Fisheries Training Project in the Federated States of Micronesia
The Fisheries Training Project in the Federated States of Micronesia is a joint program between the Government of Japan and the FSM, commencing in August 2000 ending in July 2003.
The purpose of this program is to enhance the training system in fishing, navigation and marine engineering at FMI through

1. Setting up facilities and equipment necessary for training at FMI,
2. Developing and supplying training curricula for FMI,
3. Developing and supplying teaching materials for FMI,
4. Training instructors of FMI and
5. Enhancing administrative system of FMI.

The achievement of the project was evaluated to be satisfactory by a joint evaluation team composed of representatives from FSM and Japan in February 2003.

We appreciate the support by several people and organization
The following four experts have been dispatched by JICA from August 2000 to July 2003..

Taro Kawamoto : Fishing and Navigation Expert
My main activity is technical assistance regards Fishing and Navigation section. So I mainly have worked together with Fishing and Navigation instructors for the project periods. As a part of activities, I have developed Fishing module textbooks(Fishing module I to IV), GMDSS textbook, Local fisherman's workshop textbook and several kinds of Training manuals such as Radar simulation training, chart work and Navigation instruments. At the same time, I also have organized school training plan such as module based training plan and 2 years collage training systems.