Toshiba Youth Conference for a Sustainable Future
Toshiba Youth Conference for a Sustainable Future brings together high school students and teachers from Japan, Poland, Thailand, and the United States to encourage the students to deepen their awareness of environmental issues and to take the lead in their communities in working toward a better future. The program also seeks to enhance the teachers’ ability to promote environmental, scientific, and intercultural communication education.
Australia Parliamentary Fellowship
This program selects Japanese post-graduate students who have shown a strong interest in Australia-Japan relations for internships in the office of a member of Australia’s Parliament, where they conduct research under the guidance of an ANU professor. Fellows from Australia are also selected to intern in the Japanese Diet and carry out research with the support of a professor.
Australia-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange
The Australia-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program was launched in 1991 under the auspices of JCIE and the Australian Political Exchange Council (APEC) to foster greater understanding, dialogue, and network formation between the next generation of leaders in both countries and to promote a sound, cooperative relationship between Japan and Australia.
Building a Multiethnic Society and Revitalizing Local Communities
JCIE operated a three-year project with community leaders from around the country to examine case studies of areas with active communities foreign-born residents, analyze the roles played by the actors who work as a bridge between foreign and Japanese residents at the community level, and explore ways communities can better support foreign-born residents.
Facilitation of Internationalization Initiatives for Miyazaki Prefecture
JCIE has carried out two initiatives on behalf of Miyazaki Prefecture to help develop their internationalization efforts. In April 1998, JCIE was commissioned to conduct research on ways of expanding international activities by local actors. Based on the report, Miyazaki Prefecture set forth a four-year policy for internationalization in the prefecture that began in 2000.
Cooperation with the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium
The Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC) was formally launched in 1994 as an informal network of like-minded institutions that support the growth and development of Asian grantmaking philanthropies. The consortium aims to improve framework, raise awareness, facilitate resource mobilization, and contribute to the development of resources for the nonprofit sector.
Corporate-NGO Partnership in Asia Pacific
In August 1997, JCIE began researching the effectiveness of philanthropic collaboration in Asia Pacific with an 18-month grant from the Hitachi Foundation. The research entailed assessing 12 successful instances of philanthropic collaboration, which were aimed at providing a means to understand how these corporate-NGO partnerships work and to cast light on the philosophy behind corporate philanthropy.
Council for Asia-Europe Cooperation (CAEC)
The main purpose of the CAEC was to encourage and facilitate greater cooperation among Asian and European intellectuals and policy specialists in order to enhance discussions about the future direction of Asia-Europe relations. CAEC is managed by a steering committee comprising 12 research institutions in Asia and Europe.
Europe-Japan Conference
Compared to relations with the United States, Japan’s ties with Europe have been weak and lopsided. Awareness of the need to promote mutual understanding and regular contact between Europeans and Japanese prompted JCIE to launch in 1975 a series of nongovernmental exchange meetings known as the Europe-Japan Conferences, nicknamed the “Hakone Conferences” after the venue of the first meeting.
Exchange with the World Affairs Councils of American (WACA)
From 1986 to 2001, JCIE and WACA jointly carried out the Japan Study Program, consisting of study tours every other year for the leaders of world affairs councils. These tours were aimed at improving the relationship between Japan and the United States, raising the level of interest in and understanding of Japanese society, and creating networks between community leaders.