The Outline of HAPSA’s Activities

The Purpose of Establishment
HAPSA aims at contributing to administrative promotion of Hyogo Prefecture and municipalities within Hyogo, and development of local autonomy. HAPSA inquires about the administrative subjects which Hyogo Prefecture and municipalities within Hyogo should actively tackle, and promotes the policy planning activities.

History
November 6, 1993 Establishment of the Hyogo Prefectural Policy Studies Association mainly consisting of officials of Hyogo Prefectural Government.

September 27, 2003 Reorganization into the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association mainly consisting of officials of Hyogo Prefectural Government and municipal governments.

Organization
(Please click blue letters to see detailed information such as names of board members.)

General Meeting
The General Meeting consists of private members and group members and is held at least once a year. The General Meeting, HAPSA’s supreme decision-making body, decides important matters including amendment of regulations and reelection of board members.

Steering Committee
The Steering Committee consists of ① five representative members representing the HAPSA, and ② 16 executive officials of policy-planning and research divisions of Hyogo Prefectural Government , 4 executive officials of municipal governments and 1 scholar. The Steering Committee discusses and decides matters about activities plan and budget, etc.

Planning Sectional Meeting
The Planning Sectional Meeting consists of the Representative Steering Committee members and 8 officials of policy-planning divisions of Hyogo Prefecturel Government and municipal governments. The Planning Sectional Meeting examines activities plan etc., preceding the Steering Committee.

Advisor/ Honorary Advisor
Advisors comment on the operation of the HAPSA responding to requests from the Steering Committee

Councilors
27 academics from various areas assume posts of councilors. They act as coordinators of research presentation conferences,lecturers of seminars, and advisers of investigation researches by members,etc.

Auditor
Auditor inspects accounts and business of the HAPSA.

Secretariat / Full-time Staff / Volunteer Staff
The secretariat takes charge of general affairs of the HASPA and is located in the Civil Service Personnel Training Institute that provides trainings to officials of Hyogo Prefectural Government and municipal governments.
The volunteer staff belongs to the secretariat and works on exchange programs with the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA ).

About 1,500 people enroll as HAPSA members.
There are three types of members, private members, group members and supporting members.

Private Members
Intended members are ① Officials of Hyogo Prefectural Government, ② Officials of municipal governments in Hyogo Prefecture, and ③ Academics living or working in Hyogo Prefecture.
About 1,100 officials of Hyogo Prefectural Government, 300 officials of municipal governments and 30 academics enroll as private members.

Group Members

Intended organizations are ① Hyogo Prefectural Government, ② municipal governments in Hyogo Prefecture, and ③ organizations related to these local governments. 20 organizations enroll as group members.

Supporting Members
Besides above members, supporting member covers ① organizations conducting public activities, and ② individuals living or working in Hyogo and approve objectives of the HAPSA. About 90 organizations and individuals enroll as supporting members.

Introduction of Officials and Volunteers

Honorary　Adviser
	Toshitami Kaihara （Director General of the Hyogo Prefecture Regional Policy Research Institute）


Adviser Representative Steering Committee
	Toshizo Ido （Governor of Hyogo Prefecture）


Representative Steering Committee
	Wataru Oomori　(Professor Emeritus of the Tokyo University）
	Atsushi Yamashita（Professor of the Graduate School, Doshisha University）
	Yoshimasa Kato（Professor of School of Economics,University of Hyogo）
	Keiko Kiyohara (Special Advisor to the Governor for Falling Birthrate , Gender & Family Issues and for Personnel Training )
	Mitsumasa Terao (Director of the Civil Service Personnel Training Institute)

Councilors（in April 2007）
	Hitoshi Asano (Professor of the School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University) Area of Welfare Atsuko Uchinuno (Professor of the Nursing Department, College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo) Area of Nursing 　　 Kazuhiro Ootsuki（Professor of the Faculty of Cross-Cultural Studies, Kobe University）Area of Information Science Yoshimasa Kato（Professor of School of Economics,University of Hyogo）Area of Industry Development Yukihiro Kadono (Professor of the School of Policy studies ,Kwansei Gakuin University) Area of Urban Development Atsuro Kawauchi (Culture Producer) Area of Art and Culture Ikuo Kume (Professor of the Faculty of Political Science and Economics , Waseda University) Area of Public Administration Hisako Koura（Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University）　　　　Area of Community Development Sachio Konishi（Professor of the Graduate School and Institute of Industrial Research, Kwansei Gakuin University） Area of Regional Development Yasuo Konishi（The President of Kobe Yamate University） Area of Business Administration Takayuki Satake（Associate Professor of the School of Commerce and Economics, University of Hyogo） Ares of Small and Medium Companies Shigeaki Sato (Former Professor of the Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University）Area of Health Care Yoshimitsu Shiozaki (Professor of the Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University) Area of Urban Development Katsunori Shiba ( Professor of the School of Comprehensive culture course, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)Area of Information Technology Matsujiro Shibano ( Professor of the School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University)Area of Welfare Nobuko Takashima（Professor Emeritus of the Kobe College） Area of Human Resources Development Osamu Takada（Professor of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University）Area of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Development Shigeo Tatsuki　(Professor of the Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University) Area of Non Profit Organizations and Volunteer Taro Tsukimura(Professor of the GraduateSchool of Law, Kobe University) Area of International Exchange Isao Nakase（Professor of the Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo）　Area of Nature and Environment Kazuko Nakano（Professor of the ,Faculty of Humanities, Kobe Yamate University）Area of Life and Environment Yoshiharu Narikiyo（Professor of the Faculty of Human Development and Education ,Shinwa Women's University）Area of Elderly-people health welfare Kaoru Hounoki (Professor of the Graduate School of Human Development and Emviroment , Kobe University）Area of Gender Equity Promotion Naoki Mitani (Professor of the Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University) Area of Labor and Economics Takao Miyata（Professor of the Graduate School of Science, Kobe University）Area of Natural Disaster Hideo Moritsu（Professor of the Faculty of Information science, University of Marketing and Distribution Science） Area of Social Capital Maintenance Shunsuke Yagi（Professor of the Faculty of Economics, Kobe International University）Area of Environmental Management and Marketing

Volunteer Staff of Exchange Programs with American Society for Public Administration

Coordinator
　　　　Masatomi Funaba (Former Representative of HAPSA , Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima University and
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Kobe University of Commerce)
　　　 Matsuyo Makino（A member of Steering Committee, Professor of School of Economics,University of Hyogo）

Volunteer Staff
　　　
Noriko Tanaka（Industrial Policy Division, Industrial Policies Bureau, Industry,Employment and
　　　　　　　　　　 International Affairs Department）
Shingo Kochi （Tokyo Office）
Takuya Kobayashi （Scientific Advancement Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, Industry, Employment,
　　　　　　　　　　　and International Affairs Department）
Masaya Shinbayashi（Secretariat Auditors）
Takahiro Kimura（Tatsuno Agricultural Improvement Guidance Center）
Maiko Ooya（Hyogo International Association ）
Masaki Hosomi（Personnel Welfare Division , Management Bureau Policy Planning & Administration
　　　　　　　　　　Department ）
Hidefumi Takahashi (Amagasaki Port Administration Office, Hanshin-Minami District Administration Office）
Yosiro Ioki（Hyogo Children's Center）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Youko Konegawa（Tatsuno Office, Animal Well-Being Center ）
Kiyomi Tanaka（Kobe School for Handicapped Children）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　
　　