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Overview of SATREPS
(Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development)

1. Objectives of the program

The Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) program is a collaboration between two Japanese government agencies: the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Based on the needs of developing countries, JST and JICA cooperate to promote international joint research targeting global issues*1 with an objective of utilization of research outcomes*2. Implemented through collaboration with Official Development Assistance (ODA), the aim of the program is to acquire new knowledge and technology that lead to the resolution of global issues and the advancement of science and technology, and through this process, to create innovations. International joint research under this program also aims to enhance the research and development capabilities of developing countries, and helps to create sustainable research systems able to address and resolve issues.

*1 Global issues:
Issues that are difficult to be resolved by a single country or region acting on its own and that need to be handled by the international community as a whole.
*2 Utilization of research outcomes:
The research projects should lead to future social and economic benefits, achieved by using newly obtained knowledge and technology to enhance government services or to develop products that can be deployed in the market.

2. Outline of the program

3. Countries and projects to date

A total of 135 international joint research projects in 50 countries*1 have been conducted as SATREPS projects in Environment and Energy, Bioresources, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, and Infectious Disease Control*2 since the project commencement in FY2008.

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