Acceptance of trainees

(1) The following group-training courses have been held under the auspices of JICA and the Japanese Standards Association (JSA), with dozens of trainees being accepted every year.

1. Conformity Assessment Systems for Industry Course (since 1979)

This course is for staff in charge of certification, inspection and assessment, and is held once a year for a period of two months with around ten attendees. (The cumulative number of participants as of FY 2000 is 240.)

2. Standardization and Quality System Course (since 1994)

This course is for persons qualified to be trainers in the field of standardization and quality control based on ISO 9000 for ASEAN products, and is held once a year for a period of one month with around eight attendees. (The total number of participants as of FY 2000 is 58.)

3. Legal Measuring Units Course (since 1992)

This course is for persons qualified to be trainers in the field of regal measuring units, and is held once a year for a period of one or two months with around six attendees (The total number of participants as of FY 2000 is 48).

(2) (1)Conformity Assessment,(2)TQM, (3)International Standardization Activities and(4)Measurement Courses

Each of these four courses, held under the auspices of the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), will be for experts in private sectors, and will be held once per year. Each of the following topics will be focused on in one of the three sections.

Supporting the development of international standardization activities
Supporting the development of accreditation and certification activities
Supporting the development of Total Quality Management
Supporting the development of metrology