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DESCRIPTION:Sasakawa Fellows’ Network Meeting in South Asia\n \nCommunication, coordination and cooperation were the themes at the forefront during the South Asia Sasakawa Fellows’ Network meeting, held in Colombo from 19 to 22 January 2010.  The meeting re-united 14 WMU graduates who has been supported by a Sasakawa Fellowship; the graduates are from Bangladesh, India, Japan, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.  Mr Eisuke Kudo, Mr Eiji Sakai and Mr Shinichi Ichikawa from the Ocean Policy Research Foundation organised the Network Meeting.\n \nThe meting was organised to strengthen Sasakawa Fellows’ network activity across and between the South Asian nations, and to emphasise the importance of sharing information and expertise between Fellows.  It reunited WMU graduates from across the generations – the most senior being Mr Iqbal Karim of Bangladesh (TMS 1992) and the most junior Mr Shantanu Paul of India (SM 2009).\n \nThe keynote speakers were Mr Masazumi Nagamitsu, the Executive Director of the Nippon Foundation, Mr Upul Jayathissa (PM 1997), the Deputy Chief Manager of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Dr Satoshi Inoue, the Secretary-General Emeritus of the International Association of Ports and Harbors, and Captain Nalaka Jayakody (MET 2001), Dean of the Faculty of Commercial Sciences at the Colombo International Nautical & Engineering College.\n \nThe meeting considered presentations on the current maritime scene in each South Asian country, along with over-views of the maritime sector in each state, which identified both common areas of interest and specific national differences.  The Fellows also considered network activities and methods of communication.  “These discussions lay a firm foundation for the future development of the national networks and the regional network,” said Mr Eisuke Kudo.  “I am very pleased that we have held such a productive meeting, which has also clearly helped to give new impetus to the Fellows’ network.”  \n \n
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SUMMARY:Sasakawa Fellows' Network Meeting in South Asia
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