Sasayama, Hyogo prefecture

The Sylff Association secretariat is pleased to announce the successful applicants of Sylff Leaders Workshop for 2018–19. After a careful review of 114 applicants from 45 Sylff institutions, 20 fellows were selected to attend the first, start-up session from September 16 to 23, 2018, and the second, wrap-up session from April 7 to 14, 2019.

In line with the overall theme of the workshop, “The Potential of Trans-border Networking in 2030,” a focus topic was developed to facilitate our discussions, “Food Production in 2030: What Will Our Children Be Eating, and How Will We Produce It?” Participants will be guided by a strategic method called “Visioning” to contemplate norms regarding the future landscape of food and to generate ideas on how to direct actions toward such a vision.

The workshop will primarily take place outside of Tokyo to give participants an opportunity to experience the culture, nature, and history of rural areas of Japan. The site of the start-up session (from September 17 to 19) is the city of Sasayama, a beautiful castle town with a rich natural landscape and old city charms located in the Kansai region of Japan—about an hour outside Kyoto and Osaka.

The conclusions of the discussions and other insights gained from the workshop will be shared broadly with the Sylff community through reports and updates written by fellows and members of the Sylff Association secretariat.

https://www.sylff.org/support_programs/sra/

The Sylff Association is pleased to announce Sylff Research Abroad (SRA) ’s call for applications for fiscal 2018 (April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019). The deadline for the first selection round is June 29 (for those planning research abroad after August 2) and for the second selection is January 9, 2019 (for those planning research abroad after February 6).
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SRA supports current or past Sylff fellowship recipients to conduct academic research related to their doctoral dissertation in a foreign country. It provides the grant of up to US$5,000 each to successful applicants. We hope you will be able to become one of them.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

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The Sylff Association secretariat is pleased to announce the 13 recipients of SRA awards in the second selection round for fiscal 2017. We received a large number of applications from fellows all over the world. There was great variety in the proposed fields and themes of research. Many were highly persuasive which made the selection process very competitive. All applications were carefully screened for eligibility, the feasibility of the proposal, and the relevance of the proposed research to the applicant’s academic pursuits. Congratulations to the winning applicants! We send them our best wishes and hope that the findings of their research abroad will further enrich and enhance their dissertations. The 13 awardees are as follows:

*Awardees are listed in alphabetical order.

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On March 26, 2018, the Tokyo Foundation (Sylff Association secretariat) was renamed "the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research," an appellation emphasizing our dynamic reorganization into a more research-intensive institute for evidenced-based, theoretically informed policy studies.

As Japan's preeminent public policy think tank, the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research remains committed to evolving further into a leading voice in the global policymaking community and looks forward to continuing and expanding its cooperative relationship with all partners.

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New Sylff Association Logo

The Sylff Association was launched in 2017, on the thirtieth anniversary of the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund, to create a common, inclusive, and enduring identity for all Sylff stakeholders: current and past fellowship recipients, Sylff steering committee members at the 69 Sylff institutions in 44 countries, and the staff of the Nippon Foundation and Tokyo Foundation.

To help advance the notion of a single Association identity, a new logo has been developed. Starting in late March 2018, all stakeholders are asked to use these new visual identity marks for all Sylff-related materials (in accordance with the Logo Usage Guidelines).
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A sense of continuing, lifelong membership and the sharing of insights and experiences are also being fostered through an expanding menu of support programs. Fellows may apply to six such programs today, and more are currently under consideration.

https://www.sylff.org/support_programs/

Efforts by Colmex (El Colegio de México) Sylff fellows to help the victims of the September 2017 Mexico earthquake were supported by donations from the Tokyo Foundation, Marina Stetic of Belgrade University, and the Jadavpur University Sylff Association. Working to maximize the value of the donations were members of the 19S Committee—the team at Colmex working on earthquake relief, including Sylff fellows Fernanda Herrera and Erick Serna. After much research and discussion, Colmex decided to focus its relief activities on three rural, poor areas whose needs were not adequately addressed by the national or local government. Please read the report by the Colmex team.
→ Colmex Report
→ What is the Sylff Disaster Relief Fund?

https://www.sylff.org/support_programs/leaders_workshop/

The Sylff Association is happy to announce the latest addition to the growing list of support programs: “Sylff Leaders Workshop.”

The Workshop will provide an opportunity for selected Sylff fellows to deepen their understanding of differences in peoples’ values, perspectives, and opinions so they may make informed decisions on important social issues and enhance the effectiveness of well-intended actions. The participatory, capacity-building workshop aims to nurture leadership in a multicultural setting.

The workshop will consist of two 8-day programs to be held in fall 2018 and spring 2019 in Japan—primarily outside Tokyo. It will bring together Sylff fellows who have (1) substantial expertise in policy studies or policymaking and/or (2) experience addressing social issues in civil society or the private sector to discuss the “Potential of Trans-border Networking in 2030” through the application of scenario planning methodologies.

Past recipients of Sylff fellowships are invited to apply. Click here to read the call for applications.