Worldwide Support for Development

Worldwide Support for Development (世界開発協力機構, Sekai Kaihatsu Kyōryoku Kikō) (WSD) is a not for profit organization in Japan.

Worldwide Support for Development
世界開発協力機構
AbbreviationWSD
Formation2008 (2008)
TypeNonprofit organization
PurposeInternational Cooperation, Social Welfare activities, Support for Universities and Academic Organizations
Location
Official language
Japanese
Key people
Haruhisa Handa
Websitewww.wsd.or.jp

History

Worldwide Support for Development was registered as a specified non-profit juridical person (NPO) by The Metropolitan Tokyo in 2008. It is aimed to assist disadvantaged people and to support international cooperation, social welfare, universities and academic institutions.[1] WSD has hitherto organized three World Opinion Leaders Summits as international conference, inviting Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, and Colin Powell. It has also co-organized World Sports Summit for Peace in Tokyo together with the International Sports Promotion Society, a general incorporated association, and also has held charity concerts.

Organization
  • Chairman: Haruhisa Handa
  • Vice Chairman: Kenichi Ito, Tim Lankester
  • President of the Board of Directors: Yasumichi Inoue
  • Directors: His Royal Highness Samdech Norodom Sirivudh, Kao Kim Hourn, Shuhei Koyama and Junnosuke Watanabe.

Main Event
  • Global Opinion Leaders Summit

It has organized an international conference to discuss on contribution to world peace and other themes.

Main article: jp:世界オピニオンリーダーズサミット
  • World Sports Summit for Peace

WSD has been supporting a series of World Sports Summit for Peace since 2012. It co-sponsored the 2013 Summit held in Tokyo with International Sports Promotion Society.

Main article: World Sports Values Summit for Peace

Main Supporting Activities

International Social Welfare
  • Support for Cambodian Red Cross
  • Support for hurricane and flood victims in Laos in 2009
  • Building a nursing school and maternity hospital as a cooperative in support in the human development and medical fields in Laos.[2]
  • Support for school education programs in Mengrager a poverty area in Indonesia in 2011
  • Support for the first generation of the Asia Business Project, which was an exchange business among Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos organized by Nippon Kogyo Shimbun Co., Ltd. And Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd.[3]
  • Co-sponsored together with International Sports Promotion Society “X’mas Charity Pro-Wrestling Dinner Show” organized by Tokyo Art Foundation held on December 9, 2014 at Chinzanso.[4] The proceeds of which were then donated to Santavale and was then presented a certificate of gratitude.[5]

International Academic Support
  • Established and supported WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University. Michael Bolton serves as an Ambassador of the Center.
  • Supported Japan-China relations Study at the Literal Cultural Department at the University of Edinburgh.
  • Support for an Asian Gerontology Study Workshop organized by the Institute of Policy Studies.
  • Support for a Medical Fellowship at Corpus Christy College at Oxford University.[2]

International Conference Support
  • Support for the Asia Economic Forum which has been held successively since 2005.
  • Support for the Symposium on Issues Related to Japan and the Middle East held on August 3, 2009
  • Support for hosting the international conference in Cambodia “Bridges” from September 2009 to April 2010.[7]
  • Support for organizing the “Japan- Egypt Forum” held on November 29 and 30 2009.[2]

Main Cooperating Organizations
International Parliament Union (IPU)

In September 2013, WSD executed an agreement with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on a project for strengthening democracy in the Asia region.[2] The project is focused on promoting the involvement of women in parliament and in youth so as to strengthen the parliamentary potentiality, based on the fact that there are some nations with no female parliamentary members whatsoever.[6]

Pacific Forum CSIS

WSD supports young leaders to be involved in the management of the Pacific Forum CSIS and to accumulate practical experience by participating in international conferences organized by the Pacific Forum CSIS, through WSD-Handa Fellowship Program.[7]

Handa Terrorism Political Violence Research Center

WSD offers support for the Handa Terrorism Political Violence Research Center associated with University of St Andrews to support international conferences to study terrorism and political violence and scholarship for researchers.[8][9][10]

Koffi Annan Foundation

WSD has been promoting the initiative of the Election Process Normalizing Initiative with the Kofi Annan Foundation.[11]

Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund

WSD support for the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, in order to build a children’s hospital with cutting edge medical facilities in South Africa. On December 11, 2013, WSD organized Toshu Fukami Christmas Charity Dinner Show, and donated all the proceeds to the Fund for the purpose of building the hospital.

Special Consulate of Cambodia in Fukuoka

Since 2009, WSD has been supporting a project for the Special Consulate of Cambodia in Fukuoka to recruit several students to study in Cambodia for short term overseas study.[12][13][14][15]

Japan International Forum

WSD supports the Japan International Forum to broadcast discussion programs aimed at policy proposals and opinion advertisements in national newspapers. In 2009, WSD supported Japan International Forum worrying about the negative influence by the government representative’s comment “we should compromise to accept 3.5 islands-return proposal”.[16] on the dispute with Russia over the Kurile Islands, to advertise in several national newspapers.[17] an opinion against it. WSD also supported Mr. Kenichi Ito, director-general of the Japan International Forum and others to advertise policy proposals in newspapers for the discussion program FACE “Thinking about the Return of Kurile Islands” of BS11.[18] In October, 2009, WSD supported the Japan International Forum to submit a policy proposal to the Prime Minister, advertised[19] an opinion in national newspapers on “Positive Pacifism and the way Japan-US Alliance Ought To Be”.[2]

References
  1. "NPO法人世界開発協力機構とは" [Incorporated nonprofit organization Worldwide Support for Development is…] (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. "世界開発協力機構とは" WSD世界開発協力機構 [Activities Worldwide Support for Development] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Worldwide Support for Development. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  3. "メコン5ヵ国との交流事業を支援　「アジア・ビジネスプロジェクト」参加者募集" [Support for Exchange Business with 5 Mekong Nations - Recruiting Participants in “Asia Business Project.]. FujiSankei Business (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Nippon Kogyo Shimbun Co., Ltd.
  4. "Welcoming Christmas with a song and a body slam". The Japan Times. Tokyo, Japan. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  5. "チャリティー団体 サンタバリーからの感謝状" WSD世界開発協力機構 [A Letter of Thanks from Charity Sentebale] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Haruhisa Handa Official Site. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  6. "Japanese Donation to Support IPU in Strengthening Democracy in Asia". Press Release. Inter-Parliamentary Union. September 9, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  7. "WSD-Handa Fellowship Program". Press Release. Center for Strategic and International Studies. December 23, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  8. "Major donation boosts St Andrews terrorism research". University of St Andrews. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  9. "University to expand center for study of terrorism". Herald Scotland. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  10. "Funding boost for university's terrorism research center". The Courier.co.uk. DC Thomson & Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  11. "Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security". Newsletter Autumn Edition 2011. Kofi Annan Foundation. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  12. "在福岡カンボジア王国名誉領事館　カンボジア遊学性　第1期生募集" [The Honorary Consulate of Kingdom of Cambodia in Fukuoka - Recruiting the 1st generation of scholarship students in Cambodia.]. Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. May 30, 2009.
  13. "在福岡カンボジア王国名誉領事館　カンボジア遊学性　第2期生募集" [The Honorary Consulate of Kingdom of Cambodia in Fukuoka - Recruiting the 2nd generation of scholarship students in Cambodia.]. Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. December 23, 2009.
  14. "在福岡カンボジア王国名誉領事館　カンボジア遊学性　第3期生募集" [The Honorary Consulate of Kingdom of Cambodia in Fukuoka - Recruiting the 3rd generation of scholarship students in Cambodia.]. Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. December 21, 2010.
  15. "在福岡カンボジア王国名誉領事館　カンボジア遊学性　第4期生募集" [The Honorary Consulate of Kingdom of Cambodia in Fukuoka - Recruiting the 4th generation of scholarship students in Cambodia]. Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. December 17, 2011.
  16. "2009年4月23日 『メルマガ日本国際フォーラム』（号外）" [Mail Magazine Japan International Forum (Special Issue)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Japan International Forum. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  17. Tadae, Takubo (May 12, 2009). "【正論】杏林大学客員教授 田久保忠衛 四島譲歩では上坂さんも泣く" [Seiron Ms. Uesaka will cry if it is compromised from getting 4 islands to be returned together by Tadae Takubo, Visiting Professor at Kyorin University” Sankei Shimbun]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan.
  18. "北方領土4島返還を考える『紙面広告』を掲載" WSD世界開発協力機構 [WSD made advertisement on newspapers advocating the return of the 4 Kurile Islands] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: WSD. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  19. "第32政策提言『積極的平和主義と日米同盟のあり方" [The 32nd Political Proposal “Positive Pacifism and The Way the Japan-US Relation Ought To Be”] (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Japan International Forum. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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