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CODE FOR JAPANSHOWCASE: A Fellowship in Namie, Fukushima
HAL SEKI
Representative, Code for Japan
TAKAYUKI YOSHINAGA
Code for Japan fellow,
Namie-town, Fukushima
Civic tech communityfor the people who wants to make their cities better place
Brigade support: Supporting 18 local ‘Code for’ Communities
Fellowship: Arrange a talented team to local governments for collaborative working
Researchers, project managers, coders, designers etc.
Local government
Spreads to 35 cities
Takayuki Yoshinaga
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Where is Namie?Fukushima Pref.
A little less than 300km north of Tokyo
← Namie
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11th March, 2011Earthquake and Tsunami occurred
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Nuclear Reactor
Namie Town
They are still forced to be evacuated at least 3 years.
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A third of the 21,000 population had to move outside of Fukushima.
Regional bond was broken
Namie-town decided to distribute tablet devices to each family.
Challenge• We needed to understand their ‘true needs’
for solving the complex issues.
Citizen-Centric application development
7 Ideathons 420 People participated, 770 Ideas were presented
3 Hackathons14 Mock-ups were made
Now: Developing 6 AppsReal-time radiation map Inviting event tools
Local news viewer Guide Character
Namie photo slides
Namie Networking Service
Planning workshops to strengthen seniors’ IT literacy
To create an ecosystem for the civic tech startups
Involve government officials and economic leaders-> Code for Japan Summit Oct. 10-12th
Cooperate with existing companies-> Starting ‘Corporate Fellowship’ project
Thank you