Abstract
Ehime University had been implementing the “Regional Innovator Development Program (Toyo),” a locally initiated certificate program corresponding to the opening of the Regional Collaboration Center Saijo, since FY2017, but a considerable period of time had passed since its implementation, and with the decline in the number of participants, there was a need to create a new program. In 2021, the author was appointed as a full-time faculty member of the Center for Human Resource Development and Recurrent Education Support Center for Regional Experts, and by renewing the program, including inviting 23 external speakers under the theme of “fostering social innovators,” the program was opened with 31 participants (at the time of opening), exceeding the initial capacity. The program was successful in developing human resources in accordance with its original purpose.
https://ror.org/017hkng22 
