For public organizations and private organizations to exchange information and cooperate activities while taking advantage of each of the functions and features, we will have to operate a ‘Sai-no-Kuni Saitama Network’.
We issue a grant for the international cooperation activities (overseas support activities and the prefecture activities) in Saitama Prefecture of NGO.
When a major disaster occurs, we will open the “disaster multilingual information center”, to help foreigners.
In normal times we hold training to operate the center in cooperation with municipalities, international associations of municipalities and volunteers.
Saitama International Association, in order to promote international exchange and international cooperation activities in Saitama Prefecture, has provided nominal support for international exchange programs hosted by organization with bases in Saitama Prefecture and Saitama regidents groups.
As a conduit to promote cooperation with local governments and local NGO, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has placed “JICA desk” on major regional international association and dispatched international cooperation promoters. In our office, JICA Saitama desk is located.
We offered0 through NGO in Saitama Prefecture, the used materials and equipment such as ambulances and fire trucks held by Saitama Prefecture and Saitama Prefecture municipalities in developing countries.With this activity, we had provided assistance to developing countries as well as revitalize the NGO activities.
This project ended at the end of FY2018.