General Incorporated Association

International Engineer Support Association

I E S A

Currently, we act as a bridge between Japanese construction companies and Ukrainian engineers, and support everything from job requests to payment.

About association

Articles of incorporation

Members Only

Staff Only

Activity Purpose

The purpose is to contribute to the public interest widely by promoting job offer support, technical education, and international cooperation for overseas engineers living in conflict areas and developing countries

Introduction of overseas engineers and companies to Japanese construction companies
Advice and support on how to offer jobs to overseas engineers and companies
Economic cooperation related to planning, holding, and management support for lectures, workshops, and human resource development
Investigation, research, evaluation, planning, advice, etc
Providing information on overseas engineers and companies
Organizing events aimed at international exchange and activities related to the dissemination and enlightenment of international mutual understanding
All business related to the preceding items

【Now is the time to work online anywhere in the world】

CAD conversion of hand-drawn drawings, blueprints, and paper drawings for civil engineering and construction! Numerical check!

✔ Create damage diagrams for towers, bridges and concrete structures!

✔ Create development drawings of slopes, pavements, etc., Heron calculations!

✔ Check plan, cross section (longitudinal) and bill of quantities!

✔ Enter numbers, check numbers, create Excel spreadsheets!

✔ Construction document creation (entering common items into construction documents)!

✔ Verification and numerical value check against the completed form/quality control list and photos!

✔ Digitize PDFs scanned from Japanese handwritten sentences, diagrams and papers (Word・Excel conversion)!

【Concerns of Japanese business owners and on-site managers】

✔ I can't spend time on my main business such as on-site management and design...I want to concentrate on my main business!

✔ My productivity doesn't go up... I want to increase my cost performance!

✔ Overtime...I want to go home as soon as possible!

✔ Engineer training... It takes time to train! Growing up is hard!

Also, labor costs, education costs, time costs... the financial burden (fixed costs) is huge!

【Matching as a bridge between Japanese and overseas engineers】

Connecting Japanese construction companies with overseas engineers and companies looking for work

✔ Introducing overseas engineers!

✔ Advice from work request to payment!

✔ Advice on Japanese taxation and laws in overseas transactions!

✔ Support Japanese, Kanji, and technical terms at the overseas contact!

✔ Visa application and voyage advice!

Ukraine support

We provide job support to Ukrainians who lost their jobs due to the invasion of Russia

As a bridge between Ukraine and member companies, we introduce engineers and provide support from job requests to payments

As of November 2022, a United Nations study found that more than 15 million Ukrainians have been forced from their homes, unemployed and displaced both inside and outside the country

On the other hand, men aged 18 to 60 cannot, in principle, leave the country due to conscription

There are many people who say that their wives and daughters cannot leave their fathers and husbands alone and evacuate abroad

【Report】On October 4, 2023, Ms. Krystyna, Ms. Susanna, and Ms. Hanna came to Japan. At this time, members of our association, Mr. Ono from the NPO Beautiful World, Mr. Yamaguchi from Beppu City Hall, Mr. Oleksandr and Ms. Olena, evacuees from Ukraine, and Ms. Otsu, a Kyushu University student, 16 people in total gathered.

Opinions were exchanged regarding our association's initiatives and future projects. They then shared information on the current situation in Ukraine, collaboration and support status with the country, local governments, organizations, and companies, and case studies. We will listen to information and issues from everyone, and work together to advance support activities through the Ukraine contact point.

・At a time when Japan's working population is decreasing, treating Ukrainians as a "human investment" and including them will lead to increased corporate value

・Providing work benefits both parties. At the same time, it also helps solve human rights issues

・Although Ukrainians are highly educated and have a higher education level than the EU average, because they are refugees, they are unable to utilize their high skills and experience and are unable to find jobs that match their abilities

・Giving opportunities for success and matching can be beneficial for Japanese companies as the workforce continues to decline

・As the debate on "business and human rights" progresses, companies will be required to provide jobs to Ukraine and hire displaced people

As the war drags on, it is difficult to continue making donations, and business development is needed. We believe this is an opportunity to fill the shortage of human resources in Japan with human resources from Ukraine. We hope that our association's activities will be viewed as a long-term business opportunity.