By Editor in Chief
on Mon Jan 06 2025
Three collaborative project teams awarded activity grants from the Ulaanbaatar Business Innovation Authority (BIA)
Event Summary
Conference name: Mongolia open Innovation and Co-creation for SDGs: MICS-2024 Final Event
Date: Friday, February 7, 2025, 14:00-17:00 (Japan time) 13:00-16:00 (Mongolian time)
Organized by: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mongolia Office
Special Co-sponsor: Department of Business and Innovation, City of Ulaanbaatar
Co-organized by Mongolia-Japan Human Resources Development Center
Supported by: Ministry of Education of Mongolia, Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Communications of Mongolia, Ministry of National Ethnic, Labor and Social Security of Mongolia, Embassy of Mongolia in Japan, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Executive Committee: Japan alumni association for international students returning to Japan (JUGAMO)
Venue: Crystal Hall (3F), Blue Sky Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Registration link (free of charge): https://forms.gle/q9w8vtVh2UJvjNA36
Program (tentative)
12:30 – 13:00 Registration
13:00 – 13:05 Organizer’s Remarks (JICA)
13:05 – 13:10 Greetings from Special Sponsor (BIA)
13:10 – 13:20 Introduction to MICS2024 Initiatives (JUGAMO)
13:20 – 15:10 Pitches by collaborative project teams (10 teams)
15:10 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 15:40 Introduction of Best Practices
15:40 – 15:50 Presentation of projects supported by sponsors
15:50 – 16:00 Closing Ceremony of MICS 2024
Contents
The final event of “Mongolia Open Innovation and Co-Creation for SDGs (MICS) 2024” will be held in Ulaanbaatar on Friday, February 7, 2025. MICS is a program that supports a wide range of stakeholders in industry, government, academia, and finance from Japan and Mongolia to bring together technologies, ideas, and funds to co-create innovative solutions and work together in a collaborative manner to solve social issues and achieve the SDGs, and has been in operation since 2023.
At the MICS2024 kick-off event held on June 11, 2024, booth exhibitors, online participants, and 210 in-person attendees discussed co-creation and collaboration on innovative solutions, and 43 collaborative project proposals were submitted. As a result of the document screening (first screening), 15 collaborative projects were selected.
The 15 selected collaborative project teams made a pitch in front of about 40 Mongolian and 100 Japanese participants at MICS2024 in Tokyo held on August 5 at JICA headquarters (Ichigaya) to invite Japanese participation and cooperation in collaborative projects, and networking sessions. The event was attended by about 40 Mongolian participants and about 100 Japanese participants.
On August 19, 15 collaborative project teams made pitches in front of about 500 participants (about 100 from Japan and 400 from Mongolia) at the “Japan-Mongolia International Business Forum 2024” held in Ulaanbaatar. As a result of the final screening, 10 collaborative projects were selected and three of them were awarded activity grants by the Science, Industry and Innovation Department of Ulaanbaatar City. JICA is supporting 10 selected collaborative projects until February 2025 through mentoring and partial subsidies for travel between Japan and Mongolia.
At the mid-term event on November 20, 10 collaborative projects made pitches on the progress of their activities, and JICA awarded activity grants to two collaborative projects.
Finally, at the final event on February 7, each of the 10 projects will make a pitch, and each sponsor will announce a collaborative project for which they will provide partial support for implementation costs.
In addition, after the MICS event, which will be face-to-face only, Mr. Isao Nakamura, who worked as a business exchange specialist at the Mongolia-Japan Human Resources Development Center for 7 years from 2017, will give a commemorative lecture on Japan-Mongolia collaboration upon his return to Japan, and many Mongolian companies that received support will be present at the venue. There will also be time for networking with Mongolian companies and 10 collaborative projects at the venue.
If you are interested in participating or cooperating in any of the 10 collaborative project ideas, please feel free to contact us at
For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
Japan alumni association of foreign students returning to Japan (JUGAMO) [email protected]
Outline of the 10 selected collaborative projects (★: Ulaanbaatar Business Innovation Bureau, ●: projects for which JICA will provide partial support for implementation costs)
*Project name links are to presentation materials.
The venue for the MICS2024 kick-off event
Pitch by the “Production and Sales of Pet Supplies,” a collaborative project at MICS2024 in Tokyo
Pitch by the collaborative project “Fish Breeding in Field Labs by Electrolysis” at the Mongolia-Japan International Business Innovation Forum 2024
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