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Awards Entry

2016 Asia-pacific Conference
a new challenging for young residents of future
JCI JAPAN
Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 Asia-Pacific Conference
Category: Best Local Personal Skill Development Program
NOM Information
National Organization: JCI JAPAN

National President:

Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Sapporo
President: Yoshinari Nakamura
President Email: y.nakamura@nakamura-syouten.jp

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Basic Information
Duration : 1 Oct 2014 – 31 Dec 2015
Staff : 18 members
268 residents of Sapporo
Sapporo CitySponsors :The board of education of Sapporo
1 company
Budget : US$9,090
Profit / Loss :In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Who is benefited ?: 1.9million residents of Sapporo
Objective : 1. JCI Sapporo provides the opportunities to let the residents of Sapporo
realize again the history and culture of Sapporo.
2. JCI Sapporo produces active citizens with holding positive concern tothe community.
3. JCI Sapporo raises active citizens using the resources in Sapporo.
Overview : 1. JCI Sapporo conducted a survey to find out whether young activecitizens have been raised or not in Sapporo.
According to the survey, it has turned out that 80.1% of residents havenever joined stimulating Sapporo. Otherwise, 67.3% of residents have an
intention of stimulating Sapporo.
As a result of the survey, it has turned out that many residents have an
intention of stimulating Sapporo but have never joined it.
2. JCI Sapporo conducted a survey to find out the degree of satisfactionof the life as it is for university students living in Sapporo.
As a result of the survey, it has turned out that 70% of university students
in Sapporo are satisfying their living.
It seemed that young residents of future were being lost their motivation
to a new challenging since many of them were satisfying their presentsituations.
JCI Sapporo carried out an initiative to take back the motivation to a newchallenging for young residents of future.
JCI Sapporo held “Mind Map Seminar” subject to university students soas to clear and enrich their thinking and ideas. “Mind Map” means toclear their thinking in writing the very concise words and being visible
mutual relationships of the words.
The students participating in the seminar:
1. recognized the rich resources such as “Food” and “Life Style” in
Sapporo and made a plan to add a new value to resources in Sapporo
using the method of “Mind Map”.
2. collected their study results using the method of “Mind Map” since they
noticed the importance to study the history and culture of Sapporo.
3. studied the importance to become active citizens with holding positive
concern to the community.
JCI Sapporo held the monthly meeting on August 2015.

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The students participating in the meeting:
1. published their ideas about new products using the rich resources suchas “Food” and “Life Style”.
2. published their study results about the history of Sapporo.
Residents of Sapporo realized again the history of Sapporo andconfirmed the importance to hold the strong will.
After the meeting, the students participating in it:
1. worked in close cooperation with a company following development
and production of foods to achieve to commercialize merchandisereferring to the opinions of residents of Sapporo.
As a result, they succeeded to develop a new dressing using corns as
resource of “Food”.
2. worked in close cooperation with a company following development ofapplications software of smartphones to achieve to commercialize
merchandise.
They were considering whether it was possible to develop a newapplications software to adapt the demand and supply between thefarmers and the customers.
The students grew up to be active citizens with holding positive concern
to the community thanks to “Mind Map Seminar” and the monthly
meeting.
Results : JCI Sapporo was able to let the residents of Sapporo realize again theimportance to hold the strong will by providing the opportunities to publish
their study results about the history and the culture of Sapporo.
JCI Sapporo was able to let the residents of Sapporo become active
citizens with holding positive concern to the community by discovering thehistory and the resources in Sapporo.
The students grew up to be active citizens. That is why they succeeded todevelop and commercialize a new dressing using corns as resource of“Food” as a joint development between the students and a company.
JCI Sapporo was not able to implement the development of a new
applications software to connect the farmers with the customers becauseof cost.
Actions Taken : March 2015
A plan was made to the residents of Sapporo to raise community concern
by working in cooperation with them and a company.
May 2015
Participants were advertised for the program of stimulating Sapporo
subject to the students living in Sapporo.
June 2015
A briefing session was held to develop advisers to counsel the students
to let them think to stimulate Sapporo.
June 2015
The first meeting of fostering human path finders – “Mind Map seminar”
was held and organized the teams of the students.
June 2015
The students participating in the seminar discussed about the history andresources in Sapporo to stimulate Sapporo.
July 2015
The second meeting of fostering human path finders – the students
published their study results about the history and resources in Sapporo.

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July 2015
The students participating in the seminar prepared to publish their study
results and to make their proposals about new products using the richresources.
June 2015
The students participating in the seminar presented their proposals to acompany by discussing with the company one after another.
August 2015
The students participating in the seminar published their proposal forresidents of Sapporo.
December 2015
A new dressing was on a commercial basis as a joint development
between the students and the company.
Recommendations :JCI Sapporo achieved the following objectives by working in close
cooperation with the students, residents of Sapporo and the company.
1. Residents of Sapporo was able to realize again the importance of thehistory and culture of Sapporo. That is why participants up to 50 percent
answered that it is needed to hold the strong will to carve out the future.
2. Residents of Sapporo became active citizens with holding positive
concern to the community by studying the history and the resources inSapporo. That is why almost all of the participants in the monthly meeting
filled out a questionnaire that they wanted to use the products made bysurrounding resources.
3. Provided the opportunity that the students grew up to be active
citizens. That is why they made their proposals about new products using
the resources in Sapporo and succeeded to commercialize one.
Unachievable contents are as follows:
1. It did not realize to commercialize a new applications software toconnect the farmers with the customers in spite of much approval frommany residents.
2. That is why it was needed abundant funds and professional skills tocommercialize. To realize it, it is needed to build a system to overcomethem.

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Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the 1.JCI Sapporo provides the opportunities to let theobjectives of this residents of Sapporo realize again the history andprogram?

culture of Sapporo.

2.JCI Sapporo produces active citizens with holding
positive concern to the community.
3.JCI Sapporo raises active citizens using the resourcesin Sapporo.
How does this 1. Influence: JCI Sapporo held the program aboutprogram align to stimulating Sapporo using the resources in Sapporo. It
the JCI Plan of
influenced the residents of Sapporo to become activeAction?

citizens with holding positive concern to thecommunity.

2. Motivation: JCI Sapporo motivated the residents ofSapporo to stimulate Sapporo using the resources inSapporo.
3. Investment: JCI Sapporo played a role as priorinvestment and raised active citizens so as to stimulate
Sapporo of future by working in cooperation withyoung residents of future.
4. Cooperation: JCI Sapporo cooperated with thestudents and the company to realize stimulating
Sapporo based on wealthy ideas.
5. Connection: JCI Sapporo was able to build a
relationship with each local residents together as theresidents became active citizens with holding positive
concern to the community.
Was the budget an JCI Sapporo committed the following budgetary efforts
effective guide for to maximize the financial effectiveness.
the financial
management ofthe project? JCI Sapporo advertised the project on homepage andFacebook.

JCI Sapporo put up the posters at 18 schools inSapporo.
Budget total in 2015
Hall set up cost JPY67,196
Advertisement printing cost JPY142,279

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How does this JCI Sapporo provides the opportunities to let theproject advance students of future study the history, education and spirit
the JCI Missionof Sapporo.
and Vision?

JCI Sapporo let the residents know that young residents
of future rediscovered the hidden treasures in Sapporo
through the network between the company and theresidents of Sapporo.

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Membership Participation

By number, how manymembers were involvedin this program? 18 members
By percentage, how manymembers of the Local
Organization wereinvolved in this program? 60%
Describe the main roles 11 studentsof the participating
members in this program.

6 advisers for helping the students tocommercialize their ideas.
18 members to set up the hall
1 Professor

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Skills Developed

What skills were To realized again the history and the culture of Sapporo
developed in this and confirmed the importance to hold the strong will toprogram?

stimulate Sapporo.

Ability to stimulate Sapporo using rich resources inSapporo.
How were these The students were able to realize that Sapporo has beenskills developed? developed thanks to their predecessors having strong
Describe thewill, by publishing their study results about the history
methods andactivities used. and the culture of Sapporo.

The students learned the ability to stimulate Sapporo
using rich resources in Sapporo, by publishing their
proposal about the products which were made with thecompany and the residents.

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Impact on Participants

What was the The participants realize again the history and the culture
intended impact on of Sapporo and confirm the importance to hold thethe participants?

strong will to stimulate Sapporo.

The participants become active citizens with holding
positive concern to the community.
The participants become active citizens to stimulate
Sapporo using the resources in Sapporo.
Describe the actual The residents of Sapporo became active citizens withimpact on the holding positive concern to the community.
participants.

The students of future grew up to be active citizens tostimulate Sapporo, by realizing again the resources inSapporo andcommercializing their ideas using them.

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Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the As embodying the resident’s ideas, it is possible toexpected long-term create active citizens who is able to propose any ideas
impact of thisusing the resources in Sapporo.
project?

As residents of Sapporo hold positive concern to thecommunity, they become to be more active forcommunity development.
As residents of Sapporo hold positive concern andbecome to be more active for community development,
they can involve each local residents and build a
relationship with them.
What changes It is needed to build the system that the residents joint
would you make to the project to produce contributory people for
improve the results
community development.
of this project?

That is why the local region can be growth byproducing young active citizens having great dreams.

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