From 15 to 17 November we visited Brisbane to attend the JET Alumni Association (JETAA) Oceania Regional Conference hosted by the JETAA QLD chapter. The conference is held every year by JETAA Oceania to discuss and improve its activities and is attended by a few members from each chapter (5 chapters in Australia and 3 chapters in New Zealand). This year’s theme was “Sister City Relationships” since we reached the 50th anniversary of sister city relationship between Australia and Japan and the 40th one between New Zealand and Japan.
At the beginning of the conference Hakuta, on behalf of CLAIR delivered a presentation about the tradition and current situation of the sister city relationships among the three countries. The attendees then exchanged views on how they could get involved in sister city programs and what fields would be better for them to play a role in. In light of these new ideas, we at CLAIR have confirmed our renewed commitment to cooperate with JETAA as to further develop sister city relationships.
Held jointly with the conference were the Welcome Home Reception for QLD JET programme participants – held on the evening of 15 November – and the JETAA QLD 20th Anniversary Celebration which was held in the evening of 16 November.
