The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Date of Establishment: September 1, 1986

Mission: to contribute to the welfare of humankind and the sound development of the international community, and thus to world peace, by conducting activities fostering international understanding, exchange, and cooperation, as well as efforts to promote these activities

Activities: to undertake surveys and research, develop human resources, invite and dispatch personnel, organize international conferences and other forums, and conduct other activities fostering international understanding, exchange, and cooperation, as well as to collect, disseminate, and propagate information in order to carry out these and other activities necessary to accomplish the Foundation’s mission

Total Assets：
Endowment　　 50,000,000,000　
　　　　Special Funds　 29,500,000,000 （Units: ¥1,000, as of March 31, 2006）

Operating Expenses： 1,027,241 （82 projects, FY2005, Units: ¥1,000)

Program Guidelines
Regular Projects
I. Toward the Coexistence of Pluralistic Values

  1. Initiatives in comprehensive understanding of civilizational issues

    1. Initiatives in dialogue across cultures and civilizations

    2. Rethinking of the economic development paradigm

    3. A new era of science and bioethics

  2. Dialogue and exchange on common regional issues

  3. Information sharing and dissemination to the global community

II.　Fostering Human Security and Private Nonprofit Activities　

  1. Cooperation among NPOs, business, and the public sector
  2. Capacity building and institutionalization of private nonprofit activities Surveys and research on private nonprofit activities

III.　Japan and Asia in the World

  1. 　Japan’s structural change and East Asia

  2. East Asian renewal and transfer of experience

  3. Construction of a world economic system and the role of Japan and East Asia

Special Funds
The Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund　

  1. Exchange projects that respect the values and cultural identity of each island society

  2. Micronesia-focused projects aimed at promoting regional harmony

  3. Projects that support education and training through the medium of distance education

  4. Projects to promote networking among NGOs and NPOs operating in the region and to form linkages among Pacific island nations and Asian countries

The Sasakawa Japan-China Friendship Fund

  1. Fostering human resources for twenty-first-century Japan-China relations

  2. Deepening mutual understanding in the twenty-first century

  3. Activities to promote Japan-China relations in the twenty-first century

  4. Activities to advance the Fund’s international role

The Sasakawa Central Europe Fund

  1. Enhancing mutual exchange between Japan and Central European countries and fostering human resources

  2. The role of Central European countries in the twenty-first century

  3. The role of NGOs in creating civil society

The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund
　

  1. People exchange

  2. Human resource development

  3. Research with tangible applications

    4. The website of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation: Sasakawa Peace Foundation