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Utilization of ICT for Global
Capacity Building in Kitakyushu
Office for
International Environmental Cooperation
City of Kitakyushu, Japan
China
Kitakyushu
Tokyo
Shanghai
500km
1000km
Thailand
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Philippines
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Location of Kitakyushu
1901
Steel Mill Began Operation
3
Air Pollution during 1950s-60s
in Tobata, Kitakyushu
Major Factors and Characteristics of Industrial Pollution Control
空と海-昔と今
Polluted 1960s
Recovered Present
International Environmental Cooperation
Trainees Received:87 countries 1,233 people
Experts Dispatched: 25 countries 94 people
Heavy chemical industries
Information and environmental
industries
 Necessity of intelligent infrastructure development
 Attracting/incubating value-added industries
 Promotion of industry-academia collaboration
Kitakyushu Science & Research Park
~Industry-Academia Collaboration~
Kyushu Institute of
Technology
Graduate School of
Waseda University
University of Kitakyushu
Faculty of Environmental Engineering
Media Center
Industry-Academia
Collaboration Center (Bldg. 1)
Advanced Research
Institute for Science
and Engineering,
Waseda University
Distance Learning Facilities in KSRP
Distance lecture room #1
Distance lecture room #2
What is e-Learning?
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Knowledge Web/Institute
e-based learning
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Web Based Training (WBT)
Remote lecture/discussion
Archive
Applicable for technical cooperation
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Training
Pre-training, post-training, follow-up training, etc.
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Expert dispatching
Development study
Advantage of Distance Learning
Development in Kitakyushu
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Rich experience/knowledge on technical cooperation
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ICT infrastructure set up in KSRP
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JICA/KIC, KITA, KFAW, ICSEAD, IGES, etc.
Remote lecture room
Content making/editing room, etc.
Giga-bit Network
Possibility to use existing global network
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Environmental cooperation network (7 Asian cities)
Conference of Pan-Yellow Sea Cities (10 cities from China,
Japan and Korea)
Kitakyushu Initiative network (60 cities from 18 countries)
Collaboration with JICA-Net Program
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JICA-Net: Japan’s Distance Learning Network
A result of the G8 Kyushu/Okinawa Summit in July 2000
 Establishment of “30 core-IT centers’ initiatives”
Operation started in April 2002
 Three (3) IT core centers (Tokyo and Okinawa, Japan)
 Ten (10) satellite centers (China, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Philippines, Raos, Thailand, Vietnam )
Achievements (in Kitakyushu)
 Distance seminar on environmental/occupational health
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Kitakyushu – Kuala Lumpur (March 2003, November 2003)
Kitakyushu – Kuala Lumpur – Manila (September 2004)
JICA Tokyo International Center
GDLN(World Bank)
JICA : Japan International Cooperation Agency
PictureTel 900
Video Conference System
MCU
Kitakyushu Science & Research Park
ISDN(384KBPS)
We are here!
Contents Server
File Server
On Demand Server
Video Conference System
(Sony PCS-150)
Exclusive Line
INTAN(Malaysia)
Web Server
ISDN(384KBPS)
256KBPS
PictureTel 900
Actual Line
Backup Line
The 1st International Distance Learning Seminar in March 2003
The 2nd International Distance Learning Seminar in November 2003
Collaboration with GDLN (World Bank)
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Global Distance Learning Network (GDLN)
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66 in the world (114 in the future)
13 in Asia (28 in the future)
Tokyo Development Learning Center
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Opened in June 2004
Mayor of the Kitakyushu City gave a speech at the opening event
50 year anniversary of Japanese ODA conducted
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Connected with 5 distance learning centers in the world (including
Kitakyushu)
Mayor of Kitakyushu gave a speech at the event
Collaboration with World Bank and Kitakyushu
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Support for Kitakyushu Initiative
Purpose and Benefits of e-Learning Network
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Purposes of JICA-Net and GDLN
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To expand modalities of technical cooperation
To improve quality and efficiency of current activities
To enhance capacity building through knowledge sharing
and active dialogue
Benefits from JICA-Net and GDLN
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Deliver timely solutions for local problems
Increase accessibility to different knowledge sources
Expansion of the global network
Promotion of e-learning business
Where Kitakyushu to go?
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Kitakyushu Initiative
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GDLN Affiliate
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Distance learning through JICA-Net and GDLN
Environment course (waste management, etc.):
to be set up in 2005
Distance learning facility in KSRP
Capacity building through e-learning
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Towards establishing East Asian Green Cluster
GDLN Support
Chinese
Korean
Inland cities
Washington DC
Inland cities
Beijing
Chongqing Lanzhou
Hong
Nonthaburi
Kong
Korat UN ESCAP Kitakyushu
Initiative Network
Chinese
Inland cities
Sharing &
Transferring
Experience
Weihai
Sibu
Bekasi
Tokyo(TDLC)
Shenzhen
Shanghai
Cebu
Sidoarjo
Kitakyushu
Jakarta
Beijing
Hanoi
Manila
Dalian
Yantai
JICA-Net
Pusan
Sharing & Transferring
Experience
Ulsan
Pan Yellow Sea Cities
Conference Network
Bangkok
Jakarta
Tianjin
Bangkok
Inchon
Surabaya
Semarang
Environmental Cooperation
Network of Asian Cities
Qingdao
Ningxia
Batangas
Ulaanbaatar
Shanghai
Hanoi
Penang
Ho Chi Mihn
Beijing
Guizhou
World Bank
GDLN
Singapore
Sharing & Transferring
Experience
Manila
Jakarta
Dili
Cebu
Local cities
in Asia
Local Cities
in Asia
GDLN Support
Establishment of East Asian Green Cluster
through Distance Learning Networks
Ningxia
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Lanzhou
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Beijing ■
Tianjing Dalian
Tokyo
◇ ◇Ulsan
◇ Taiyuan Yantai ◇ Seoul ■
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QingdaoWeihai
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◇ (TDLC)
Pusa
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n ◇ Kitakyushu
Inchon
Shanghai ◇
Ningbo
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◇Chongqing
Pan-Yellow Sea
Guiyang
Cities’ Conference
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Guizhou
◇Shenzhen
Network
Macau◇◇
Hong Kong
◇ Yangon
◇Korat
◇Nonthaburi
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■
Bangkok
Batangas
■Hanoi
■ Manila
Ho Chi Mihn
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Cebu
○Pan Yellow Sea Cities’
Conference Network
Penang
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Sibu
▲Environmental Cooperation
Network for Asian cities
Singapore
Jakarta ◇ Bekasi
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Surabaya
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Semarang
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Sidoarjo
◇UN ESCAP Kitakyushu
Initiative Network
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Dili
■World Bank GDLC(Including
■ pre-appointments)
▽Local Cities
Thanks for your attention.
City of Kitakyushu