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Awards Entry

2016 Asia-pacific Conference
Niigata Transportation Project
JCI JAPAN
Best Local Economic Development Program

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 Asia-Pacific Conference
Category: Best Local Economic Development Program
NOM Information
National Organization: JCI JAPAN
Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

National President:

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Niigata
President: Ken Furukawa
President Email: gian.furukawa@gmail.com

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Basic Information
Duration : July 26, 2015
Staff : 42members
Niigata city, Niigata Airport Building Corporation, Niigata Aviation
Sponsors :ServiceCo.
Budget : 14 hundored dollar
Profit / Loss : None
In which UN MDG best
Develop a global partnership for developmentfit (if apply): ?:Who is benefited ?: People living or working in Niigata
Objective : To help them to consider the development of Niigata, they see theinfrastructure in Niigata by bus, to have interests in, and to consider
the benefits and problems of the infrastructure in Niigata.
Overview : They go to Niigata Airport and Niigata Harbor to listen to the workers andofficers there.
The participants also talk each other about the future of them after 10years.
About the infrastructure except above, they are encouraged by a quiz
program to have interests in and to learn it.
Results : 88 people took part in this activity.
98% of them knew the infrastructure in Niigata more.
100% of them wanted to tell their neighbors about the infrastructure inNiigata more.
They wanted to take part in the events like this.
The participants thought that the infrastructure in Niigata should beinformed more both the inside and outside.
The questionnaire survey we have done for the the verification toldabove.
Actions Taken : January to Fbruary , 2015 Imaging
March to May, 2015 Building
May to July, 2015 Announcement
July 26, 2015 Holding
September, 2015 Report
Recommendations : The goal was achieved.
Participants sufferd from long activity time, which sould be got shorter.
Such way of announcement as only a piece of flyer should be verified.
Wide variety of age group of participants should be considered in theactivity contents.
The members in this construction party also grew up themselves because
they had studied more to instruct the participants.

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Award Category criteria
Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the The first purpose is to help people living or working
objectives of this in Niigata to consider the development of Niigata
program?

through a field trip to the infrastructure in Niigata
by bus. The second purpose is to have interests in theinfrastructure in Niigata, and to consider thebenefits and problems of it. The third purpose is toconsider the possibility of the development inNiigata. The forth purpose is for the members in thisconstruction party to grow up themselves throughtheir studying the infrastructure in Niigata toinstruct the participants.

How does this Success of the activity will bring below;
program align to The local economy is revitalized.
the JCI Plan of
One sustainable activity is constructed.
Action?

A shared awareness of success in a purpose.
The purposes above are consist of the activity
guidelines of JCI.

Was the budget an We got the cooperation from the facilities for the field
effective guide for trip and administration office in Niigata.
the financial
The lecture fee didn\'t occur.
management of
the project? Cost of tour bus, the handbill and poster charge for anannouncement, the insurance fee for participants, therental charge of the waiting room in Niigata Airport
didn\'t occur.

How does this We work together with Administrative organization
project advance in Niigata and the concerned organization bodies.
the JCI Mission
We saw the current status and future in theand Vision?

infrastructure in Niigata to make a opportunity toconsider what are needed in Niigata and for thedevelopment of Niigata.

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Promotion of Free Enterprise

How did this The participation itself in this activity supervised byprogram seek to Junior Chamber International Niigata, can be anexhibit JCI Values,
effective way of announcement of Junior Chamber
especially "freeenterprise"? International Niigata to the people living and workingin Niigata.

How was free Handbill and flyer
enterprise Announcements inside Junior Chamber International
promoted during
Niigata
the project?

Junior Chamber International Niigata HP
Public relations
Member recruitment
Face Book, Twitter etc.

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Impact on Local Economy

How was theimpact on the local
economy From the questionnaire survey we have done for the themeasured? verification of the effectiveness of the activity.
What was theintended impact on The first goal is to find out the contribution of thethe local
infrastructure like the airport and the harbor to theeconomy? What
goals were local economy in Niigata and its possibility fororiginally set? business.
What was the This activity helped the people living or working in
actual economic Niigata to consider the development of Niigata throughimpact produceda field trip to the infrastructure in Niigata by bus,by this project?

and encouraged them to have interests in theinfrastructure in Niigata, and to consider the benefits
and problems of it.

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Impact on Community and Participants

How wascommunity andparticipant impact
measured for thisproject? By the questionnaire survey from general citizens.
Describe the actual This activity helped people living or working in Niigata
impact on the local to have interests in the infrastructure in Niigata.
community and theAnd it also helped them to consider the development
participants.

of Niigata through a field trip to the infrastructurein Niigata by bus.
The members in this construction party also grew upthemselves because they had studied more to instruct
the participants.

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Partnerships and Public Relations

What was the Handbill and flyer
promotional Announcements inside Junior Chamber International
strategy for thisNiigata
program?

Junior Chamber International Niigata HP
Public relations
Member recruitment
Face Book, Twitter etc.

How successful Public relation using newspapers could invite three
was thegroups of patticipants to the activity. Public relation
promotion? Pleaseindicate figures using SNS succeeded in the announcement of Junioir
where applicable. Chamber International Niigata
List the partners
Niigata city, Niigata Airport Building Corporation,that participated inthis program. (write Niigata Aviation ServiceCo., Niigata World Trade
N/A if none) Terminal Co.,LTD.,How did partners The officers of Niigata city gave lectures to theparticipate in the participants in Niigata Airport.
program?

Niigata city, Niigata Airport Building Corporation,and
Niigata Aviation Service Co., gave great helps in thefield trip to the infrastructure in Niigata by bus.
The workers of Niigata World Trade Terminal
Co.,LTD.,gave lectures.

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Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the There is no quick solution to traffic infrastructure
expected long-term covering long and wide regions of Niigata, while this
impact of thisactivity focuses on the traffic matters in Niigata in thisproject?

time could become a large mile stone for the holding at
regular intervals because a large number of participants
wanted to take part in the events like this one.
This event also helped the participants to talk about thefuture of them after 10 years each other.

What changes The participants suffered from long activity time, which
would you make to should be got shorter.
improve the results
Such way of announcement as just a simple piece ofof this project?

flyer should be verified.
Wide variety of age group of participants should beconsidered in thinking of difficulty in the activity
contents.
They should be encouraged by other tools except aquiz program to have interests in and to learn thetraffic infrastructure in Niigata.

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