Inclusive and Disruptive

STI for SDGs

Michiharu Nakamura

Ten Member Group for TFM (UN)

Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST)

Global Solutions Summit 2019

(2019.5.13 New York)

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“Sanpo-Yoshi”* Traditional Business Principles in Japan

Japan’s core principle

on Inclusive and Disruptive Innovation

*”Sanpo-Yoshi” (Japan’s traditional business principle, ‘three-way satisfaction’) http://sanpoyoshi.net/what_en/ 2

Good for Business, Good for Customer

and Good for Society

Public NPOs Private

• National/local

government

• Social innovators

and enterprises

• CSV at private

enterprises

• Start-ups

Academia

・University

・Research institute

Collaboration beyond borders

Key Elements for

Inclusive and Disruptive STI for SDGs

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Basic Infrastructure (energy, water, roads, ICT, etc.)

Finance

Manufacturing

capability

Knowledge base

Human Resources University

Social innovators/

enterprises

Stable Governance

STI for SDGs Platform

Matching framework between Japan’s STI seeds and global SDGs needs.

Ministries

Gov’t Organizations

Private Companies

Academia

Business Organizations

NGO/NPO

Supply-side Demand-side

Int’l Local Gov’t

Overseas NGO/NPO

Overseas Establishments

Overseas Gov’t Organizations

- JICA, JETRO, JBIC, etc.

Sharing & Dispatching

of Information

(Mainly online-based)

seeds

information Int’l Organizations

- World Bank, UNDP(Tokyo Office),

UNIDO(Tokyo Office), etc.

Domestic actors who have

STI solution for SDGs

Int’l actors who are facing

SDGs-related issues

etc.

Local Gov’t

Commercialization

Supports

(mainly offline-based)

Analysis

Matching

of actors Incubation

Designing new business

etc.

needs

information

Tentative image

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Shift to Inclusive Innovation

POLICY AREA TRADITIONAL NEXT GENERATION

Institutions &

Infrastructure

R&D facilities / Science parks Incubators / Accelerators /

Makerspaces

Financing STI R&D as a % of GDP / FDI Impact investing

Human Capital STEM Social entrepreneurship /

Tech ethics

Inclusiveness PHDs / Doctorates / Beyond

triple-helix

Women & girls / Grassroots

innovators / Civil society

Innovation lifecycle Early-stage exploration /

Emerging tech

Later-stage deployment /

Current tech

Approach Curiosity-driven Mission-driven

Jonathan Wong (UN ESCAP), the EGM, Nov. 28,2018

Japan’s Challenges for Inclusive and

Disruptive STI for SDGs

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Domestic Challenges

International Collaboration

Regional revitalization under rapid urbanization

Young and female empowerment

Healthy aging

Digital for all

Energy, food, water, health

Manufacturing

Education and capacity building

- Integrated Innovation Strategy -

Vitalization Initiatives through Inclusive and Disruptive STI

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SDGs Future Cities 29 SDGs Future Cities including 10 local

government model projects selected in

2018

Selection in underway for 2019

COI Industry-Academia Collaboration R&D

Programs

Max ￥1B/year

9 years

SIP Promoting R&D overlooking from basic

research to application and

commercialization by cross-ministerial

cooperation

Total ¥55.5B (budget for FY2018)

SATREPS Address global issues & lead to practical

benefit to both local & global society

International Collaboration Joint R&D

Capacity Development

\100 million/project/year Sponsored by JST, AMED and JCA

Domestic Challenges International Collaboration

e-ASIA JRP International joint research projects in

the East Asian Region

To develop a vibrant & collaborative

research community in STI

"Co-funding“ About 156k ~ 312k USD/year

3 years

*In the case of selected prefectures,

the whole areas representing them

are indicated in color.

City of

Kitakyushu,

Fukuoka

City of Yokohama,

Kanagawa

Shimokawa Town,

Hokkaido

Iki City,

Nagasaki

Toyama City,

Toyama

Kanagawa

Prefecture

Nagano Prefecture

Toyota City,

Aichi

City of Sapporo,

Hokkaido

Semboku City,

Akita

SDGs Future Cities

Source: Compiled based on a blank map

available on the website of the Geospatial

Information Authority of Japan

(https://maps.gsi.go.jp/).

Cities indicated in green letters:

SDGs Future Cities (including

Local Government SDGs model

projects), total 10 cities.

Cities indicated in blue letters:

SDGs Future Cities, total 19 cities.

Selection criteria :

Universality, Inclusiveness,

Participation, Integration,

Transparency & Accountability

Sharing cases & experiences;

Customization & Commonization

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Local Revitalization Program Shimokawa-town , Hokkaido

Winner of Japan SDGs Prize for making outstanding

efforts to revitalize the town

By integrated

solutions of

① forestry and

forest products

research

industry

② regional energy

self-sufficiency

and low-carbon

③ ultra-aging

society Initiative

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-From the “Lowest Life Expectancy Pref.” to the Happiest Society

-Large scale cohort , prevention of life-style related diseases

-Local governments, enterprises, schools, homes

3 6 24

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91 98 105 109 125

No. of “Health

Management” offices certified in Aomori Pref.

- All cities & towns advocate “Promoting Health” (40)

- Health Management certificate created

Implementation of health education by active learning (100 schools) - Health leaders/supporters

increased (2,300) - Number of companies with this certificate increased (125)

Local Community Workforce Education and Practices

Learning at Schools

What’s health？ What about

lifestyle disease？

Let’s Study！ How much veg. needed per a day？

Practice at Home

-Sharing knowledge learnt at schools -Learning lifestyle diseases in family and try to promote health

http://coi.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/web/en/index.html

Center of Healthy Aging Innovation

Hirosaki University, Aomori Prefecture

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Matching Planner (MP)

Connect science and technology with

local traditional works.

Post-Earthquake Revitalization after the

Great East Japan Earthquake

Example:

“For Rich Ocean in the Next 100 Years”

Comparison of oyster cultivation

without iron device (Left) and

with iron device (Right)

Setting up the iron device in

Yamada-machi, Iwate prefecture

Local

Company MP

(1) MP grasps local

company’s technological

challenges

University’s

Researcher

(2) MP matches company’s

needs and research seeds of

universities

MP

Local

Company

Commercialization

Job Creation

in Tohoku Region

Funding for joint

research

(1 USD = 100 Yen)

・Max 200,000 USD/year

・1～3 years Principal Investigator: Akira Kojima, President of Maebashi General

Technology Business College

https://www.jst.go.jp/fukkou/ (Japanese Only)

https://npoafterschool.org/

https://npoafterschool.org/wp-content/themes/npoafterschool_2018/pdf/npoafterschool_en.pdf 12

After school involving

local community

Collaboration Project with

companies and

government

20 After Schools (2011~Current)

More than 500 programs

“The community gets involved in raising children”

HOUKAGO (AFTERSCHOOL) NPO

To make After School model a social infrastructure

https://wassha.com/

WASSHA

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“Power to the People in Tanzania”

1,200 Over 1.5 M 120 Tanzanians

11 Japanese

Broadly accepted all over Tanzania

Light up

their future

Contribution to local economy growth.

Inclusive Innovations by Private Sectors

Photograph ©M.Hallahan /Sumitomo Chemical

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Long-lasting insecticidal mosquito net

(Olyset™ Net)

http://www.sato.lixil.com/

https://www.lixil.com/en/makeasplash/ https://kaihosangyo.jp/english/#

KAIHO INDUSTRY

https://www.sumitomo-

chem.co.jp/english/sustainability/society/region/olysetnet/

Automobile Recycling

SATO (Smart, fresh toilets) LIXIL

Sumitomo Chemical

Cost Reduction of the

Seawater Desalination by

New Carbon Nanotube

Nanocomposite RO

Membrane

Safe Water for All

Safe Water in Tanzania – the Global

Aqua COI of Shinshu University has

launched a co-project with the

Tanzanian Universities.

https://www.shinshu-u.ac.jp/coi/english/

The new CNT/PA membrane test plant.

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International R&D Collaboration

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Creation of new industry through

valorization of bioresources in

North Africa

●Basic design for commercialization and

process of industrialization

●Establishment of scientific evidence to

support the medicinal effects of bioresources

and construction of a value chain

Prof. ISODA Hiroko, University of Tsukuba

https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/h2706_tunisia.html

Speedy, accurate and low cost

diagnosis for trypanosomiasis and

tuberculosis

●Preventing spread of infection through fast and

accurate diagnosis

●Successful development of diagnostic

techniques and discovery of many potential

therapeutic drugs

Prof. SUZUKI Yasuhiko, Hokkaido University

https://www.jst.go.jp/sdgs/en/practices/p014.html

https://www.amed.go.jp/en/program/houkoku_h27/0301042.html

https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/h2012_zambia.html

Keys to

Inclusive and Disruptive Innovation

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“Government-Academia-NPOs-Private

Partnership” with respect for local culture

Coordination to combine seed

technologies and needs

Customization and commonization

Roadmapping for inclusive and disruptive

STI for SDGs at national and sub-

national levels

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Thank you for your attention.

Michiharu Nakamura

Ten Member Group for TFM (UN)

Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST)