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GRIPS’ contributions
to the SDGs
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GRIPS’ contributions to the SDGs

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Training the Active Agents Behind SDG-driven Projects

Graduate Programs that
Directly Contribute toAchievement of the SDGs
Our graduate programs, in cooperation with
MEXT*, IMF, World Bank, WCO, JICA*, and otherdomestic government agencies, help mid-career public officials from around the world(particularly from developing countries) to meetthe challenges of contemporary policy issues.

International Support to Build Capabilityin Developing Countries*MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology*JICA: Japan International Cooperation Agency

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We offer weeklong tailor-made programs
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Practical Research

GRIPS educates large cohorts of students
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Encouraging Research towards
Practical Policy Solutions
Our faculty use their expertise in political,economic, and multi-disciplinary policy studies
to help our students develop research andpolicy proposals aimed at resolving a wide
variety of diplomatic, security, scientific,infrastructure, and energy policy issues. Since
2018 the Policy Research Center, the hub of ourresearch activities, has been using its researchfunding to prioritize international meetings
International Symposium and andresearch that contribute to the achieveHigh-Level Panelment of the SDGs.

Those students come to Japan with strong desire to solve the problemsof their countries and regions. They gain the extensive specialized knowledge
that they need in their work at home.
They have to tackle a wide range of problems related to issues
including poverty, childcare, medical intervention, security,and the environment.

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After graduation from GRIPS, they will work hard within their home government
agencies and collaborate with NGOs, citizens’ groups, universities,
and research centers, to resolve a variety of issues.

Some 270 members of global cabinets, governments, universities, research organizations, andNGOs participated in a GRIPS-led international
Alumnus Siddiqur Rahman has been pursuing a improving quality of life in the Narail District, gives
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Drafting Policy
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Summer CampThe SDGs:
lecture by Mr. Ban Ki-moon,
Eighth UN Secretary-General:

We make this course mandatory for all students
because we believe that an understanding of therelevance of the many viewpoints that underly theSDGs will be of great benefit to our students as they
develop the ability to think deeply about the policy
issues of their countries and regions, and grow to
become the future leaders of government.

As part of the year's theme (How much can scientifictechnology contribute towards achievement of theSDGs?), students and faculty spent three days
drafting science, technology, and innovation (STI)
policy. They examined policy proposals focused onbottom-up (i.e. local community based) solutions.

In his address, The UN's Sustainable Development Goals:
Blueprint for a Better Future, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon talked about
the UN’s establishment of the 17 SDGs, explaining the special
characteristics of the SDGs and how the appproachembodied in the SDGs differs from previous approaches tointernational development. He discussed theactions necessary to achieve the SDGs by 2030.

Workshop on Industrial
Development Strategy for
Sub-Saharan Africa

World Assembly of
Science Policy Advisors:
INGSA 2018

Many ambassadors and embassy-related personnel
from African countries attended this workshop,
co-hosted by GRIPS and the JICA Research Institute.
They attended lectures and panel discussions about
approaches to industrial development reflecting theTraining-Infrastructure-Finance (TIF)
Strategy.

Under the theme of Science Advice for a Changing
World, over 300 scientists, politicians, and administrators from more than 40 countries, working infields related to scientific advice, came together forthe third conference of the International Network for
Government Science Advice (INGSA).

Ocean Policies and the SDGs:
Special Lecture by Norway’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs

First Domestic Training
Program to Maritime SafetySpecialists

Norway's Foreign Affairs Minister Ine Eriksen
Søreide spoke about the two immediate and urgent
ocean management issues (ocean conservation andsustainable use of ocean resources), stressing theimportance of the SDGs, especially SDG 14, as key
guidelines for future action.

We are excited to offer, in collaboration with the Japan
Coast Guard, the Maritime Safety and Security Policy
Program, the first program in Japan to contribute to thecreation and ongoing development of an international
body of professionals in maritime regulation based oninternational law. The third cohort completed their studies in September of 2018.

International Support to Build Capability
in Developing Countries
With its foundation of quality research contributing to the solutionof practical policy problems, National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (GRIPS) has accepted a large cohort of international students
from developing countries and provided them with the specialized
knowledge needed to successfully address real-world policy issues.
These students truly are the leaders of sustainable development,
and by educating them and supporting their research, GRIPS
contributes on many levels to the achievement of the SDGs related

New Efforts
Towards
Realizing the SDGs

to poverty, childcare, medical intervention, security, and theMSSP alumni pay a visit to Prime Minister Abe.
Sponsored by Japan’s Maritime Safety Agency.

environment.
International Colloquium
on Inclusive Innovation

GRIPS educates large cohorts of students
from developing countries.

Now, with the explosive emergence of information
communication and technology (ICT) and thedevelopment of the sharing economy, anyone canbe a leader of innovation. Participants discussed thecreation of new value through innovations thatresolve social issues, and the globalization of suchinnovations.

Our alumnus Azman bin Mohd. Yusof is working
with the Malaysian government to develop family
policy and action plans to mitigate the problems ofwomen, children, persons with disabilities, theelderly, the disaster-affected, and the poor.

International Symposium andHigh-Level Panelon Water and Disasters

Sustainable Management,
Protection, and Developmentof the Tonle Sap Basin

Towards a Society Where
Women are Globally Activein Policy

Some 270 members of global cabinets, governments, universities, research organizations, andNGOs participated in a GRIPS-led international
symposium and high-level panel to foster awarenessand action related to water and disasters, and todiscuss support for the the framing ofSDG-related policy in each country.

With support from Cambodia's government
ministries, domestic and foreign organizations,research organizations, NGOs, and citizen groups,
our alumnus Tony Hell is working towards sustainable management, protection, and developmentof the Tonle Sap Basin.

We hold research meetings and symposiums topromote the realization of a society in which
women are policy leaders in every field. The group’s
goal is 35% female participation in GRIPS’ Young
Leaders Program, which is offered to governmentofficials from Central European and Asian nations,including Japan.

Those students come to Japan with strong desire to solve the problemsof their countries and regions. They gain the extensive specialized knowledge
that they need in their work at home.
They have to tackle a wide range of problems related to issues
including poverty, childcare, medical intervention, security,and the environment.
After graduation from GRIPS, they will work hard within their home government
agencies and collaborate with NGOs, citizens’ groups, universities,
and research centers, to resolve a variety of issues.

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