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2016 Asia-pacific Conference
Feel the Impact of Global Community in Kanazawa
JCI JAPAN
Best Local Community Empowerment Program

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 Asia-Pacific Conference
Category: Best Local Community Empowerment Program
NOM Information
National Organization: JCI JAPAN

National President:

Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Kanazawa
President: Suzuki Norihide
President Email: suzukinorihide2000@yahoo.co.jp

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Basic Information
Duration : From April, 2015 to July, 2015
Staff : 17 members
Sponsors : The students who live in Kanazawa
Budget : 4,560 dollars
Profit / Loss : 0
In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Japanese students and foreign students living in Kanazawa and its
Who is benefited ?:vicinity
Objective : 1. As for Japanese students, to establish their identity as Japanese.
2. As for foreign students, to deepen their understanding of different
culture.
3. As for both students, to grow into global-minded persons withactiveness, cooperativeness and strong communicative skills.
Overview : Game1. Interview with Students : April 5, 13:00-17:00
JCI Kanazawa explained about the purpose and the overall schedule ofKanazawa International Academy
and selected the students who agreed with the purpose and whoseschedule permitted.
We also checked their language skills, university or college,
leadership and motivation, and maintained the appropriate balance of theacademy members.
2. 1st Kanazawa International Academy: May 10, 15:00-19:00
JCI Kanazawa conducted a program to let the students know each otherand bringthem close so that they could accept the difference of each other’s way of
thinking.
1. Orientation (Self-introduction)
JCI Kanazawa told the participants about the meaning of holding
Kanazawa International Academy and what was included in the
program.
JCI Kanazawa handed out the list of the participants and theparticipants introduced themselves referring to the name list.
To ease the students’ sense of tension, the committee members
from JCI Kanazawa did introduce themselves first.
2. Trade Game
Through the trade game, JCI Kanazawa reduced a feeling of
distance among the students who met for the first time.
JCI Kanazawa got them to accept the difference in each other’s
ways of thinking.
3. Sharing Experiences of Members of the Previous Year
JCI Kanazawa asked the members who participated in theacademy last year to talk about their actual experiences
and let the student members to get more interested in the following
academy sessions.
At the end of this academy session, JCI Kanazawa conducted averification questionnaire for the student members to answer.
3. 2nd Kanazawa International Academy: May 16, 13:00-22:00
As for Japanese students, to deepen their understanding of their own
culture and establish their identity as Japanese.
As for foreign students, to understand different culture.
JCI Kanazawa provided opportunities for the student members toexperience the culture of Kanazawa
and learn about the Japanese spirit inherited and valued for a long time.
1. Fieldwork
JCI Kanazawa conducted fieldwork dividing the student members
into groups.

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2. Short Presentation
JCI Kanazawa got the student members to discuss in a group what
they had experienced through fieldworkin accordance with the theme and to make a presentation.
The theme was ‘KANAZAWA in the Eyes of Japanese Students,
KANAZAWA in the Eyes of Foreign Students.’
JCI Kanazawa got the student members to discuss how they felt
about Kanazawa and make a presentation,
aiming to their understanding the difference in their sensitivity andvalues.
3. Group Arrangement and Theme Announcement
JCI Kanazawa announced the presentation group arrangement of
the 4th Kanazawa International Academy and its theme.
The theme was planning the tour of Kanazawa.
JCI Kanazawa asked them to produce a tour guidebook andpromotion video.
The student members became more cooperative andcommunicativein the process of working at a task in each group.
At the end of this academy session,
JCI Kanazawa conducted a verification questionnaire for the
student members to answer.
4. 3rd Kanazawa International Academy: May 30, 13:00-17:00
JCI Kanazawa had the students members carry a project in each groupand lean leadership and followership so that they could become a personwith activeness and cooperativeness.
1. Report on the Progress
Each group reported on their progress so far.
JCI Kanazawa strengthened the student members’ motivation bymaking them listen to other groups’ progress reports.
2. Group Discussion
Each group raised a question about tourist sites in Kanazawa fromthe perspective of foreign students and tried to find the solution.
JCI Kanazawa reflected the solutions found in this group
discussion in JCI World Congress Kanazawa.
3. Promotion of JCI World Congress Kanazawa
JCI Kanazawa let the student members know about JCI World
Congress Kanazawa and motivated them to participate in it.
At the end of this academy session, JCI Kanazawa conducted averification questionnaire for the student members to answer.
5. 4th Kanazawa International Academy: June 20, 13:00-19:00
JCI Kanazawa provided an opportunity for the student members to makea presentation onwhat they had achieved in Kanazawa International Academy so that they
could explain clearly
their thoughts putting aside the differences in nationality and languages.
1. Presentation
The presentation method JCI Kanazawa chose was using a tour
guidebook and promotion video.
The guidebook the student members created was handed out in
JCI World Congress Kanazawa.
The judges were 8 government-related members, 20 higher
education-related members and JCI Kanazawa members.
2. Finale
JCI Kanazawa gave them a graduation certificate so that thestudent members could feel a sense of accomplishment throughtaking partin Kanazawa International Academy and a sense of responsibility
to carry down what they had learnt to younger people.
JCI Kanazawa held a graduation ceremony.
Each student member received the graduation certificate and gave
a talk on their feedback about the academy.
At the end of this academy session,

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JCI Kanazawa conducted a verification questionnaire for the
student members to answer.
6. Reporting Session: July 16, JCI Kanazawa Monthly Meeting inJuly
The student members reported on the Kanazawa International Academy
project using visual images.
At the end of the July monthly meeting, JCI Kanazawa conducted averification questionnaire for JCI Kanazawa members.
7. Kanazawa International Academy Members during JCI World
Congress Kanazawa
Those participated: 25 student members (8 volunteer leaders included)
Their activity: The volunteer leaders participated in the meetings of eachfunction and understood the function they were engaged in.
These leaders served as facilitators who coordinated other volunteers.
Other Kanazawa International Academy student members also took aleading role in volunteers.
Volunteer Leaders’ Activity
Early-August Volunteer leaders were selected. From mid-August to lateOctober They promoted the participation in JCI World Congress
Kanazawa as volunteers.
• August 29, September 5, September 12, October 3, October 17
The volunteer leaders participated in briefings five times.
• October 3 They had a meeting with a person in charge of eachfunction• October 11 They had a meeting with the Excursion Division.
• October 17 The volunteer leaders had a meeting among
themselves.
• October 27 They attended the final briefing.
Results : JCI Kanazawa held such a multinational academy with the participation of
69 foreign students from 13 countries.
Through the group work in this project, JCI Kanazawa succeeded indeveloping the student members’ activeness, cooperativeness andcommunication skills.
1. The Japanese student members learnt about Japanese identity
through experiencing Kanazawa’s craft culture in the fieldwork.
2. The foreign student members deepened their understanding ofdifferent culture.
Actions Taken : Interview with Students: April 25, 13:00-17:00• 1st Kanazawa International Academy: May 10, 15:00-19:00• 2nd Kanazawa International Academy: May 16, 13:00-22:00• 3rd Kanazawa International Academy: May 30, 13:00-17:00• 4th Kanazawa International Academy: June 20, 13:00-19:00• Reporting Session July 16, JCI Kanazawa Monthly Meeting in July
Volunteer Leaders’ Activity
Early-August Volunteer leaders were selected.
From mid-August to late-October They promoted the participation in JCIWorld Congress Kanazawa as volunteers.
August 29, September 5, September 12, October 3, October 17 The
volunteer leaders participated in briefings five times.
October 3 They had a meeting with a person in charge of each function
October 11 They had a meeting with the Excursion Division.
October 17 The volunteer leaders had a meeting among themselves.
October 27 They attended the final briefing.
Recommendations : Through the fieldwork, JCI Kanazawa provided opportunities for the
student members
to experience the culture of Kanazawa and learn about the Japanesespirit inherited and valued for a long time.

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[Verification]
1. Many student members experienced the craft and culture they had
never experienced.
2. Japanese student members experienced the culture that they
didn’t know while living in Japan and rediscover the history
inherited for a long time.
3. Foreign student members deepened their understanding of thecraft and culture inherited and valued for a long time among
Japanese people.
JCI Kanazawa conducted some projects dividing the student members
into groups for them to learn about leadership and followership.
[Verification]
1. The student members actively worked on the group work.
2. The student members decided their roles by themselves in eachgroup and had a chance to learn about leadership andfollowership.
3. Both Japanese student members and foreign student members
realized the difference in each other’s ways of thinking throughcommunicating with people from different countries.
Kanazawa International Academy Members during JCI World Congress
Kanazawa
Those participated: 25 student members (8 volunteer leaders included)
Their activity: The volunteer leaders participated in the meetings of eachfunction and understood the function they were engaged in.
These leaders served as facilitators who coordinated other volunteers.
Other Kanazawa International Academy student members also took aleading role in volunteers.
Volunteer Leaders’ Activity
Early-August Volunteer leaders were selected.
From mid-August to late-October They promoted the participation in JCIWorld Congress Kanazawa as volunteers.
August 29, September 5, September 12, October 3, October 17
The volunteer leaders participated in briefings five times.
October 3 They had a meeting with a person in charge of each function
October 11 They had a meeting with the Excursion Division.
October 17 The volunteer leaders had a meeting among themselves.
October 27 They attended the final briefing.
Comments from Student Members• Since the student members had experienced fieldwork in
Kanazawa International Academy,
they were able to tell the delegates about how attractive Kanazawa
was during JCI World Congress Kanazawa.
• The student members tried to improve their language skills throughconversation with foreign people.
• Thanks to the experience of the leadership training in Kanazawa
International Academy,
the student members succeeded in leading other volunteers.
• The student members had many opportunities of communicatingwith those
who they usually had no connection to, allowing them to make it agoal to become such people.
• The role as volunteer leaders in JCI World Congress Kanazawa
enabled them to feel confident and motivated to improve
themselves.
• As volunteer leaders, the student members acquired experience inoperating something.
[General Overview]
Many of the academy student members participated in JCI World
Congress Kanazawa as volunteer leaders and staff members.
These leaders coordinated a lot of other volunteers drawing on their

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experiences of Kanazawa International Academy.
The student members also played a central part in volunteers and raised
their spirit,
resulting in the smooth operation of JCI World Congress Kanazawa.
In addition, thanks to the students’ excellent job, JCI Kanazawa members
enhanced recognition on the necessity of global-minded persons.

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Award Category criteria
Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the As for Japanese students, to establish their identity as
objectives of this Japanese.
program?

As for foreign students, to deepen their understandingof different culture.
As for both students, to grow into a global-mindedperson with activeness,cooperativeness and strong communicative skills.

How does this As for Japanese students, to establish their identity as
program align to the Japanese.
JCI Plan of Action?

As for foreign students, to deepen their understandingof different culture.
As for both students, to grow into a global-mindedperson with activeness,cooperativeness and strong communicative skills.
Accomplishing the above purposes leads to the local
community achieving sustainable impact.

Was the budget an In order for Japanese students to establish theireffective guide for identity as Japanese,the financial
and for foreign students to deepen their understanding
management of the
project? of different culture,

it was necessary to let them experience traditional
craft and culture of Kanazawa in their fieldwork.
JCI Kanazawa applied 70% of the total expense to thefieldwork cost.

How does this Promoting JCI Mission
project advance the For Japanese students to establish their identity as
JCI Mission andJapanese,
Vision?

for foreign students to deepen their understanding ofdifferent culture and for both students
to grow into a global-minded person with activeness,cooperativeness and strong communicative skills,
JCI Kanazawa provided opportunities of development
and progress.
Promoting JCI Vision
Fostering global-minded persons led to the global
network led by young active citizens.

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Award Category criteria
Membership Participation

By number, how manymembers wereinvolved in thisprogram? 17 members
By percentage, howmany members of the
Local Organization
were involved in thisprogram? 80%
Describe the main JCI Kanazawa members prepared and operated theroles of the project as a main administrative organization.
participating members
As navigators during the fieldwork, JCI Kanazawa
in this program.

members gave instructions to the participants in eachsite.
As advisers of the group work, two or three JCI
Kanazawa members were assigned in each group.

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Award Category criteria
Community Impact

How did the Local According to the survey to the student members,
Organization most of them appreciated Japan by experiencing its
measurecraft and culture.
community impact
for this program? They also answered that they got interested in the

different ways of thinking
and multiple cultures by coming into contact withstudents from different countries.

Describe the actual As for Japanese students, to establish their identity as
community impact Japanese.
produced by thisAs for foreign students, to deepen their understanding
project.

of experiencing different culture.
As for both students, to grow into a global-mindedperson with activeness, cooperativeness and strong
communicative skills.
Accomplishing the above purposes led to the local
students leaning about Kanazawa’s culture throughthis project,resulting in their becoming global-minded persons
through experiencing multiple cultures.
In the future, they will be playing active roles in theworld and appealing Kanazawa, resulting in thedevelopment of local community.

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Award Category criteria
Impact on Local Organization

How did the Local Many of the academy student members participated in
Organization JCI World Congress Kanazawa as volunteer leaders
benefit fromand staff members.
running thisproject? These leaders coordinated a lot of other volunteers

drawing on their experiences of Kanazawa
International Academy.
The student members also played a central part involunteers and raised their spirit,
resulting in the smooth operation of JCI World
Congress Kanazawa.
In addition, thanks to their excellent job,
JCI Kanazawa members enhanced recognition on thenecessity of global-minded persons.

How did the For Japanese students to establish their identity as
program advance Japanese,
the JCI Mission?

for foreign students to deepen their understanding ofdifferent culture
and for both students to grow into global-mindedpersons,
JCI Kanazawa provided opportunities of development
and progressby their learning craft and culture inherited in Japanthrough fieldwork.

How did the project JCI Kanazawa led students living in Kanazawa to growadvance the JCI into global-minded persons,
Vision?

resulting in appealing Kanazawa and the global
network led by young active citizens.

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Award Category criteria
Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the Students living in Kanazawa lean about Kanazawa’s
expected long-term culture through this project,impact of thisresulting in their becoming global-minded persons
project?

through experiencing multiple culturesand in the future, they will be playing active roles in
the world and appealing Kanazawa,
resulting in the development of local community.

What changes JC Kanazawa needs to promote closer cooperation
would you make to with universities or other organizations
improve the results
to encourage the participation of foreign students.
of this project?

JCI Kanazawa needs to adjust these organizations’schedule so that students can participate in the project
more easily.

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