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  Established	The Japan Somali Youth Organization was established in September 2011, and was then superceded by Accept International in 2017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 Director Yosuke Nagai (NPO Accept International) Directors Rin 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) Auditor Takahiro 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 Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan / Former Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 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	- Selected by Forbes JAPAN as one of the “50 Nonprofit Organizations Implementing Social R&D.” - 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.