"Best Practices" is a programme that disseminates high- quality projects that solve important global issues. The theme of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan is "Designing Future Society for Our Lives". Projects that embody this theme will be selected as the Best Practices for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan .
The best practices that are selected will be introduced on the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan official website, and during the commencement of the Expo, they will be displayed in the Best Practice Area. We are also considering inviting the award winners to the Expo site and setting up opportunities for them to present their initiatives and opportunities for interaction.
The projects that are selected as the “Best Practices” should be those that enhance the quality of human life, have a clear and visible effect, are generated from effective partnerships between multiple entities (public/private entities and citizens) and can be deployed to other regions.
In addition, the projects selected as best practices are expected to be related to one of the sub-themes of the Expo: “Saving Lives,” “Empowering Lives,” or “Connecting Lives.” The fields and areas related to these sub-themes are listed as examples in the theme scopes covered in the ”Theme Weeks” of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (see table below).
What do we do to preserve the earth for future generations with abundant and diverse life?
Climate change, decarbonisation, biodiversity, circular economy, renewable energy, hydrogen society, Nature Positive, deforestation, marine pollution, woodland regeneration, freshwater resources, etc.
How do we realize a society where the well-being of each person resonates?
Measures against infectious diseases, well-being, genomic medicine, regenerative medicine, cell therapy and gene therapy, PHR, healthy life expectancy, SBNR, safe water and toilets, etc.
What do we do to realize a world where discrimination is eliminated and people respect each other?
Hunger, poverty, social inequality, human rights violations, child labor and forced labor, human trafficking, participation of persons with disabilities, gender equality, LGBTQ, promotion of women’s participation and advancement in the workplace, immigration, human security, diversity and inclusion etc.
What do we need to do to realize a future where everyone has access to food, clothing and shelter ?
Food loss, food tech, food education, food culture, smart agriculture, forestry and fisheries industry, sustainable fashion, ethical consumption, etc.
What should humans learn in the era of AI?
Lifelong learning, EDTEC, intellectual property utilisation, individually optimised learning, remote education, youth independence, educational inequality, STEAM, entrepreneurship, games around the world, etc.
For diverse cultures to resonate and co-create cultures for the future, what do we do ?
Traditional performing art, historical heritage, local community revitalisation, tourism, art, music, sports, cultural arts, Cool Japan, manga and anime, Esports, etc.
What is a community where we can live as we are?
Smart cities, digital garden cities, disaster prevention and reconstruction, metaverse, space, robots, EV/FCV, automatic operation, flying cars, cyber security, MaaS etc.
Can we achieve the SDGs?
What do we do beyond the goals?
SDGs, post-SDGs, life , future society,
Society 5.0, etc.
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan is based on the concept of a “People’s Living Lab” (a laboratory for a future society), in which diverse participants bring their own perspectives to create a picture of the future society. The “Best Practices” at the Expo will be based on the values of each individual, and will present solutions to various issues through the co-creation of diverse participants.
Please read the application guidelines and apply by clicking “Best Practice Application” below.
Please note that only those who have registered their activities in the TEAM EXPO 2025 programme are eligible to apply.
For information on how to register for the “TEAM EXPO 2025” programme, please view the “TEAM EXPO 2025” website below.
※Explanations of the application items and the video of the online briefing session have been posted on the link below.
Application period: until noon,19 June 2024 ,(JST)
The application period has ended
Best Practices Reception Office, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
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Mr. Dimitri Kerkentzes
Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)
Joined BIE in 2003 after stints in the energy industry and the UN. He has worked on numerous Specialised Expos and World Expos, including Expo 2010 Shanghai and Expo 2015 Milan. As BIE Deputy Secretary General, he played a key role in restructuring and developing the Secretariat. He became BIE Secretary General in January 2020.
Ms. Chieko Asakawa
Chief Executive Director, Miraikan – The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation; IBM Fellow; Deputy Chairperson, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Joined IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory in 1985, where she conducted R&D for non-visual UIs. She became an IBM Fellow in 2009.
In April 2021, she became the second chief executive director of Miraikan. Recognised with an award in 2003 from the Women in Technology International. Awarded the Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon, 2013.
Ms. Marianne Mensah
CEO, ClimateInnov (CIEL)
CEO of ClimateInnov (CIEL) whose purpose is to advise business on their sustainable transformation and ESG, building on their power to change and innovate. In addition, through higher education, she engages young designers to become catalysts of the development of a regenerative, net zero and resilient society. She has worked on numerous projects in the fields of clean energy, environment and education for international development organizations.
Dr. Sanduk Ruit
Founder and Medical Director of the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO)
During his career in Australia, he developed inexpensive intraocular lenses for small-incision cataract surgery. He subsequently established an ophthalmology clinic in Nepal in 1994 and has performed sight-restoring surgeries on more than 100,000 patients. He has received numerous awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award, for his contributions to cataract treatment.
At the Expo , diverse participants take the initiative in a participatory programme called TEAM EXPO 2025, which aims to create an ideal future society together.
Among the activities gathered by this "TEAM EXPO 2025" programme, the most outstanding initiatives will be selected as the "Best Practices".
Therefore, projects that are candidates for "Best Practices" must be previously registered in "TEAM EXPO 2025"(A separate application process for “Best Practices” is required).
By registering with the “TEAM EXPO 2025” programme, the purpose and activities of the project will be made clear to other participants in this programme, the public through the official website of the “TEAM EXPO 2025” programme, and the exchange and co-creation initiatives implemented by the Organiser of the World Expo 2025.
This encourages interaction between participants, or between participants and others, and is expected to result in better projects that are worthy of being best practices, such as evolving projects or co-creation leading to alternate projects. This may result in projects that are more sustainable and could lead to the resolution of complex and local issues, or create new projects that lead to a better future.
This Best Practice selection secretariat operations was subsidized by JKA through its promotion funds from KEIRIN RACE.