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  14:00 - 17:00 Session 2: Quality and Productivity Improvement
  14:00 - 14:05 Introduction to the session by the chairman by H.E. Mr. Tadesse Haile,
State Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry
  14:05 - 14:20 JICA's plan to policy dialogue and development study
by Mr. Masafumi Kuroki,  Vice President, JICA@(PDF 200KB)
  14:20 - 14:40 The experience of Business Process Reengineering in Ethiopia by
Mr. Getahun Tadesse, Head of the Center, Metal Products Development
Center, Ministry of Trade and Industry
  14:40 - 15:05 Benchmarking approach in Ethiopian manufacturing sectors by
Mr. Seleshi Lemma, Head, Textile & Leather Industry Development Dept,
Ministry of Trade and Industry
  15:05 - 15:20 Discussion or Q&A
  15:20 - 15:30 Coffee Break
  15:30 - 15:50 The Japanese history of quality and productivity improvement and
the experience of JICA's project in Latin America
: by Prof. Akio Hosono,
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies  (PDF 78KB) /  PPT (PDF 7800KB)
  15:50 - 16:10 The policy and experience of JICA's assistance in quality and productivity
improvement projects in other countries
: by Mr. Takafumi Ueda,
Senior Advisor of Private Sector Development, JICA@(PDF 150KB)
  16:10 - 16:30 The experience of JICA's project in Indonesia: by Mr. Toru Homma,
Project Manager, NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative,
Investment Division, Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) (PDF 1080KB)
  16:30 - 16:45 The cluster approach in Ethiopia (video message): by Prof. Keijiro Otsuka and Prof. Tetsushi Sonobe, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies@
(PDF 76KB)
  16:45 -  17:00 Discussion or Q&A