Abstract
In order to stimulate voluntary action by local residents towards greenery improvement, there is a need for a strong leadership role within the area. And for the training programs to be effective, it is essential from the very start o correctly assess the level of ‘problem awareness’ that the applicants have and mould course contents according to this level and the applicant's wishes. Therefore, at this Institute, a questionnaire survey has been conducted. This has been aimed at those who wish to attend lectures at the facilities opened by hlvogo Prefecture about cultivating leaders to promote greenery activities within the local area. This has been carried out in order to obtain some understand as to the applicants' reasons for applying and their motivations. Results reveal that, due to differing age factors and past experience in town planning and town development, the applicants' reasons for applying differ greatly. As a conse-quence, the course contents they wish to study also differ accordingly. Results also show that the relationship between the applicant's reasons and the program contents seem to have a fixed pattern, a feature which is most obvious when looking at the male applicants in the retirement ago grouping.
