February 2012–March 2015
JCIE undertook a multiyear initiative to help deepen cooperation between Japanese and overseas groups responding to 3/11 by nurturing new partnerships, facilitating US-Japan funding, disseminating up-to-date information on the disaster response, and sponsoring exchange and dialogue on US-Japan cooperation on 3/11. The initiative began in March 2011, shortly after the disaster struck, and was formalized as a major program in February 2012.
Connecting Japanese and Overseas Groups
Through JCIE’s efforts, new partnerships involving nearly 30 US and Japanese organizations were able to develop. JCIE helped by introducing potential collaborators to one another, advising them on how to work together, and actively facilitating their cooperation.
Facilitating Funding
JCIE matched dozens of overseas donors and Japanese groups involved in the Tohoku region’s recovery, advising both sides on how to best work together and, in the process, mobilizing more than $290,000 in donations to help with the response.
Serving as an Information Clearinghouse
JCIE disseminated information on Japan’s disaster response for Americans, Japanese, and others in a position to support the disaster response—humanitarian professionals who were trying to find out how to best help, donors searching for ways to give to Japanese organizations, scholars documenting the response, and students and others at the grassroots level who wished to assist Japan but were uncertain how to proceed. As part of this effort, it also produced cutting-edge analysis of the nongovernmental response. Some of the publications produced as part of this effort include the following:
3.11 Insider: Monthly Newsletter
JCIE | OCTOBER 2012–PRESENT
Survey & Analysis: US Giving for the 3/11 Disaster
JCIE | ANNUAL 2012–2016
Friendship across Borders: Nearly 100 US Sister City Organizations Raise Relief Funds for Japan
TOSHIHIRO MENJU, ATSUKO GEIGER | SEPTEMBER 2012 | JCIE
International Philanthropy and Disasters in Developed Countries: The US Response to Japan’s 3.11 Disaster
JAMES GANNON | JULY 2014 | JCIE
Bringing People Together: Assessing the Impact of 3/11 on US-Japan Grassroots Exchange
ATSUKO GEIGER | MARCH 2015 | JCIE
Strengthening US-Japan NGO Partnerships on Humanitarian Responses—Lessons from 3/11 | [日本語]
JCIE | MARCH 2015
Innovative Disaster Responses: Model Approaches from Japan’s 3/11 Disaster
ATSUKO GEIGER, KAEDE KAWAUCHI, SERINA BELLAMY | MARCH 2015 | JCIE
Getting International Disaster Philanthropy Right: Lessons from Japan’s 2011 Tsunami
JAMES GANNON | 2016 | JCIE
Promoting Exchange and Dialogue
In order to encourage deeper coordination, JCIE convened brought together Japanese and Americans involved in various aspects of the disaster response to discuss how to work together more effectively. It also promoted grassroots exchange involving those affected by the disaster and sponsored the following events:
Funders Roundtable with AidTAKATA NEW YORK | MARCH 29, 2012
US Visit Program & Public Seminar for Kamaishi Community Leaders NEW YORK | SEPTEMBER 16–17, 2012
Disaster Risk Reduction Roundtable 2012 NEW YORK | OCTOBER 18, 2012
Roundtable: Assessing International Partnerships in Supporting Tohoku Recovery TOKYO | JANUARY 30, 2013
Disaster Risk Reduction Roundtable 2013 NEW YORK | MAY 13, 2013
Seminar: Strengthening International NGO Partnerships on Disaster Responses: Lessons from 3.11 TOKYO | NOVEMBER 19, 2013
DC Policy Roundtable with 3/11 Responders WASHINGTON DC | JANUARY 22, 2014
Reception for the Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund NEW YORK | FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Roundtable on Entrepreneurship in Tohoku with Mio Yamamoto/WIT NEW YORK | MAY 8, 2014
Roundtable on Philanthropy in the Disaster Zone with Yuji Suzuki/Sanaburi Foundation NEW YORK | MAY 16, 2014
Rikuzentakata Student Visit Program to New York & Welcome Reception NEW YORK | AUGUST 2014
Roundtable on US-Japan Disaster Cooperation with Randy Martin/MercyCorps NEW YORK | NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Seminar: Strengthening Civil Society Ties after 3.11—Lessons from the US-Japan Experience WASHINGTON DC | MARCH 20, 2015
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This initiative was made possible through the generous support of the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. |