Wednesday, November 30, 2011

48 Cambodian Officials to train in Japan

By Sok Lak

48 Cambodian Officials will be dispatched for training in Japan under the JICA Training Program for Young Leaders 2011 from November 21 to December 8, 2011.

“The Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar aimed at providing the participants with some lectures related to their specialized fields, the training program in Japan, and some useful information for their predeparture preparation and the comfortable conditions in Japan,” Mr. Hirat Hitoshi, Senior Representative of JICA said.

He added that 48 participants will consist of three groups in which 16 participants will be dispatched to Fukuoka for the group course of “Economic Administration (Industrial Development and Promotion)”, and 16 participants for the group course of “Science and Mathematics in Basic Education” will be sent to Hiroshima, and another 16 participants will attend the training course on “Community Tourism Promotion Course” in Tohoku.

H.E. Phan Phalla, Deputy Secretary General of Supreme National Economic Council, said that all participates will understand the development of Cambodia and the cooperation between Japan and Cambodia, especially on the economic sector and privates as well in order to be better understand the development and culture in Japan meant to boost the Cambodian economy in the future.

H.E. Kousoum Saroeuth, Secretary of State of Ministry of Tourism, said that community tourism is a trend in an attempt to foster progression and to develop the country’s economy so that this training course will be important for training young leaders in order to better understand the importance of the tourism community and the need for development of their community in order to develop country. “This training will be a new injection of capital for young leaders in gaining experience from Japan which will develop tourism as Cambodia integrates into ASEAN in 2015.”

Cambodia has taken part in this program since 1995. Up to now, there are 749 Cambodian young officials who have participated in this program in different fields in Japan.

Source: The Southeast Asia Weekly, November 13-19, 2011, Vol. 5, Issue 46, Page 2

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