NEWS
Kitakyushu
International
Techno-cooperative
Association

No.6
2008
April

Contents
1 Field visit to Kyushu Electric Power Co. Ltd.
2 Message from Director of KITA
3 The delightful news on prevalence of KITA Spirit
from Kuwait and Pakistan
4 Topics of KITA training courses
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, China, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil
7 Recent activities for overseas development cooperation
Russia, India, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia
10 Contribution of the former participant for KITA
10 List of KITA training courses in FY 2007
11 Close-up of two KITA training courses
12 Introduction of KITA activities and other news

As the program of training course on "Plant maintenance management for CP", 6 participants visited Shinkokura Power Stationof Kyushu Electric Power Co. Ltd. on March 3.
They were interested in this plant visit very much and highly appreciated it. Particularly, they studied the operation/maintenancemanagement for power generator and turbine eagerly with many questions.
Takashi Ishikawa, Course Leader

Message from KITA

Heaps of Steel Slag,can be changed to Goldmine !
Kazuya Kudo
Director of Technical Cooperation Division
KITA has been actively developing new projects forinternational technological cooperation in addition to
training courses for participants from overseas. In thisarticle, I would like to introduce an example of a new
project that utilizes outstanding technology developedin the city of Kitakyushu.
It would not be exaggerating to say that the
backbone of the current world economy is the rapid
economic growth in China. In particular, the demand
for steel materials has been rising remarkably due tothe promotion of infrastructure carried out in China forthe coming Olympics and World Expo. This steel
production increase generates more waste materials
as is obvious.
The steel production of Japan is 120 million tons
annually and waste generation reaches 44 million tons.
However, most of this waste is reused and only 0.72
million tons is landfilled at final disposal sites, resulting
in a recycling rate of 98%. Steel waste consists of 80%
steel slag, and there are two types of steel slag: blast
furnace slag and steelmaking slag. Even though blast
furnace slag has been effectively reused as material
for producing cement, steelmaking slag has formerly
been regarded as mere waste. However, steelmaking
slag contains about 10% metallic iron. In Japan, thismetallic iron is collected from steelmaking slag and theremaining mineral content is also effectively reused asmaterial for civil work and road bed etc. As a result, therecycling rate of steel slag reaches 99.8%.

A slagheap at Mechel Steel Works in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

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In terms of the effective use of steel slag, Japan has
the most advanced technology in the world. The
recycling rate of steel slag by the world standard stays
approximately in the range of 0 - 30%. One of thereasons for this low rate is simply that the advanced
steel slag treatment technology possessed by Japan is
not available in other parts of the world. In China,
Russia and India, a large amount of abandoned steelslag forms slagheaps. China alone currently produces
approximately 500 million tons of steel annually.
Consequently, 50 million tons of steelmaking slag is
generated annually. Even assuming that 50% of theslag is treated properly, 25 million tons of steelmaking
slag still accumulates every year. In 10 years without
treatment, the number will expand to 250 million tons.
KITA has been helping to create a new business byintroducing the technology for collecting metallic ironfrom steel slag to the world and reusing the remaining
material for the construction and other purposes.
Demolishing heaps of steel slag can also give a handin improving global environmental protection by
reducing carbon dioxide emission compared to
producing steel or cement from virgin raw material.
The dream of KITA is to eliminate heaps of steel slagfrom the world, or change these waste heaps into
mount of treasure. We are determined to make aneffort in this important task, which in turn can make acontribution to global warming prevention.

The author (on the right) in front of the slagheap at
Mechel Steel Works in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

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The delightful news on prevalence of KITA Spirit"Kame-Sakusen−Operation Turtles" in Kuwait"In the old days turtles used to lay their eggs on theseashore under the sun, but nowadays we don’t see themanymore in Kuwait because of the water pollution", said
Mrs. Nakayama who has lived in Kuwait with her family forthe past 27 years as she spoke to Lulwa, a Kuwait
University student. "You all know that you have a very
beautiful country, you must think of the next generationand how this pollution will affect their health. They won’t
be able to enjoy the beach, so I want you to care more
about your country and try to protect the environment".
Lulwa was participating in the seventh annual beachclean-up campaign that has been organized by theJapanese Society in Kuwait. Every year since 2000, theJapanese Society in Kuwait organized this event that theycalled Operations Turtles. "The turtle in Japan is the
symbol for patience and strength", explained Mr.
Yanagida who has been living in Kuwait since 1994.
On November 24, 2007, around 120 Japanese and 60
Kuwaitis and some other nationalities gathered at a beachin Kuwait. After being issued gloves and trash bags, theyspent an hour picking up litter from the beach. Many of the
Kuwaiti participants were students from the College ofEngineering & Petroleum at Kuwait University. The
Japanese Ambassador and his wife also participated.

This event helps propagate the same message ofenvironmental awareness that KITA has instilled in pastgroups of Kuwaiti students and professionals that weretrained in Kitakyushu.
contributed by
Dr. Souhaila Almutawa, professor at Kuwait University
received by
Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Technical Cooperation Div, KITA

Participants to"Kame-Sakusen"

Beach clean-up campaign for turtles

Consulting for Construction of Landfill Site and Active Role by Former Participants in Pakistan
Japan has carried out fund grants and technologicalcooperation for the management of city waste in Pakistan
and achieved appreciable results. Upon this success, thePakistan government requested to cooperate inconstructing semi-aerobic landfill sites. In response tothis, I visited Pakistan as the expert of JICA in August of
last year for 8 days. I joined Professor Matsufuji of
Fukuoka University to supervise construction of landfillsite in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
Under the control of former participants and others, total
80 workers started the construction of the landfill site
mainly by manual labor, except for the use of heavymachinery for drilling. The site space was 30 meters wide
and 60 meters long. Two main concrete drainpipes andone branch pipe for water drainage were used. For ventsand joint parts on each of these pipes, square bearing
blocks were installed. Materials that are easily acquired in
the local area were used at the site; in particular, waste
tires and drum were used for vents. As a result, a simple
sanitary landfill site was constructed at an extremely low
cost.

I was impressed to see this achievement demonstrated
by former participants of the training in Japan with a lively
way at the actual work site, that was surely fruitful result of
KITA training course.
Kiyoshi Haraguchi
Course Leader of KITA

Construction of drainage
pipes and vents at thelandfill site in Islamabad

Author in front of the completed the landfill site

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Topics of KITA training courses
Newly Established Training Courses for Sewer Management in Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, construction of sewage utilizing theturnkey method has been implemented following
initiatives by Europe and the United States. Furthermore,
the country implemented a plan to complete privatizationof sewage management in 2007. However JICA feels
uneasy about such an acceleration toward privatization
under the current insufficient condition. Therefore, JICA
planned training courses for Saudi Arabia in which theparticipants can approach to the sewage system in Japanand dispatched a mission group including KITA experts tothe country in last September.
The mission group carried out inspections of a sewage
treatment site and held a small seminar, while also
confirming the current conditions of sewage treatment in
the country. Based on these activities, the mission groupheld discussions with Mr. Yarubu, the Vice Minister of
MWE*, and came to an agreement regarding details suchas training programs and follow-up after the training. Twovice ministers from MWE* attended the seminar offeredby the mission group, and the courtesy visit to the Ministerof MWE* was realized at a moment's notice; the mission
group acknowledged significant hopes for this plan.
Training was offered in two courses: "Sewer System

Design" and "Sewer System Maintenance". The former
course was offered over one month in January 2008 with
12 participants.
*MWE : Ministry of Water and Electricity

Yuji Yasuda
KITA Environmental Cooperation Center

Courtesy visit to the Minister of MWE*

At the meeting for exchange the minutes

Iraq Postwar Reconstruction Aid: "Environmental Management Course"
The target participants of this training course were theengineers of Iraq, which is one of the world’s largest oil
producers. The course aimed to improve theenvironmental management abilities in oil related industry
and promote better understanding of Japan. This course
was implemented, commissioned by JOGMEC* and
AOTS**.
The total number of participants was 20, all of themwere excellent engineers selected from various
institutions, such as oil and gas production companies, oil
refineries, oil drilling companies, and the Ministry of Oil
and Educational institutions. There were 2 female
participants among them.
The course was carried out for only one week inDecember of last year. However, it was a highly intensive
course including lectures on environmental conservation
technology and the history of overcoming pollution in
Kitakyushu, as well as field visits to various facilities suchas the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Air Pollution
Monitoring Center, Kitakyushu Eco-Town, a fuel oil
recovering plant from waste oil, and Shirashima Oil
Storage Base.

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We were strongly impressed with participants’ earnest
attitude toward learning and strong will to reconstruct a
country devastated after war.
*JOGMEC : Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation**AOTS : The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship

Dr. Ken-ichi Fujimoto
Technical Cooperation Division, KITA

Participants gathered at
Wakamatsu Ferry Porton the way back from
Kitakyushu Eco-Town.

At the fuel oil recovering plant of
Nippon Steel Kankyo Engineering Co. LTD.

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Training Courses focusing on China by ODA* Yen Loan
The Japanese government has provided a large
amount of ODA* loan for building infrastructure in China
blessed with rapid economic growth. It is difficult to takefull advantage of them without appropriate maintenanceand management. JBIC** started to set conditions oftaking training courses in Japan for effective facilities’
utilization.
KITA provides those training courses, which includes
advanced water treatment technology of Japan,
prevention of eutrophication and especially focusing on
operation and maintenance for sewage treatment facilities
to Kunming, Hohhot and Guiyang. Training courses forsound material-cycle society focuses on Kitakyushu EcoTown are also provided for representative fromuniversities in Liaoning.
Those courses consist of harder schedule with visiting
many facilities in a short period however all participants
have studied diligently.
China has just started to manage industrial pollution
control and domestic waste water treatment, but resource
problem and eutrophication are also important issues tobe solved. I heartily hope participants could take fulladvantage of this training for sustainable development in
China.
KITA will positively challenge JBIC’s capacity building
program in addition to JICA’s ODA scheme.
*ODA : Official Development Assistance**JBIC : Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Yuji Yasuda
KITA Environmental Cooperation CenterSound material-cycle society training courses for representative fromuniversities in Liaoning.

The Fukuoka International Environmental Management Program:
An Asian Sustainable Society Development Course
Fukuoka Prefecture offers the Asian Sustainable
Society Development course by utilizing various
environmental resources in the prefecture, targetingprominent administrators who will assume responsibility
for environmental policy development in Asian nations in
the future. Since FY 2006, this course has been offered in
two separate versions: one is for ASEAN & India, andanother is for China.
Last year, course for ASEAN & India was held for aduration of 4 weeks, beginning at the end of November.
This time 4 members from Thailand participated, whowere administrative workers younger than participants ofthe previous year. However, it was impressive to see how
enthusiastically they studied the subject related to theiractual work tasks. In particular, domestic waste treatment,
waste separation, recycling, as well as environmental
education and administrative environmental measures
attracted strong interest from the participants.
In addition, the issue analysis sheet utilized by JICA
Kyushu has been introduced into the course since FY
2007. All participants recognized own problems inadvance so that they attended with a sense of purpose.
We hope that the participants will transform and use thetechniques learned in the course to improve theenvironment and build a recycling-based society. We are
anticipating participants from various countries in the area
since we are also planning to further improve the course
based on the requests of former participants.
Sumio Tajima
Course Leader of KITA

At the Fukuoka Method
Landfill Site

At Kitakyushu Eco-Town

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The result of site investigation in Paraguay and Bolivia
KITA will offer, for the first time, courses entitled "Job
Training for Central and South America" and "Vitalizationof Medium and Small Sized Enterprises for Local Industry
for South America" in February and March of this year. In
order to confirm the curriculum for these courses andactual situation in the countries, Mr. Yasumoto; JICA
officer and I visited Paraguay and Bolivia.
The Republic of Paraguay is a relatively small nation
with a population of 5.9 million. We visited the Ministry ofIndustry and Commerce and the Occupational Training
Bureau in capital of Asuncion to exchange opinion andinspect relevant site. The next destination, the Republic ofBolivia, has a population of 8.8 million and the capital La
Paz is located at an altitude of 3,500 meters. We visited
the Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise and asmall- and medium-sized textile manufacturer.
As a result of our visit, we learned that both courses tobe offered have been highly evaluated for the following
reasons: ① the theme of the courses has a deep
connection with national policy that is familiarized withthem, ② the courses are easily accessible since they are
offered in Spanish, and ③ both countries have asignificant interest in Japan due to support offered by
JICA offices and Japanese descendants of thesecountries.
I am now determined to make an international
contribution through my best efforts to support Central
and South American nations for future prosperity by thistraining course reflecting the result of site investigation.
Yoshio Miki
Course Leader of KITA

At the Job Training Center
in Paraguay

At the woodworking plant in Bolivia"Local Activation" course for Japanese descendants in Brazil
KITA implemented a course for a period of
approximately one month, targeting Japanesedescendants in Central and South America for the firsttime last August.
The objective of this course was to provide the way of
local activation in Japan, Japanese lifestyle and culture,and the concept of Breakthrough (B/T). Three Brazilian
participated, from the cities of San Paulo, Belem (northern
Brazil) and Parakatu (central Brazil), two director generals
from the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture, and a
representative of the Regional Development andActivation Agency.
As for training results, participants were especiallyinterested in the Breakthrough (B/T) concept and the OneVillage One-Product (OVOP) movement in Oita
prefecture. Comments such as "learning the B/T concept
has enlightened the need to change the way of thinking
just what I wanted" and "I have realized that the OVOP
movement can be a driving force of regional activation"
were expressed.
"I would like to work for Brazil and Japan using the
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Japan-Brazil Immigration, and it is also an opportunity tostart a new relationship", says a letter received from oneof the participants after returning home.
Through this course, I have become more aware of thesuccess of Japanese descendants in Brazil and the local
situation as well.
Yoshio Miki
Course Leader of KITA

With Mr. Hiramatsu,
the former mayor of Oita
prefecture and an
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Recent activities for overseas development cooperation
Business Matching between Chelyabinsk in Russia and Kitakyushu
It can be looked back "Russian Market Development
Mission" (under the sponsorship of JETRO*/ROTOBO**)
was dispatched by the city of Kitakyushu in August 2005.
After Kitakyushu received the Representatives fromChelyabinsk in Russia in May 2007, "Mission for Business
Negotiation with Enterprises in Chelyabinsk State", which
consists of 7 iron and steel related enterprises in
Kitakyushu, was dispatched in October.
In Chelyabinsk State in Russia, there are two major
steelworks; Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Combinat (CMK: 4
million tons/year) and Magnitogarsk Steel Works (MMK:
12 million tons/year). These steelworks complexes still
operate out-of-date facilities, which now need to be
updated. Transferring cutting-edge technologies
possessed by the enterprises in Kitakyushu to thesesteelworks offers significant possibilities, so the above
mission was formed to be dispatched as a ROTOBO**
project with backup from KITA and City of Kitakyushu.
The enterprises in Kitakyushu once faced extreme
difficulty in establishing any relationship with the Russian
enterprises. Therefore support from ROTOBO**/KITA isvery helpful and satisfy participants in this mission, threeof which may successfully hold business negotiations infuture.

*JETRO : Japan External Trade Organization**ROTOBO : Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS

Kazuya Kudo
Director of Technical Cooperation Division, KITA

Meeting with the executive officers in CMK.

Meeting with the executive officers in MMK.

Visit for Steel Plants in Orissa of East India
A business mission formed by steel-related companies
in Kitakyushu along with JETRO*, UNIDO** and City of
Kitakyushu visited Orissa, India during a week of Jan13.
Orissa is a mineral-rich state locating in east coast side ofIndia and being rapidly industrialized. In Kalinga Nagar
industrial complex, located at 120km northeast from
Bhubaneswar(Capital City of Orissa), eight steel
companies including TATA Steel (India’s biggest steel
company) and POSCO are said to branch out. The
mission visited Jindal stainless steel and VISA steel, bothof which had already started construction in the complex
and toured a coke oven and Fe-Cr plant partiallyoperated. TATA Steel in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand openly
accepted the mission to the mill and provided a plant tour
to BF (blast furnace), LD (steel making) and CGL(continuous galvanizing line) as well as detailed
information about their new project in Orissa.
In addition, individual business talks between mission
companies and prospective partners attending from Indianside using one day long. Taking this opportunity, amemorandum of understanding for Japan-Orissa businesspromotion had been signed between JETRO* andIPICOL***, on behalf of Orissa State Government.
*JETRO : Japan External Trade Organization**UNIDO : United Nations Industrial Development Organization***IPICOL :Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa

Eiji Wada
Technical Cooperation Division, KITA

Tour at Fe-Cr smelting plant of Jindal Stainless SteelKITA NEWS No.6 07

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Consulting on Solid Waste Management in Chelyabinsk, Russia
KITA implemented a surbey for improvement of solid
waste management (SWM) in Chelyabinsk, Russia,
commissioned by the ROTOBO*. Solid waste generated
in Chelyabinsk, which reaches around 600 thousand tons
annually, goes to a final disposal site. It has caused
serious environmental deterioration in the areas
surrounding the site. Recycling is not sufficiently
implemented at present. Those circumstances drive waste
management into a serious issue.
A seminar, which invited around 60 people of relevant
representatives from waste management works,
universities and residents’ groups, was held prior to thestudy in order to respond to queries as well as tointroduce solid waste management and incineration plants
in Kitakyushu. Residents’ groups and university
professors earnestly asked how sufficient safeguards ofincineration could be ensured.
Then, interviews and discussion from/with OICs** of therelevant sections on status quo and future plans of the
SWM were conducted in the municipal Eco Center. The
study team also visited to the final disposal site, recycling
plants and relevant facilities. During the study, the teamresponded to coverage from mass-communication while itvisited the provincial and municipal governments as wellto contribute to awareness creation of residents.
The team drew recommendation from the study andsent it to the Chelyabinsk Administration. A pre-study forfeasibility will be implemented in March in accordancewith the request to formulate the master plan for solid
waste management in Chelyabinsk.
*ROTOBO : Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS**OICs : officers in charge

Satoshi Nakazono
KITA Environmental Cooperation Center

At the seminar

The waste disposal site in Chelyabinsk

A Field Study on Environmental Improvement through CP* in Haiphong City, Vietnam
KITA has been implementing environmental
improvement activities in the City of Haiphong as an aid
project for the Japan Fund for Global Environment. The
Socialist Republic of Vietnam has been undergoing aperiod of high economic growth. At the same time,pollution has increased in heavily populated urban area
and industrial complexes, and various environmental
pollution countermeasures have not caught up with suchan accelerated pace of economic development.
The main scopes of the environmental improvement
activities through CP* are: ① environmental improvement
at the calcium carbide manufacturing company, and ②
environmental enlightenment for citizens and officers of
the City of Haiphong.
October of last year, the study member paid a courtesy
visit to the Japanese Ambassador to the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam and reported the outline of theactivities. The member also had a meeting with the Vice
Chairman of the Haiphong People’s Committee, who
enthusiastically listened to the history of overcoming
pollution in Kitakyushu.
The environmental seminar entitled "The environmental
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pollution prevention” was held. 45 people attended theseminar with a great success.
The titles of the lectures are: ① the keynote address,"Aiming to become an environmental capital city in theworld", ② "History of environmental protection in
Kitakyushu", ③ "Sewer systems in Kitakyushu", and ④"Environmental problems and its improvement in the Cityof Haiphong".
*CP : Cleaner Production
Dr. Ken-ichi Fujimoto
Technical Cooperation Division, KITA

At the congress hallTogether with Ambassador Hattori(center) at Japanese Embassy in Vietnam

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Attending the 4th Joint KFUPM * - JCCP ** Environment Symposium
The symposium "GCC*** Environment and Sustainable
Development" was held at the KFUPM* in the city of
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia from January 28th to 30th. The
symposium was organized jointly by KFUPM* and
JCCP**. I attended this symposium to give a speech,"Creating a Recycling Society in Kitakyushu City", andserve as a Session Chairman. The audience showedinterest in my topic of Kitakyushu's efforts for constructing
a sustainable society.
The symposium gathered approximately 140 attendants
from Japan and the GCC***. The speakers introduced
activities and efforts implemented in the individual
participating countries for constructing a sustainable
society. From Japan, 5 staff of the JCCP**, and 5
speakers attended this symposium.
The city of Dhahran is located on the east coast of the
Arabian Peninsula and is in the center of petroleum
production. I had an opportunity to visit the Saudi
ARAMCO exhibition center. I was extremely impressedwith the significant scale of the exhibition, showing
petroleum industry including oil exploration, drilling,
production, transportation, refinery and uses of petroleum.

Author serving as Session Chairman

Author giving a speech*KFUPM : King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals**JCCP : Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum***GCC : Gulf Coast Countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain,
Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman

Dr. Ken-ichi Fujimoto
Technical Cooperation Division, KITA

Author at KFUPM*, where the symposium was held

Symposium on Productive Structure of Steel Industry in Malaysia
I was asked to present a lecture regarding"Productive structure of steel industry in Malaysia" atthe "Symposium on how to preserve crude steel"sponsored by Perwaja Steel (Malaysia) in September oflast year. Perwaja Steel is located on the east coast of
Malaysia and outputs of approximately 1 million
tons/year of crude steel utilizing the DRI* - EF - CCprocesses.
The lecture was based on the following points:"Present situation of rapid development in Chinese
steel industry" and "Actual capacity and its position of
Malaysian steel industry".
In the discussion held after the lecture, I madecomments, summary of which are as follow;① After 2010, the Malaysian steel industry willencounter the flooding of steel product from China.

② Steel grade exported by Chinese steel industry will
be mainly ordinary steel, as it is now. This type ofsteel is main product in Malaysia. Therefore
competition over this type of product is becomingtight and will further intensify in the future.
③ The future productive structure should be consideredby taking into account the impact caused by theexport from China as described above.
④ Perwaja Steel should consider business cooperation
with steel industry in Indonesia and China as well as
domestic enterprises in future.
*DRI : Direct Reduced Iron process

Kazuya Kudo
Director of Technical Cooperation Division, KITA

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Contribution of the former participant for KITA
Practical Production Management for South America Course :Former Participant from Columbia gives the Impressive Lecture
For enhancing the effect of JICA/KITA training courses,
Mr. Jose Vanegas from Columbia was invited to offer alecture regarding practical activities he undertook after
returning home in December 2007. He participated in thiscourse in 2003 and currently is employed in process andproduct quality management at an auto parts company inColumbia.
In the lecture offered by Mr. Vanegas, the keys tospreading and expanding practical production activities
are; ① Starting with activities that are related to the people
around you, ② Demonstrating (successful results can get
support) and ③ Gathering fellow workers (individual
capacity is limited). In addition, he passionately explainedthat it is important for a promoter of practical production ①
Not make excuses, ② Not escape responsibility and ③
Not rush for successful results.

Since his lecture, given in Spanish, used forms that are
utilized in the actual QC circle activities and proposal
system, all of the participants were deeply impressed.
Tadashi Miyamoto
Course Leader of KITA

Excellent lecture by Mr. Jose Vanegas

List of KITA training courses in FY 2007
Training course type

JICA
Group training

JICA
Area-focused training

JICA
Country-focused training

KITA
Individual training

7

Environment and Energy saving management(Middle East) Industrial pollution
2 Industrial wastewater
control management
treatment technique (2)Domestic wastewater(Asia) Audit technology for energy conservation (B) :5 treatment techniquemachine diagnosis technique course(KOICA-JICA) Environmental protection technology(Southwest Asia) Solid waste
8
and management against air pollution
management

10(Algeria) Environment management
for industry and city life

11

(Philipine) Capacity development in urban
and industrial environmental management

12

Design method for environmental
pollution quality standard and regulation

13
14(Kuwait) Environmental conservationfor engineers from the oil sector

15(Vietnam) Energy conservation andEnergy management system

16(Saudi Arabia) The enhancement of operation andmaintenance of treatmentplants for advanced
treatment technology & sludge management

3(Asian Countries) Construction anddesigning for sound material cycle society

4(ASEAN) Asian sustainable society
development (programmed by prefecture)

3(South America) Practical production
management

6

Cleaner Production in processindustries

3

Food sanitation administration

1
4

3
6
9

(Asia) Audit technology for energy conservation (A):energy conservation technique course(Asia) Air pollutant source monitoring
management(China) Development of management capability on environment,
resources & energy for Chinese steel industry

Development of Recycling-based Society
12(China) Promotion of circular economy

5(China) Asian sustainable society
development (programmed by prefecture)

1
4
7

1

Production technology , Plant engineering and CP
2 Plant maintenance engineering
Cleaner Production in steel industry
for Cleaner Production (CP)
Plant maintenance management
5 Computerized machine control formechanical automation
for Cleaner Production(CP)Non-destructive inspection technique for
quality management and plant asset management (3)8(Egypt) Productivity improvement

Job training and Enhancing management ability(Central and South America) Job training
2 Occupational health management
for sustainable development
coordinated with industry

4(South America) Vitalization of medium andsmall sized enterprise for local industry

5

Economic development of the area : "Local Activation"
course for Japanese descendants

6(South Korea) Management for
automobile related industry

7(South Korea) Management formachine and electrical industry

8(South Korea) Management for theother manufacturing industry

9(Vietnam) Counter part training course
on mechanical equipment service2

Sewerage management techniquefor Kunming

3

5

Environmental Management for Iraq

6

Establishment of the environmentally-soundmaterial cycle society for Guizhou University
Water quality control techniquefor Guiyang

8

Establishment of the environmentally-soundmaterial cycle society for Liaoning

1
4
7

Human Resource Development for Asia
Sewerage management techniquefor Hohhot
Wastewater treatment management
for the Middle East
CRAIR participant training● The detail of the courses & annual schedule can be seen in KITA's Homepage ( http://www.kita.or.jp/english/e_index.html ).

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Close-up of two KITA training courses
New Course "Energy Conservation and Diagnosis Technology for Practical Engineers" is open
This course will begin in January 2008, targeting
practical engineers who diagnose energy conservationlevel in the Asian region. The characteristics of this course
are its offering of a number of hours for exercises andpractical training, and utilizing a faculty with a great dealof worksite experience, who give instruction throughout
the entire course through lectures, exercises and practicaltraining so that the participants can improve their practicaltechnological capabilities. This offering actually consists of
two courses: (A) an energy conservation technology and(B) a machine diagnosis technology for energy
conservation. The former course is for auditors, managers
and operators and covers the energy conservation
technology of huge energy consumed equipment in detail.
The latter course targets equipment and maintenanceengineers and is an acquisitive course that provides
comprehensive lectures on energy conservation
technology, as well as the basics of maintenancetechnology and machine condition diagnosis technology
for realizing energy conservation. In the process ofplanning this course, JICA/KITA have developed anumber of unique lectures. The picture shown right-handis one example of such a lecture, demonstrating anenergy efficiency measurement technique for a pumpwithout an installed sensor. The measurement techniqueand pump efficiency improvement technique will bedemonstrated by CJ*.
This intensive course will put the emphasis on actual
exercises. We are anticipating highly motivated participants.
*CJ : Corrocoat Japan Co. Ltd.

Takatsugu Ueyama
Course Leader of KITA

Demonstrating pumpefficiency measurement at CJ*

Conducting a pump efficiency
measurement at an actual plant byapplying a technique developed by CJ*

Making Use of Waste as a Resource: An Introduction to Solid Waste
Management for Southwest Asia
The "Solid Waste Management for Southwest Asia"
course was held for a period of one and half months in
October 2007. In the Southwest Asian regions, theamount of waste output has been increasing due to anincrease in population and urbanization. Environmental
issues such as underground water and odor problems
have also become serious. This course introduces various
activities for waste treatment measures implemented inJapan to be put to use in policy development in theparticipating countries in order to resolve these issues. 12
people from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
participated in the first offering of this course. In many
developing countries, the main waste treatment method
currently used is the open dumping method, andfurthermore it is said that reserving sites for landfill has
been difficult. The main content of this course consists of:① environmental education, ② composting, ③ final
treatment sites, and ④ waste treatment techniques.
Through the field training, the participants learn
techniques for recycling, composting, and creating
sanitary landfills. It aims to minimize the amount of waste

by recycling waste discarded from households andconducting appropriate and sanitary treatment of waste.
The course received high praise from the participants
saying "it was of significant help". We are looking forward
to hearing of their success after returning home.
Kiyoshi Haraguchi
Course Leader of KITA

At the Inland Landfill site

At the household waste composting site

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Activities of KITA
Promoting technical cooperation and effective training by utilizing

Training at Kitakyushu

Technical Cooperation at Overseas■Planning adequate and fulfilling
curriculum■Effective program for group,
area and individual country
course■Building-up of personal networkwith ex-participants and follow
up for after care

■Dispatch of experts with lot ofexperiences to conduct survey
appropriately■Consulting with providing
identification, formulation andfeasibility study■Research & Dissemination ofenvironmental and industrial
information

Exchange of Technology

Contribution to Sustainable
Development through CP■Holding seminar, symposium
and exhibition for exchange
information and technicalsupportInternational Communication
for Global Partnership■International friendship exchange
program including home visit byhost family system

News and Information
The Kitakyushu Environmental Award for Contributions to Sustainable
Development in Developing Countries
was acknowledged for its long-term contributions in the sustainable development of
manufacturing and environmental fields for developing
countries, and received the honor of Kitakyushu
Environmental Award from City of Kitakyushu, the city
aiming to become the environmental capital of the world.
KITA specializes in abundant accumulation technologicalexperiences, human resources and cooperative network.

KITA

The awarding ceremonyon Feb. 13, 2008

The plaque of honor

No.6
KITA
NEWS
Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association (KITA;kaita)
April 2008

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