We have been engaged in a JICA’s development assistance program, “Data Collection and Survey on Development of SMEs in Turkey” with UNICO International Corporation, the contractor of the project, in the fields of “Production Management and Kaizen” and “Financial Management and Accounting”.

Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, our operations for the project have been conducted via online. In August 2021, we made a presentation on KAIZEN/Export Marketing and Financial Management to SMEs in Turkey during online management seminars.

From November 1st to 12th, we conducted individual consultation for the SMEs in Istanbul, Ankara and other industrial cities and provided advice on management improvement.  On November 8, JICA and KOSGEB (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization) organized online workshop using Case Study of Turkish SMEs, where Tamada and Mukaiyama participated as lecturers and provided more than 50 small business owners with opportunities for improving their business skills to cope with business crisis.

For information about JICA’s assistance activities, please visit:
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/index.html

                                                                                                           （November 2021)