Dynamic changes have transformed many, if not all, countries in Asia. A number of countries in the region have become more prosperous. These countries will soon share similar challenges with Japan.
As equals, Japan and these countries need to create a new style of cooperation. Benefit from mutual learning gets larger than ever before.
| TYTID |
Project Title |
Project Leader |
Position, Organization |
Grant Amount (Yen) |
| Aging Society |
| D13-N-0022 |
The Roles and Contributions of Home and Community-based Care-givers for Older People in Vietnam: Review of Current Practices for Policy Formulation |
Bui Dai Thu |
Vice Director, Institute of Social and Medical Studies |
2,200,000 |
| D13-N-0072 |
Policies to Strengthen Regional Older People’s Organizations to Promote Older People’s Participation in Their Communities |
Eduardo Klien |
East Asia/Pacific Regional Director, Help Age International |
4,200,000 |
| D13-N-0086 |
Ageing Asia and Condition of Foreign Care Workers:” Towards Competence Based Human Resource Development and Harmonization of Care” |
Wako Asato |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University |
5,600,000 |
| D13-N-0106 |
Community-based Integrated Approarch for Older Persons’ Long-term Care in Thailand |
Worawet Suwanrada |
Dean, Associate Professor, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University |
2,600,000 |
| D13-N-0132 |
Harmonization of the Standard of Long-term Care Certificate between Japan and Indonesia |
Taeko Ogawa |
President, Asian Aging Business Center |
3,800,000 |
| D13-N-0193 |
Thailand as a Hospitable and Inclusive Retirement Destination: Promoting Job Prospects of Foreign Retirees in Thailand |
Yongyuth Chalamwong |
Research Director, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) |
2,000,000 |
| Multicultural Society |
| D13-N-0026 |
Role of Local Governments’ Policies in Creating Multicultural Society: Review of Policy and Practices to Manage/ Support Migrants in Municipality / Provincial Level in Thailand and Japan |
Kyoko Kusakabe |
Associate Professor, Asian Institute of Technology |
4,400,000 |
| D13-N-0029 |
Construction of “Glocal” and Educational Support Model for the Future of Filipino Children in Japan |
Haruko Uchida |
Member, Learning with Filipino Children Support Group |
1,800,000 |
| D13-N-0042 |
Advocacy and Participatory Action Research on Foreign Migrants Social Inclusion in Tohoku Reconstruction and in Japanese Society |
Kathryn Doria Goto |
Tohoku Project Coordinator, Center of Japanese-Filipino Families |
1,900,000 |
| D13-N-0097 |
Policy Proposal to Promote Bilingual Education with the Intention of Ensuring Language Acquisition for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students |
Shizuyo Yoshitomi |
General Director, World Kids Community / Osaka University |
2,400,000 |
| D13-N-0170 |
The Reintegration/Integration of Unskilled Migrant Workers: The Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand Experience |
Aniceto Orbeta |
Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development Studies |
4,000,000 |
| D13-N-0207 |
Embracing Diversity: Advocating Educational Reform to Promote Multicultural Values and Mutual Understanding Between Migrant and Local Communities |
Reiko Harima |
Regional Coordinator, Mekong Migration Network |
3,500,000 |
| Consensus-building on Local Environmental Issues |
| D13-N-0017 |
Draw Lessons from Successful Consensus Building Processes on Local Energy Planning Approach as a Solution for Sustainable Energy Development in Vietnam Through Multi-stakeholders Dialogue and Policy Recommendations |
Nguy Thi Khanh |
Executive Director, Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) |
2,400,000 |
| D13-N-0060 |
Community-based Management of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Beyond Conservation Areas in West Java Indonesia: Participatory Policy Making Process for a Mutual Consensus |
Parikesit |
PhD, Institute of Ecology/Graduate Program on Environmental Studies, Padjadjaran University |
2,000,000 |
| D13-N-0080 |
The Construction of a Platform for Mutual Learning and Mutual Support between Japan and the Developing Nations of Southeast Asia in Disaster-related Fields |
Hirokazu Nagata |
Deputy Executive Director, Design and Creative Center Kobe |
3,500,000 |
| D13-N-0123 |
Drawing Grounded Lessons from the Practice of Consensus Building in Asia |
Masahiro Matsuura |
Associate Professor (project appointment), University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Public Policy |
4,100,000 |
| D13-N-0140 |
Bridging Policy Practice Gap in the Effective Implementation of REDD+ Programs in SE Asia: Collaborative Learning among Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam |
Ganesh Shivakoti |
Professor, Asian Institute of Technology |
3,200,000 |
| Consensus-building on Local Environmental Issues |
| D13-N-0209 |
Building a Common Platform of Local Government and the People in Restoring Customary Forests in Lebak District, Indonesia |
Myrna Asnawati Safitri |
Executive Director, Epistema Institute |
2,100,000 |
| D13-N-0224 |
Recommendations to Stipulate Local Environmental Issues in the New National Law on Urban Development |
Marco Kusumawijaya |
Executive Director, Rujak Center for Urban Studies |
2,100,000 |
| D13-N-0229 |
In Search of the Sustainable Consensus on Environmental Disputes in Aceh |
Saiful Mahdi |
Director, The International Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies (ICAIOS) |
2,200,000 |
| Target Countries |
Indonesia, Japan , Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Thematic Areas |
a) Aging society; b) Multicultural society;
c) Consensus-building on local environmental issues |
| Project Duration |
One year (Nov 2013 – Oct 2014) |
| Expected output |
A policy recommendation based on the existing evidence, that dissemination / dialogue with policy makers and relevant stakeholders |
| Potential Applicants |
A team or a network of members from various backgrounds, with a proven record of delivering results in one of the thematic areas (priority is given to habitants in those five countries) |
| Grant amount (maximum per project) |
a) Project focusing in one of the target countries: 3 million yen
b) Project focusing in more than two countries with comparative nature: 6 million yenmillion yen |
| Total amount of grants |
60 million yen |
| Applications |
Web-based application via Foundation website only |
| Application period |
Application closed |
| Selection of grants |
Formal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made by the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors at meetings to be held in late September 2013, based on the deliberations of responsible Selection Committee consisting of external experts. |
