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The 21st
Century Renaissance Youth Leaders Invitation
Program 2001
The 21st
Century Renaissance Youth Leaders Invitation Program
is complemented
as an innovative and advanced to welcome the youth of the next
generation to the new century. This program is a follow up of the 40
year history of the International Youth Exchange Programs which started
in 1959 by the Japanese Government to commemorate the marriage of H.M.
the Emperor.
Objective
Those
youth who are taking active roles in various fields from business to
education to youth development and who live in different parts of world
are invited to Japan to participate in the 21st Century
Renaissance Youth Leaders Invitation Program 2001. By providing a wide
range of activities with the Japanese youth , we seek to :
a) promote
understanding towards Japan for the overseas participants
b) promote mutual friendship and
understanding among the youth from Japan and the respective countries
c) broaden international outlook of the Japanese youth
d) foster the spirit of international
cooperation , continuous peace and prosperity
e) to elevate the abilities of the
participants to take part in the field of international cooperation
For the
fruit of this efforts, we expect to develop and cultivate youth who are
capable of showing leadership in different areas of globalizing world
and to encourage them to take an active part in youth development
activities.
Participating
countries
A
total of 169 participants from 38 countries ;
1.Ex-participants
of Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP) ;
| Invited
Countries |
Number
of Invitees
(per country) |
Total |
Brunei
Darussalam
Kingdom of Cambodia
Republic of Indonesia
Lao people's Democratic Republic
Malaysia
Union of Myanmar
Republic of Singapore
Republic of the Philippines
Kingdom of Thailand
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam |
4
Invitees including :
1 Leader and
3 Participating Youths |
40 |
2.
Ex-Participants of the Ship for World Youth Program (SWY)
|
Invited
countries |
Number
of Invitees
(per country) |
Total |
|
Australia
State of Bahrain
Canada
India
Republic of Kenya
United Mexican States
New Zealand
Kingdom of Sweden
United Arab Emirates
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
4
Invitees Including :
1 Leader and
4 Participating Youths |
44 |
3.New
participants from 17 countries.
| Invited
countries |
Number
of the Invitees
(per country) |
Total |
Kingdom
of Belgium
People's Republic of China
Arab Republic of Egypt
Republic of Finland
Republic of Italy
Jamaica
Hashemite Kingdom Jordan
Republic of Korea
Mongolia
Kingdom of Nepal
Republic of Palau
Papua New Guinea
Russian Federation
United Republic of Tanzania
Kingdom of Tonga
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Federal Republic of Yukoslavia |
5
Invitees Including ;
1 Leader and
4 participating youths |
85 |
The
84 invitees from SSEAYP and SWY will be divided into 4 groups ;
1. Economy group
2. Education group
3. Leadership group
4. Information Technology (IT)
group |