Sunday, August 20, 2006
Welcome to 19th Ship for World Youth Program 2007
 What is Ship for World Youth Program?The Ship for World Youth is a unique cultural exchange programme organised by the Government of Japan. The programme is run on an annual basis and each year a different mix of nations participate and different ports of calls are incorporated into the itinerary. The Cabinet Office, Government of Japan describes that the purpose of the Ship For World youth programme is to: * broaden the global view of the Japanese young people; * promote mutual understanding and friendship between Japanese and foreign youths; * cultivate the spirit of international cooperation and the competence to practice it; * foster the youths with capability of showing leadership in various areas of international society; * establish networks; and make a visible international contribution from the perspective of human resource development. To know more about SWY, check out last year program at: http://my.opera.com/swy18 |
