Overview of the Association

Establishment:

August 10, 1959

Purpose:

To promote international economic cooperation and enhance mutual economic development and friendly relations between overseas countries and Japan through training activities for engineers and managers of these countries both in Japan and abroad

Main activities to achieve AOTS's purpose:

1.	Training of engineers and managers from developing countries in Japan
2.	Training of engineers and managers in overseas countries
3.	Management and operation of the facilities required for the above-mentioned training
4.	Other activities necessary to achieve AOTS's purpose

Endowment of the Association:

100,000,000 yen

Total budget for fiscal 2010:

8,900,000,000 yen

Activity plan for fiscal 2010:

Training Program in Japan	273	courses	7,559	participants
Overseas Training Program	54	courses	1,490	participants

Offices and training centers:

1. Head Office	Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2. Training Centers	Tokyo, Yokohama, Kansai (in Osaka City) and Chubu (in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture)
3. Overseas Offices	Beijing, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, New Delhi and Hanoi

Number of staff :

174 (as of April 2010)

Competent authorities:

Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

This symbol of AOTS was adopted in October 1981, and was legally registered as our symbol as well as the logo AOTS in May, 2003 at the Japan Patent Office. We hope that this emblem will be loved of all for a long time, and that it will serve to deepen understanding of AOTS activities.

Our distinctive symbol is designed to represent AOTS's three basic aims: technology transfer through the human resource development of developing countries; mutual understanding; and the strengthening of the developing nations' economies. At the same time, the outer triangle's three sides represent the three developing areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The triangle itself resembles the initial letter A of these three regions. The machine-like appearance represents technology; the union of elements, interdependence and friendship; and the projecting parts, growth and development.

We hope that this emblem, as the symbol of AOTS, will be loved by all, and that it will serve to deepen the friendship between AOTS and all AOTS trainees.