ADFIAP, represented by its Secretary General, Octavio B. Peralta, was invited by Japan’s Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS) to participate in its Executive Program for Corporate Management (EPCM) which was held on March 5, 2021, with preparatory meetings on March 2 and 3, 2021.

The event conducted on a hybrid light format (where speakers are in-person in one venue while participants attend online) was attended by 19 participants from 14 countries.

EPCM, an instructor-facilitated case study method discussion-type course, is one of the longest-running programs of AOTS that started 38 years ago in 1983. The lead speaker and program director was Dr. Tsuneo Yahagi, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of the Keio University.

AOTS https://www.aots.jp/en/ is an organization for human resources development in developing countries to promote technical cooperation through training, expert dispatch and other programs. Established in August 10, 1959, AOTS 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.

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