Projects

Program Agenda 2011

Regular Projects The Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund The Sasakawa Japan-China Friendship Fund The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund The Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund

Note: G=Grant Project; SO=Self Operated Project; C=Commissioned Project

Regular Projects

Program Policy (2008～ )
1. Efforts to Ensure Peace and Security in the International Community
  1. 1.1 Peace Building and Security Issues
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Research on New Maritime Security The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    		 SO/C 2/3 26,000,000yen
    Peace Building in Asia and the Role of Japan The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    		 SO/C 2/3 25,000,000yen
    Forging People to People Solidarity in Peace Building in Southern Thailand and Mindanao Initiatives for International Dialogue: IID (Philippines)
    		 G 2/3 7,700,000yen
    Deep South Peace Media Network Development Project Deep South Watch (Thailand)
    		 G 2/3 10,000,000yen
    Establishment of Japan's Network on International Border Studies The Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University (Japan)
    		 G 2/3 12,500,000yen
  2. 1.2 Non-Traditional Security Issues
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Alliance for Disaster Assistance in the Asia-Pacific Region Civic Force (Japan)
    		 G 2/3 11,500,000yen
    Policy Framework for Refugee Acceptance and the Role of Japan The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    		 SO 1/3 11,500,000yen
    Strengthening Multi-Sector Collaboration in Asia for Refugee Assistance Japan Association for Refugees (Japan)
    		 G 1/3 11,000,000yen
    Toward Public Health Sector Recovery: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Center for Community Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine（Japan)
    		 G 1/2 8,800,000yen
2. Addressing Positive and Negative Aspects of Globalization
  1. 2.1 Market and Disparities Issues
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Globalization and Disparity in the Development Project The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)
    		 SO/C 2/2 35,000,000yen
  2. 2.2 Issues Involving Demographic Changes and Population Movement
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Creation of an e-learning system to support foreign nurses and caregivers on EPA preparing for license exams in Japan The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) (Japan)
    		G 3/3 10,100,000yen
    Infrastructure Development for the Promotion of Intercultural Nursing/Care Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters Department of Sociology (Japan)
    		 G 2/2 9,300,000yen
    Promote discussion about comprehensive policies toward foreign workers and residents in Japan The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    Institute for Human Diversity Japan
    		 SO/C 1/1 18,000,000yen
  3. 2.3 Interface Issues between Science and Technology and Society
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Toward a Paradigm Shift for Innovation in a Globalizing Society The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    Institute of Technology Management Strategy (Japan)
    		 SO/C 1/2 20,000,000yen
3. Promotion of Mutual Understanding between Priority Regions and Japan
  1. 3.1 Exchange Program between Japan and The United States
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Japan-US Opinion Leaders' Dialogue II The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    		 SO/C 1/3 132,500,000yen
    Strengthening US-Japan Initiatives for Common Policy Issues Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA)
    		 G 3/3 15,000,000yen
    SPF　Fellowship Program Pacific Forum CSIS (USA)
    		 G 2/3 14,900,000yen
    Shifting Views of Power in the U.S.-Japan Alliance Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (USA)
    		 G 1/1 9,600,000yen
    Japan's Global Engagement The Project 2049 Institute (USA)
    		 G 1/1 7,700,000yen
    China's Competitiveness: Myths, Realities and Lessons for the U.S. and Japan Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (USA)
    		 G 1/2 9,100,000yen
    U.S.-Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue: Toward Enhanced Trilateralism National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP) (USA)
    		 G 1/3 4,100,000yen
    Assessment; Japan-U.S. Response to Fukushima Crisis The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    		 SO 1/2 14,000,000yen
    Defense Budgets, American Power, and Asian Security The Brookings Institution (USA)
    		 G 1/2 8,100,000yen
    Young Strategists Forum The German Marshall Fund（GMF）of the United States (USA)
    		G 1/1 14,600,000yen
  2. 3.2 Exchange Program between Japan and the Middle East

The Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund

Program Guidelines (2009～2013)
1. Cooperation for peace and solidarity between maritime states.
  1. 1.1 Maritime management in the Micronesian region
  2. 1.2 Communication and exchange for maritime safety
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Exploratory Research on Models of a Micronesian Marine Protected Area The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)
    		 SO 2/2 17,500,000yen
2. Communication with development towards self-supporting island nations
  1. 2.1 Education
  2. 2.2 Health care
  3. 2.3 Information sharing

The Sasakawa Japan-China Friendship Fund

Guidelines (2011～)
1. Personnel exchange and dialogue
2. Information sharing and groundwork activities for mutual understanding
3. Cooperation for social and economic development
Guidelines (1995～2011)
1. Fostering Human Resources for 21st-Century Japan-China Relations
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special Funds		 Type Year Budget
Training Program for Japanese Language Learners from Regional Universities China Education Association for International Exchange (China)
 G 3/5 18,500,000yen
Development of Materials to Teach the Japanese Language Beijing Center for Japanese Studies (China)
 G 4/4 8,200,000yen
Healthy Community Construction Project Kumamoto University (Japan)
 G 3/3 4,100,000yen
2. Deepening Mutual Understanding in the 21st Century
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special Funds		 Type Year Budget
Book Translation and Publication Project for Understanding Contemporary Japan The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Editorial Committee for the Books for Understanding Contemporary Japan Project (China)
 SO/C 3/5 26,000,000yen
Facilitating Dialogue between Future Leaders The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
China Association for International Friendly Contact (China)
 SO/G 3/5 9,000,000yen
Japan-China Field Officer Exchange The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
 SO 1/5 25,000,000yen
Japan-visit Program for CCP Local Leaders The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
People's China Magazine Company
 SO/C 1/2 10,500,000yen
Invitation Program for Chinese Magazine Journalists The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
 SO 1/5 6,000,000yen
Japan-China Young Historians' Seminar The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
 SO 1/5 15,000,000yen
Invitation Program for Popular Chinese Bloggers The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
 SO 1/5 7,000,000yen
3. Activities to Promote Japan-China Relations in the 21st Century
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special Funds		 Type Year Budget
Forty Years of Japan-China Relations in Review (1972～2012) The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
 SO 3/4 15,000,000yen
4. Activities to Advance the Fund's International Role
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special Funds		 Type Year Budget
Expanding the Public Relations Activities of the Japan-China Friendship Fund The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
People's Daily Online Japan Co., Ltd. (Japan)
 SO/C 3/5 9,000,000yen

The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund

Guidelines (2009～2013)
1. Promotion of people-to-people exchanges between Japan and Asian countries
  1. 1.1 Exchanges of future leaders
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Exchange program for Young Asian Parliamentarians The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    Secretariat of National Assembly of Cambodia (Cambodia), Mongolian Development Research Center (Mongol)
    		 SO/C 3/5 19,000,000yen
    Enhancing Indo-Japan Relations: Visit to Japan by Indian Parliamentarians / Phase II Confederation of Indian Industry (India)
    		 G 3/3 9,300,000yen
  2. 1.2 Invitation of opinion leaders
2. Promotion of regional collaboration
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special Funds		 Type Year Budget
Strengthening Regional Integration in ASEAN through multi-channel Dialogue SPF
 SO 1/3 12,500,000yen
3. Support to prioritized countries
  1. 3.1 Support to CLMV countries
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Training for Civil Servants in Myanmar The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    		 SO/C 3/3 26,000,000yen
    Capacity Building for Young Researchers in Myanmar's Industrial Field Myanmar Economic & Management Institute (Japan)
    		G 3/3 13,900,000yen
    Capacity Building for Cambodian Public Officials The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    The Council for Administrative Reform: CAR (Cambodia)
    		 SO/C 2/3 12,700,000yen
    Capacity Enhancement for ASEAN Journalists The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    Media Education and Development Initiative for ASEAN Region (MEDIAR) (Cambodia)
    		 SO/C 1/1 8,700,000yen
    Strengthening Economic Survey Capacity in Lao PDR National Economic Research Institute (NERI) (Laos)
    		 G 2/3 11,500,000yen
    Pre-hospital Infrastructure Development in Cambodia The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    Coordination Services, Department of Infrastructure Protection, Secretariat of the National Counter-Terrorism Committee
    		 SO/C 1/1 4,000,000yen
  2. 3.2 Support to South Asia
    Project Name Regular Projects/
    Special Funds    		 Type Year Budget
    Strengthening Civil Society and Democratic Institutions for Peace and Stability Sewalanka Foundation (Sri Lanka)
    		 G 2/3 11,500,000yen
    Strengthening the Intellectual Foundations for Contemporary Japanese Studies in India - Phase Ⅱ Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
    		G 2/3 8,600,000yen

The Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund

Guidelines (2009～)
1. Dissemination of information from Japan
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special Funds		 Type Year Budget
Capacity Building for Mutual Understanding between the Middle East and Japan The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
 SO/C 3/3 47,700,000yen
The Analysis of the Middle East Islamic Countries The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
 SO 1/1 8,500,000yen
2. People exchange
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special Funds		 Type Year Budget
Human Resources Exchange between the Middle East and Japan The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Japan Middle East Student Conference (JMESC), The Friendship Association between Japan and Turkey
 SO/C 2/3 26,600,000yen
3. Capacity building
4. Maritime safety guarantee research
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special Funds		 Type Year Budget
Middle East Maritime Security Study The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Research Institute for Peace and Security, JIME CENTER-The Institute of Energy Economics Japan (Japan)
 SO/C 2/3 25,000,000yen

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