Deadline: 02-Aug-21
The Japan Foundation Prizes for Global Citizenship 2021 is intended to support organizations based in Japan that endeavor to strengthen networks among citizens both inside and outside Japan, and share the knowledge, idea and expertise through Intercultural Exchange.
The Japan Foundation Prizes for Global Citizenship was established under the name of “the Prizes for the Promotion of Community-Based Cultural Exchange” in 1985 in order to award an individuals and the organizations that endeavor to strengthen networks among citizens both inside and outside Japan, and share the knowledge, idea and expertise through intercultural exchange. The Prizes once changed its name to “The Japan Foundation Prizes for Community-Based Cultural Exchange” in 2004 and has been finally named as “The Japan Foundation Prizes for Global Citizenship” since 2005.
Award Information
- Award recipients will be presented a Certificate and an award of 2 million yen.
Eligible Activities
- Promoting regional/community development through arts and culture: Activities to create vibrant and lively regions and communities through arts and culture exchange that connects between Japan and overseas countries.
- Promoting diversity of culture: Activities to understand and respect a diversity of culture including language education in order to build a vibrant and lively regions and communities.
- Promoting people-to-people collaboration and international mutual understanding: Activities to strengthen networks among citizens both inside and beyond Japan and mutual understanding through intercultural exchange.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations based in Japan whose activities are remarkable in the areas on international cultural exchange for high public interests.
- No legal status of the organization is required but the local governments are excluded.
- Innovation: Activities to become exemplary and leading role models for other organizations in the field of international cultural exchange.
- Originality: Unique activities that maximize the effectiveness of own idea.
- Sustainability: Activities that have a track record of at least three years and have been steadily continued.
- Potential: Activities that are expected to continue being steady and actively in the future.
- Social Impact: Activities that promote social expansion and the power of penetration.
For more information, visit https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/about/citizen/guideline/index.html