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Partnership Project

Practical Research and Education of Solid Waste Management
Based on Partnership among Universities and Governments
in Asia and Pacific Countries
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Okayama UNIV.   
WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH CENTER
  
Concept
 
1. Research
  • Okayama University plays the role of the hub of partnership
    among several stake-holder, i.e. universities and local
    governments in Asia-Pacifi c regions and Japanese Government ,
    and carry out a variety of surveys and research.
  • This project aims not only to carry out not only academic
    research but also practical research that can be adopt at
    regional and national levels.
  • This project aims to strengthen the relationship among
    Okayama University researchers, working as a team to carry
    out research in the participating country. Within one project, it
    is expected that expertises would tackle solid waste issue in the
    well organized group.
  • By identifying and separating the roles of universities and
    governments, this project aims to establish an collaborative
    approach dealing with related issues.



2. Education
  • In order to develop elites that will play active roles worldwide,
    students of Okayama University are expected in advance to
    contact the environmental problems in Asian countries. This
    project is expected to support the students’ research in the
    context of Asian solid waste issues.
  • In order to educate elite students from participating countries,
    Okayama University, conducting a variety of education and
    research activities, aims at educating students from the case
    study regions.
3. Social Contribution
  • A lot of training workshops and consulting activities will be
    held for local municipalities in developing countries in Asia,
    aiming at introducing the Japanese technologies and promoting
    ESD.
  • Comprehensive information will be provided for private
    industries, aiming at widen the collaboration among universities,
    governments and private sectors.
4. Outcomes Reporting / Succession
  • The information and data prepared within this project will be
    accumulated and open to the society, being utilized actively in
    the forthcoming activities. Accumulating the comprehensive
    waste data, the Solid Waste Management Research Center of
    Okayama University aims at playing the role of the information
    center of integrated solid waste database.
   
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