Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Kazakhstan Agency for International Development (KazAID) had conducted a joint 2-days seminar introducing KAIZEN philosophy on October 24-25, 2022 in Dushanbe. The seminar was supported by JICA Kazakhstan and Tajikistan offices, Kazakhstan-Japan Center for Human Development (KJC), SIBI (State Institute of Business Incubator) and BIP (Business Project Incubator). It became a logical continuation of the online seminar conducted by these agencies on March 2-4, 2022 for Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. KazAID is one of the first steps which indicates how Kazakhstan has evolved from a recipient of international assistance to an international donor aimed to support Central Asian countries in their economic and social development.
22 representatives of business and head management of SIBI gathered in a welcoming atmosphere of The Rumi Hotel - the venue for the seminar. Official opening addresses were made by the Chairman of the Board of KazAID Mr. Dastan Eleukenov and by the Chief Representative of JICA Tajikistan Office Mr.TAKASAKA Muneo. The main speaker for the seminar was Mr. Serik Akashev - the certified consultant on practical KAIZEN of KJC. He had presented a splendid knowledge in KAIZEN philosophy and tools, lean productivity and the management of business processes with Japanese approach as well as practical use of KAIZEN. The lecturer also shared his own good experience of the approaches and methods application in self growth and daily personal development.
Mr. Bekbolat Moldabekov - Deputy Chairman of the Public Services Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan made a presentation on the digitalization of public services in the field of entrepreneurship and shared the practice of Kazakhstan. Closing remarks were made by Mr. Dastan Eleukenov and by Project formulation adviser of JICA Kazakhstan Field Office Ms. ITO Aya. They were particularly interested in issues such as digitalization and provision of services in electronic format, loss minimization and lean production, KAIZEN tools, project cycle and the experience of Kazakhstan companies in applying the Japanese approach to business management. The participants positively assessed the high quality of the seminar and the professionalism of the lecturer, whose presentation was enjoyed by the entire audience. Most of the participants responded that they were planning to apply the acquired knowledge in their work, especially in business consulting, management and in production. Also, they recognized that KAIZEN philosophy is very useful for their personal and career development. In this regard, the KazAID staff members received requests to conduct similar events in the near future. It was a great opportunity to see how Kazakhstan continues sharing their gained knowledge and the KAIZEN philosophy with the people in Tajikistan. We hope such relation will continue and strengthen from now on.