COC Promotion Office COC+ Sapporo Office Muroranit TECHNO AGORA

COC Promotion Office

■Overview The COC Promotion Office has been established to promote the Town, People and Job Development through Manufacturing and Human Resources project, which was selected as a COC University-led Regional Revitalization Project (COC+) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in academic 2015. In this project, four manufacturing-related universities in Hokkaido (Muroran Institute of Technology, Kitami Institute of Technology, Hokkaido University of Science, and Chitose Institute of Science and Technology), four technical colleges (Tomakomai, Kushiro, Asahikawa, and Hakodate), and nine local governments (Hokkaido, Muroran, Kitami, Sapporo, Chitose, Tomakomai, Kushiro, Asahikawa, and Hakodate) collaborate/cooperate with each other to create and develop attractive jobs in Hokkaido for aspiring and talented young people and foster individuals with the manufacturing ability needed in Hokkaido, thereby attracting individuals who can play a key role in regional revitalization, staving off the decline of Hokkaido’s population and economy, and contributing to the creation of autonomous and sustainable local communities.

■Address COC Promotion Office 2F, Education Research Building 1, Muroran Institute of Technology 27-1 Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido, 050-8585 Tel. 0143-46-5951 Fax 0143-46-5953 COC Promotion Office

COC+ Sapporo Office

■Overview The COC+ Sapporo Office has been established as the base of industry-academia- government-finance collaboration for the COC+ Project. At the COC+ Sapporo Office, COC+ coordinators liaise with industrial, academic, governmental and financial institutions and engage in public relations activities to promote industry-academia-government-finance collaboration for the COC+ Project. COC+ Sapporo Office

JR ■Address Sapporo Sta. COC+ Sapporo Office Shin-Odori Bldg. 5F, Odori Nishi 4-chome 1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

Sapporo, 060-0042 COC + Tel. 011-206-6931，080-9611-5037 Sapporo Oﬃce Odori Park Fax 011-206-6932 Odori Access Map Appearance of COC+ Sapporo Office

MuroranIT TECHNO AGORA

■Overview The Muroran Institute of Technology’s TECHNO AGORA was established in September 2014 as part of efforts to promote the development of the local community with the Institute serving as a center of knowledge. Located in a vacated store on the first floor of an apartment house in the shopping district of Muroran’s Wanishi-cho district, this facility serves as a forum for local contribution activities and provides the Institute’s students with opportunities to voluntarily play active roles in the local community. The term Agora is a Greek word meaning a “gathering place.” It was named also with hopes of serving as a place of regional External view of TECHNO AGORA revitalization where local residents, students and other people come together. This facility is open to anyone including local residents and students free of charge.

■Address Yokoyama Apartment House 1F, 2-2, Wanishi-cho, Muroran, 050-0085 (For any inquiries, please contact us at +81-0143-46-5027) Hands-on class for children Exhibition of research activity