Jobs & skills: Helping youth and women gain future-ready skills to participate in workforce
Sodateage Net
Target: NEET Youth (not in Education, Employment or Training)
Provides comprehensive skills training including digital skills and support services as well as exposure to work experience to equip NEET youth with skills and capabilities needed to participate in the workforce. The program has helped 6,000 young people since 2014.
Junior Achievement Japan
Target: Junior high school students
Support students to make a successful transition from education to employment by inspiring them on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) learning and increasing their awareness of related career pathways.
Small business development
ETIC
J.P. Morgan has established a partnership with ETIC. (Entrepreneurial Training for Innovative Communities), a Japanese non-profit organization, committed to foster social businesses and their leaders.
RCF
Target: Small businesses in Tohoku
Supporting small businesses in the tourism sector in Tohoku with an aim to boost the overall business environment in the disaster affected area by helping improve hiring / retention practices and redefine strategy to enhance marketing and service quality, as well as productivity.
MAKOTO
Target: Small businesses in Tohoku
J.P. Morgan has developed a partnership with MAKOTO, a general incorporated association committed to fostering entrepreneurs in the Tohoku area and to supporting startup businesses to ensure sustainable growth and create jobs in the region.
Financial health
Japan NPO Center
Target: Low-income youth and women, especially single mothers
Conducts research to assess and better understand the context, financial needs, challenges and intervention opportunities for low-income youth and women, especially single mothers, to help them better manage their finances and reach their financial goals in life.