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［January 2022］
New Year Greetings from CLAIR Sydney
On behalf of all of the staff at CLAIR Sydney, I would like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year.
In the past two years, the lives of the people of Australia, New Zea…
［November 2021］
The Australian and New Zealand JET Programme Alumni Testimonials
The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme was inaugurated in 1987 and has expanded to become one of the largest international exchange programs in the wor…
［August 2021］
Initiating New Cultural Exchange Partnerships with Japanese Schools
School cultural exchange is one of the prevalent forms of interaction between Australia/New Zealand and Japan. This form of exchange is conducted between sist…
［June 2021］
Initiating New Sister City Relationships with Local Governments in Japan amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” is a statement that is attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. We believe that this statement can be adapted and applied to siste…
［April 2021］
Trans-Tasman Travel Bubble
The trans-Tasman travel bubble that reopens two-way travel between Australia and New Zealand without the previously mandatory 14-days of quarantine has begu…
［March 2021］
Unprecedented March for CLAIR Sydney
As described in the CLAIR Sydney Newsletter published in March 2019, similarly to most Japanese organisations, March is the last month of the Japanese financia…
［January 2021］
New Year Greetings from CLAIR Sydney
New Year Greetings from CLAIR Sydney
On behalf of all of the staff at CLAIR Sydney, I would like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year.
Last year was unprecedented …
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The sister city relationship between Nagoya City and City of Sydney will celebrate its 45th anniversary in 2025.The Nagoya City official who came to Australia to participate in the Australian Multiculturalism Study Tour hosted by CLAIR Sydney, paid a visit to Sydney City Town Hall on Friday 24 November, and we assisted his visit. In addition to sharing information on the status of exchanges between the two cities’ sister zoos (Taronga Zoo and Higashiyama Zoo) and international exchanges in Nagoya City, a preliminary meeting was held for Deputy Mayor Matsuo’s visit to Sydney for December 2023.With the landmark year only two years away, CLAIR Sydney will continue to support the exchanges between the two cities.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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2022/2023 CLAIR Forum
On 3 March, CLAIR Sydney held the CLAIR Forum 2023 in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney’s Institute for Public Policy and Governance (UTS: IPPG).
This year’s theme was ‘Multisectoral Approach for Regional Revitalisation’. At the event, two members from CLAIR Sydney and Carol Mills from UTS: IPPG and Andrew Francis from Parkes Council made a comprehensive presentation each on local government policies and strategies that have revitalised local communities and economies in Japan and Australia during the current ongoing pandemic.
Date: Friday 3 March 2023
Venue: The Japan Foundation, Sydney – Seminar Room
Speakers and topics:
– Ms Shimizu (Assistant Director, CLAIR Sydney)
Sustainable Urban Development Project in the Tokyo Bay Area
– Prof Mills (Director, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney)
Local Governments Collaborating with Organisations for Sustainable Urban Development with Reference to Sydney Parklands
– Mr Inoue (Assistant Director, CLAIR Sydney)
Approaches taken by Mihara City to Tackle Population Decline
– Mr Francis (Director Infrastructure and Strategic Futures, Parkes Council)
Local Governments Collaborating with Organisations with Reference to the Parkes Special Activation Precinct
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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The latest issue of our correspondence is released.
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