standing relations between the Kingdom and Japan, was built on a piece of land donated by Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard in 2002. The institute aims to make Saudi youth technically qualified in general car maintenance, according to a press statement published today. The SJAHI facility includes 30 classrooms and two large workshops with the most sophisticated training equipment in addition to 80 cars provided by Japanese manufacturers and their local distributors for students' training. Referring to JICA's efforts in promoting Saudization, Miyoshi said: "SJAHI itself symbolizes the great effort made jointly by JICA and the General Organization for Technical Education and Vocational Training (GOTEVOT) to train the national work force. All dealers of Japanese cars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are today waiting for the SJAHI automobile technicians to join their workshops." The JICA chief emphasized that this automobile institute was part of the Kingdom's efforts to nationalize jobs and further activate the role of the private sector in developing the process of Saudization. Nearly 400 Saudi students are currently on the rolls of SJAHI. According to a SJAHI report, the automobile institute has designed tailor-made intensive courses, which directly correspond to the needs of auto industry in the Kingdom. Many local distributors of Japanese cars - Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Mazda, Isuzu, Subaru and Daihatsu - are partners in the SR100 million automobile institute with Japanese car manufacturers.
