| The 11th Round of the ISI
Tokyo Session Memorial Program for Financial Assistance |
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This Program was established after the 46th ISI Session (1987) held in Tokyo to provide ISI Session participants of developing countries with financial support for travel and accommodation expenses for the purpose of encouraging the activities of ISI and promoting development of the world statistics.
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Active ISI session participants of developing countries which are included in the ISI Developing Countries list (*1) or the latest DAC (Development Assistance Committee, OECD) List of ODA Recipients (*2), i.e., authors of invited papers, invited paper session organizers and ISI council members.
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In the case of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) of the DAC list, authors of contributed papers or contributed paper session organizers will be also considered. |
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The grantees from the program within the past five years and ISI ex-officio members are ineligible.
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| 2. The Number of Persons to be Admitted |
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In principle, no more than one applicant will be selected from a same country.
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| 3. Scope of Costs to be Granted |
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Travel expense |
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Accommodation expense |
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Daily expense |
| 4. Basis of Calculation of Amount to be Granted |
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The amount to be granted is determined based upon an applicant's own estimate, in consideration of the following.
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An actual amount incurred using a usual route between the applicant's dwelling place and where the Session takes place.
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An accommodation and daily expense which is determined for the
Durban Session with the cost-of-living at Durban taken into
consideration. The hotel should be of medium grade.
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All applicants are requested to save on costs as much as possible, using a discounted ticket for instance.
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The maximum amount for a grantee is 300,000 Japanese Yen. If the amount calculated in a) and b) exceeds this, the maximum amount will be granted.
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Application forms consist of 3 pages as follows and they can
be downloaded from this homepage. The filled-in application
forms must be received by the Institute of Statistical Research
no later than April
10, 2009. Application through e-mail(isi-tokyo-memorial@isr.or.jp)
is possible. Please note that Application Form without date
or signature is not acceptable. |
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The screening panel notifies all applicants as to their decision
by the end of May 2009 and, for accepted ones, an amount to
be granted is to be forwarded to his/her bank account approximately
by the end of
June 2009.
In the selection, those who have been recommended to us by organizers will be considered with priority. |
| 8. Submission of Participation Certificate |
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Within the two weeks of the closing date of the ISI session, all the grantees must submit documents issued either by the secretariat of the session, or by the session organizer to certify his/her participation in the session.
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Kei Takeuchi
Chairman
Steering Committee of
The ISI Tokyo Session Memorial Program;
Institute of Statistical Research |
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The Institute of Statistical Research is a non-profit, private organization operating under supervision of Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Government of Japan.
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Application Form |
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Application Form Annex A(Travel Plan) |
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Application Form Annex B(CV) |
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