Thursday, November 10th, 2005
JICA-Net Seminars to be Delivered to Africa
TDLC and JICA Collaborate to Promote Africa-Asia Knowledge Sharing
JICA and the TDLC have been promoting knowledge sharing between Asia and Africa through its delivery of JICA-Net Seminars to Africa. In response to the popularity of the first series, given in October 2005, a second series of 4 lectures will be conducted in December 2005.
Topics that will be covered are (a) Entrepreneur Seminar-Success Story of Venture in Japan, (b)Seminar for Intellectual Property Rights (c)Seminar on Control of Water Supply Amount and (d)Seminar on Information Security.
Based on a cooperation agreement between JICA-Net and GDLN signed in November 2004, the series was first offered to GDLN Centers in the East Asia Pacific region. The TDLC found that there was a demand for these programs in Africa as well, opening up an opportunity for cross region knowledge sharing. Interest in the Asian economic development experience is growing in Africa, specifically in issues such as quality management and increasing productivity. GDLN Centers in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda participated in the first series.
JICA-Net is a network set up by JICA to implement distance technical cooperation. A new approach to Japan's international cooperation effort, it utilizes video conferencing, multimedia, the internet and other information communication technologies to compliment JICA operations. JICA-Net and the GDLN combined form the world's largest development learning network with a reach of 119 cities in 84 countries. The TDLC facilitates this network and collaborates to promote knowledge sharing activities through program development and content delivery for poverty reduction and sustainable economic development.
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