The 5th Conference of East Asia Research Association for Agricultural Heritage Systems (ERAHS) 27-29 August, 2018, Minabe Town-Tanabe City,Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

GIAHS &PARTNERSHIPS
Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Honorary Chairman, ERAHS
Member, FAO GIAHS Scientific Advisory Group (SAG)
President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Director and Project Professor, Integrated Research System for
Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo
Senior Visiting Professor, United Nations University
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)

Partnerships for
Sustainable Development• The Sustainable Development Goals（SDGs）,
adopted in Sep 2015 by UN member states,
to address urgent global challenges.
• Key 5 elements ( or “5Ps” )to achieve SDGs
are:

People working together for thePlanet through forming
Partnership to promotePeace and bring about
Prosperity

People working in partnerships forpeace and prosperity of our Planet2

Partnerships• The FAO Organization-wide Strategy on partnerships defines
the term partnership as:“...cooperation and collaboration between FAO units and external
parties in joint or coordinated action for a common purpose. It involves
a relationship where all parties make a contribution to the output andthe achievement of the objectives rather than a solely financialrelationship”. (FAO, 2012)• A partnership can be characterized by the following elements:
Is a voluntary association of partners
Entails complementary resources (technical, financial or human)Assumes the existence of an agreement on modalities
Each partner is expected to pursue specific benefits which are thefundamental motivation for entering into the partnershipPartners accept the need to share risks and confront them together,based on a foundation of mutual trust• FAO is actively pursuing partnerships with UN partners and othercommitted stakeholders.
3Why Partnerships?
• Promote the exchange of ideas, technicalexpertise, and financial resources• Assist in mobilizing resources to fundsustainable infrastructure• Create governance mechanisms foraccountability, monitoring, transparency
and reporting
SDG 17 Partnership for the Goals calls for stronger
commitment and cooperation in the areas of:• Finance• Information and Communications Technology• Capacity-building• Systematic issues• Data, monitoring and accountability
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GIAHS and Sustainable Development

Contributes

At the recent GIAHS Forum in April 2018, FAO shared that GIAHS's
contributions to the issues that FAO emphasizes and its synergies withother UN organizations are drawing increasing attention and interest

SDGs
AGROECOLOGYCLIMATE CHANGE
AGROBIODIVERSITYOther UN Initiatives

Potential and need to establish partnerships
with other fields and organizations that sharecommon interests and objectives with GIAHS

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GIAHS and Partnerships
Partnerships in GIAHS:• Gather wide range of expertise and resources(Conserving GIAHS requires expertise of and resources for the 5 criteria areas)• Make up for manpower shortage issues byinvolving multi-stakeholders• Enhance connection of urban areas and rural areas• Foster cooperation and understanding• Ensure commitment of stakeholders• Expand opportunities for conservation of GIAHS
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Local Partnerships
Local stakeholders• Noto GIAHS designated in 2011
• In 2015, Noto GIAHS Action plan revision
workshop held by the nine municipalities ofNoto GIAHS and Ishikawa Prefecture, incollaboration with UNU-IAS Operating Unit
Ishikawa Kanazawa (OUIK) and Kanazawa
University as technical advisers
Expanded partnership

Extended stakeholders• This longstanding relationship further evolvedto a partnership on “InternationalCooperation Through GIAHS in Ishikawa
Prefecture”• Memorandum signed on November 2017
involving Ishikawa Prefecture, FAO, Kanazawa
University, UNU-IAS, Ishikawa Prefectural
University and JICA Hokuriku Branch Office 7

Regional Partnerships
Japan GIAHS (J-GIAHS) Network(J-GIAHS ネットワーク）• 39 Municipalities +6 Promotion Associations+ 13 Observers• 2 meetings & 1 site visit
annually• Platform for informationexchange and capacity
building of officers

J-GIAHS Network Meeting, Nov 2017, Kumamoto

GIAHS Regional Cooperation
Promotion Meeting (Japan)(世界農業遺産広域連携推進会議)• Prefecture Governmentsof 11 GIAHS• 3 meetings annually• Joint organized Milan
Expo 2015 and trade fairsetc• Supports FAO and MAFF
International Cooperation
Activities for GIAHS

GIAHS Week at Japan Pavilion, Milano Expo 2015, Italy

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Regional Collaboration and Effective
Utilization of International Designationsand Heritage Sites:
An Example of Ishikawa and Gifu Prefecture•Collaborate as hub to promote
Japanese Agri-culture•Rural revitalization throughconnecting various international
designations and heritage sites toform “heritage-corridor”•Exchange of conservation andutilization experiences of heritage,nurturing of talents•Learning hub for other prefectures
or countries interested in heritage
conservation•Develop new regional tourism
routes to boost local tourism

UNESCO Intangible
Cultural Heritage
GIAHS

ISHKAWA
石川県

UNESCO
Creative City
UNESCO
Biosphere reserve

富山県

白川村

World CulturalHeritage
福井県
FUKUI

UNESCO Intangible
Cultural Heritage

GIFU
岐阜県

GIAHS
Created with source from Ishikawa & Gifu Prefecture

9Global Partnerships
GIAHS X GIAHS (Twinning)

JICA Grass Root Programme
Ifugao Satoyama Meister Training
Programme (ISMTP)

GIAHS x Non-GIAHS–• Kanazawa University initiated training
programme for Ifugao GIAHS• Partnership with Ifugao State University,
University of the Philippines – Open
University (UP-OU), Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), Provincial andMunicipal Local Government Units(Philippines), Suzu City (Japan)• 2 phases; (2014-7) & (2017-20)• Sustainable development of Ifugao GIAHS• 67 graduates to date

Graduates from Barangay Hungduan with local
government officials and professors. (Photo: JICA)

FAO “South-South Cooperation”– FAO-China High Level Training andExperience Sharing for GIAHS• MOU between FAO and Government ofChina to support capacity development ofGIAHS conservation• Started in 2014, 5th session in 2018
• Trainees from non-GIAHS countries learn
experiences from GIAHS designated countries
and experts• Expand network of GIAHS designations• About 110 participants to dateParticipants of 4th FAO-China High Level Training andExperience Sharing for GIAHS, Beijing, China, Sep 2017.

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International Partnerships
GIAHS sites could consider joining other international
partnerships to promote awareness of GIAHS andexpand cooperation opportunities• The UN Partnerships for the SDGs

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/partnerships/• The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI)
http://satoyama-initiative.org/70 Countries

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IPSI: A Platform for Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing on
Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)2010

IPSI-7 Global Conference• 30 Sep-2 Oct 2018, Kanazawa City,Ishikawa Prefecture• Field excursion to Noto GIAHS• Enhance understanding and raiseawareness of the importance of SEPLS• Strengthen collaboration and synergies
among IPSI members and otherinterested persons• Public Forum on 30 Sep open to nonmembers participation

Oct
IPSI Launch (Nagoya, Japan) (COP10)

GlobalConference
IPSI-1

2011(Nagoya, Japan)

2012

IPSI-2

MarMar2013

RegionalWorkshopAsia

IPSI-4May
Sept(Kathmandu,Nepal)(Fukui, Japan)

2014(Nairobi, Kenya)

IPSI-3 (COP11)(Hyderabad, India)

Oct

IPSI-5 (COP12)

May(PyeongChang,Republic of Korea)

2015(Siem Reap,Cambodia)

IPSI-7(Kanazawa,Japan)(Florence, Italy)

Oct

Aug

IPSI-6Europe

2016

Africa(Accra, Ghana)

Jan
Jun

Latin America& Caribbean

2017(Cusco, Peru)

Apr

2018
SepAsia(Kota Kinabalu,Malaysia)
12The ERAHS Partnership• First global partnership established for GIAHS since 2014
• Unique partnership of both the academia and practitioners• Stimulates research studies related to GIAHS conservation• Provides platform to deepen exchange and collaboration• Promotes policy oriented research and the integration oftraditional knowledge with modern sciences• With increasing global interests in GIAHS, ERAHS can playsignificant role in leading and set the future trend of GIAHS
studies and conservation

1st ERAHS Conference,
Xinghua, China, 2014

2nd ERAHS Conference,Sado, Japan, 2015

3rd ERAHS Conference,Geumsan, Korea, 2016

4th ERAHS Conference,
Huzhou, China, 201713

THANK YOU

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