[March 2020]
Networks with Past Participants of CLAIR’s Annual Local Government Exchange & Cooperation Seminar

For the past twenty-five years, CLAIR has been holding the Local Government Exchange & Cooperation Seminar every financial year which offers eligible participants in Australia and New Zealand the opportunity to visit Japan and exchange ideas and expertise with Japanese public servants on recent challenges faced by local governments. Under the Seminar program in recent years, every year, five successful applicants from Australia and New Zealand have been visiting Tokyo and a chosen regional area for over a week to learn about Japanese local governments and culture.

In the Seminar held in this financial year, five participants from local governments and a university in Australia and New Zealand had a very productive 10-days in Tokyo and Miyakonojo City in Miyazaki Prefecture. The theme for this financial year’s seminar was ‘Encouraging Local Development through Primary Industries: Local Industry Promotion’. Participants learned not only theoretical aspects of the Japanese local government system, but also had first-hand experiences in learning about local government issues in Japan such as primary industries promotion, regional revitalisation, and initiatives to tackle the declining birth-rate and population in regional areas.

From time to time, staff of CLAIR Sydney meet with past participants to catch up with them and discuss recent challenges in local governments. We also invite them to visit us at booths we run at various conferences held by organisations such as the Australian Local Government Association, Local Government New Zealand, Local Government Professionals Australia, Local Government NSW and the New Zealand Society of Local Government Managers, as well as events we organise such as the annual CLAIR Forum.

CLAIR Sydney highly values the networks we have with past participants of the Seminar, and we are also extremely pleased to see the development of networks amongst the past participants. We believe through these networks, we can share knowledge and ideas on recent local government challenges and join force to establish and maintain good relations with the wider network of local governments in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. We hope that the networks between CLAIR Sydney and the past participants, as well as the extended networks amongst the past participants, will remain strong and that they will bring positive influences on local governments of Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

 

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  •  環境問題への取組を調査するため、7月下旬~8月上旬にかけて滋賀県立彦根工業高等学校の高校生1名および引率者1名がオーストラリアを訪問し、クレアシドニー事務所は、7月29日にはオーストラリアの概要(文化、風習等)についてブリーフィングを実施し、7月31日にはブリスベンの訪問先企業へのアテンド行いました。

    ブリスベンの訪問先においては、カーボンニュートラルの観点から、カギケノリという海藻を用いて畜産動物が排出するメタンガスを減少させる取り組みについての情報を得ることができました。生徒が、将来は自らも環境のための取り組みを実施したいとの思いから、積極的にミーティングに臨んでいる姿が印象的でした。

    当事務所は今回、ブリーフィング及びアテンドのほか、ブリスベンの訪問先企業に対するアポイントメント取得のサポートも行いました。
     クレアシドニー事務所は、今後もオーストラリアでの調査に取り組む日本の自治体の活動を支援していきます。

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  •  名古屋市とシドニー市の姉妹都市交流は、2025年に45周年を迎えます。11月24日(金)には、豪州多文化主義政策交流プログラム(11月27日から12月2日まで)参加にあわせて渡豪した名古屋市職員がシドニー市役所を訪問しました。
     両市の姉妹動物園(タロンガ動物園と東山動物園)の交流の状況や名古屋市における国際交流についての情報共有に加えて、2023年12月に予定されている松雄副市長のシドニー市訪問の事前打ち合わせが行われ、クレアシドニー事務所はこの訪問をアテンドしました。
     節目の年を2年後に控え、両市の交流がさらに活発になるよう、クレアシドニー事務所は引き続き支援して参ります。