It for for

Science and Tec

1.

Outline

of the In recent years globa on the rise around the spread of infectio

In FY2008,

Japan

for

Sustainable Dev strives

to

^resolve

t

countries, this institutions

in

Japan conducive

to

resolvr institutions

in

devel

Details

of the Objective

This program is

^de

research institutions in recipient countri the benefit

of

the energy, biological this,

it

also aspires to recipient countries 2.

(1)

(2)

Elisible

Fields

Environment and Energy

Bioresources

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation

Needs Survey Guidance

for

nology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPSi)

rogram

issues that carurot be resolved by one country or region alone have been

world,

including gfobal walming, energy and biological resource issues, s diseases. and the occurrelrce

ofnatural

disasters.

nched a program qalled "Soien.ce and Technology Research Partnership opment (SATREPS)" as a lranrework

for

internalional cooperation that

global

issues. Based

ulron the

needs

of

^and requestsi

by

recipient aspires

to promote

internrntional

joint

research between research those

in

recipient counfiies

in

order

to

obtain new kno'wledge that is

global

issues.

It

also

ains to

ensure

capacit5,building of

research ing countries.

rogram

to promote

international

joint

_research

in which both

Japanese those

ofrecipient

countries rvork together based upon the social needs Its aims are to obtain new knor,vledge and to

utilize

research outcomes to

iety with

a

view to

resolving global issues such as the enrrironment and rces, disaster prevention, an<l infectious diseasers.

In

conjunction

with

improve the development of hurnan resources and research capabilities in

conducting ^j oint research.

f

Research

'l) Research contributing to the solution to global-scale environmentill issues

(Contributing to SDGs - respor se t,c climate change, conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity, sustainable use oi natrrral resources, and pollution prevention and control)

2) Research on realization of lcrw crarbon siociety and efficient use of energy (Contributing to SDGs - clean ^()nerrgy and climate action)

3) Research contributirrg to su:itainable production and utilization of bioresources (Contributing to SDGs - food socurity, health promotion, nutrition improvement, and sustainable agricultUre, forestnr, and fisheries)

4) Research on disagter preverttiorr and mitigation towardr; social sustainability (Contributing to SDGs - analys s of disaster mechanisms, prior countermeasures, and disaster occurrence to post-disaster recovery and reconstruction processes)

Infectious Diseases ControlX

(3)

Cooperation

The period of the J Research is three to

five

^ylarri.

(4)

^{Steering st (Roles of} JST/AMIED anrlJII3A)

SATREPS is carried through the collaboration of four Japanese instil.utions: tlhe

Ministry of

Foreign

Affairs (M FA)

and

JICA,

as

well as

the

Ministry of

Education,

Culture,

Sports, Science and Technol

(MEXT)

and

the

Japan Science and Technology Agenoy (JST)

/

the JapanAgency

for

ical Research and

Developnent (AMED).

JICA provides tec cooperation

for recipien

countries that are targeted

for

^projects. JST and

AMED

provide

targeted countries,

i

in Figure 1).

AMED

ports to Japanese researclL inl;titutions

for

research costs outside of the luding

within

Japan

(inforrration

including the pr:oject scheme is found care of researclr projects in the

field

of infectious diseases. The other fields ofresearch are en care

ofby

JST.

tch of resear< herrr

I

tance of researr:hers

il

rovision of equipment

5) Research on medsures to aridress infer:tious diseases control attuned to the needs of developing countries

iod

Project management / evaluzliorL

t€8

tf

!&

tw.

IH i!a

Research Proposal

br domestic expenses, etc t n ranagement / atr( n

Adoption of F,esearch Proposal

Portion borne by JSIT/AMED

Frgure 1 Proje rt Scheme

2

rrationrrl instituti

recipient

Japanese researclr instituLtions

Principal InvestiE;ator &

Researchr>rs Team

(s)

1)

Essential Qual Aspecific

joint

in the recipient 2)

3) There must be perlaining _to confirmed that the economy 4)

s)

This

year (J

In

conjunction institutions

in

the proposal m

proposals

in

infectious dis Panel

for

the applicant Development Content of the The substanti the recipient appropriately

(6) 1)

'2)

3)

The requested outcomes

to t

itself.

There must be both the recipi The contents o There must from the

(7)

Organizations Organizations of the

public

nature

in

the research institutions.

they must have struct

cations required for the ^prc posed research projecrt

research structure rnust be well-prepared between the research institutions concerned and those in .lapan that

will

undertake the

joint

_research.

and practicable

untry

concerned

structure fc r the operation

in

the research institutions

in

must be ccnfi.rmed

in

order

for

the

ioint

research

to

be ied out.

request

for

assistance throrrgh

Offrcial

Developrrent Assistance

(ODA) joint

_research

_{frgrn the}

reci'pient

country

concerned, and

it

must be requested project

will

ccntriibute to the development or restoration

of

society in the areas aroun<[.

with the ODA

request merrtioned above

in the

llaragraph

3),

research must submit a researclL proposal

to

JST/AMIED, and the content

of

be evaluated by

iIST/AM,ID

as a research worthy of being selected.

2020)'s

open

call, in the

silme

way

as

JFY

2019,

will

set

up a lot for llaboration especially with Africa and

harnessing

IClf (except for

e control), reflecting "Rec(,mntendations toward

'IICAD7"

_by

_Advisory ion of

Science and Ttch:nology Diplomacy.

To

apply

for this

lot,

to mark the checkbox whether the proiect match with

National lan or STI

for

SDGs Jloadmap in application form.

;

Research Cooperaion

must have ideas that

will

leaclto the future

utilization

of research benefit

of

society:

It

should

not

be a research fcrr the sake

of

research

expectation of improving the scientific and techrnological standards

of

countrv and Janah.

the research plan must be flirrrcwod down and

it

nrust be hrighly specific.

be the expectation

thata

cr:rta.in degree

of

results

will

be brought about

within

the coopefation pe.:iocl.

the Joint Researoh

Research are tequired to be those

which

can'y out activities

with

a

freld(s), such as un

velsities (including

prrivate schools), public and so

on

(except

military-affiliated

research

institutions). In

addition,

that are suitable

for conlucting

itrtemational

joint

_research.

(8)

Expenses sup

JICA

covers the cooperation

activiti

invited foreisn resei countries, etc.).

In

research institutions

JST/AMED

furnish order to conduct for research cooperat Please note

in

adv cannot

provide

su

reclplent counuy, the recipient country.

(9)

Selection Under SAIREPS, J on research

instituti byMOFAandJICA.

capitalizing on the

Both

the request

document(s) for JST/AMED

p applied projects are candidate projects fi process. Then,

in

SATREPS, a

final

thatany ODAreque the deadline

will

not

by JICA and by JST/Ah4ED

needed

for

the Japanere research institutions

to

carry out research (expenses

for tho

dispatclr

of

researchers

from

Japan, acceptance

of

provision of equipmerrt arnd research expenses incurred in recipient cases, outlays managem:nt

will

be handled

by JICA or by

Japanese is the case

with

ordinary

J[CA's

technical cooperation projects.

Japanese research institulions

with

the expenser; that they

will

need in rch in Japan and the third co'rntlies and to set in place strucilrres necessary on.

that,

as

this

program

is

implemerrted

within the ODA

framework,

it for local

costs, suoh as

lhe

personnel costs

for

researchers

from

the r travel expenses, supply ex')enses, or the cost of renting an offrce, etc.

in

of the research proposals

/AMED

engage in public re cruitment for research proposals

with

a focus within Japan at the same tirne as the ODAneeds survey that is conducted eviews are then held from s,;ierLtific and technological perspectives

while

rwledge of experts in the

fii,lds

concerned.

for

an

ODA

project appliod try the recipient country ancl the proposal

project applied by the

Japanese

research institutions

under are

to

be submitted

by the

prescribed deadline.

In

case

that

the both rfirmed

to

be identical (i.i,., represent the same subject

of

research) as

SAIREPS,

thoso candidate projects

will be

subject

to the

selection that both

of

them are deerned

worthy of

being selected eLs projects

for

ision

for

the adoption of

th:

pr:ojects

will

be made. Please bear

in mind

form and/or researoh propor;al docurnent that have not been submitted by

4

(10

1)

Request submission

:search institutions the recipient runtries

Ministries engage(

technioal cooperat Ministries engage(

science / technolor

1n

ln

in vJ-

Suff icient coord intennation

For projects for which reouest folm or a JST/

MOFA

/

JICA

Project review

J Adoption

fr

proposal has not been s

review / examination w on account ofincomple

Colla$orate / cc

_l---l-

election process

f

led

above, projec he

ODA

request :

been submitted by ase

kindly be

no authorities on thr deadline commul ration on the Japa

L the Japanese sid(

)rnational

joint

re

ject title listed

or

Le technical coopel submitted by the

with

the sedd res,

start

with

a phras .erms

of confirmir

Considerations

Under

SATRE projects

for wt

research

institu

has been confi submitted

to tl

Offrce) by the ^s Please

list

spec research repres

that will

condr regard

to

the F

requested to

wr

written researcl based upon col

title

(project

tit

important

infor

lgu

ich ions rme

efe

ubrr

ific

t t te

tl

pfc sult

e)s

nati re 2.

as sta both t

' have

J.

Ple Levant ,ission

inforn .ive or

re

intr sh prc

IC SAN rposal ations hould

oninr

--\

ination regarding

MEI) reseat'ch rbmitted, a project

1l not be conducted

rr

the research proposiil

;

e>raminations

will only be carried out

on

brrn

and the research proposal

by

^Japanese

the prescribed deadline and of which

identity

ted

that the required

documents are

to

be : Japanese side (JaparLese Embassy

or JICA

Licated separately by the Japanese side.

nese research instituti,rn(s) (the name

of

the

,, the narne of their affiliated institution, etc.) search

on the ODA

application

form. With the ODA

application

form, you

are

kindly

ation

title

(project

title)

as is described in the lapianese research inst.itutions to JST/AMED :arc:h instlitutions. The technical cooperation

l

ol: "the project

for". All of

these constitute g identity in the matclLing operations.

End

JST/AMED

Unild Nalhs Etos@l S&nlifEand Cdturd OEanEalon

commercial policy important

Regionol progress of challenges,

Dr Delfim ^F.

Union ^(EU) ratsrng awa Sustainable developing

allow fast

Dr Stanislav

through

global

intellectual

and

are

Ms Beigel, a

Dr Eun Jung the whole

reting of UNESCO Open Sciencr-. Advis,rry Comrnrittee

vs

common good; fragrnented funding mechanisms/strategies ^and nt and lack of humarl and institutional capacities weret pointed as the most

for Open Science.

One member each of the ^six electoral groupings presented an ovierview of the current Science in their respective re gion and provided somr: insights on the key and best p1attices r,rlated

to

Open Science at the regional level, same region complementeclthr: ^regic,nal presentations with examples of ir own countries ^and :;ub-reg ions.

representing Group

l,

reporterC

that

most institutions in thre European Open Access especilally by building infrastructures and recognising FAIR

principles for data. He referred

to

^me tadata curation and storage infrastructures, training on Open Science r;kills, tacllling societal challenges, links with pment Goals ^(SDGs), and (tngagement

with

different stakeholders for

the

region. He

account

in

the Science policies

ble Open Science models as net,i/ areas that ^are getting more attention in phasized

that

national

anc

regional specificities sihould ^ber taken into

of the

Recomrrendation as

the

imph:mentation

of

^Open

from nation

to

nation.

lle

rnentiorned that federation of services will

rent of a

^plethola

of

tools

for

covering differerrt needs

of

different duplication of efforts. Mr LeSo also ircknowledged that EU is promoting Members from

initiatives from

countries and

national and informed the project "Natio from Serbia also Balkan area that

actions should the evaluation

Open Science as the new norm of thd Europet n \ /ay of life and coordinating ar:tions under the European Science Cloud ^(EOSC).

Davydenko, represrlnting Group ll, reported that many countries

of

this ^group implementing

the

^European Union policies through Plan S actions ^and in the EOSC. He emphasiz ed the urgency to ^gatherr further information on the current and best ^practices on Crpen Science, and

to

establish more effective collaborations

and

cotnmunication channels.

Mr

Davydenko also that several Eastern l:uropean countries partiicipate in the regional Initiatives for Open Science in Europe" ^(Nl4OS Europe). Dr Alexandra Barac underlined the high Article Processing Charges ^(APCs) as a key issue in the limits the ^access to higtr-impa,;t journals _{and as} a cons;equence restricts the

of scientific work done ⁱⁿ the re;;ion.

Dr

Fernanda representing

Group lll,

highlighted

the

establishment

of

shared and regional acadennric and pulllishing circuits

in

Latin-Amenica and the Caribbean. She ed that the majority o'thre journals in this ^reg,ion are without APCs

by

scholarly-led

and

prrblicly-funded portals.

The main

identified challenges of O Science are the riik of comtnercialization, ^assuring the compatibility with the ^SDGs, as as disciplinary diversilty and multilingual engagement. ^She noted that key taken in funding and training researchers, librarians arnd editors, reforming

and ensuring fain policir:s and access to infrastructures. According to prehensive approach of the Rccommendation should address tlhe structural needs of emergi and developing cdunrtries e nd ensure that benefits of Open Science are fairly shared a the nations.

representing Group lV specif ed that the opening of ^science should include process and not only the access to publications and data. She noted that, Open Science be acknowledged as an opportunitry for an innol'ative future. In order