International Development
Ayaka has worked as an independent research consultant, coordinator, and/or facilitator for a wide range of international development projects since 2014. In 2022, she started teaching BOP/SDGs business (Global Management) at the University of Nagano. Below are lists of organizations/projects she has been involved in.
1. Asian Women Social Entrepreneur Network (AWSEN)
- Assisted in creating the network and supervised AWSEN conference operations in Thailand four times.
2. UNESCO/UNDPPA “Futuring Peace in Northeast Asia”
- Co-designed the dialogues and facilitated the sessions for Phase1 of the project.
3. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Organized the conference on Artisanal Small Scale Gold Mining “Ethical Mining: For Cleaner Gold, Pro Cleaner Life (Pasil, Kalinga)” and coordinated a study tour in Japan for Kalinga participants
4. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Public Private Partnerships
- Conducted desktop research and fieldwork to establish new sales scheme in Vietnam and Thailand for COGY, an innovative pedal wheelchair designed in Japan that disabled people with paralysis.
- Managed remote research by communicating with counterparts to develop a telegram Chatbot system, “ADMAS,” for Ethiopian entrepreneurs
5. PwC/ re:terra
- Analyzed micro-distribution model of Project Shakti through fieldwork research in India