration office and companies have been planned.
1997 ~ 2001
  Host 3 trainees for 6 months each year
November 2001
  Held the seminar in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the friendship-city
2002 ~
  Host 2 trainees for 1 month each year
Cooperation Period:
October 1997
Affiliations with other Organization:
None
Expenses:
Settlement of accounts in 2003 711,000Yen
Results and Future Prospects:
We have hosted 16 trainees since 1997. Everyone learned eagerly and there are many who promoted and changed their employment after leaving Kawasaki. 2 trainees are to be hosted from the end of this September, too.
Problems:
We have successfully observed the geese's migration from Ekarma Island to Japan. Continued research is neccessary, because we have not yet observed their migration back to Ekarma Island.
Department in charge:
International Economic Affairs Office,
Industrial Policy Department,
Economic Affairs Bureau
TEL: +81-44-200-2336
FAX: +81-44-200-3920
HP: http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/index_e.htm
e-mail: 28kokusa@city.kawasaki.jp
Updated On:
August 2004


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