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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Comprehensive information will be provided for private
industries, aiming at widen the collaboration among universities,
governments and private sectors.
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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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