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