Program List (Annual)
Basic Human Needs
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
North America
Oceania
Russia
| Program Name | SG2000 Agricultural Program in Africa |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Sasakawa Africa Association (Switzerland) |
| Explanation | This project aims to help Africa achieve food security by increasing production levels of staple crops through the introduction of modern agricultural techniques. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 6,500,000 |
| Countries Reached | Africa |
| Program Name | Agricultural project and various operational activities in Africa |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The Carter Center (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project seeks to improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa by teaching resource poor-farmers to be self reliant, through the use of the best available agricultural production and post-harvest technologies. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 300,000 |
| Countries Reached | Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria, Mali |
| Program Name | Onchocerciasis Control Project in Africa |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Helen Keller International (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This program aims to control Onchocerciasis (river blindness) in sub-Saharan African countries through community-directed treatment and the reinforcement of education, information and communication. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 350,000 |
| Countries Reached | Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon |
| Program Name | Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) (Switzerland) |
| Explanation | The dissemination of agricultural extension technology is vital to improving food security in Africa. To that end, there is a need to improve the skills of agricultural extension workers who are responsible for teaching farmers about new farming technologies/techniques. This project aims to improve the agricultural extension system in Africa by providing agricultural extension workers with opportunities to attend university and further expand their knowledge in the field. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 1,900,000 |
| Countries Reached | Burkina Faso, Benin, Malawi, Nigeria, Mali |
| Program Name | Impact Assessment of SAA/SG 2000 activities in Ethiopia and Uganda |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico) |
| Explanation | This project collects and organizes data concerning the financial effect of the SG 2000 program on the countries of Ethiopia and Uganda, posting this data on the internet for agricultural specialists and researchers at universities to use. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 299,900 |
| Countries Reached | Ethiopia, Uganda |
| Program Name | Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | World Health Organization (United Nations) |
| Explanation | This project promotes research efforts and public education about Buluri Ulcer with the aim of finding a reliable cure/vaccine, achieving early detection, and providing care to a wide population. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 300,000 |
| Countries Reached | Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon, Guinea, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Malawi |
| Program Name | Community Development through School Construction in Myanmar |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Saetanar (Myanmar) |
| Explanation | This project supports the construction, extension, and/or rehabilitation of 100 school buildings over five years, as well as other activities that facilitate the operation of these schools, with the aim of improving the accessibility and quality of basic education in rural Myanmar. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 408,000 |
| Countries Reached | Myanmar |
| Program Name | Practical Dictionaries for Asian-Pacific Sign Languages |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Chinese University of Hong Kong (China) |
| Explanation | This project supports the development of dictionaries for sign languages used in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Cambodia, and the Philippines with the aim of facilitating communication between deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing people. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 495,300 |
| Countries Reached | Hong Kong, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam |
| Program Name | Community Development through School Construction in Asia |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Asian Education and Friendship Association (AEFA) (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project provides support for the construction of primary schools in the mountainous/minority regions of Asia. Beneficiary Regions: Laos and Vietnam. Construction to be undertaken for each school : Three to five classrooms, teacher's office, basic sanitary installations (bathrooms, well etc.). Construction: Construction will be undertaken by the local community in collaboration with local NGOs. Operation: In principle, the project will aim to help communities fund the operation of the school themselves, but will also make efforts to invite support from primary and junior high schools in Japan. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 66,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | Viet Nam, Laos |
| Program Name | AFLA Esophageal Speech Training Center in Thailand |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Laryngectomees Association in Thailand (Thailand) |
| Explanation | This project provides training to esophageal speech instructors at Sirijaj Hospital in Bangkok. In addition to members of the Laryngectomees' Association in Thailand, esophageal instructors from neighboring Asian countries are also invited to participate in the training courses. The courses enable participants to provide better care to patients in their respective countries. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 103,800 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand |
| Program Name | Opening University Education to Deaf People in Viet Nam |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Dong Nai Department of Education and Training (Vietnam) |
| Explanation | This project aims to empower deaf people in Vietnam by developing programs that will enable them to obtain a university education. More specifically, the project will establish university certificate programs in sign language analysis and teaching, a high school equivalency program, and BA degree program for deaf people. A sign language interpretation program for people who are not hard of hearing will also be created. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 47,500 |
| Countries Reached | Viet Nam |
| Program Name | Provincial Development Project for the Blind and Visually Impaired |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The Association of the Blind in Cambodia (Cambodia) |
| Explanation | This project develops and promotes provincial strategies and development programs aimed at increasing the social, economic, and political status of blind and visually impaired people in rural Cambodia. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 132,100 |
| Countries Reached | Cambodia |
| Program Name | Prosthetist and Orthotists Training Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics (Cambodia) |
| Explanation | CSPO builds human resource capacity in physical rehabilitation by training and educating prosthetists/orthotists so that they are able to assess, prescribe, fit, align and maintain comfortable and cosmetically acceptable prostheses and orthoses. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 331,000 |
| Countries Reached | Cambodia |
| Program Name | Development for P&O Society in Thailand |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The Prostheses Foundation of H.R.H. The Princess Mother (Thailand) |
| Explanation | This project organizes seminars on Prostheses and Orthoses in Thailand for P&O technicians and physicians, with the aim of improving both their theoretical knowledge and practical skills. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 200,500 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand |
| Program Name | Scholarship program for the teacher trainee in Cambodia |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Punleu Preah Atit (Cambodia) |
| Explanation | This project provides scholarships to teacher trainees in financial need, with the aim of improving the educational environment in Cambodia. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 138,900 |
| Countries Reached | Cambodia |
| Program Name | Promotion of Traditional Medicine in Mongolia |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Vansemberuu-Mongolia (Mongolia) |
| Explanation | This project aims to supplement public health services in Mongolia by providing a traveling medical service that utilizes traditional medicine instead of expensive Western medicine that many people cannot afford. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 79,300,000 |
| Countries Reached | Mongolia |
| Program Name | Improving Livelihoods of Smallholder Upland Farmers in Lao PDR |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Centro International de Agriculture Tropical (Colombia) |
| Explanation | This project aims to enhance the living standards of Lao hill tribes by introducing them to a new sustainable and participatory farming method that involves the introduction of a new variety of cassava and soil conservation techniques. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 294,400 |
| Countries Reached | Laos, Cambodia |
| Program Name | Thai Prosthetic and Orthotic Bachelor's Degree Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (Thailand) |
| Explanation | This project established and operates a college for training highly skilled prosthetists and orthotistists in Thailand to promote the social participation of orthopedically-impaired persons. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 759,300 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand |
| Program Name | Provide Prosthetics and Orthotics to Disabled Vietnamese |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Viet-Nam Assistance for the Handicapped (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project provides prosthetics and orthotics to disabled persons in Central and North Vietnam to promote their economic independence and social participation. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 327,100 |
| Countries Reached | Vietnam |
| Program Name | Asia Pacific Network for Training of Medical Masseuses |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Tsukuba University of Technology (Japan) |
| Explanation | This program is building a network of massage instructors with the ability to train blind masseuses in the developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 25,800,000 |
| Countries Reached | Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Viet Nam, China, Bangladesh, South Korea |
| Program Name | Training Program for Prosthetist/Orthotists |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The Sri Lanka School of Prosthetics and Orthotics (Sri Lanka) |
| Explanation | This project established and operates a school for training highly skilled prosthetists and orthotists in Sri Lanka. The school strives to recruit students from the Northeast region of the country, with the aim of supporting disabled persons in the regions most affected by civil strife, as well as contributing to the peace and development of the entire country. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 745,100 |
| Countries Reached | Sri Lanka |
| Program Name | DAISY for ALL |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The DAISY Consortium (Switzerland) |
| Explanation | This project works to spread DAISY, the digital talking book standard, throughout the developing countries of Asia. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 617,300 |
| Countries Reached | India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Nepal |
| Program Name | Direct Food Assistance for the Internally Displaced Population in Sri Lanka |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Sewa Lanka Foundation (Sri Lanka) |
| Explanation | This project provides one month of emergency food for 7,500 internally displaced families in Sri Lanka. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 299,800 |
| Countries Reached | Sri Lanka |
| Program Name | Improving the Quality and Scope of Access to Higher Education for Blind and Low Vision Students in Indonesia |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI ) (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This program is creating an environment in Indonesia in which people with visual disabilities can receive top-quality higher education, and nurtures leaders from among those with visual impairments. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 69,300 |
| Countries Reached | Indonesia |
| Program Name | The Motoman Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | American Assistance for Cambodia (USA) |
| Explanation | This program sets up a motorbike-assisted internet access system in elementary and junior high schools, in rural and isolated areas in Cambodia, and provides education in English and computers, enabling the people there to receive information from the outside world. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 30,000 |
| Countries Reached | Colombia |
| Program Name | International Music Festival in Lao PDR |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Viet-Nam Assistance for the Handicapped (USA) |
| Explanation | An international music program in Lao PDR for the purposes of 1) enlightening society vis-a-vis disability, 2) empowering the disabled in order to bring out their full potential, and 3) fundraising, with the purpose of improving the capacity of support groups. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 69,700 |
| Countries Reached | Lao PDR |
| Program Name | The dispatch of a Japanese Deaf Taiko Team |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The Nippon Taiko Foundation (Japan) |
| Explanation | An international musical program conducted by a deaf Japanese drum team in Laos and Vietnam for the purpose of empowering disabled people and enlightening society. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 7,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | Lao PDR, Vietnam |
| Program Name | Developing WHO monographs on medicinal plants commonly used in the NIS |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | World Health Organization (United Nations) |
| Explanation | This project provides support for the development of monographs for medicinal plants commonly used in Black Sea-Central Asia region. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 165,400 |
| Countries Reached | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Romania, Iran, Turkey |
| Program Name | Postsecondary Education Network International |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project aims to enhance deaf education and increase employment opportunities for deaf/hearing impaired people around the world by creating an international network of higher education institutions for deaf/hearing impaired people under the leadership of NTID. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 1,134,700 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand, China, Philippines, Japan, Czech Republic, Russia, Korea |
| Program Name | Technical Study Tour to USA on Deaf Education |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Viet-Nam Assistance for the Handicapped (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | In order to help build an educational support framework for hearing-impaired university students in Vietnam, we are taking government and university officials to the US to examine the state of higher education of the hearing-impaired there. In addition, in Vietnam's Dong Nuy state, we are trying to deepen the understanding of these officials regarding the effectiveness of education conducted in sign language, and the capabilities and potentialities of the deaf and hard-of-hearing. The officials will be taken to the Rochester Institute of Technology and Gallaudet University, and will also meet with lawyers and doctors who are hearing-impaired, in order to demonstrate the potential of the deaf. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 65,000 |
| Countries Reached | Viet Nam, USA |
| Program Name | Postsecondary Education Network International |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project aims to enhance deaf education and increase employment opportunities for deaf/hearing impaired people around the world by creating an international network of higher education institutions for deaf/hearing impaired people under the leadership of NTID. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 1,134,700 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand, China, Philippines, Japan, Czech Republic, Russia, Korea |
| Program Name | The Nippon Foundation Ryoichi Sasakawa/Norman Borlaug Scholarship Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Escuela Agricola Panamericana (Honduras) |
| Explanation | This project aims to foster future leaders in the agricultural sector in Latin America by providing scholarships to students from low-income families in the region. The scholarships provide full support for four years of study at Zamorano, during which time students receive a comprehensive education on sustainable rural development and agricultural improvement. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 769,100 |
| Countries Reached | Latin America |
| Program Name | Provision of Courtesy Bus for Senior Citizen |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Asociacion Colombo Japonesa (Colombia) |
| Explanation | Donation of a minibus to the Asociacion Colombo Japonesa, to enable the organzation to meet the needs of nikkei senior citizens. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 35,800 |
| Countries Reached | Colombia |
| Program Name | Nippon Foundation Scholarship Program for the Deaf Studying Abroad |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Japanese ASL Signers Society (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project provides deaf Japanese persons who have completed compulsory education with opportunities to study abroad. The aim of the project is to empower the participants and nurture leaders of deaf communities at both domestic and international levels. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 77,083,500 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A. |
| Program Name | Technical Study Tour to USA on Deaf Education |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Viet-Nam Assistance for the Handicapped (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | In order to help build an educational support framework for hearing-impaired university students in Vietnam, we are taking government and university officials to the US to examine the state of higher education of the hearing-impaired there. In addition, in Vietnam's Dong Nuy state, we are trying to deepen the understanding of these officials regarding the effectiveness of education conducted in sign language, and the capabilities and potentialities of the deaf and hard-of-hearing. The officials will be taken to the Rochester Institute of Technology and Gallaudet University, and will also meet with lawyers and doctors who are hearing-impaired, in order to demonstrate the potential of the deaf. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 65,000 |
| Countries Reached | Viet Nam, USA |
| Program Name | Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | World Health Organization (United Nations) |
| Explanation | This project promotes research efforts and public education about Buluri Ulcer with the aim of finding a reliable cure/vaccine, achieving early detection, and providing care to a wide population. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 300,000 |
| Countries Reached | Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon, Guinea, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Malawi |
| Program Name | Postsecondary Education Network International |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project aims to enhance deaf education and increase employment opportunities for deaf/hearing impaired people around the world by creating an international network of higher education institutions for deaf/hearing impaired people under the leadership of NTID. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 1,134,700 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand, China, Philippines, Japan, Czech Republic, Russia, Korea |
Human Resources Development
Asia
Europe
Global
Latin America
Middle East
North America
Ocean
| Program Name | Performance of the Brazilian Junior Taiko Team in Japan / Dispatch of Japanese Taiko Instructors to Brazil |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Associacao Brasileira de Taiko (Brazil) |
| Explanation | This project provides the winning team in the junior category of the First National Taiko Championships in Brazil with the opportunity to visit Japan to participate in a tournament and various exchange activities. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 13,500,000 |
| Countries Reached | Japan |
| Program Name | BSC Scholarship Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Bangladesh Scholarship Council (Bangladesh) |
| Explanation | This project aims to promote higher education in Bangladesh by awarding scholarships to university students in the medical, engineering, agriculture, science, technology, commerce and humanities fields through the Bangladesh Scholarship Council. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 68,000 |
| Countries Reached | Bangladesh |
| Program Name | Graduate Program in International Relations for Peking University |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | School of International Studies, Peking University (China) |
| Explanation | This project aims to foster global-minded International Relations experts in China by supporting an MA course at the School of International Studies at Peking University, and a joint doctoral course at Peking University and the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 697,500 |
| Countries Reached | China |
| Program Name | The Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public Intellectuals |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) |
| Explanation | This project selects Asian public intellectuals to conduct research in another Asian country on a predetermined theme of importance for the region, with the aim of creating a framework of cooperation between Asian public intellectuals that transcends existing networks of individuals and organizations. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 2,189,000 |
| Countries Reached | Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan |
| Program Name | Dispatching Japanese Senior Volunteers |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Nippon Skilled Volunteers Association (Japan) |
| Explanation | This program sends Japanese senior volunteers (focusing particularly on people with a high level of skill and experience) to developing countries in Asia. 1)?Target: 50 to 70 year-olds 2)?Host institutions: Private companies, professional organizations, NGOs, local governments etc. in developing countries 3)?Time Span: 6 months to a year 4) Method: 1) Identify the needs of developing countries, 2) identify individuals that fit those needs, 3) identify host institutions, 4) provide preparatory training/send volunteers to host country |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 41,400,000 |
| Countries Reached | Asia |
| Program Name | Bomb disposal project in Laos |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Japan Mine Action Service(JMAS) (Japan) |
| Explanation | Under the direction of the Japan Mine Action Service (made up of ex-self-defense force personnel), a Lao Ministry of Labor and Welfare division known as UXO Lao is working in Xian Khoang province, removing unexploded land mines. It is hoped that the governmental body will thus develop the ability to clear mines on its own. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 200,400 |
| Countries Reached | Laos |
| Program Name | Japan Festival in Taiwan Performance of Edo-bayashi |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Nikka Bunka Kyoka (Taiwan) |
| Explanation | A performance of Edo-bayashi, at the Japan Festival in Taiwan. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 2,500,000 |
| Countries Reached | Taiwan |
| Program Name | Program for Nationality-restoration of War-Displaced Japanese in the Philippines |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Philippine Nikkei-jin Legal Support Center (Philippine) |
| Explanation | This program aids Japanese people, left behind in the Philippines following World War Two, to regain their Japanese nationality. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 44,300,000 |
| Countries Reached | Philippine |
| Program Name | Competition and Publication of Japanese Essays written by Chinese Individuals |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Sino-Japanese Study's (Japan) |
| Explanation | To further improver relations between the nations of China and Japan, this program conducts an essay contest among Chinese people who are studying Japanese. The winner will be taken to an award ceremony conducted in China. In addition, a collection of essays from this second contest will be produced. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 3,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | China |
| Program Name | Japan Turkey Central Asia Friendship Association |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Scholarship Program for Central Asian University Students in Turkey (Turkey) |
| Explanation | This program provides scholarships for Central Asian students studying at Turkish Universities. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | Euro 512,400 |
| Countries Reached | Turkey |
| Program Name | UPEACE/Nippon Foundation International Peace Studies Dual Campus Master Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | University for Peace (Costa Rica) |
| Explanation | This program provides support for the establishment and operation of the UPEACE/Nippon Foundation International Peace Studies Dual Campus Masters Program with the aim of fostering peace experts in Asia. In addition to support for the establishment and operation of the Masters course, the program is also providing scholarships for thirty students from all over Asia. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 637,800 |
| Countries Reached | Costa Rica, the Philippines |
| Program Name | The Easter Festival Salzburg |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The Easter Festival Salzburg (Austria) |
| Explanation | Each year approximately 18,000 people from around the world attend the Easter Festival Salzburg, which features classical music performances of the highest standard. The Easter Festival Salzburg 2007 will present two performances of Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold," staged by Stephane Braunschweig in co-production with the Festival d'Art Lyrique d' Aix-en-Provence, as well as four concerts conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and two by Bernard Haitink. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | Euro 255,000 |
| Countries Reached | Austria |
| Program Name | Support for Activities by Former JOCV Participants |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The Supporting Organization of JOCV (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project provides support for Japanese Overseas Cooperation Volunteers undertaking development assistance activities with the aim of contributing to the development of beneficiary countries as well as nurturing development specialists in Japan. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 3,010,000 |
| Countries Reached | World |
| Program Name | Exchange Scholarship for Nikkei Students to Study in Japan |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | The Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project provides scholarships to Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry with a strong desire/clear plan to carry out activities that either promote mutual understanding between Japan and their home country or contribute to the development of their home country. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 92,140,000 |
| Countries Reached | Latin America |
| Program Name | UPEACE/Nippon Foundation International Peace Studies Dual Campus Master Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | University for Peace (Costa Rica) |
| Explanation | This program provides support for the establishment and operation of the UPEACE/Nippon Foundation International Peace Studies Dual Campus Masters Program with the aim of fostering peace experts in Asia. In addition to support for the establishment and operation of the Masters course, the program is also providing scholarships for thirty students from all over Asia. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 637,800 |
| Countries Reached | Costa Rica, the Philippines |
| Program Name | Japan Turkey Central Asia Friendship Association |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Scholarship Program for Central Asian University Students in Turkey (Turkey) |
| Explanation | This program provides scholarships for Central Asian students studying at Turkish Universities. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | Euro 512,400 |
| Countries Reached | Turkey |
| Program Name | The Nikkei Legacy Project |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Japanese American National Museum (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project conducts research into the current status of documentation related to Nikkei communities, records their oral history, and has built a comprehensive website for the purpose of sharing this information with the wider public. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 400,000 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A. |
| Program Name | International Association of Maritime Universities (Capacity Building) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Association of Maritime Universities (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project is aimed at standardizing and improving education at maritime universities around the world to respond to the increasing internationalization of the shipping industry. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 245,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | International Association of Maritime Universities (Network Development) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Association of Maritime Universities (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project supports the activities of the International Association of Maritime Universities, which operates a network of leading maritime universities around the world. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 426,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | The Nippon Foundation Chairs |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | World Maritime University (Sweden) |
| Explanation | Three Chairs (in Maritime Administration, Marine Environment Management, and Maritime Technology) were established at the World Maritime University with the aim of increasing the variety of courses available to students, as well as laying down the foundation for creating a doctoral program at the university. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 300,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-IMLI Fellowship Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Maritime Law Institute (Malta) |
| Explanation | This project provides scholarships to government officials and maritime specialists in developing countries so that they can pursue a masters degree at the International Maritime Law Institute, and obtain the necessary knowledge and skills to help their countries implement UNCLOS and related international instruments. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | Euro 319,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | Centre of Excellence |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (Canada) |
| Explanation | Developing countries currently suffer from a lack of skilled researchers in the field of international oceanography. In order to correct this imbalance, we are sending promising young researchers from developing countries for intensive studies at top-level research institutions, in order to give them the skills to enable them to study and control their country's maritime resources, forecast maritime weather and reduce the impact of natural disasters. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 495,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-GEBCO Training Project |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) (The United Kingdom) |
| Explanation | This project provides several students each year, primarily from developing countries, with scholarships to pursue a postgraduate degree in Ocean Bathymetry at a leading European or North American University (currently the University of New Hampshire), with the aim of training young scientists and bathymetrists that can contribute to the further development of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 510,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-SIRC Fellowship |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Seafarers International Research Centre, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University (The United Kingdom) |
| Explanation | This project provides five two-year fellowships annually to students pursuing a postgraduate degree at the Seafarers International Research Center at Cardiff University, with the aim of fostering a new generation of leaders in the maritime community with expertise in the social sciences. Each year, outstanding students will be given the option to go on for a doctorate. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | GBP 375,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-ITLOS Training Program |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Germany) |
| Explanation | In order to peaceably and smoothly resolve international maritime conflicts, this program provides training for maritime legal professionals from developing countries. After completion of the program, participants return to their own countries to work as governmental advisors in maritime policy. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | Euro 200,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-UN Partnership Training Programme on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs (The United States) |
| Explanation | Among countries that have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) there are, particularly among developing countries, those that are seen to lag in fulfilling important aspects of the convention. This is also true among those countries that have not ratified it. This program aims to address this issue, working with the UN Office of Legal Affairs' Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, with universities and with research organizations, to develop the human resources that can develop the order of the sea. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 726,036 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
Leprosy Elimination
Africa
Asia
Global
Latin America
North America
| Program Name | WHO Leprosy Elimination Project |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | World Health Organization (United Nations) |
| Explanation | This project supports leprosy elimination activities in the remaining leprosy endemic countries with the aim of achieving global elimination of the disease. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 3,100,000 |
| Countries Reached | India, Nepal, Brazil, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique and other Asian and African countries |
| Program Name | Strategies for Eliminating the Stigma Associated with Leprosy |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project organizes workshops and develops/produces a wide range of media related to leprosy with the aim of eliminating the stigma associated with leprosy and helping people affected by the disease regain their dignity. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 196,400 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A., Paraguay, Bolivia Mozambique |
| Program Name | National Conference of Leprosy Colonies in India |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Leprosy colony Project Secretariat (India) |
| Explanation | This conference enables people affected by leprosy in India to work together, involving like-minded people supportive of their cause, in the fight against discrimination and violations of the human rights of those affected by the disease. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 107,600 |
| Countries Reached | India |
| Program Name | Establishment of Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation (India) |
| Explanation | 60% of individuals with leprosy live in India, and even after they have been cured, deeply-rooted discrimination and stigma remain. Opportunities for education and employment become limited. The purpose of this foundation is to help those who have recovered from the disease to also recover their dignity and take part in society. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 10,220,000 |
| Countries Reached | India |
| Program Name | WHO Leprosy Elimination Project |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | World Health Organization (United Nations) |
| Explanation | This project supports leprosy elimination activities in the remaining leprosy endemic countries with the aim of achieving global elimination of the disease. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 3,100,000 |
| Countries Reached | India, Nepal, Brazil, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique and other Asian and African countries |
| Program Name | Global Project on the History of Leprosy |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Leprosy Association (India) |
| Explanation | This project provides support for creating a database on the medical and social history of leprosy in order to preserve this information for future generations. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 200,000 |
| Countries Reached | World |
| Program Name | Telehansen (Toll free telephone hotline for Hansen's Disease) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | Morhan (Movimento de Reintegracao das pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseniase) (Brazil) |
| Explanation | This project provides a toll free telephone hotline for leprosy, with the aim of eliminating leprosy and the stigma associated with it from Brazil. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 137,000 |
| Countries Reached | Brazil |
| Program Name | WHO Leprosy Elimination Project |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | World Health Organization (United Nations) |
| Explanation | This project supports leprosy elimination activities in the remaining leprosy endemic countries with the aim of achieving global elimination of the disease. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 3,100,000 |
| Countries Reached | India, Nepal, Brazil, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique and other Asian and African countries |
| Program Name | Strategies for Eliminating the Stigma Associated with Leprosy |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project organizes workshops and develops/produces a wide range of media related to leprosy with the aim of eliminating the stigma associated with leprosy and helping people affected by the disease regain their dignity. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 196,400 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A., Paraguay, Bolivia Mozambique |
| Program Name | Strategies for Eliminating the Stigma Associated with Leprosy |
| Year | 2006 |
| Organization | International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement (U.S.A.) |
| Explanation | This project organizes workshops and develops/produces a wide range of media related to leprosy with the aim of eliminating the stigma associated with leprosy and helping people affected by the disease regain their dignity. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 196,400 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A., Paraguay, Bolivia Mozambique |