Director General tile version July 2015 (Message from Director General)

On June 27, the Kanagawa Residents' Council (Kenichiro Sawa, Representative Director) held a "Gathering of Residents" at the Kanagawa public hall Hall. "Gathering of inhabitants of a ward" is held every year as a place to announce the activities of the inhabitant of a ward council and a place for proposals. This year, the interim announcement of the 18th term (term of 2 years), which has been active since July 2014, will be held, and it is a great opportunity to know the activities of the inhabitant of a ward council and to think about local issues together. Was.
The inhabitant of a ward council conducts surveys and examinations mainly on the activities of the subcommittee to create a safe and secure livable Kanagawa Ward town, and reflects the results of the activities in the ward administration. The members consist of committee members selected from the Neighborhood Associations and various organizations, as well as members of the public recruitment committee.
As one of the activities of the inhabitant of a ward council, "local gathering" is held several times a year. "Gathering of the Community" is held at the unit of the Union Neighborhood Associations, and set up a subcommittee on opinions and issues that are considered appropriate to work on it as a theme of the inhabitant of a ward council. We are working toward solutions and make proposals. Currently, there are three subcommittees in the inhabitant of a ward council, all of which are based on the "problems" received from local residents in the "local gathering" are the basis of the subcommittee activities.

[Report of the Activities of the Residents' Council]

[Status of the venue]

On the day of the event, the first part reported on the activities of the "Meeting for Easy Information", "M M (Manners and Moral) Meeting", and "Nana no Kai" were reported.
During the 17th term of the anti-crime program Association, the first subcommittee,Kanagawa Ward felt the difficulty of communicating information to various generations. It is a very important viewpoint to convey the necessary information to the inhabitants of the ward easily and easily, and we have great expectations for the examination of the subcommittee.
The second "M M (Manners and Moral) Association", has you think about issues related to manners and morals in living in the community. We are considering the manners and morals of collection site, which were discussed in the activities of the 17th term "Easy Eco-Do Group" in the 17th term. The challenge is how to maintain the aesthetics of the accumulation area, towns and roads.
The third "Nana no Kai", has been engaged in activities to improve local disaster prevention capabilities such as reduce disaster damage since the 16th term. We have been examining from various perspectives on the initiatives of self support and community support conducted by the Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Associations, and the government support. In this fiscal year, we focus on the fact that the roles of evacuation shelter, Neighborhood Associations, and individuals are different between normal times and disastersevacuation shelter.

[Question and Answers to the Committee Report]

[Participative lecture of DIG Training]

In the second part, a participatory lecture was given by Mr. Tabe Shima, chairman of the Nanatsu no Kai, gave a participatory lecture on the theme of "What is absolutely necessary for reduce disaster damage?" DIG training is an acronym for D for Disaster (Disaster), Imagination Imagination, and G for Game. The disaster drill uses maps to mapNeighborhood Association and voluntary disaster prevention organizations. In the lecture, participants at the venue also experienced a part of the DIG training together and provided a very easy-to-understand explanation of the viewpoints to make the training useful for reduce disaster damage.
The Kanagawa Residents' Council is currently active with 47 people. In addition to "gathering of inhabitants of a ward" and "local gathering", we are working to have many people know their activities through the publication of "Kobushi" of the journal "Kobushi" of the magazine, homepage, exhibition of inhabitants of a ward festival, etc. We hope that more inhabitants of the ward will understand so that the activities will be further enhanced in the future. Members of the inhabitant of a ward council "Gathering of inhabitants of a ward" Thank you for your tiredness.

July, 2015
Tomomi Ninomiya, Chief of Kanagawa