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Cross-Sectoral Cooperation on Global ISSUES CROSS-SECTORAL COOperatiON ON GLOBAL ISSUES As the challenges facing Japan and the international community have become more complex, it has become apparent that there is a need for greater coordination and cooperation among diverse sectors of society, both domestically and internationally. A growing number of JCIE’s initiatives now cut across its three programmatic pillars—policy studies, political exchange, and civil so- ciety programs—drawing on the expertise and strong networks developed in these areas and bringing together leaders from various fields in order to effectively respond to emerging issues that cannot be dealt with solely by one sector of society. For example, JCIE’s program on global health and hu- man security, which attempts to deal in a comprehensive manner with the interconnected health threats facing individuals and communities in developing countries, would not be effective without the active involvement of policy experts and scholars, politicians, and civil society organizations. As part of this program, JCIE also serves as secretariat of the Friends of the Global Fund, Japan, which builds support in Japan and throughout Asia for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Finally, JCIE undertakes special initiatives to encourage the development of the next generation of international leaders across sectors. Friends of the Global Fund, Japan In 2004, JCIE founded the Friends of the Global Fund, important to mobilize leadership in other sectors of Japan (FGFJ), a private support group for the Global society as well, ranging from business to civil soci- Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The ety, academia, and medicine. Global Fund is a private foundation that seeks to mobilize and allocate resources from around the FGFJ Board world to fight three of the most devastating diseases The FGFJ works to engage Japanese leaders in a num- threatening human lives and human security. It raises ber of ways. For example, a cross-section of leading funds from both governmental and nongovernmen- figures in Japan—from politics, government, busi- tal sources, and it works with governments, UN orga- ness, academia, civil society, and medicine—meet as ION nizations, NGOs, researchers, corporations, affected members of the FGFJ board in order to strategize on T communities, and other partners to direct resources ways to promote greater cooperation on communi- toward prevention, treatment, and care. cable diseases and to reach out to the leadership of The FGFJ works to support the Global Fund by the sectors they represent. creating an enabling environment for an effective re- sponse to fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS and FGFJ Board Members other communicable diseases in Japan. At the same LOBAL COOPERA LOBAL time, it seeks to encourage Japan to expand its role Yoshiro Mori, former Prime Minister (Chair) G in the battle against communicable diseases through Tadashi Yamamoto, President, JCIE (Director) activities such as its multiparty Diet Task Force. Y AND AND Y HIV/AIDS has become a rapidly escalating human Tatsuo Higuchi, President and Representative T security threat in East Asia, and regional coopera- Director, Otsuka Pharmaceutical tion should be promoted to fully address communi- Mitsuko Horiuchi, former Assistant Director- cable diseases. The FGFJ seeks to build cooperation General, International Labour Organization (ILO) between Japan and other East Asian countries in Aikichi Iwamoto, Professor of Infectious Diseases, this shared struggle. Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of UMAN SECURI UMAN Medical Science, University of Tokyo H Masahiro Kihara, Professor, Department of Mobilizing Leadership International Health and Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University As one core component of FGFJ activities, JCIE Masaharu Kohno, Deputy Minister for Foreign works to engage key leaders in Japan and around the Affairs world more actively in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman and CEO, Kikkoman malaria, and tuberculosis. The support of key politi- Corporation cal and governmental leaders is needed in order to Shigeru Nakajima, International Representative, convince the Japanese government to continue mak- Japan Trade Union Confederation (RENGO); ing substantial contributions, both financial and Member of the Governing Body, ILO otherwise, to the Global Fund and the worldwide Kichisaburo Nomura, Executive Advisor, All Nippon campaign to battle these diseases. Meanwhile, it is Airways Human Security and Global Cooperation 28 Shigehiro Oba, Director & Senior Managing Shuhei Kishimoto, Member, House of Representatives Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Yoko Komiyama, Member, House of Representatives Tadao Shimao, President & Chairman of the Board of Hiroyuki Nagahama, Member, House of Councillors Directors, Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention; Mitsunori Okamoto, Member, House of former President, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association Representatives Hideo Shinozaki, President, National Institute of Yasuhiro Sonoda, Member, House of Representatives Public Health; former Director-General, Health Kan Suzuki, Member, House of Councillors Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Member, House of Welfare Representatives Masayoshi Tarui, Professor of Philosophy/Ethics, Keio Liberal Democratic Party University; Vice President, Japan AIDS & Society Yoshimasa Hayashi, Member, House of Councillors Association Ichiro Kamoshita, Member, House of Representatives SECURI HUMAN Nobuo Tateishi, Chairman of the Committee Fumio Kishida, Member, House of Representatives on International Labor Affairs, Japan Business Tamayo Marukawa, Member, House of Councillors Federation (Nippon Keidanren); Executive Advisor, Jun Matsumoto, Member, House of Representatives OMRON Corporation Hirokazu Matsuno, Member, House of FGFJ Diet Task Force Representatives Yasutoshi Nishimura, Member, House of T A multiparty Diet Task Force has been a central part AND Y Representatives of the FGFJ since its inception in 2004, bringing to- Yuko Obuchi, Member, House of Representatives gether Diet members from all of the major Japanese Itsunori Onodera, Member, House of Representatives G parties for frequent meetings. The FGFJ Diet Task COOPERA LOBAL Ken Saito, Member, House of Representatives Force convenes several times a year for discussions Norihisa Tamura, Member, House of Representatives with leaders from around the world, and members participate in various other FGFJ activities. New Komeito Yasuyuki Eda, Member, House of Representatives Honorary Chair Masaaki Taniai, Member, House of Councillors Yoshiro Mori, former Prime Minister; Member of the Your Party T House of Representatives (LDP); Chair, Friends of the ION Ryuhei Kawada, Member, House of Councillors Global Fund, Japan Shinji Oguma, Member, House of Councillors Directors FGFJ Events and Roundtables with Overseas Motohisa Furukawa, Member, House of Leaders Representatives (DPJ) The FGFJ invites leaders in the field of communi- Ichiro Aisawa, Member, House of Representatives cable diseases from around the world to visit Japan (LDP) and meet with key figures from different sectors of Democratic Party of Japan Japanese society as part of its efforts to help energize Shinya Adachi, Member, House of Councillors the movement in Japan and promote international Yukio Edano, Member, House of Representatives cooperation on this topic. Eriko Fukuda, Member, House of Representatives Tetsuro Fukuyama, Member, House of Councillors 29 Human Security and Global Cooperation International Symposium: “From Okinawa Seminar on Innovative Global Networks for to Toyako—Dealing with Communicable Healthy Society in Africa and Beyond Diseases as Global Human Security Threats” Following the international symposium, a half-day On May 23–24, 2008, more than 150 NGO, business, seminar on “Innovative Global Networks for Healthy and philanthropic leaders from around the world met Society in Africa and Beyond” was convened on the in Tokyo for a major FGFJ conference to explore how afternoon of May 24, 2008, with participants from the world can respond more effectively to the spread eight Friends of the Global Fund groups from around of communicable diseases in developing countries. the world that were either established or being set The conference, which was co-sponsored by the up: Africa, Europe, Japan, Latin America, Middle Global Fund and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign East, Pacific Asia, South Asia, and the United States. Affairs, opened as Japan was preparing to host two Representatives from each organization highlighted important international meetings—the Toyako G8 their current activities as well as goals for the future. Summit in July and the Fourth Tokyo International They discussed the specific niche areas of each group, ION Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) on ideas for sharing information and materials among T May 28. The conference featured prominent leaders the “Friends” groups from both donor and develop- from Japan, including Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, ing countries, and strategies for collaboration as the Japan International Cooperation Agency President various groups grow. Sadako Ogata, and former Prime Minister Mori, as well as top international global health leaders and senior figures from the Global Fund. The conference Promoting Regional Cooperation LOBAL COOPERA LOBAL reviewed the progress that had taken place since the G 2000 G8 Summit in placing health as a key compo- As people and goods move across
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