On July 10, Trainees paid a courtesy visit on Mr. Shuichi Ikeda, Director General of JICA Chugoku International Center.

Mr. Noboru Goto’s lecture on Human Resource Development in LGU includes role-playing.

Some lectures in the first week.

What comes after lectures?

A lecture by Ms. Michiko Yamaoka, an Atomic-Bomb survivor’s child.

Tour of the Prefectural Office and a courtesy visit on the Governor.

Meeting Mr. Hidehiko Yuzaki, the governor of Hiroshima Prefecture.

The trainees went through  lectures and on-site training, and day-trips including 2 field trips, 3 trips to Hiroshima City, and to Kuba Community Center in Otake City.

On the first day of the training, Campus Tour was held by volunteer campus guides who are graduate students of Hiroshima University.

On the second day they went to Hiroshima City to visit Peace Memorial Museum, to listen to a lecture by a child of a-Bomb survivor, to pay a courtesy call on UNITAR Hiroshima Office, and to listen to a lecture on HICARE（Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed）by a prefecturel officer who belongs to A-Bomb Victims/Survivors Support Division.

     The 5th Hiroshima Essential Trainings was held from July 2nd to 29th, 2017 in Hiroshima, Japan. 12 trainees who had been qualified at Davao Selective Seminar visited Hiroshima and studied for 4 weeks.

On July 2nd, 12 trainees, 2 facilitators and an assistant arrived from Mindanao via Manila and Fukuoka.

       They took lectures by the lectures both from Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima University. They also visited Shobara City and Kumano Town as field trips.

The 12 participants who got high scores in exams and workshops at Davao Selective Seminar were chosen to get trained in Hiroshima in July.

Participants in DSS are taking an exam on one of the lectures.

We are proud of you, not only the chosen 12 but all the participants in DSS.

You worked hard for the seminar!

The 5th Batch HET trainees at the Consular Office of Japan in Davao

The chosen 12, we are looking forward to meeting you and learning with you.

And those who couldn’t make it this time, please try again for the 6th Batch.

The 4th Davao Selective Seminar was held according to the time table below and has successfully finished.

Tuesday, May 18

14:00-18:00 Registration

Friday, May 19

8:30-9:00  Guidance
9:10-10:40  Lecture 1（Hiroshima Pref.)
10:50-11:35  Review Exam 1

13:30-15:00  Lecture２（Hiroshima Univ.)
15:15-16:00  Review Exam 2

Saturday, May 20

9:00-10:00  Final Exam

13:00-18:30  Workshop   13:00-14:30  G.1   14:45-16:15  G.2   17:00-18:30  G.3

Sunday, May 21

8:00-9:00     Reimbursement of Travel Expenses
9:00-9:30　Closing Ceremony
9:30-　Announcement of Result
11:00-12:00   Preparation of Visa Documents

13:30-15:00   Lecture on Hiroshima

Monday, May 22

8:40    Departure for Visa Application

Davao Selective Seminar has started!

28 who had successfully gone through the document screening held last month gathered in Davao on Thursday, May 18th. Now they are participating in the Seminar according to the schedule, listening to lectures of an officer of Hiroshima Prefectural Government and a professor of Hiroshima University, taking exams on the lectures, and carrying out a workshop.

Participants with a little nervous look?

They have 2 lectures and 2 exams!

After going through two days of the selection process, the result will be announced in the morning on Sunday, May 21.

The 5th Batch Davao Selective Seminar will start on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at

Ritz Hotel at Garden Oases,

Porras St.  Barrio Obrero, Davao City, 8000 Davao del Sur,

Phone: (082)228-6884-85

Invitees please be sure to come between 14:00 and 18:00 on Thursday, May 18.

Those who have been invited to Davao Selective Seminar and haven’t found Travel Itinerary Form can download it here.

Travel Itinerary Form

Please be sure to fill it out (both onward and return) and send it to HiPeC-BM Office: