Roundtable on Role of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Multisectoral Partnership
Mr. Todd Summers, senior program officer for global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke at a roundtable in Tokyo organized by JCIE, entitled “Role of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Multisectoral Partnership,” on October 22, 2009.
Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue | Japan-Russia/Central Asia Dialogue Mission
From June 28 to July 10, 1997, a delegation of 60 Japanese leaders from the political and economic sectors, academia, research institutions, and government-related organizations traveled to Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, led by Keizo Obuchi, then Member of the House of Representatives.
Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar | NGOs at Home and Abroad—US and Japanese Perspectives on Shared Goals
The 3rd annual Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar, co-organized by JCIE and the Council on Foreign Relations, featured four Diet members from the ruling and opposition camps and five leaders from Japanese and US nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that are playing prominent roles in humanitarian responses and international development.
Health, Resilience, and the Added Value of the Human Security Approach: Achieving the SDGs
As part of the Global Health and Human Security Program, JCIE and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) have collaborated on a project to analyze case studies of how the human security approach is being implemented on the ground and how it can contribute to broader goals of health, resilience, and development.
TICAD VI Spouses Program | Investing in Child and Maternal Health for Social Development in Africa: A Spotlight on Evidenced Interventions
Japan’s First Lady Akie Abe and Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta hosted a seminar on the sidelines of TICAD VI with the first ladies of other African countries on the theme of “Investing in Child and Maternal Health for Social Transformation in Africa: A Spotlight on Evidenced Interventions.”
JCIE TICAD VI Roundtable | Investing in Health: Benefiting from Corporate Engagement in Health in Africa
JCIE and Amref Health Africa—a prominent African NGO working in the field of health throughout Africa—organized a corporate event that targeted Japanese corporate representatives to provide a rare opportunity for them to engage in practical discussions with representatives from Amref and to accompany Amref health workers to observe first-hand how innovative technologies are employed to improve health in Africa.
G7 Kobe Health Ministers’ Meeting Side Event | Investing in Health: Business Solutions for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
JCIE organized a corporate panel just one day before the G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting to discuss the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The goal of JCIE’s meeting was to cultivate new stakeholders in the global health field from the corporate sector and explore their role in achieving the G7 Ise-Shima Vision.
29th FGFJ Diet Task Force Meeting on Climate Variation’s Impact on Malaria
On March 10, the JCIE/FGFJ Diet Task Force met with Dr. Noboru Minakawa and Dr. Shigeyuki Kano to discuss the relationship between climate variation and malaria. The topic generated a high level of interest among Task Force members, with 11 Diet members participating in productive discussions that will be highlighted in an upcoming report.
JCIE Partners with Japan Women’s Leadership Initiative on COVID-19 Joint Philanthropic Initiative
JCIE is workingwith the Japanese Women’s Leadership Initiative and the Fish Family Foundation to facilitate small grants to 7 organizations in Japan to help them respond to the needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reinvigorating US-Japan Policy Dialogue and Discussion in a Time of Political Change
JCIE’s study on Reinvigorating US-Japan Policy Dialogue and Discussion in a Time of Political Change examined the state of policy dialogue between Japan and the United States and nongovernmental linkages that have facilitated contact between political leaders and policy experts in each country. Based on this research, JCIE released an English report in December 2010.