Local Government Officials Training Programme
Local Government Officials Training Programme (LGOTP)
Introduction
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This programme assists prefectures, designated cities, and municipalities that wish to receive trainees from overseas. The training covered is extensive including general administration, the environment, education, and agriculture etc. and is highly regarded at home and abroad for its large contributions to regional development. In recent years you can also see trainees' contributions to local government problem solving efforts particularly in the fields of tourist attraction and multiculturalism.
Program Details
・Target applicants : Employees from local governments
・Period : 6 months to 12 months
・Fields : Every field (ex) tourism, industry, agriculture, medical care, etc.
Support
・Application, placement, recruitment, notice of decision
・Assistance with travel and immigration procedures, meet at the airport when the trainee arrives in Japan
・Funding arrangement based on local allocation tax
・Training for living in Japan
Application example
・We invite Filipino administrative officials as trainees to support Filipino residents in Japan
・We invite water officials from Myanmmar as trainees for technical cooperation support
Project Overview
| Purpose of project | ||
| Overseas local government: acquire know-how and specialist techniques Japanese local government: receive the trainees input in internationalisation policy development to get an international perspective |
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| Target audience | ||
| Prefectural governments, designated cities, and municipalities |
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| Period of training | ||
| The training period is from 6-12 months |
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| Cost burden and funding | ||
| The hosting local government will bear the costs of the trainees' round trip plane ticket, accommodation, training costs, domestic travel etc. but this will be reimbursed to prefectural governments through the normal tax allocation and to designated cities/municipalities through the special tax allocation. |
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| Trainee Eligibility | ||
| Employee of overseas local government, high-level spoken English or Japanese, somebody who has the qualities that would allow them to eventually succeed as a leader in their field |
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| Trainee application/selection/placement | ||
| MIC and CLAIR will process applications, carry out selection of trainees, and place them based on the wishes of the host local government. Local governments with sister city relationships, or other strong ties with a certain overseas local government can choose a trainee from there. |
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| Training conditions | ||
| Operation of the training will be left to the discretion of local governments so they are free to match trainee work schedules with those of other government employees |
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| Training content | ||
| The host local government, MIC, and CLAIR will cooperate to implement the following training. |
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| Training | ||
| Tokyo Orientation | ||
| MIC and CLAIR implement this training to ensure the trainees lives in Japan and overall training progress smoothly |
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| Japan Intercultural Academy of Municipalities (JIAM) training | ||
| Trainees learn the Japanese necessary to make the most of their training and lives in Japan as well as the basics of local governance in Japan and Japanese culture. |
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| Specialized training | ||
| This is the main portion of the training. Trainees undergo specialized training in their field at their placement. Training content is decided by the host local government and will be from 5 - 11months. |
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A timeline of the training process from arrival in Japan to departure (including photographs)
・2019 LGOTP list.pdf
・LGOTP Pamphlet LGOTP(front).pdf
LGOTP (back).pdf