October 2, 2006 :
Opening Ceremony and Program Orientation
Today, the Opening Ceremony was held in JICA Tokyo to launch the JICA group training course on "Leadership Development of Persons with Disabilities."
The 7 course participants received the welcome speech from Mr. Nishiyama, Group Director of Administration Group, JICA and also from Mr. Kataishi, Secretary General of JSRPD.
It was followed by Program Orientation where Mr. Ueno, chairperson of Planning Committee gave a power point presentation on the overview of the course. Also the resource book and some additional information were provided.
Not only the JICA, JICE and JSRPD staff but also so Mr. Ueno (chairperson, Planning Committee), Prof. Kawamura (Committee Member), Ms. Horiuchi (Committee Member) and Ms. Rossitto (Proposal Writing Facilitator) were present. All the people who were present there introduced themselves including some personal information and we got to know each other a little bit more.
All of us are looking forward to collaborating together and learning a lot from each other during the coming 7 weeks.
