Shaping New Horizons for Japan-ASEAN
Science and Technology Cooperation
towards the UN Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)

Participants:
Dr. Nagahiro Minato(Provost and Executive Vice-President
for Strategy Coordination, Research,
Planning, and Hospital Administration,
Kyoto University, Japan)

January 16, 2018
Kyoto, Japan

Prof. Yasuyuki Kono

The SDGs have become widely recognized as common targets forinternational development, but there is little communication
between universities, academic societies, or researchers withregards to how we can most effectively contribute to theirachievement.

Mr. Mitsuyuki Ueda

On January 16, 2018, Kyoto University organized a roundtablediscussion on the theme of “Shaping New Horizons for Japan-

ASEAN Science and Technology Cooperation towards the UN
Sustainable Development Goals” in Kyoto, Japan. The roundtable
aimed to provide an opportunity for its participants to exchangethoughts and ideas about the Japan and ASEAN Science,
Technology and Innovation (STI) collaboration for SDGs, andexplore ways in which stakeholders can collaborate to work
towards them. In addition to Kyoto University, participants wereinvited from the National Science and Technology Development
Agency (NSTDA) in Thailand, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences(LIPI) in Indonesia, The Malaysia-Japan International Institute ofTechnology (MJIIT) in Malaysia, and Japan’s Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Thediscussions focused on: (1) Ways in which stakeholders caneffectively promote research for the SDGs, (2) Efforts that can bemade to connect research outcomes to social implementation toachieve the SDGs, and (3) Should research frameworks bereorganized and research approaches be restructured to achievethese goals?

(Director, Center for Southeast AsianStudies (CSEAS), Kyoto University andPI at the Japan-ASEAN Science,
Technology, and Innovation Platform[JASTIP], Japan)(Director, International Science andTechnology Affairs Division, Scienceand Technology Policy Bureau of theMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology [MEXT],Government of Japan)

Assoc. Prof.
Mungcharoen

Thumrongrut(Chairman of the Energy andEnvironment Cluster, National Scienceand Technology Development Agency[NSTDA], Thailand)Prof. Bambang Subiyanto(ActingChairman,Indonesian
InstituteofSciences[LIPI],Indonesia)

Prof. Ezzat Chan Bin Abdullah(DeputyDean,Malaysia-Japan
International Institute of Technology[MJIIT], Malaysia)

Dr. Taro Sonobe(University Research Administrator[URA], Kyoto University Research
Administration Office [KURA], KyotoUniversity, Japan)© 2018 Kyoto University

We recognized four common agenda in shaping new horizons
for Japan-ASEAN Science and Technology Cooperation towards
the SDGs, which we summarized as “The Four ‘E’s”

Ensuring the diversity of STI research activities for the SDGs,
including not only the promotion of applied research towardsocial implementation, but also the enrichment of curiositydriven basic research on inclusive scientific issues based on
the SDGs.

Endeavoring

to pursue diverse approaches to social
implementation of research output through STI cooperation
with various stakeholders, such as community stakeholders, theprivate sector, NGOs, governments, and social scientists.
(Ex. discussions included bridging the gap between STI activities and social
implementation, social and economic analysis of outcomes, and one of thenational R&D institutions’ role as technical support provider to stakeholders.)

Observers:
Dr. Chanwit Tribuddharat(Vice-President, International Collaboration and AssociateProfessor, National Science and Technology Development
Agency [NSTDA], Thailand) (Representative ofDr. Narong Sirilertworakul, President of the NSTDA)

Dr. Sutham Patumsawad(Program Director and Assistant Professor, Renewable
Energy & New Energy Technology, National Science andTechnology Development Agency [NSTDA], Thailand)

Ms. Papitchaya Utanun(JASTIP WP2 Coordinator, National Science andTechnology Development Agency [NSTDA], Thailand)

Dr. Bundit Fungtammasan(Senior Vice-President, Research & Innovation andAssociate Professor, King Mongkut's University ofTechnology Thonburi [KMUTT], Thailand)

Dr. Enny Sudarmonowati(Deputy Chairman and Professor, Life Sciences,Indonesian Institute of Sciences [LIPI], Indonesia)

SDGs
Dr. Witjaksono

Expandingthe promotion of region-based collaborative
research towards inclusive STI for the SDGs, rather thanbilateral cooperation.

Educating the next generation of leaders about STI for theSDGs to promote Japan-ASEAN science and technology
cooperation towards the SDGs

Through the roundtable, we were able to develop a sharedawareness of new research frontiers in the ASEAN region onwhich Japanese and ASEAN scientists can work together withvarious stakeholders to drive innovation. These research areas
include curiosity-driven scientific research on local resources
and materials, applied research on appropriate technologies
and systems, and pilot projects to develop the implementationof research outcomes consistently and effectively towards theSDGs.
We also reaffirmed the importance of further expansion andpromotion of region-based research collaboration and humancapacity development through the Japan and ASEAN Science,
Technology, and Innovation Platform (JASTIP) in order toincrease our potential STI contributions to the SDGs.
© 2018 Kyoto University(Director of the Research Center for Biology, Indonesian
Institute of Sciences [LIPI], Indonesia)

Dr. Sulaeman Yusuf(Director of the Research Center for Biomaterials andProfessor, Indonesian Institute of Sciences [LIPI],Indonesia)

Dr. Masafumi Goto

(Director of the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention
Centre[DPPC]andProfessor,
Malaysia-Japan
International Institute of Technology [MJIIT], Malaysia)

Dr. Muhamad Ali Muhammad Yuzir(Deputy Director of the Disaster Preparedness andPrevention Centre [DPPC] and Associate Professor,
Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology[MJIIT], Malaysia)

Mr. Masaki Uemura(Deputy Director, International Science and Technology
Affairs Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau ofthe Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology [MEXT], Government of Japan )Mr. Hirotoshi Tagata(Senior Program Coordinator, Department of International
Affairs, Japan Science and Technology Agency [JST])

Ms. Noriko Kasahara(University Research Administrator [URA], Kyoto
University Research Administration Office [KURA], Kyoto
University, Japan)