Japan  fellowship  showcase

@Code  for  All  Summit  July  14,  2014

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Granted  $7,000  by  Yahoo!  FoundaKon  Started  Namie  Fellowship

Code  for  Kanazawa  launched  5374.jp

Main  acKviKes

•  Small  weekly  meeKngs  •  Brigade  Captain  Hangouts  (Monthly)  •  Support  Brigade  Events  – Send  mentors  to  their  events  – Give  advises  to  them  

•  Host  Civic  Tech  Workshops  – “How  to  Organize  a  Civic  Hackathon”  – “How  to  Organize  a  Mapping  Party”  

But  CfJ  is  sKll  unstable!

•  Small  capital  – Need  grant!  

•  Weak  brigade  support  –  Just  a  few  brigades  are  very  acKve  

•  Weak  governance  – We  don’t  have  much  coordinators  who  can  commit  to  CfJ  

About  CfN  fellowship

•  Just  started  up  •  One  year  fellowship    •  CfJ  is  running  workshop  support  as  well  

Fellows

•  Takayuki  Yoshinaga  – Project  manager  

•  Shu  Wakasa  – Web  analyst  

• Hiroshi  Omata  – Developer  

Code  for  Namie  project

•  Takayuki  will  explain

IntroducKon

•  Takayuki  Yoshinaga  – 33  years  old  (born  in  Tokyo)  –  I’ve  became  a  Fellow  for  the  Code  for  Japan  in  July  –  I  started  working  with  the  Namie  local  government,  a  town  in  Fukushima.    

Agenda

1.  Where  is  Namie?  2.  What  did  we  do  for  Namie?  3.  What  will  we  do  for  Namie?  

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Where  is  Namie? �

←  Namie

←  Tokyo 268km

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Earthquake  Destroyed  65  houses  Tsunami  Destroyed  586  houses

Nuclear  Reactor

Namie  Town

14 （31 Dec, 2013）

Number  of  Namie  Residents  Living    in  each  Prefecture�

Namie  town  decided

•  To  distribute  tablet  devices  to  the  residents  •  Offered  to  CfJ  to  create  useful  applicaKons  on  the  devices  

What  did  we  do  for  Namie?

•  A  CiKzen-­‐Centric  Development  –  face-­‐to-­‐face  Interviews.  –  Involve  ciKzens  by  holding  Ideathons  and  Hackathons.  

7  Ideathons  were  held,    420  People  parKcipated,    770  Ideas  were  presented  

3  Hackathons  were  held    14  Mock-­‐ups  were  made  

What  would  residents  need?

•  InformaKon  about  the  town  and  their  own  houses.  – Know  what  radiaKon  level  is  around  their  own  houses.  

– Know  when  they  can  return.  

•  CommunicaKon  – Residents  want  to  talk  about  their  old  neighborhood  to  maintain  their  regional  accent.

What  will  we  do  for  Namie?  

•  We  will  decide  development  partners  •  Fellows  will  manage  an  agile  development  process  with  the  partners  

•  Main  funcKons:  – Real-­‐Kme  radiaKon  maps  – Keep  up  with  local  news  – Community  noKces  – Sharing  photos  of  Namie  – DistribuKng  administraKve  informaKon  

Further  Fellowship  Issues  

•  Residents  have  a  basic  level  of  IT  literacy.  •  Choosing  appropriate  partners  •  Developing  efficiently  

Challenges  of  next  year

•  Get  enough  grant  – To  build  an  official  support  program  for  CfJ  brigades  

– To  create  a  community  website  for  brigades  •  Extend  fellowship  – Start  in  other  regions  – Try  corporate  fellowship  program  

•  Promote  civic  tech  – Hold  ‘Code  for  Japan  Summit’  10-­‐12th  October  

Main  difficulKes  for  extending    the  fellowship

Ordinary  local  governments  don’t  have  enough  budget  for  the  fellowship  

Japanese  labor  market  is  not  mobilized  to  hire  high  skill  fellows  

New  idea:  corporate  fellowship

•  We  are  discussing  three  months  fellowship  with  companies  – CfJ  defines  ‘Scope  of  Work’  with  local  governments  

– Companies  send  their  employees  as  a  fellow  – CfJ  arranges  teams  formed  by  the  fellows  – The  team  works  under  the  CfJ’s  governance  – Companies  pay  management  fee  to  CfJ  

Issues  we  want  to  discuss  today

•  How  should  the  head  office  manage/help  fellows?  

•  How  can  we  extend  current  fellowship  to  other  regions?  

•  What  is  the  best  way  of  sharing  our  experiences  internaKonally?  

Thank  you