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I. Promote grassroots exchange delegation program as a model for international exchange programs in which citizens play the main role

II. To make efforts to expand the network of foreign citizens

III. To vitalize the area by promoting the Kitanagoya Local Brand Project born through international exchange.

The Seventh Asia Pacific Festival

We will hold this international exchange event created by citizens ideas to deepen international understanding with people from the Asia Pacific region through the sharing of food and culture.

International fair

We will set a booth for international exchange in the Interactive Festival 2017, The Sixth Triangle Festival, and other events to help people deepen their understanding of the world.

Kids Art Class for International Exchange

We will hold an art class as an opportunity for children and foreign students and Nagoya University of Arts to get to know and spend time with each other. We hope this will help children become friends with people from other countries and spur their interest in the outside world.

Grass-roots international exchange program

We welcome visits from Muan, South Korea, Guam, USA and other oversea municipalities and international exchange organizations. We aim to deepen our friendship, and have our citizens play the main role in developing international exchange at the grass-roots level.

Japanese language class for adults

We offer a Japanese language class for foreign residents to help them learn basic Japanese and adapt to life in Japan. Classes are held on Friday nights at the Community Center in the West Building of the City Office.

Japanese language class for children

Classes are offered to help foreign children who attend public elementary schools and junior schools in the city to study the Japanese language and acquire Japanese language needed for daily life. Japanese volunteers visit their schools once a week to teach them Japanese and help them get along at their schools.

Foreign language classes

We offer five foreign language courses at the Kitanagoya City Health Dome: two for Korean, one for Chinese, and two for English.

Assistance for projects for studying foreign languages

KIIA offers subsidies for foreign language study groups in the city to bear part of the fee paid to language instructors. The amount is subject to our budget allocation.

Provision of volunteer interpreters and translators

We dispatch volunteer interpreters support to schools, organizations, and corporations and offer support for translations upon request.

Kitanagoya district brand project

We aim to develop and spread handmade local specialties of Kitanagoya which started out through international exchange. In the process of planning and development by our citizens, figs were chosen as the core for Kitanagoya brand product, and we shall promote our products through campaigns with Icchan, an image character inspired from figs (ichijiku in Japanese).

Program for creating a multicultural society

We promote interaction and networking among local and foreign residents and families through various programs.

Programs for international understanding

We offer a series of lectures and movie shows for our citizens to deepen international understanding under the titles: “Get to know the world” and “Regional development through international exchange.”

Subsidies for international exchange projects

We provide assistance for international exchange projects implemented by organizations in Kitanagoya. The amount is subject to our budget allocation.

Consultation for foreign residents

We open a counselling counter for foreign residents where they can come to share and discuss their problems.

Publication of newsletters

The KIIA newsletters are tucked and delivered inside the city’s local paper “Kitanagoya City Times” in July, November and April.

Facebook

KIIA activities are introduced and updated on Facebook to expand the network for exchanges and promote open management and participation of citizens

Updating our website

We update our website with information on KIIA activities, introduction of events and programs, and invitation for new members. The foreign language versions of the website are prepared by KIIA volunteers.

Program Policy

In the aim of promoting grass roots exchange and making Kitanagoya more international, we will subsidize costs for representative citizens to visit and to promote grass roots exchange with people in the Asia Pacific and other regions.
In response to diverse requests from our citizens, in collaboration with the city, we will send a study tour to Taiwan with which we hope to have more exchanges.
We hope to create a model in which citizens play the main role in international exchange. Citizens will be involved in the whole process from sharing ideas, planning, and management to implementation.
This program will be funded by donations from charitable persons to Kitanagoya City.

Program plan

Grassroots Exchange Program (Specific Revenue Sources)