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November 04, 2008
Training Report : October 27, 2008 AM: Opening Ceremony and Program Oritentation
Nine participants of Leadership Development Course had arrived safely on Oct 21.
This year's participants are from Costa Rica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malawi, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Uganda.
Opening Ceremony was held today at Assembly Room of JICA Tokyo.
Welcome Speeches were addressed by Ms. Ritsuko SAKAMOTO, Director of Human Development Division, Tokyo International Center, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and then by Mr. Shuzo KATAISHI, Executive Director, Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD).
The participants took a group photo with flags of their respective countries behind.
After the Opening Ceremony, the Program Orientation took place. Firstly nine participants introduced themselves and expressed their expectations for the coming training program. Then Mr. Hiroshi UENO, chairperson of Planning Committee of this training course, gave explanation of this training.
Now the training is starting !
We are all looking for the working together as a team for the coming weeks!
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Posted by jicafriends at November 4, 2008 08:39 PM