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Awards Entry

2013 Jci World Congress

Global Youth Leader Training Program
JCI JAPAN
Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

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Entry Information
Award Program:Category:

2013 JCI World Congress
Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

NOM Information
National Organization:

JCI JAPAN
Kosuke Obata
E-mail: yu-ai2@oregano.ocn.ne.jp;
secjjc@mrh.biglobe.ne.jp

National President:

LOM Information
Local Organization:
President:

JCI Hirakata
Masatsugu Ono

President Email: beck1975717@hotmail.com

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Basic Information
Duration : June 29, July 27-28, August 25, 2013
Staff : 12 members
Hirakata City Ofiice, Hirakata Foundation for Cuture and International
Sponsors :Exchange
Budget : US$6,500Profit / Loss : None
In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Who is benefited ?: Approx. 410,000 citizens and Approx. 4,000 foreigners living in Hikakata
Objective : To develop personal skill of the local youths and to train them to be theperson who create world peace through international exchange. We thinkthe 3 presonal skills listed below are necessary to be developed well:
1. Pride to the their nation, community, and themselves
2. International point of view and Logical thinking
3. Communication skill to express their opinions and values
Overview : We planned and executed our program to achieve its objectives.
We offered the opportunity that Japanese high school students andForeign exchange students can have discussions and cultural exchange
together.
We regarded 3 personal skills listed below as especialy important:
Skill 1. Identity:
To understand the way of thinking of others and cultural differences. To
reconsider his/her own self and know it deeper
Skill 2.Communication:
To convey his/her own opinions and way of thinkiking to others beyond thedifference of languages, cultures, ages, etc.
Skill 3. Presentation:
To summarize his/her opinion and way of thinking in group and trasmit it toothers in public effectively and persuasively
Therefore, we offered the opportunity that the participants can learn those
3 skills above by experiencing them systematically on this Global Youth
Leader Training Program. We offer this program to Japanese students whowant to act globally in the future and Foreign exchange students who wantto learn Japanese culture. Participants can have opportunity to learn
Japanese culture together by experience of discussion andcommunication on them. 1. Participants learn Japanese tradition andculture on the seminar from experts on visiting temples and shrine in ourcommunity
2. Participants discuss and survey in English about the difficult global
issues; Education and Globalization, Energy policy and Environmental
Problems, Gender equality and Work style.
3. Particiapants make presentation about their conclusions of discussion
to public at City Festival in Hirakata
Results : 1. Participants learned Japanese history and culture through visiting
temples and shrines.Japanease participants could acquire the pride to
Japanese culture compared to foreign culuture.Foreign participants could
be strongly conscious of his/her own culture compared to Japaneseculture.
2. Participants discussed high-level theme which requires global solution
with both foreign languages and non-verbal communication of gestures anddrawings. Participants trained his/her communication skill, international
point of view, and logical thinking in tough environment.
3. Participants got opportunity for cultural exchange with cooperation
beyond the difference of cultures and languages. Participants discovered
the difficulty and problems to be overcome by him/herself, on the occasionof making something done with variety of people cooperated together.
Participants understood the importance to try to figure out the common
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point rather than to make it clear the differences, by the repetition of try
and error.
4. Participants, as a result, could train his/her personal skills throughinternational cultural exchange:
1. Pride to the nation, community, and him/herself,
2. International point of view and Logical thinking,
3. Communication skill to express his/her opinion and value,
and they could experience how to create world peace.
Actions Taken : Dec. 2012: Discussion and Inquiry to find problems and solutions to
execute this program with Organizaitons such as Hirakata City Ofiice,Hirakata Foundation for Cuture and International Exchange, Universities
and High Schools in Hirakata city.
Jan.-Feb. 2013: Discussion in Comittee member (Global Youth Leader
training comittee) in JCI Hirakata to plan this program. As the result of
dicussion and inquiry, the international program other organization plans
1. are targeting on rich adults as participants, and the participants join the
program repeatedly in the same program, sometimes to continue to do
this program itself became the purpose of it.
2. are usually only one-day event to have fan to go camp, bowling or otherleisure together.
3.are planning no chance to have a time for discussion to solve difficult
theme of global issues
4. are setting instructor or coodinator from experienced Japanesed person(like professor) and they are tend to be the elders (50s or 60s years old)So, we plan this program which 1. is targeting on youth, especially young
students
2. has some good influence to participants in the place we stay itself.
3. consists of series of several program.
4. has the opportunity to discuss about difficult theme to be solved andmake presentation of the result to public.
5. selects the tutor of the young foreigner who has many experiences ofinternational exchange program and can be friendly to participants ofstudents.
Mar. 2013: Preliminary inspection of each places, applicaiton to get
nominal support.
Apr. 2013: Start to advertise to 9 High school, 6 Universities in Hirakata.
May. 2013: Close of Advertisement, Selection of participants, Notice of
result.
Jun.-Aug. 2013: Execution of each program, Review
Among the time above, we have discussions and make contacts to
Hirakata City Ofiice, Hirakata Foundation for Cuture and International
Exchange, Ms. Suzanka (tutor of this program, radio personality of FM
Hirakata), each place of this program many times.
Recommendations : 1.Japanese students have little knowledge about the tradition and cultureof Japan or local community of its own.
2. Foreign students can get aware of its mother country on the contrary to
feel the exellence of Japan and its community. This program starts fromthese 2 isuues.
According to the questionaire from participants, they change their mind to
the listed below:
1. Japanese students who are interested in foreign countries has
discovered the importance to know about Japan and its community firstly,and have little knowledge about them now.
2. Japanese students found the importance of express their opinions andvalues rather than not only hear those of others. This is indispensable forJapanese youths to be the person who creates positive change to makeworld peace.
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3. Foreign exchange students understand their mother coountry deeper on
the contrary to feel exellence of Japanese tradition and culture.
4. All participants found that English is just a tool for international
exchange, and what is necessary when they face the difficult themr to besolve is not language but the intention to continue to discuss to over comeit.
5. JCI member found the importance of executing the program in the local
community we live, even though the most of the case has been held in
new place but your local community.
The result beyond the expectations
1. Japanese students and foreign exchange students starts to makecontacts each other over this program thruough this program, to join otherevents or program, etc. This is because we promote the exchange bymaking small group of 10 member each.
2. Foreign students couldn\'t apply to join this program than expected.
This is because the term of this program is just the time of summer
vacation when many of them go back to their country. The term of thisprogram should be changed to the better.
We expect to continue to set the place in temples and shrines, because
the participants had good impression in those places to feel tradition andculture.

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Aw ard Category criteria
Objectives, Planning, Finance and Ex ecution

What were the The objectives of this program is to train youth toobjectives of this be the person who can create world peace and toprogram? develop their personal skills through international

exchange. We thought the three listed below areimportant as personal skill to be developed toachieve the objectives.
1. proud of their nation, community, and themselves
2. global point of view and logical thinking
3. skill to communicate their opinion and values
With these skill,
1. they can get the cultural background to transmit
their views
2. they can challenge a new action and make action
from a objective point of view with no prejudice totheir partner who have different values.
3. they can create positive change and got skills.
They can transmit their opinions and values toothers with the skills they got. They can send
message to to the world and can to contribute to
the world peace

How does this With the training of youth in this community and theprogram align to development of their personal skills, we can train
the JCI Plan of them to be the young active citizens. To train global
Action? human resouces leads the construction of the world

peace through global network. It corresponds out
action plan that says¥¥¥"the objective is to crea teyoung active citizens¥¥¥".

Was the budget an We tried to make the budjet and expences lower as
effective guide for possible to make it easier for young participants tothe financial join this program,management of the 1. with the cooporation of templles and shrines
project? neiborhood, we could make it fee for the payment tothem to use.
2. with the stay in the public camping place, we could
lower the cost for stay one night and foods.
3. with using the place neborhood, we could lower
the cost of transportation.

How does this The advance of JCI mission Participants could train
project advance the their personal skills necessary for global leader
JCI Mission and through discussion and cultural exchange. We offer
Vision? the opportunity for youth to create positive change.

The advance of JCI vision We could constitute theglobal network of young active citizens byinternational exchange of participants from all
countries of the world

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Membership Participation

By number, howmany members
were involved inthis program? 12
By percentage,
how manymembers of the
Local Organization
were involved inthis program? 30％
Describe the main 1. We firstly visited Hirakata city office and Hirakata
roles of the Foundation for Cuture and International Exchange.
participating We did hearing survey about the situation ofmembers in this Japanese students and foreign exchange student toprogram. the organizaition they belongs.

2. We planed the program with the reference of theresult of hearing surveyrance.
2-A. We offer the opportunity for participant tolearn Japanese culture at temple and shrine for the
purpose that they can learn their identity deeply bydirect experience. We had preliminary meeting withthe expert of temple and shurine for the preparation
to make their speech influensive to explain the rootsof culture and history of each institute and Japan
itself.
2-B. We divide all the participants into 3 group of 10
people on the program. We set specific themes foreach group of participants to survey and discuss inthis program. The theme was Education and
Globalization, Enerby policy and Enviromental
problem, Gender equality and Work style.
2-C. We offer the chance for participants to findcommon and different point through discussion, andthe chance for them to make presentation to othersin publich place about their experience and opinions.
3. After the program, we ask paritipants to submit
questionaire. We also visit High school and University
to do hearing survey.

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Skills Developed

What skills were Though this program,developed in this 1. Participants could gain proud of themselves andprogram? cultural background to create new value with people

who have different values together.
2. Participants could make new action with the skill
they trained. They can act from objective point ofview to the partner who has different value andtackle it together to overcome hardship together.
3. Participants acquired personal skill to create
positive change. They can dispatch their opinion toother with their new skill they acquired, andcontribute to the world peace.

How were these 1. Participants learned Japanese culture with foreign
skills developed? students in the comparison to those of foreign
Describe the countries. They visited temple and shrine and hearmethods and lecture by Japanese expert of temple and shrine
activities used. and the speech of foreign tutor¥'s experience.

2. Pariticipants made discussion about certain highlevel global issues that world haven¥'t solve yet byusing foreign language with foreigners who havedifferent cultural background and different language
and value.
3. Participants summarized their opinion andconclusion into short message in each group andthey made presentation at community festival..

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Impact on Participants

What was the Participants train their personal skill necessary to beintended impact on global leader.
the participants? Participants find difficulty of inter-culturalcommunication and acquire experience to overcome
it through discussion and cultural exchange withother participants who has different nationality.
Participants gain leadership, change for action, andbecome global leader with their new skill theyacquire in this program.

Describe the actual Participants train their Personal Skill necessary to
impact on the be global leader by the experience in this program.
participants. They feel the difficulty of inter-culturalcommunicaiton at the time of discussion and sharedtime at camp, and at the same time, they got
confidence that they can communicate with nonverbal communication lile gesture or picture,sometimes their passion to communicate.
According to questionaire from pariticipants, theyfound they can communicate non-verbal way even if
almost half of group can¥¥¥' speak the samelanguage well.

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Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the We expect
expected long-term that the participants of this program continue make
impact of this positive action independently after this program,project? that tha participants or the person who they gaveinfuluence become leaders,that they can be outstanding leaders who dare to atin the field of their community, nation, andinternational level.
This program continues to produce leaders from thiscommunity by holding it continuously. Outstanding
leader create postive change to others, and the
movement started by this program continue tocreate positive change.

What changes Accoring to questionaire from participants, some ofwould you make to them had different image to this program that we
improve the results can communicate in English only to brush upof this project? language skill only. We have to make effort to makethe purpose of this program clearer.
There are some opinions to continue this program inlong term from schools and other organizations, tomake the advertisement and the announcement
more efficiently.
We have to verify the achievement of the objectivesof this program whether the merit given toparticipant in this program correspond to theirneeds. We have to continue to follow-up survey theefficiency to the participants after this program byinquiry.
We have to make the connection stronger witheducation organization and communitiyadministration by making contacts continuously tobrush up this program.

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