JICA Training Course "The Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas"

Background and Objectives of Training

International EMECS Center, commissioned by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has organized a training course titled "The Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas" every year since 1990. The aim of the course is to contribute to the development of human resources that will promote the advancement of the environmental preservation of coastal seas in developing countries.

The course targets officers, technical officers, engineers, researchers, educators in governmental administrative bodies who are engaged in the environmental management of enclosed coastal seas in developing countries as participants. The course is designed to provide the participants with knowledge on environmental management strategy, control methods, and waste water treatment to deal with environmental problems and water quality conservation in enclosed coastal seas in Japan. Participants can learn and acquire skills, especially through our experiences of environmental management applied to the environmental restoration of the Seto Inland Sea, the largest enclosed sea in Japan, which had suffered serious environmental pollution in the 1960’s and 1970’s during the rapid economic growth in Japan.

Contents and Methods of Training

During the course, the participants are given lectures on environmental management, environmental policy, water pollution, wastewater and waste management, coastal ecosystem etc., and practices such as analysis technique, mainly by university professors, administrative officers.
The participants are also given opportunities to examine possible applicability of these strategies through on-site visits with the cooperation of ministries, local governments, research institutes, universities and private enterprises.

History of Participation