The Executive Development Center for Global Leadership

The Executive Development Center for Global Leadership (CGL) was established in 2013 in response to an increasing demand for short-term training for government officials, particularly for senior executives, middle management level officials and public policy professionals.

GRIPS has responded to specific requests from foreign government organizations by providing tailor-made short-term training programs matched to specific requests and necessity. By establishing CGL, GRIPS can provide various kinds of short-term training programs more proactively and systematically.

Examples of Themes

• Leadership development and management in the 21st century
• Public management in general
• Structure and process of government
• Organization management
• Civil service system and human resource management
• Tools of government
• Legal systems and legislative review
• Administrative reform and innovation
• Good governance
• Trust in the government
• Ethics and anti-corruption
• Local governance in general
• Local government administration
• Local government financial administration
• Management of inter-governmental relations
• Public Policy Analysis
• Specific Substantive Policies

Components of Training Programs

In response to specific demands, the short-term training programs are composed of the following components.

• Lectures (by professors from GRIPS and other universities, government officials, business executives and specialists in research institutions, etc.)

• Field trips or visits to government offices and other places of interests related to themes of training

• Group discussions and workshops with government officials and GRIPS students (foreign government officials)

• Writing policy papers and presentations

• Exchanges with people from Japan

Number of Trainees

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