Program Agenda 2010

• FY2012
• FY2011
• FY2010
• FY2009

Regular Projects

• Program Policy (2008～ )

The Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund

• Program Guidelines (2009～2013)

The Sasakawa Japan-China Friendship Fund

• Guidelines (1995～2011)

The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund

• Guidelines (2009～2013)

The Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund

• Guidelines (2009～)

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
   Peace Building in Asia and the Role of Japan	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation	SO/C	1/3	7,197,593yen
   Forging People to People Solidarity in Peace Building in Southern Thailand and Mindanao	Initiatives for International Dialogue: IID (Philippines)	G	1/3	5,253,000yen
   Youth Camp for Peace Communication	FASAI Center (Thai)	G	1/1	3,090,540yen
   Deep South Peace Media Network Development Project	Deep South Watch (Thailand)	G	1/3	6,144,250yen
   Research on New Maritime Security	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation	SO/C	1/3	6,888,545yen
   Establishment of Japan's Network on International Border Studies	The Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University (Japan)	G	1/3	10,997,131yen

2. 1.2 Non-Traditional Security Issues

   Project Name	Regular Projects/ Special Funds	Type	Year	Budget
   Addressing an Avian Flu Pandemic through Intraregional Cooperation	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Tohoku University	SO/C	3/3	13,701,896yen
   Alliance for Disaster Assistance in the Asia-Pacific Region	Civic Force (Japan)	G	1/3	10,000,000yen

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	1/2	17,593,293yen

2. 2.2 Issues Involving Demographic Changes and Population Movement

   Project Name	Regular Projects/ Special Funds	Type	Year	Budget
   The Global Demographic Change and Labor Migration in Asia	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Institute for Human Diversity Japan (Japan)	SO/C	3/3	38,179,804yen
   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	2/3	10,100,000yen
   Promoting Cooperation towards the Challenge of an Aging Asian Society	Asian Aging Business Center (Japan)	G	3/3	10,000,000yen
   Infrastructure Development for the Promotion of Intercultural Nursing/Care	Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters Department of Sociology (Japan)	G	1/2	5,900,000yen

3. 2.3 Interface Issues between Science and Technology and Society

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
   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	3/3	39,820,347yen
   Strengthening US-Japan Initiatives for Common Policy Issues	Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (USA)	G	2/3	12,967,876yen
   Expansion of the Strategic Horizon for Japan's National Security and the Future of Japan-US Relations	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation	SO	2/2	9,734,205yen
   Japan Matters for America/ America Matters for Japan	East-West Center (USA)	G	2/2	8,235,709yen
   SPF　Fellowship Program	Pacific Forum CSIS (USA)	G	1/3	13,870,880yen
   The Japan-US Exchange to Develop Policy Intellectuals	Asian Forum Japan (AFJ)(Japan)	G	1/1	6,468,000yen

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

   Project Name	Regular Projects/ Special Funds	Type	Year	Budget
   International Committee for Establishment of Maritime Safety System in Micronesia	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation	SO	2/2	22,137,364yen

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	1/2	4,322,596yen

2. Communication with development towards self-supporting island nations

1. 2.1 Education
2. 2.2 Health care

   Project Name	Regular Projects/ Special Funds	Type	Year	Budget
   Japan-Federated States of Micronesia Exchange Program for Healthcare Service Providers	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)	SO	1/1	13,214,592yen

3. 2.3 Information sharing

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
Development of Materials to Teach the Japanese Language	Beijing Center for Japanese Studies (China)	G	3/4	9,200,000yen
Training Program for Creating an Emergency Manual for Local Governments in Sichuan Prefecture	Japan-China-Asia Economic Strategy Forum (Japan)	G	2/2	4,600,000yen
Healthy Community Construction Project	Kumamoto University (Japan)	G	2/3	4,400,000yen
Training Program for Japanese Language Learners from Regional Universities	China Education Association for International Exchange (China)	G	2/5	18,000,000yen
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	2/2	16,000,000yen

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	5/5	36,500,000yen
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	2/5	19,400,000yen
Facilitating Dialogue between Future Leaders	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation China Association for International Friendly Contact (China)	SO/G	2/5	9,000,000yen
Chinese Young Journalist Interchange Program	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Tsinghua-Nikkei Institute of Media Studies, Tsinghua University(China)	SO/C	3/3	11,000,000yen

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	2/4	5,000,000yen

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	2/5	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	2/5	10,652,071yen
   Enhancing Indo-Japan Relations: Visit to Japan by Indian Parliamentarians / Phase II	Confederation of Indian Industry (India)	G	2/3	3,372,956yen

2. 1.2 Invitation of opinion leaders

2. Promotion of regional collaboration

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	5/5	9,916,192yen

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	2/3	13,560,838yen
   Capacity Building for Young Researchers in Myanmar's Industrial Field	Myanmar Economic & Management Institute (Japan)	G	2/3	13,468,068yen
   Capacity Building for Cambodian Public Officials	The Sasakawa Peace Foundation The Council for Administrative Reform: CAR (Cambodia)	SO/C	1/3	10,748,459yen
   Strengthening Economic Survey Capacity in Lao PDR	National Economic Research Institute (NERI) (Laos)	G	1/3	5,676,405yen

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	1/3	10,037,817yen
   Strengthening the Intellectual Foundations for Contemporary Japanese Studies in India - Phase Ⅱ	Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations	G	1/3	2,858,080yen

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	2/3	52,839,410yen

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, Japan Middle East Student Conference (JMESC), The Friendship Association between Japan and Turkey	SO/C	1/3	10,482,669yen

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	1/3	27,469,271yen