About US
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.
AOTS’s Vision
To become a core institution for global human connectivity
Global human connectivity—the connections between people across borders.
As the economy becomes more globalized and information technology advances, the world is becoming connected at greater speeds. In this world without borders, today’s industries—here in Japan and around the globe—are evolving rapidly.
AOTS aims to strengthen its human network and become an institution that connects people and businesses across national boundaries. We aim to play a part in solving any and all social issues related to the field of industrial human resource development and contribute to mutual economic development and friendly relations between countries.
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.
What We Do
Based on our mission of helping to serve developing countries and enable mutual economic development through economic and technical cooperation and enhancing mutual friendship through the establishment of human networks, AOTS actively implement various activities that contribute to the sustainable development of Japan and the international community in an age of rapid globalization through human resources development.
Training Programs
AOTS plans and provides a wide range of training programs for engineers and managers mainly developing countries.
Industry-Academia collaborative programs
In cooperation with Japanese and Japan-Affiliated companies, AOTS promote the Industry-Academia collaborative programs to be implemented at universities in developing countries.
Japanese Language Education
AOTS promote the industrial development of Japan and the world through Japanese language education for global industrial human resources.
Business Exchange
AOTS Research Institute (ARI) implements various projects to promote globalization of Japanese companies and municipalities and to support for foreign talents’ job placement in Japanese companies.
AOTS supports the AMEICC Secretariat in AOTS Bangkok Office.
Partner & Collaboration
AOTS Alumni Societies (AAS) are non-profit private organizations voluntarily founded in various parts of the world by EX-AOTS (or HIDA) training participants. 73 AOTS Alumni Societies in 44 countries and regions are actively involved in human resources development as well as the enhancement of their countries’ friendly relations with Japan and other countries as an important partner of AOTS.
