JCCP aims to transfer Japan’s technologies to oil-producing countries and support their research efforts, by promoting exchanges between researchers from oil-producing countries and researchers in Japan.

Researchers from oil-producing countries are invited to conduct research activities in Japan under the guidance of Japanese researchers in relevant fields. During their stay in Japan, they not only develop their research capacities, but also gain first-hand experience in Japanese technologies and culture.

Joint seminars with oil-producing countries are also carried out under the Research Support Program. Annual seminars held in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have become regular events. Furthermore, JCCP has launched another initiative for promoting researcher exchanges in FY2007. Under this initiative, Japanese researchers are dispatched to research institutions in oil-producing countries, to provide guidance to local researchers over a long term.

High-Level Researcher Dispatching Program

JCCP launched a program for dispatching Japanese researchers to research institutions in major oil-producing countries, in FY2007.

Academic experts and senior researchers from universities or private companies in Japan, who have made remarkable achievements in their specialized fields, are sent to universities or research institutions in major oil-producing countries long term, to routinely assist in the development of local researchers and their R&D activities, in response to the needs of the counterpart organizations.

In addition to providing guidance, Japanese researchers who are dispatched to oil-producing countries apply their expertise to improving research methods, incubating new and promising research themes, and otherwise promoting the advancement and vitalization of research activities in their respective counterpart organizations.

Saudi-Japan Joint Symposium

Kuwait-Japan Joint Symposium

JCCP regularly hosts a joint catalyst symposium with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dahran, Saudi Arabia, and a joint symposium with Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) in Kuwait.

These symposiums, like the researcher invitation program, were initially launched to provide lateral support to international joint research programs, such as on the development of advanced catalysts.

All joint research programs have been completed to date, but research exchanges are still held on an ongoing basis, as a forum for sharing new research results and technical information, and for supporting researchers in oil-producing countries.