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The
Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) was
established in 1959 with the support of the Ministry of
International Trade and Industry (which is the present Ministry
of Economy, Trade and Industry: METI) as the first technical
cooperation organization on a private basis in Japan. Its
main purpose is to promote international economic cooperation
and enhance mutual economic development and friendly relations
between those countries and Japan.
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| Overview
of the AOTS Alumni Societies |
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When
many participants of AOTS training programs return to their
home counties after studying in Japan, they do more than
simply apply their knowledge to the workplace. They join
their local AOTS Alumni Society and dedicate themselves
to the economic and industrial development of their respective
countries and the enhancement of friendly relations with
Japan and other countries. Currently 70 Alumni Societies
in 43 countries have been established, and some new Societies
are under preparation in addition to the existing ones.
The Societies' increased activities have produced constructive
proposals for cross-border cooperation among the Societies
and collaborative programs with AOTS.
Today, the international community is expecting more of
Japanese technical cooperation. While AOTS, as one of the
largest private technical cooperation organizations in Japan,
has to increase its organizational effectiveness by making
the best use of its resources, as well as by developing
and evaluating its programs consistently to meet the real
needs of the developing countries.
The AOTS Alumni Societies are playing a valuable role in
AOTS training programs as important local partners. AOTS
cooperates with AOTS Alumni Society activities which meet
the objectives of AOTS programs and contribute to heightening
the recognition of and developing AOTS activities, and AOTS
provides active support to the foundation of new AOTS Alumni
Societies by AOTS ex-participants. AOTS also encourages
AOTS Alumni Societies in the same country to form National
Federations to promote mutual cooperation.
The AOTS Alumni Societies are:
Non-profit private organizations
voluntarily founded in various parts of the world
by the participants of AOTS training programs
with the shared experience of training in Japan;
with the keywords of
"enhancement of technical/managerial knowledge,"
"exchange of experience,"
"mutual cooperation,"
"equal partnership," and
"self-reliance and endeavor";
dedicated to the economic and industrial development of
their own countries and
to the enhancement of friendly relations
with Japan and other countries
through human resources development.
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For more information visit www.aots.or.jp
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