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Meeting of AUICK Committee
Regular Meeting on 24 June 2005
The AUICK Executive Committee held the first
regular meeting of FY2005 at the meeting room of the AUICK Office from
11:20 am to noon on Thursday, 24 June 2005.
In the opening remark, Mr. Kazutoshi
Sasayama, Chairman of AUICK, underlined how the year 2004 was important
as a kick-off of the new strategy. He also emphasized that capacity
building is essential to strengthen partnership between the associated
cities.
Following the opening remark, the Secretariat
presented a report on achievements for FY2004. The Secretariat gave a
brief description on the Mayor's Conference held on 31 July and 1
August, which was one of the main achievements in 2004.
The Secretariat continued to present a
financial report for FY2004. The Secretariat added that UNFPA had
introduced a new financial system to consolidate its result-based
policy since 2004, and every partner NGO of UNFPA, including AUICK, was
required to shift to the new system from January 2005. Mr. Inoue
informed that the auditors checked the financial report and confirmed
that there was no problem.
The achievements and the final accounts for
FY2004 were anonymously approved by the committee members. Then, some
valuable suggestions were raised by the members.
One member suggested that AUICK's activities
be more publicized to attract more supports and collaborations from the
citizens through maneuvers such as giving a more appealing title to
each event. The Secretariat responded that AUICK would open one of the
programs of the First 2005 Workshop to the public, especially designed
for adolescents, as the UNFPA Seminar jointly organized with UNFPA
Tokyo Office. The title would be "Sound Mind and Sound Body: Let us
think and learn and have a wonderful adolescence" which would be more
attractive to the targeted young people than the original title of the
workshop: "Adolescent Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS."
Another member suggested that it would be
more meaningful to facilitate the use of human resources such as
university professors or retired ambassadors who would be suitable
candidates for AUICK to approach for cooperation in future activities.
Members Attended
Kojiro Niio (Chair)
President, Kobe Institute of Urban Research
Takashi Iga
Professor Emeritus, Kobe University
Shozo Takayose
Professor, Himeji Dokkyo University
Kiyoko Ikegawa
President, Kobe City College of Nursing
Chen RaiXing
Professor, University of Hyogo
Takafumi Inoue
Director, representing Executive Director, Civic Affairs, Culture and
Tourism Bureau, Kobe City Government, and Auditor of AUICK
Kazutoshi Sasayama
Chairman, AUICK
Yoshikane Fujimoto
Executive Director, AUICK
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