Seminar: NGOs as Strategic Partners in Development and Humanitarian Assistance
This seminar was part of a JCIE project on NGOs as Strategic Partners, conducted from 2015 to 2018. Participants examined what Japanese NGOs and government agencies can do to work together on ODA, drawing on the US experience of fostering strategic partnerships on development and humanitarian assistance to consider steps that can help government agencies and NGOs become true strategic partners.
NGOs as Strategic Partners: Japanese NGO Leaders Delegation to Washington DC
JCIE brought a team of executives from leading Japanese NGOs in the field of development and humanitarian assistance to the US to study what is needed to strengthen the institutional capacity of Japan’s NGO sector and advance US-Japan development cooperation.
NGOs as Strategic Partners | Follow-Up Diet-NGO Roundtable
Five NGO leaders and three Diet members came together for a roundtable to discuss how to strengthen Japanese NGOs’ institutional capacity to work as strategic partners with the the government on development and humanitarian affairs. They discussed how to advance US-Japan cooperation and make the NGO sector in Japan more effective.
Facilitation of JACO’s Study Mission on American Philanthropy
On April 6–14, 2002, JCIE helped organized a study mission to the United States that was sponsored by the Japan Association of Charitable Organizations (JACO), an organization established in 1972 to promote philanthropic activities in Japan.
Tiffany Foundation Award Seminar: Toward Community Revitalization—New Possibilities for Traditional Culture
In order to more fully examine the progress and impact of the Tiffany Foundation Award, JCIE organized a seminar, “Toward Community Revitalization: New Possibilities for Traditional Culture,” on August 19, 2010, at the Baiso-in Temple in Tokyo.
Tiffany Foundation 2013 Award Ceremony
The Fifth Tiffany Foundation Award Ceremony was held in Tokyo on November 4, 2013 in Tokyo to honor organizations that have distinguished themselves with their efforts to preserve local cultural heritage while revitalizing their local economies.
Tiffany Foundation 2012 Award Ceremony
The Fifth Tiffany Foundation Award Ceremony was held in Tokyo on October 4, 2012, in Tokyo to honor organizations that have distinguished themselves with their efforts to preserve local cultural heritage while revitalizing their local economies.
CivilNet | Seminar Series by Buzz Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of GuideStar
Mr. Buzz Schmidt—Chairman and CEO of GuideStar—came to Japan as a guest of JCIE and held a seminar series from July 2–4, 2002 to discuss his organization’s activities with Japanese nonprofit sector leaders, politicians, government officials, and private sector leaders.
JCIE Publications | Japanese Private Philanthropy in an Interdependent World
This book highlights the preeminent private philanthropic institutions, their endowments, and their purposes from the Meiji Period through 1989; also included is information about contributions from major Japanese corporations to overseas institutions and the activities of JCIE.
JCIE Publications | Challenges and Opportunities for US-Japan Exchange in the New Era: Report of the International Symposium
This report focuses on five themes: development of the US-Japan relationship in the new era, foundations and institutions in the new era, enhancing human resources for bilateral exchange, new approaches to exchange, and common problems of advanced societies.