June/5/2013

Japan - Vietnam Joint Seminar on Development ofTechnical Standards for Port Facilities
Port and Harbour Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure (MLIT), Transport andTourism in Japan and Science and Technology Department of Ministry of Transport(MOT) in Vietnam have just set up the taskforce to prepare the joint research work fordevelopment of technical standards related to port facilities in Vietnam. This time thetaskforce decided to have the joint seminar aiming at review and accelerating the work.
The seminar will provide with some presentations on the current situation and future
plan for this project from both countries, and also some keynote lectures on related
themes to this project. The taskforce looks forward to having good advises from theparticipants from various fields. The taskforce also hopes that this seminar could be agood opportunity to consider about the role of technical cooperation in the field oftechnical standards for social infrastructure.
1. Date
2. Venue

July.22, 2013
9:30 – 17:40
Seminar Room Kamome, 4th Floor, Yokohama International Center,
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA Yokohama)(2-3-1, Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama, 231-0001)http://www.jica.go.jp/yokohama/office/access.html
3.Entree fee
Free
4. Program
See Exhibit (next page)(※Simultaneous interpretation between Japanese and English)
5. HostMain host:Port and Harbour Bureau of MLIT, Japan
Science and Technology Department of MOT, Vietnam
National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Japan
Co-host:PARI (Port and Airport Research Institute)
JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
SCOPE (Service Center for Port Engineering)
OCDI (The Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute)
JOPCA (Japan Overseas Ports Cooperation Association)
Support:JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)
6. Application for participation
Email to the following address with 1) Name, 2) Affiliation,3) Telephone number, and 4) Email-addressemail：kikaku@ysk.nilim.go.jp
7. Entry deadline July.15, 2013 17:00 （Maximum: about 80persons)
8. Contact
Mr. Yuki TANABE, Administrative Coordination Department, NILIM
TEL: 046-844-5018, FAX : 046-842-9265

Program（tentative）●Opening 9:30-9:40●Session Ⅰ 9:40-11:40
Lecture 1

9:40-9:50

Mr. Takumi HARADA（MLIT）

Internationalization of Japanese technical standards for port facilities
Lecture 2

9:50-10:00 Dr. Masafumi MIYATA（NILIM）
Japan-Vietnam Joint project on development of technical standards for port facilities

Lecture 3

10:00-10:50 Prof. Osamu KIYOMIYA（Waseda University）
Outline and main features of Japanese Technical Standard for Port Facilities

Lecture 4

10:50-11:40 Emeritus Prof. Tatsuhiko IKEDA（Yokohama National University）
History and future efforts of Japanese technical assistance for Asian countries●Lunch 11:40-13:00●SessionⅡ 13:00-15:10
Lecture 5

13:00-13:30
Dr. Duong Thi Khue Anh（Deputy Director General, DOST, MOT, Vietnam）
Scheme and current situation of restructuring project of Vietnamese nationalstandards in transportation infrastructure field

Lecture 6

13:30-14:20 Dr. Nguyen Minh Quy（Chairman, TEDIPORT, Vietnam）
Current situation and issues on port technical standards in Vietnam and future
work plan for re-development the standards

Lecture 7

14:20-15:10 Prof. Syunji KUSAYANAGI（Kochi Institute of Technology）
What is the effective scheme for technical specifications development indeveloping countries?

●Coffee break 15:10-15:30●SessionⅢ 15:30-17:40
Lecture 8

15:30-16:00 Mr. Hiroyuku YANAGAWA（JSCE International Activities Center）
JSCE’s international activities

Lecture 9

16:00-16:30 Mr.Tatsuyuki SHISHIDO (OCDI Principal Researcher)
The Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan English andVietnamese Translation of Japanse Technical Standards and Harbour
Facilities

Lecture 10

16:30-17:00 Dr. Ema KATO（Port and Airport Research Institute）
Guidelines on Strategic Maintenance for Port Structures(Port Technology Group, ASEAN-Japan Transport Partnership)

Lecture 11

17:00-17:30 Mr. Hisao OOUCHI（SCOPE Translation WG）
English Translation of Japan’s Standard Specifications for Port and Harbour Works●Closing 17:30-17:40