Drawing a future vision for Fukuoka and increasing its global competitiveness are the principle goals of Fukuoka Directive Council (hereafter Fukuoka D.C.). In order to pursue these objectives, Fukuoka D.C. will plan and implement effective regional development strategies. With partnerships across public, private, academic and civic sectors, Fukuoka D.C. will be committed to formulate feasible development strategies and implement operational and replicable projects, setting Fukuoka city and its vicinities at the core and by linking with other partners throughout greater Kyushu, and moreover with neighboring Asian cities.

Fukuoka Directive Council is a multi-sectoral body consisting of three membership groups; official members, Affiliate members, and Special members. On the Board are the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Senior Board Members, and Auditors. Fukuoka D.C. operates under the Executive Committee which is the decision making authority of the organization; the Board which is the implementation body of the organization, and a fully fledged Secretariat which functions as a ‘think-and-do-tank’ with experienced full time staff.

(1)Project duration is three years; 2011 will be strategy formulation; 2012 and 2013 will be implementation periods.
(2)The strategies will be formulated, shared and implemented by join effort of public, private, academic and civic sector stakeholders. This will include formulation of global public relations strategies and human resource development of young professionals.
(3)Public relations activities will also include development of partnerships between international professionals, private institutions and relative regional institutions which will contribute to strengthening international competitiveness of Fukuoka D.C..

(1) Database Development
Establish a GIS based database in order to conduct an in-depth ‘regional diagnosis’

(2) Strategy Building for Fukuoka
The activities will start off with an in-depth analysis and review of the region, followed by careful discussions among Fukuoka D.C. members and stakeholders, aiming to establish and share a common future vision and goal for Fukuoka. In the due process, research on identifying actual project needs and seeds will be made, followed by brief feasibility studies. Finally, several potential projects will be identified with an implementation scheme for the next fiscal year.

Local and regional research institutions will be provided opportunities to take part in the above research activities, as part of their skills development to raise knowledge and technical capacities.

(3) Capacity Development of Young Professionals
On-the-Job and Off-the-Job training based human resource development programs will be conducted for young professionals who are expected to take the leading roles in international and regional development of Fukuoka in the coming years.

(4) Public Relations
In order to raise profile of Fukuoka D.C. and its activities both locally and globally, the public relations activities will establish and strengthen networks and partnerships with the global knowledge resources. It will also work by strengthening ICT based relations activities which will enable marketing oriented information dissemination and project partnerships.

(5) Operations and administrative management of Fukuoka D.C. will be commissioned to TLO Limited.
This will set a unique example of a public-private and academic partnership run by a private entity.
（１）Participation of Committed Members
Projects (or strategy options) will be formulated and prioritized by the following criteria. This will be followed by formulation of project groups.

①Participation of committed members: Taking leadership in project groups
②Financial commitments: Cost sharing implications in projects
③Total optimization perspective: Spreading from Fukuoka to Kyushu, to Japan, to Asia

（２）Attracting International Resources; People and Capital
Fukuoka, along with other cities in the Kyushu region (and Japan being no exception) are at a critical state, facing situations such as decreasing labor population and aging social capital requiring renewal with heavy financial pressures. Unless a new business demand is created in partnership with rapidly growing Asian countries, the region will not be able to establish its position as 'the front runner of East Asia' as stated in the Greater Kyushu Regional Strategy Plan (a regional strategy formulated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the Government of Japan in August 2009) Based on the results of the 'Regional Review', Fukuoka DC will draw a logical and coherent story, making clear where the future visions/goals and projects meet. By doing so, the strategies, from its early formulation stages, will call for human and capital resources from wide international spheres.
A series of strategic events such as the 'Strategy Forum Fukuoka' (September 8) where the members shared the results of the Regional Review, and the 'Strategy Summit' (October 13); a dialogue session where opinions and ideas from the member dialogues are carefully consolidated into project proposals, will be held this year. The selection of projects and establishment of project groups will first be discussed at the Board Meeting in December 2011; later decided at the General Assembly by the end of April 2012.