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Visit to Christchurch City Council in New Zealand

On 12 March, a staff member of CLAIR Sydney visited Christchurch City Council in New Zealand and met with Ms Claire Phillips. Ms Phillips has overseen Christchur…

Visit to Hutt City Council in New Zealand

On 11 March, staff members of CLAIR Sydney visited Hutt City Council in New Zealand and met with Ms Vesna West, International Relations Manager. Ms West is in char…

Visit to Palmerston North City Council

On 12 Feb, CLAIR Sydney staff members visited Palmerston North City Council in New Zealand.

The number of foreign-born residents in Palmerston North City has in…

Research in Melbourne on Government Grants for Multicultural Projects

From 4 to 5 Feb, SASAKI Yusuke, Assistant Director at CLAIR Sydney, visited Melbourne to research on government grants for multicultural projects in the state. …

Support Activities for Staff of the City of Yokohama

From 9 to 14 Dec, Ms KONO Haruka from the Family Register Section, General Affairs Department, Tsurumi Ward of Yokohama City visited Sydney to conduct research i…

Support Activities for City of Nagoya Staff

On 25 November, Mr ISHIYAMA Satoshi from the City of Nagoya’s Bureau of Tourism, Culture and Exchange was in Sydney to conduct research on international student …

Australian Multicultural Study Tour in Melbourne

On 18-23 November, CLAIR Sydney held our annual Australian Multicultural Study Tour in Melbourne.

This study tour is held for staff of Japanese local governmen…

Ms KIMOTO from the Immigration Services Agency of Japan visited the CLAIR Sydney

On 25 September, Ms KIMOTO Yui, Research Fellow from the Immigration Services Agency of Japan visited the CLAIR Sydney office. The Immigration Services Agency…

Annual Multicultural Seminar

CLAIR Sydney’s annual Multicultural Seminar was held this year on 15-20 October.

Every year, we organise an official multicultural seminar for Japanese local …

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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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  • 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

  • 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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