The Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS) is a Japanese organization for human resources development in developing countries that promotes technical cooperation through training, experts dispatch and other programs.
Through those programs, we aim at contributing to the economic growth of both the developing countries and Japan as well as enhancing friendly relations between those countries.
Brochure “Guide to AOTS” is available for download here.
Name
The Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships
Established
August 10, 1959
Aims
To promote mutual economic development of Japan and other countries and friendly relationships between them by conducting activities to facilitate industrial globalization, trade, investment, and international economic cooperation.
Main activities to achieve AOTS' s aims
- Providing training to trainees and other personnel for the development of industry and human resources in Japan and abroad
- Dispatching experts and other personnel for the development of industry and human resources in Japan and abroad
- Conducting research and other programs related to the development of industry and human resources in Japan and abroad
- Managing and operating facilities required for the development of industrial human resources in Japan and abroad
- Financing Japanese small- and medium-sized companies to promote their overseas investment which will contribute to the development of industry in developing regions, and conducting related research activities
Endowment of the Organization
JPY 700,000,000
Scale of operations
Approximately JPY 5,400,000,000 (FY2024 budget)
- Training Programs in Japan 119 courses for 2,800 participants
- Overseas Training Programs 93 courses for 3,300 participants
- Endowed Programs 55 courses
- Experts Dispatch programs 210 experts
- Internship Program and others
Total number of participants / experts / interns
Cumulative total as of 31 Mar. 2024
- Training Programs in Japan 205,310 participants
- Overseas Training Programs 243,930 participants
- Endowed Programs 25,704 participants
- Experts Dispatch Programs 10,559 experts
- Internship Programs 1,335 interns
Offices
Domestic bases
Kitasenju Office (Adachi-ku, Tokyo), Tokyo Training Center (Adachi-ku, Tokyo), Kansai Training Center (Osaka city, Osaka)
Overseas bases
Bangkok, Jakarta, New Delhi
Number of staff
141 (as of April 2024) *including fixed-term staff