{"id":6510,"date":"2016-10-03T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T02:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/?post_type=student-bulletin&#038;p=6510"},"modified":"2016-10-03T11:27:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T02:27:29","slug":"2016-10-03-3","status":"publish","type":"student-bulletin","link":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/student-bulletin\/2016-10-03-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Application: GraSPP Policy Challenge (A2 Case Study &#8211; GraSPP Policy Challenge &#8220;SDG Technology and Policy Innovation Lab I&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Call for Application: GraSPP Policy Challenge \u201cSDG Technology and Policy Innovation Lab\u201d <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">-Apply, collaborate internationally and go to Paris!!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">GraSPP Policy Challenge<\/span>\uff08<span lang=\"EN-US\">GPC<\/span>\uff09<span lang=\"EN-US\">is a brand new initiative at GraSPP, in which Japanese and international students collaborate and seek to improve their teambuilding and policy-making skills. Participants are tasked with responding to pressing real-world policy challenges as a group, and with designing policies and proposals in response to those challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">All GraSPP students are strongly encouraged to apply. Finalist groups will be ultimately invited to present at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/international-exchange\/gppn\/annual-conferences\/\">GPPN Student Conference<\/a>\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/\">SciencesPo Paris<\/a> in February 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This year, it is proposed that the GPPN partners and their student groups undertake a\u00a0\u201c<b>SDG Technology and Policy Innovation Lab<\/b>.\u201d\u00a0The purpose of this lab would be to mobilize student intelligence to develop creative technology and policy solutions to challenges around the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/\"><b>UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/b><\/a>. Students would be invited to produce either short applied concept papers or applied projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">You will be tasked to develop creative solutions around the below core <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\">Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs)<\/a><\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\">SDG 3<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8211; Good Health and Well-Being<\/span><\/b><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\">SDG 7<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8211; Affordable and Clean Energy<\/span><\/b><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\">SDG11 <\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013 Sustainable cities and communities \u2013 make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. <\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\">SDG12<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> \u2013 Ensure\u00a0sustainable consumption and production patterns \u2013 that would open up innovation across many sectors such as water, energy, food, ending hunger, nutrition, extractive industries, transport systems, climate change, etc.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\">SDG13<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\">SDG16<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">&lt;Application&gt;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Application-Guideline_GraSPP-Policy-Challenge-2016.pdf\">Application Guideline<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Please apply individually through the online form<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">: <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/9N3Tji\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/9N3Tji<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">by <b>11th October<\/b>. Each student will be assigned into a group considering the themes and nationality etc. Announcement of the working groups will be made by 14th October. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">&lt;Credits&gt;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can register this initiative as a Case Study course <\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201dGraSPP Policy Challenge \u2013 SDG Technology and Policy Innovation Lab I\u201d<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">in A2 term. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Those who submit a policy proposal or prototype of quality by the deadline (31st January) will earn 2 credits.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">*For more information on the course, please check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Syllabus-GraSPP-Policy-Challenge-I.pdf\">course syllabus<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">For more information, please attend the orientation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&lt;<strong>Orientation<\/strong>&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Date &amp; Time: 12:10-13:00,\u00a0Oct 4, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Venue: \u00a0Room 101, School of Law Bldg<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Contact: GraSPP International Affairs Office<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"mailto:intl_application@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\" target=\"_blank\">intl_application@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp<\/a><\/span><u><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","student-bulletin-cat":[60,76,77],"student-bulletin-tag":[],"class_list":["post-6510","student-bulletin","type-student-bulletin","status-publish","hentry","student-bulletin-cat-course","student-bulletin-cat-gppn","student-bulletin-cat-conference"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student-bulletin\/6510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student-bulletin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/student-bulletin"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"student-bulletin-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student-bulletin-cat?post=6510"},{"taxonomy":"student-bulletin-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student-bulletin-tag?post=6510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}