International Exchange

Internationalization Plan

Overview

The Internationalization Plan was established as a directive for the promotion of policies corresponding to the ’realization of an international society’ in April 1995.
It draws from ’the outline for the promotion of international exchange throughout the world’ and ’the outline for the promotion of international cooperation in self-governing bodies’ suggested by the former Ministry of Home Affairs.

Realization of the Plan

Bring up the people and the region to coexist with the foreign people who visit or live in Kyoto Prefecture.
Bring up talented people, promote culture and industry, and invigorate each area through international activities.
Ensure Kyoto Prefecture plays a progressive role in international society.

’Kyoto Prefectural International Center’ was established July 1,1996, with a view to advance this plan in cooperation with local residents, cities, towns, villages, private international associations, educational organizations, universities, laboratories and enterprises.

Goals

International understanding amongst prefectural residents and promotion of private international activities
A local society open to the world
Foundation of international activities and community vitalization
Culture exchange and creation
Networks between local areas
Kyoto Prefecture and its residents as members of one global society

The ’KYO Foreign Talent’ Plan

The aim of this plan is to actively invite outstanding foreign talents that can be used in economic, academic and cultural fields as a driving force for development. We shall consider how to create an environment in which foreign talents can easily settle and smoothly progress as we strive for the realization of a ’Kyoto open to the world’.

Plan for Advancing the Establishment of Foreign Talent

In an effort to establish foreign study-abroad students within Japanese companies, the Japanese government (including the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry) created the Asian Human Resource Fund in FY 2007. Efforts are currently underway to use a series of programs, from specialized instruction to employment, to help promote the fostering of practical and innovative human capital in industry.

Kyoto Prefecture has enacted a program to develop high-level practical skills for study-abroad students as part of the Asian Human Resource Fund framework. According to this plan, Kyoto Prefecture is putting into place concrete measures and policies.

Simultaneously, the prefecture is planning for the success of the “Kyoto Foreign Talent Utilization Plan” by organizing the tasks involved in the upgrade of housing and residences needed to accommodate the foreseen increase in foreign students.