Post-HaRP Project Implementation Plan
Human Resource Development Platform for Japan-Russia
Economic Cooperation and Personnel Exchange (HaRP)
So KAWANOBE
Deputy Executive Director, Professor
Institute for International Collaboration
Hokkaido University

Inter-University Exchange Project funded by MEXT, Japan
Inter-University Exchange Project (funded by Japan's Ministry of Education)
A project supporting international collaborative efforts in education that would help Japanese
students to study overseas and international students to study in Japan, with the quality assuranceof higher education, aiming to develop human resources capable of engaging in global
activities and increasing the global impact of Japan’s university education.

The 2017 Inter-University Exchange Project (hereinafter “IUEP”)
Target country : Russia (and India)
Type A: Exchange Promotion Program-Academic collaboration programs for student exchange ⇒7 projects

Type B: Platform-Building Program
1) A program to build a platform for accumulating information and experience gained by theuniversities participating in this program that would be useful to other Japanese universities
carrying out joint projects with Russian universities.
2) Contribution to the activities of the Association of Institutions of Higher Education of theRussian Federation and Japan.

HaRP Project, jointly applied by Hokkaido
University (HU) and Niigata University (NU), wasadopted.
Funding term: 4.5 years (2017.10 – 2022.3)

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Outline of Japan-Russia Human Resource Development Plan
HaRP
Committee for Personnel Exchanges

Support8) Expansion of people-to-people exchange

Steering Committee for Specialized Sections（Based on the 8-point Japan-Russia Economic Cooperation Plan）

1) Health and medicine
2) City development
3) Exchanges between
small and medium-sizedbusinesses<Specialized Sections>5) Promotion of industry
diversification

6) Promotion of the industrial
Collaborations in development of the Russianeach section/with Far Eastother sections
7) Cooperation in developing4) SDGs : Environment,
Resource Development,
Multicultural Education

advanced technologies

New sections8) Language, culture andtourism

Secretariat for the Association of Institutions ofHigher Education of the Russian Federation and Japan

Student Union

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Project implementation plans by year (FY 2017-2021)
In FY 2017

In FY 2018

In FY 2019

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In FY 2020

In FY 2021

Project implementation
Exchange activities

Teaching and administrative staff exchange
Consultations with the universities involved

Launch of the Platform

Launch of Hokkaido and Niigata regional consortiums
HP developmentGeneral assembly of theJapan-Russia and JapanRussia Rectors' Forum &Student Forum
Specializedsections etc.
Specialized sections(1–8)
Committee for
Personnel Exchanges(9)

1st General assembly&Student Forum(at HU)

Continuous support for
professional education by theregional consortium

2nd General
assembly &Student Forum(at MSU)

3rd General
assembly &Student Forum(in Japan)

1) Health and medicine
2) City development
3) Exchanges between small and medium-sized businesses

Continuous
support for
professional
4) Energy development/ SDGs
5) Promotion of industry diversification
education
6) Promotion of the industrial development of the Russian Far East projects within
7) Cooperation in developing advanced technologies
specialized8) Language, culture and tourism
sections
9) Expansion of people-to-people exchange (the Committee for Personnel Exchanges)

IAG working-level
conference(including meetings ofuniversities selected forparticipation in the IUEP)

IAG working-level
conference

IAG working-level
conference

IAG working-level
conferenceFor Continuing Implementation of the Project after FY2021 (1)What sort of roles of post-HaRP project is expected?

- Info-hub between Japanese and Russian universities for
personnel exchange(through online meetings, website, SNS, information database)- Promoter/platform for Japan-Russia joint education and industryacademia-government collaboration← JapanRussia
Student Union’sFacebook↑ HaRP Project Website

Online Meetingin Oct 2020 →5For Continuing Implementation of the Project after FY2021 (2)Expected Roles and Activities:■Committee for Personnel Exchanges

1) Establishment of credit transfer guidelines for Japanese universities (by March 2022)
and enhancement of the content
2) Promotion of Japan-Russia joint educational programs by sharing good practices
and comparative studies of inter-university educational systems■Specialized Sections and Steering Committee of Specialized Sections3) Support for productive and efficient industry-government-academia collaboration(including educational and/or research activities) and promotion of informationexchange
4) Effort for the implementation of Japan-Russia joint professional education programs■Other5) Function of the central office [among Japanese universities] for the Association ofJapanese and Russian Universities
6) Delivery of useful information regarding higher education in Russia by the MSU-HUJoint Office6

For Continuing Implementation of the Project after FY2021 (3)How do we manage the post-HaRP project?

- Utilization of the existing resources (organizations)・Committee for Personnel Exchanges
・Specialized Sections
・MSU-HU Joint Office (Study in Japan Global Network Project)- Sources of income
・Hokkaido University’s budget for base expenses (labor cost, etc.)(as a part of HU’s international strategies)
・Membership fees from member universities
・Supporting fees from cooperative companies and institutions
by deepening collaboration with local governments and privatecompanies

Your comments and feedback would be highly appreciated.
Thank you for your attention.

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