Abstract
The objective of this paper is to inquire into the evaluation framework and methods of regional partnership activities in order to establish the PDCA cycle of regional partnership activities in the field of agricultural science.
First, we examined the evaluation framework of regional partnership activities by reviewing the articles related to the evaluation of CSR and NPO.
Second, we interviewed and analyzed the opinions of major stakeholders in regional partnership activities, taking the regional partnership activities of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Agricultural Science as an example.
With respect to the gaps in the expectations of stakeholders, the regional partners want faculty members to contribute new solutions to regional causes while the faculty members want to contribute by utilize their expertise.
On the basis of the understanding of these gaps, we should strategically select regional partnership activities that are committed to innumerable social causes.
