ICA
Facilitation Methods
How
are ICA's Participatory Methods Used in Japan?
Organizational
Transformation
LENS International,
Inc., (established in Japan in 1989) offers consultative
services to both the public and private sectors in
cooperation with ICA Japan. LENS seminars apply the
ICA's unique Technology of Participation (ToP) methods
for problem solving, participatory planning, leadership
development and organizational transformation. Organizations
throughout Japan, including local governments, private
companies, and schools, have worked with LENS for
strategic planning, human resource development, and
corporate identity refinement.
Community Development
ICA Japan also
uses its unique ToP participatory methods to help
the residents of local communities throughout Japan
achieve consensus decision-making and long-range planning.
Using its methods of human consciousness and organizational
transformation in town meetings and leadership training
programs, it seeks to maximize the participation of
grass-roots people in the process of taking responsibility
for their own lives and for their community as a whole.
Hundreds of these seminars have been conducted throughout
Japan and most recently in Fukushima, Saitama, and
Aichi prefectures and in the Koto and Sumida wards
of Tokyo.
Leadership and Youth Development
ICA Japan offers
a number of seminars on facilitation methods training
and personal growth. Working with the YWCA and Rotary
International, these programs have recently emphasized
intercultural and leadership skills training for youth.
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