Ethio-Japan Partnership Seminar Proceeding - CRDA Ethiopia

The coordinator for NGO-JICA desk in CRDA, Wz. Tsehay took the opportunityand passed her gratefulness to all the participants for the success of the seminarand especial thanks to TICAD for initiating the organization of the seminar.The seminar was closed at 5:30 p.m. with the following closing remark by Mr.Asfaw from DPPC.CONCLUDING REMARKSMr. Asfaw Mekuria, representative of DPPA was honored to close the seminarwith his concluding remarks. In his brief speech, he thanked all the participantsfor their attentive and active participation in all the sessions. He also expressedhis gratitude to the Japanese Embassy and CRDA for organizing such seminarsthat widen opportunity. He also said it is a good start to have such opportunitiesfor civil societies and NGOs to work in collaboration with the Japanesegovernment. It also created connection wit the Asian NGOs and Japanesegovernment. He also urged the Japanese government to be more flexible interms of strategies and policies with the conditions of Ethiopia to perform thosejoint tasks in expeditious manners. He also remarked the Ethiopian civil societiesto exploit the fullest resources they obtain from the aid, and also look into localopportunities and possibilities that will help to execute the needed tasksindependently and self-sufficiently.30