jGrants
Grants management system for
the Ministry of Economy, Technology andIndustry of Japan

ANNAI Inc.
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Introduction
jGrants
Our vision

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Who I amjGrants
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Name:

Mori Sugimotod.o:dokumori

Drupal:14 years

Based in:

The Netherlands

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Who we arejGrants
Our vision

ANNAI Inc.
●Est. 2007●

Specialise in Drupal●

Based in Japan (fully distributed)

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What we dojGrants
Our vision

We specialise in Drupal●

Build & manage enterprise solutions●

Provide site audits and consultancy●We contribute ❤

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What we dojGrants
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We empower developers●Supervised the Japanese translation of Acquia Certiﬁcation exams●

Published the ﬁrst D8 book in Japan (working on the D9 version)●Development of hands-on Drupal training with automated evaluation

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jGrants

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What is jGrants?
Grants application management system
for the Ministry of Economy, Technologyand Industry of Japan (METI)

Source: https://jgrants.go.jp
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The problems

jGrants
Our vision

The existing application processes forgrants are complex and time-consuming:
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Paper-based
Snail mail (multiple trips)
Requires seals (‘Hanko’)
Phone calls
Hundreds of variations to the process

Illustrations: https://www.irasutoya.com/
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The wishes

jGrants
Our vision●Unifying the varying processes●

Simplifying the complex process●

Speeding up the process (each part / its entirety)●

Improving the user experience e.g. businesses ﬁll in theirbasic information once only

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How we approached it

jGrants
Our vision●Extracting the common denominator from numerous processes●

Simplifying the process through BPR●

Adopting agile methodology to accommodate changes

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Main features for secretariats

jGrants
Our vision●

Publication and management of grants information●

Conﬁguration of approval and notiﬁcation workﬂow per grant●

Requesting / accepting reports from businesses (after theapproval of their applications)●

Dispatchment of notiﬁcations

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Main features for businesses

jGrants
Our vision●Viewing and applying for grants●Pre-ﬁlling basic information for easier application●The custom ‘temp save’ feature●Submission of various reports●

Login via third-party authentication service (GBizID)

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Our visionon the delivery of government services

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One system to serve them all.
(A new system which can accommodate the existing features of jGrants)

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Grants application process ﬂow*Not speciﬁc to jGrants

●Application: Passport / driving license / certiﬁcates / allowances / beneﬁts●

Registration/reporting: (marriage, birth, tax return etc.)●Public offering: Outsourcing government projects

A common application process ﬂowDifferent application processes
share the same ﬂow.
So why build a system for every process?

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Some processes require certain features others don’t.
So they should be made pluggable / swappable.

Pluggable / swappable features

Making features accessible via API

Access control
Too complex to manage with theroles/permissions system in
Drupal core

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The Subgroup module
to the rescue!
Sponsored by ANNAI
Developed by Kristiaan van den Eynde @ Factorial

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Start building complex hierarchy TODAY!
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Key features of d-Gov●

Complex access control●Open-source●

Customisable workﬂow

●SaaS

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Evaluation of applications●Bulk operations●

Payment handling●APIs

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d-Gov can beneﬁt more thanjust a single country

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Thank you!

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