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Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders' Dialogue

Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders' Dialogue
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SPF, The Nippon Foundation, the Tokyo Foundation, and other affiliates have implemented/supported a variety of people exchange and human resources development projects over the past several decades. The almost 30,000 beneficiaries of these projects represent a vast and diverse reservoir of talent that spans the globe. Although we have been largely successful in identifying and nurturing the next generation of leaders through its programs, we have been less successful in generating a synergy effect among our beneficiaries by providing opportunities for continued interaction among those who were on the same program or by creating new links between those from different programs.

Against this backdrop, in July 2006, SPF, The Nippon Foundation, and Tokyo Foundation initiated a retreat program-"Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders' Dialogue." The objective of this retreat program is two-fold: firstly, for strengthening existing ties and creating new ones between the beneficiaries of our past projects/programs in Asia from people exchange and human resources development projects implemented in Asian countries; secondly, for provide a platform for retreat participants to continuing their interactions and relationships so that new ideas for a shared commitment in engaging issues that are of their mutual concern.

The 1st Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue retreat was organized from September 3rd to 10th, 2006, in the campus of Peking University.
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