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2022.12.22 Department of Tourism News

[Tourism Department] Third-year seminar Specialized research class: Visited the United Nations project service organization S3i Innovation Center Japan Presented "Tourism / SDGs problem solving with an entrepreneurial mind" (Part 3)

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Group photo: The mask is removed only when taking pictures

United Nations project service agency visited by the students in class(UNOPS) S3iInnovation Center Japan (Chuo-ku, Kobe) is a collaboration between domestic and overseas startups, companies, universities, etc., and utilizes Japanese technology and knowledge.SDGsIt is a specialized organization for the purpose of creating problem-solving innovation.On the same floor, there is also "Startup Plaza Hyogo", where people who want to start a business in Hyogo can receive support.

Koiso seminar and Tachibana seminar in the third year of tourism department,UNOPSWith the cooperation of Mr. Nobutaka Azuma, an innovation specialist inSDGsLet's think about solving the problems ofPBL(problem-solving learning).

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Student presentation

As a summary of the project12Month20Every day studentsUNOPSvisit and sightsee /SDGsI presented the idea of ​​a business model that will lead to the solution of the problem. The presentation themes of the 7 teams are "Food loss", "Tourist area garbage problem", "Marine plastic pollution problem", "Ethical consumption and traditional crafts", "Kyoto overtourism", "Local production for local consumption type tourism proposal", and "My bottle". and establishment of water supply spots in tourist areas”, and proposed a business model that aims to solve each problem.

UNOPSMr. Nobutaka Azuma and Ms. Asuma Kataoka, who is active as a multilingual interpreter, commented and commented on the student presentations and proposals of the seven teams.From the two of them, "Treasure the stories that arise from yourself to solve problems", "Treasure peer learning opportunities where you can learn from each other in a team from a flat standpoint", and "Awareness We received valuable advice that will remain in the hearts of the students, such as sharing and brushing up.

Continuing on in the second part: We will mainly introduce the impressions of the students who participated

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Student presentation
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gave a commentUNOPSInnovation Specialist Nobutaka Azuma andNPOsAsuma Kataoka, Multilingual Interpreter for Corporate Community Link

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