GISPRI's Business Plan
for Fiscal Year 2000
(April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001)
GISPRIﾕs counsels and
board convened in March 2000,
and adopted the Business Plan for Fiscal Year 2000 as stated below:
1. Research and Survey
(1) Research Committees
GISPRI is to organize the following research committees with designated
themes and to carry out studies and surveys.
(a) "Global Governance---Coordinating globalization and diversification---"
Research Committee
(b) "ASEAN in transition and Japan" Research Committee
(c) "Overall prospects on Asia" Research Committee
(d)"Education and human resource development in the age of competition
in the global market" Research Committee
(e)"An auditing system for green-house gas emissions under CDM" Research
Committee
(f) "International consensus building in economic development and
global warming issues" Research Committee
(2) Research and survey consignment
GISPRI consigns to a private research and survey institute to implement
a "Research on Garden City Country Scheme. "
(3) Consigned research and survey Under the consignment from the Japanese
Government and other organizations, GISPRI performs research and survey
on the following subjects:
(a) Review and survey of global warming mitigation measures
(b) Project of basic survey and study on the efficiency improvement
of energy consumption in developing countries
(c) Survey of AIJ (Activities Implemented Jointly) projects in China
(d) Project to assess the climate change impacts (IPCC)
(e) Study of designing an international emission trading system
(4) Research and survey with the funds from other organizations
GISPRI conducts a survey on mutual exchange between US and Japan,
with the financial support of the American Center.
2. Policy Proposal
Based on the research and survey conducted under the programs described
in section 1, GISPRI formulates a comprehensive policy proposal on
global industries, and cultures, through discussion at the Global
Industrial and Social Progress Committee.
3. Joint Research
GISPRI continues to maintain its mutual cooperative relationships
with international and domestic research institutes including the
World Resources Institute (WRI), Resource for Future (RFF), European
Institute for Japan Study (EIJS), and Stockholm Environment Institute
(SEI). In addition, it conducts a joint research and survey with the
"China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and
Development", and participates in their meetings.
4. Seminars and a Symposium
GISPRI holds the following seminars and a symposium
(1) Seminars
(a) A Workshop on Climate Change
(b) The Washington Seminar to promote mutual understanding between
USA and Japan.
(c) A Seminar on the consensus building in economic development and
global warming mitigation.
(2) Symposium
A symposium on "the changes in ASEAN countries and the role of
Japan"
5. Information gathering and offering
GISPRI gathers and analyzes the information on global industries and
cultures, and disseminates information through the following media.
(1) Publication of reports etc. on GISPRIﾕs research and survey activities
(2) Publishing of journals, GISPRI Newsletter (in Japanese), and "GISPRI"
(in English)
(3) Providing information through its web site
(4) Providing information through the hosting discussion meetings
(with businesses) on global environmental issues
