Alliance Forum Development Program
(AFDP)
World Alliance Forum Tokyo Roundtable (WAF Tokyo)
Since 1999, the Alliance Forum Foundation has been working to realize a public interest capitalist society by advocating the importance of management that takes a medium- to long-term perspective rather than placing too much emphasis on short-term profits, and by making policy recommendations and carrying out various other activities.
At the World Alliance Forum Tokyo Roundtable, we focus on global trends and changes in the social environment, discuss system reform, legal amendments, and the healthcare field, and each year propose strategies that we should undertake to realize public interest capitalism and expand it around the world.
PAM (Programme Against Malnutrition) is a local partner NGO of the Alliance Forum Foundation.
Africa
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PAM Spirulina Advocacy Video
We heard directly from the first President, Kenneth Kaunda, about the philosophy of building a nation-state based on national unity and economic independence: "One Zambia, one nation."
Africa
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Words from Kenneth Ukanda, First President of the Republic of Zambia
AFDP's Spirulina project was announced and reported at the 17th Infopovery World Conference held at the United Nations Headquarters. (1st: 1.31:37-1.41:51, 2nd: 2.46.32-2.53:45)
Africa
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Report on AFDP Spirulina Project at Inforporpovery World Conference (English)
History since the launch of the business division in 2008
Malnutrition prevention, distance education and medical care, economic independence support, etc.
Asia, Africa
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Introduction to the Agency for Development Programmes (AFDP) (2009)
Spirulina project, distance education and medical care, microfinance program, 2nd AFDP Zambia business inspection team (meeting with first president Kenneth Kaunda), etc.
Asia, Africa
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Introduction to developing countries - general activities
"Connecting people with people, and people with technology, for a Japan that is needed around the world"
Nutrition improvement projects, education projects, partnerships (AFP), microfinance programs, international study programs, etc.
Asia, Africa
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Introduction to the Agency for Development Programmes (AFDP) (2012)
Africa
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Spirulina Project in Zambia (2009)
Proposal of a distance education system to the Zambian Minister of Finance, the 3rd AFDP African Conference, Bangladesh business inspection team, World Alliance Forum in Dhaka, Zambian mission, Spirulina project, Bangladesh study tour, microfinance professional training course, etc.
Asia, Africa
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Activity Report of the Affiliated Development Programme (AFDP) (2010)
This is an overview of a project to improve malnutrition using Spirulina in Zambia, Africa.
Africa
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Introduction of a nutrition improvement project in Africa (Spirulina, 2012)
This appears to have been a pilot production project aimed at locally procuring and commercializing the highly nutritious microalgae Spirulina as part of a nutritional improvement project.
Africa
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Spirulina Project_Spirulina production scene (2014)
We provided school meals containing spirulina and provided nutrition education at the BSNP (Bauleni Special Needs Project) community school in the Bauleni district of Zambia. (With the cooperation of DIC, the world's largest spirulina manufacturer)
Africa
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Spirulina Project_Spirulina-containing school lunches and nutrition education with BSNP (schools) (2015)
Africa
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Nutrition education and research in Zambia (2015)
This is a nutritional survey and nutritional improvement project in Bangladesh in collaboration with the AIN "Food and Nutrition" International Support Program (Ajinomoto Foundation).
Asia
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AIN Nutritious Recipes in Bangladesh | Alliance Forum Foundation | Ajinomoto Foundation
Africa
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Spirulina promotion and project introduction (Zambia, 2018)
We will explain in simple terms why it is necessary to work on improving malnutrition in Africa now.
Africa
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What is lacking in Africa?
This course will be taught by a leading expert in microfinance, and will cover the trends, challenges and current situation of the field, as well as the meaning and significance of "responsible provision of financial services," and new trends in Africa, which is developing at a different pace to Asia.
Asia, Africa
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Inclusive Finance Domestic Training Course (3 sessions)
This intensive program includes lectures from people at the forefront of microfinance, such as Dr. Abed Ali, founder of BRAC, the world's largest NGO, and Dr. Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize winner, as well as field visits and dialogue with local people in Bangladesh.
Asia
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Microfinance Management Training Course in Bangladesh (Introduction)
The COMESA Financial Inclusion Training Course was held in Nairobi, Kenya from February 24 to March 1, 2016. Representatives and practitioners from central banks and microfinance institutions from 19 countries gathered to discuss how to improve legal, regulatory and supervisory systems in line with the circumstances of each country.
Africa
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Financial System Reform Program in Kenya (2016)
This is a program to develop next-generation global leaders, aimed at executive candidates and those in charge of new business ventures, with the aim of equipping them with management skills that are applicable anywhere in the world.
Africa
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Next Generation Global Leaders Development Program (2019)
2025 World Alliance Forum Tokyo Roundtable
[1] Improving nutritional status: Spirulina Project
There are still many areas in Africa where hunger is a serious problem.
There are two types of hunger problems: hunger caused by a lack of carbohydrates, and malnutrition caused by a lack of protein.
The Alliance Forum Foundation, in collaboration with the Zambian government, supported a project aimed at solving the problem of chronic malnutrition through the local production and consumption of spirulina, a protein-rich food native to Africa.
The world is currently facing the limits of capitalism.
A system in which only the wealthy few become wealthy deepens division and anxiety, and moves us further away from a sustainable society.
Based on the idea of "public interest capitalism," leaders from the government, business, and civil society gathered in Tokyo.
The purpose of this conference is to foster dialogue and action towards the realization of "capitalism that leaves no one behind."
Instead of the concentration of wealth, we need to move towards the circulation of value.
It is from this roundtable that a new economic vision for the future will begin.
In 2005, Bangladesh faced the challenge of a literacy rate of less than 50%, and it was difficult to establish schools and classrooms due to human and financial resources.
To address this issue, Bangladesh's largest NGO, BRAC, and DEFTA Partners jointly established bracNet, an internet communications company using WiMAX, to help create an environment where people can access education online from anywhere in the country.
The profits generated by bracNet are distributed as public services to over 22,000 educational institutions and over 3,000 medical and health care institutions. In 2008, the World Bank took notice and introduced the project as an ideal example of private sector support for developing countries.
[3. Commercialization (independence)] Microfinance
As mentioned above, the Alliance Forum Foundation's support for developing countries does not simply involve collecting donations from poor people and giving them to them, but aims to encourage them to use the money they have earned to do something useful for society. As a financial activity to provide business funds for self-reliance, the Alliance Forum Foundation has worked hard to popularize microfinance, which allows people to borrow even small amounts of money without collateral and at low interest rates.