Program Agenda 2009
Regular Projects The Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund The Sasakawa Japan-China Friendship Fund The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund The Sasakawa Middle East Islam FundNote: 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 Peace Building and Security Issues
- 1.2 Non-Traditional Security Issues
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special FundsType Year Budget Addressing an Avian Flu Pandemic through Intraregional Cooperation The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
SO/C 2/3 43,000,000yen
2. Addressing Positive and Negative Aspects of Globalization
- 2.1 Market and Disparities Issues
- 2.2 Issues Involving Demographic Changes and Population Movement
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special FundsType Year Budget The Global Demographic Change and Labor Migration in Asia The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Institute for Human Diversity Japan (Japan)
SO/C 2/3 45,000,000yen Promoting Cooperation towards the Challenge of an Aging Asian Society Asian Aging Business Center (Japan)
G 2/3 6,300,000yen 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 1/3 10,100,000yen - 2.3 Interface Issues between Science and Technology and Society
3. Promotion of Mutual Understanding between Priority Regions and Japan
- 3.1 Exchange Program between Japan and The United States
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special FundsType Year Budget Promoting Japan-US Relations: An Opinion Leaders' Dialogue The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Stanford Japan Center Research, CSIS Pacific Forum (USA), Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (USA)
SO/C 2/3 30,000,000yen Strengthening US-Japan Initiatives for Common Policy Issues The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA)
SO/G 1/3 13,818,000yen Expansion of the Strategic Horizon for Japan's National Security and the Future of Japan-US Relations The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
SO 1/2 5,000,000yen Japan Matters for America/ America Matters for Japan East-West Center (USA)
G 1/2 12,600,000yen - 3.2 Exchange Program between Japan and the Middle East
Program Guidelines (2000～2008)
1. Toward the Coexistence of Pluralistic Values
- 1.1 Initiatives in Comprehensive Understanding of Civilizational Issues
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special FundsType Year Budget Toward an International Indicator and Policy Information System on Cultures and Globalization UCLA Center for Civil Society (USA)
G 3/3 4,900,000yen Development and Evaluation of a New Framework to Promote Agricultural Intellectual Property Management University of California, Davis (USA)
G 3/3 8,800,000yen Curriculum Reform for the Pondoks in Southeast Asia Prateepsasana Islamic School (Thailand)
G 3/3 11,800,000yen - 1.2 Dialogue and Exchange on Common Regional Issues
- 1.3 Information Sharing and Dissemination to the Global Community
2. Fostering Human Security and Private Nonprofit Activities
- 2.1 Cooperation among Private Nonprofit Organizations, Business, and the Public Sector
- 2.2 Capacity Building and Institutionalization of Private Nonprofit Activities
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special FundsType Year Budget Civil Society Watch: Toward the Establishment of an Enabled Environment to Promote Civil Society CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation (South Africa)
G 3/3 3,600,000yen - 2.3 Surveys and Research on Private Nonprofit Activities
3. Japan and Asia in the World
- 3.1 Japan's Structural Change and East Asia
- 3.2 East Asian Renewal and Transfer of Experience
- 3.3 Construction of a World Economic System and the Role of Japan and East Asia
The Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund
Program Guidelines (2009～2013)
1. Cooperation for peace and solidarity between maritime states.
- 1.1 Maritime management in the Micronesian region
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special FundsType Year Budget International Committee for Establishment of Maritime Safety System in Micronesia The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
SO 1/2 30,700,000yen - 1.2 Communication and exchange for maritime safety
2. Communication with development towards self-supporting island nations
- 2.1 Education
- 2.2 Health care
- 2.3 Information sharing
Program Guidelines (1999～2008)
1. Exchange Projects That Respect the Values and Cultural Identity of Each Island Society
2. Micronesia-Focused Projects Aimed at Promoting Regional Harmony
3. Projects That Support Education and Training Through the Medium of Distance Education
4. Projects to Promote Networking among NGOs and NPOs Operating in the Region and to Form Linkages among Pacific Island Nations and Asian Countries
| Project Name | Regular Projects/ Special Funds |
Type | Year | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommendation to the Fifth PALM Summit |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation |
SO | 1/1 | 20,000,000yen |
The Sasakawa Japan-China Friendship Fund
Guidelines (1995～2011)
1. Fostering Human Resources for 21st-Century Japan-China Relations
| Project Name | Regular Projects/ Special Funds |
Type | Year | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sasakawa Scholarship System for Chinese Students Studying Japanese/PhaseⅢ |
China Association for International Friendly Contact(China) |
G | 5/5 | 8,300,000yen |
| Development of Materials to Teach the Japanese Language |
Beijing Center for Japanese Studies (China) |
G | 2/4 | 8,100,000yen |
| Creating an Emergency Manual for Local Governments in Sichuan Prefecture |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation School of Public Administration Renmin University (China) Japan-China-Asia Economic Strategy Forum (Japan) |
SO/C/G | 1/2 | 15,700,000yen |
| Training Program for Creating an Emergency Manual for Local Governments in Sichuan Prefecture |
Japan-China-Asia Economic Strategy Forum (Japan)
|
G | 1/2 | 10,000,000yen |
| Healthy Community Construction Project |
Kumamoto University (Japan) |
G | 1/3 | 3,500,000yen |
| Training Program for Japanese Language Learners from Regional Universities |
China Education Association for International Exchange (China) |
G | 1/5 | 16,500,000yen |
2. Deepening Mutual Understanding in the 21st Century
| Project Name | Regular Projects/ Special Funds |
Type | Year | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program for Promoting Japan-China Exchange in the Field of Security/Phase II |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation China Institute for International Strategic Studies (China) |
SO/C | 4/5 | 30,500,000yen |
| General Overview of Japan-China Exchange and Dialogue on Security |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation China Association for International Friendly Contact (China) |
SO/G | 2/2 | 14,500,000yen |
| 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 | 1/5 | 10,600,000yen |
| Facilitating Dialogue between Future Leaders |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation China Association for International Friendly Contact (China) |
SO/G | 1/5 | 9,000,000yen |
| Chinese Young Journalist Interchange Program |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Tsinghua-Nikkei Institute of Media Studies, Tsinghua University(China) |
SO/C | 2/3 | 12,000,000yen |
3. Activities to Promote Japan-China Relations in the 21st Century
| Project Name | Regular Projects/ Special Funds |
Type | Year | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan-China Young Historians Conference/Phase II |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation |
SO | 3/3 | 14,500,000yen |
| Forty Years of Japan-China Relations in Review (1972～2012) |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation |
SO | 1/4 | 6,000,000yen |
4. Activities to Advance the Fund's International Role
| Project Name | Regular Projects/ Special Funds |
Type | Year | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity-Building for NPO Evaluation in China |
NGO Research Center, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University (China) |
G | 3/3 | 4,700,000yen |
| 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 | 1/5 | 8,000,000yen |
The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund
Guidelines (2009～2013)
1. Promotion of people-to-people exchanges between Japan and Asian countries
- 1.1 Exchanges of future leaders
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special FundsType 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 1/5 14,400,000yen Enhancing Indo-Japan Relations: Visit to Japan by Indian Parliamentarians / Phase II Confederation of Indian Industry (India)
G 1/3 5,400,000yen - 1.2 Invitation of opinion leaders
2. Promotion of regional collaboration
3. Support to prioritized countries
- 3.1 Support to CLMV countries
Project Name Regular Projects/
Special FundsType Year Budget Training for Civil Servants in Myanmar The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
SO/C 1/3 21,500,000yen Capacity Building for Young Researchers in Myanmar's Industrial Field Myanmar Economic & Management Institute (Japan)
G 1/3 7,800,000yen Journalist Training in Myanmar and Cambodia The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
SO/C 1/1 5,000,000yen - 3.2 Support to South Asia
Guidelines (1992～2008）
1. People Exchange
2. Human Resource Development
| Project Name | Regular Projects/ Special Funds |
Type | Year | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Renaissance: Capacity Building for Future Leaders in Southeast Asia |
Institute for Policy Research (Malaysia) |
G | 4/5 | 11,900,000yen |
| Searching for Peace in Sri Lanka: Exploring the Role of Nongovernmental Actors in the Peace Process / Phase II |
Searching for Peace in Sri Lanka: Exploring the Role of Nongovernmental Actors in the Peace Process / Phase II |
G | 1/1 | 12,000,000yen |
3. Research with Tangible Applications
| Project Name | Regular Projects/ Special Funds |
Type | Year | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study on Cross Border Economic Relations and Social Transformation in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region |
Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) |
G | 3/3 | 7,400,000yen |
| Assistance in Establishing an Intellectual Foundation for Contemporary Japanese Studies in India |
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (India) |
G | 3/3 | 8,400,000yen |
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 | 1/3 | 40,000,000yen |
2. People exchange
3. Capacity building
4. Maritime safety guarantee research
| Project Name | Regular Projects/ Special Funds |
Type | Year | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop on Japan's Role in Gulf Security |
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Research Institute for Peace and Security (Japan) |
SO/C | 1/1 | 12,000,000yen |
