[November 2020]
Resumption of Publication of the CLAIR Sydney Newsletter

After announcing the temporary suspension of the publication of the CLAIR Sydney Newsletter in April, we are recommencing the publication of our newsletter from this month. The CLAIR Sydney newsletter is an essential medium for us to share our recent activities with our readers and friends, and all of us at CLAIR Sydney are delighted to resume the publication of our newsletter. For the time being, we will publish the newsletter intermittently while the volume of our activities gradually returns to normal.

In the past six months, we have continued our activities on a reduced scale. Following the easing of travel restrictions and other rules under the Public Health Act, to restore the regular function of our office, we will actively seek to expand our day-by-day operation and increase our activities in a COVID safe manner.

In October, four new Assistant Directors have arrived in Sydney from Japan after some delay. You can find their introductions in this newsletter and I am sure they are all looking forward to meeting you at upcoming events and meetings.

We have noticed that in the past few months, local governments and schools in Australia/New Zealand and Japan have shifted their methods of communication from face-to-face to virtual-based interactions. We hope that these online-based communications are productive, and they will lead to meaningful in-person exchange activities in the near future.

We hope that you will take good care of yourself and that you, your family, and the wider communities around you will stay well and healthy in this pandemic period.

 

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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

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