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Organization Overview

Organization Overview

  • Name Accept International
    Holder of special consultative status of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
    Address Headquarters: YOU Building #6A, 1-5-7, Nihombashi Horidome-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0012, Japan
    Branch: 2-9-17 Zaiki, Saga City, Saga Prefecture 840-0055, Japan
    Overseas Branch: 24 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1305, Houston, TX 77046 USA
    Major project countries/regions: Somalia, Yemen, Kenya, Indonesia, Colombia, Palestine
    Phone number +81-3-4500-8161
    Established The Japan Somali Youth Organization was established in September 2011, and was then superceded by Accept International in 2017
    Board of Directors
    Executive DirectorYosuke Nagai
    (NPO Accept International)
    DirectorsRin Kanemaru
    (Doctor at Tokai University School of Medicine, Hachioji Hospital)
    Yuta Nanjo
    (CEO, Marketing Capital Co., Ltd.)
    Yuta Saito
    (CEO, N.S.S.I designs Co., Ltd.)
    Kyoko Yoshino
    (NPO Accept International)
    Mizuki Takahashi
    (NPO Accept International)
    AuditorTakahiro Ogawa
    (Globis Graduate School of Management)
    Mio Shimano
    (JICPA The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants,Associate Member)
    Advisory Board Kenichiro Sasae
    Chief Director, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
    Former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Former Ambassador to the United States
    Mihoko Kashiwakura
    Head of East Asia Relations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Iwao Aso
    CEO, Aso Corporation
    Ken Shibusawa
    CEO, Commons Asset Management,Inc.
    Yoshinobu Nagamine
    Former Head of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mission in Tokyo
    Yoshihito Takubo
    Special Advisor and Vice President of GLOBIS University
    Awards/Recognition - Peace and Security category at the Paris Peace Forum 2020
    - The 55th Social Contribution Awards (The Nippon Foundation Prize)
    - Peace Award from the King of Bahrain and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    - The 28th Human Power Award (Youth National Honor Award) and the Encouragement Award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs
    - The 18th Yasuhiro Nakasone Award (Encouragement Award)
    - The 2nd SDGs Japan Scholarship Iwasa Prize
    - The 28th Global Ethics Promotion Award and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
    - Selected as one of the 50 NPOs to watch right now by Forbes Japan
    Media Exposure - Our organization’s activities in Indonesia were featured on NHK WORLD-JAPAN:
      "Reintegration of Former Terrorists: Indonesia"
    - Our organization’s activities in Colombia and Palestine were featured on NHK WORLD-JAPAN:
      "Man on a mission: A world without conflict"
    Key Partner Organizations Government and Public Agencies
    - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
    - Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
    - Government of the United States of America
    - Government of the United Kingdom
    - Law enforcement and prison authorities in countries of operation

    Universities and Research Institutions
    - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
    - New York University, United States
    - Al-Azhar Institution, Egypt
    - PalThink for Strategic Studies (Gaza-based think tank)
    - Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

    Media
    - Al Jazeera (Qatar-based broadcaster)
    - NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

    International Organizations
    - UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
    - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
    - African Union (AU)
    - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    - United Nations Transition Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS)

    Others
    - Cooperation Canada (umbrella body of NGOs in partnership with the Government of Canada)
    - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (international law firm)
    - Nippon Foundation (Japan)
    Major third-party evaluations Under the JCNE Basic Governance Check and an impact assessment conducted by One Young World
    (a UK-based international summit), our organization’s activities were highly commended for efficiency,
    with findings showing that every USD 1 invested generates USD 32 in impact.

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