2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Possibility and the Issue of the Action for International Collaboration in Citizen's Participation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21730444
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Konan Women's University (2010) Ochanomizu University (2009)
Principal Investigator	TAKAHASHI Mao Konan Women's University, 文学部, 講師 (50401609)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	市民参加 / 市民社会 / ボランティア / 国際協力 / NGO・NPO
Research Abstract	This research is focused on the citizen's participation, which the people are involved in the international collaboration as a volunteer. Since 21st century, in Japanese society, the government proposed that ODA should be concerned with the civil society for the development countries. For 10 years, NGOs and some small groups have gradually been active for the development countries and post conflict areas. This time, I have got the interviews and the fieldwork with the people that are concerned with the international collaboration. The questions are the motivation and the meaning for the activity for long time. The findings were that the people who were concentrated on the job or daily life as a civic, a mother or a wife got the encounter with the people or issue for the development countries. Through engaging with the people in those countries, they managed to involve the international collaboration for long time and also got the companion who approved their activities.

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