JICA's Overseas Technical Training Programme in Japan

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JICA's Overseas Technical Training Programme in Japan

For over three decades now JICA has been accepting participants from Jamaica for the Overseas Technical Training Programme in Japan. Over 380 Jamaicans have been trained to date. Jamaicans have participated in :

  • Group Training
  • Individual Training
  • Counterpart Training
  • Region Specific Training

Under the new Directions of the Training Programme, JICA/JOCV Jamaica Office, in collaboration with the JICA Alumni Association in Jamaica , the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the Scholarships and Assistance Unit in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service have been holding Seminars to promote JICA's training programme in Japan.

The training and dialogue programme now falls under the following categories:

  • Leaders' Training
  • Trainers' Training
  • International Dialogue
  • Solution Creation

In accordance with the JAPAN/CARICOM agreement, some training programmes are Region-Specific and encompass training for the entire CARICOM region. Some of these courses are:

  • Disaster Management & Emergency Preparedness
  • Sustainable Tourism Development for CARICOM Countries
  • Young Leaders Training Programme in the areas of Education, Disabilities, Agriculture and Youth Developmentn

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Counterpart Training in Japan for members of staff of the National Water Commission under the Project "Capacity Building of Water Maintenance" during the FY2007/2008

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Workshop on the New Directions of JICA's Training Programme in Japan held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston during FY2007 to inform Human Resources Managers of the changes.