On October 5th, 2021, Asia Pacific Initiative (API) hosted \u201cPEP Summit 2021 \u2013 Opening Doors\u201d. The PEP Summit is an annual symposium hosted by API\u2019s Policy Entrepreneur\u2019s Platform (PEP).<\/p>\n
API\u2019s Policy Entrepreneur\u2019s Platform (PEP) aims to form a community for policy entrepreneurs in Japan. \u201cEach and every one of us will bring together his\/her expertise, knowledge, perspectives; cross over the vocational borders of politics, public administration, the private sector, academia, and NGO\/NPOs; set up various social problems as policy agendas; facilitate enacting actual policy; and solve various social issues.\u201d To realize this goal, PEP conducts various activities such as \u201cPEP Seminar\u201d to share and accumulate expertise on policy entrepreneurship, as well as created the \u201cPEP Journalism Award\u201d to promote online journalism that may facilitate policy entrepreneurship. The \u201cPEP Summit\u201d is an annual symposium to summarize the outcome of these activities and to facilitate networking among policy entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n
At this year\u2019s PEP Summit, which invited Japan\u2019s leading policy entrepreneurs, API hosted a 3-hour discussion to take stock of PEP\u2019s various activities over the past year and to promote further the policy entrepreneurship by encouraging people to cross unseen borders and join forces. \u201cWhat kind of role should policy entrepreneurs, business leaders, journalists and various professionals play in their respective fields in order to solve the social problems they encounter?\u201d \u201cThe government\u2019s new Digital Agency recruited many experts from the private sector. How can we further promote the \u2018revolving door\u2019 system in Japan?\u201d \u201cHow can government bodies run effective PDCA cycles for their policy making?\u201d To address these questions, speakers underscored the importance to \u201cname ourselves policy entrepreneurs first,\u201d \u201cfind comrades,\u201d \u201ctake the first step anyway,\u201d \u201camplify unheard voices,\u201d \u201cdrawing attention so as to make the issue a social agenda,\u201d \u201ccajole opponents,\u201d \u201cengage,\u201d \u201cget involved,\u201d \u201cmove,\u201d etc. Discussions took place to entice every one of us to embark on the path of policy entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n
\u25fe\ufe0fFor more about Policy Entrepreneur\u2019s Platform (PEP), click here<\/u><\/a> Contacts: On October 5th, 2021, Asia Pacific Initiative (API) hosted \u201cPEP Summit 2021 \u2013 Opening Doors\u201d. The PEP Summit is an annual symposium hosted by API\u2019s Policy Entrepreneur\u2019s Platform (PEP). API\u2019s Policy Entrepreneur\u2019s Platform (PEP) aims to form a community for policy entrepreneurs in Japan. \u201cEach and every one of us will bring together his\/her expertise, …<\/p>\n
\n\u25fe\ufe0fCheck the PEP Summit 2021 special website here<\/u><\/a> (Japanese only)<\/p>\n
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