JICA Training Course Capacity Development / Business Environment Reform (A) (September – October 2023)
The goal of this training course is to enable government officials involved in promoting investment to formulate investment promotion strategies.
In the training course, participants had to look at their country’s strong points and its weak points, and think about the global interaction of the country’s industries’ overall value chain. Trainees then had to choose a process for selected industries with the most potential and learn how to formulate strategies.
By visiting enterprises, the participants were able to understand each company’s overseas strategy, and its background through its industry’s structure within Japan and status in the world. Also, by visiting organizations involved in promoting inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Japan and through discussions among the trainees, measures regarding the investment environment in their country and laws relating to preferential tax systems were considered.
Visits were made to a number of large enterprises that represent Japan. While being amazed at the advanced level of the facilities, the trainees were able to check what the enterprises looked for in legal systems and conditions of the countries each enterprise dealt with. The trainees were able to share the knowledge they received through their visits to the enterprises. Through this, the content of each program was absorbed like dry sand absorbing water in a desert.
Although among the trainees there were those who were not so much in charge of promoting investment but who thought more like ministers of economy, trade, and considering how to promote their country’s overall industrial environment, during a reflection session after the weekend, course leader, Prof. Goto brought the focus back on course to inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for each member’s country. Prof. Goto pointed out some issues that had been overlooked and guided the trainees to a deeper understanding. This brought a conclusion to this training course, and we believe the course’s goal was adequately achieved.
JICA Training Course Capacity Development / Business Environment Reform (A)
- Date: 25 September – 19 October 2023 *Training period
- Participating members: 9 people from 9 countries/regions. Personnel with at least 3 years’ practical experience in investment promotion and business environment reform
- Participating countries/regions: Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kyrgyz, Pakistan, Laos, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Ukraine
- Course leader: Prof. Kenta GOTO, Faculty of Economics, Kansai University
- Commissioning organization: JICA
- Lecturers and locations visited: (titles omitted, no particular order)
[Lecturers] JETRO, UNIDO, Lao School of Business and Commerce, Kobe City
[Locations visited] Rengo, Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd., Kubota, etc.
(Persons in charge: YAMAGUCHI / OZAKI Posted 2 November 2023)
*For inquiries regarding this training course, please contact below.
prexhrd-pr@prex-hrd.or.jp
