That’s because people collectively lost trust in the institutions to protect food safety some 10 years ago. That resulted in one of the most strict food safety laws. Indeed, within the administration, we have an office dedicated to food safety.
We only have two of those offices, one for food safety and one for cyber security. You know how serious this is. Basically, it really requires a good legal underpinning. It’s not just software code, but also legal code as well, to not run afoul of the food safety issues.
I would say that most of the innovations that I’m aware of is around the design of the contracts of how the software reflects the contracts, how to attribute accountability along each way, how to take photos. You probably know more than I know, but there’s many innovations happening in this way to lower the already very burdensome administrative cost associated with food continuation programs.
That’s the main social innovation. I know that people have been clamoring for a special section for food continuation in the food safety law, but we’re on the last session of the parliament, of this parliament now. It’s very unlikely to introduce new laws. It would probably have to wait until next January.
Very much so.
It’s also in their interest.
Awesome. That’s great.
I mostly learned about this from the Carrefour anti-food waste project. They have a dedicated project for that. It’s not just in their store, but rather also in bookstores, such as the Housebook60.
You’ll probably know that.
Carrefour basically tried to modularize their SOP, the standard operation procedure. They partnered with, it call itself a bookhouse, but it’s actually a café, so it’s very confusing. I’m sure that they have books there as well.
To have a shared refrigerator and with a good SOP for it to replicate. I think they’re doing OK, and they’re getting more visibility now.
Community’s project.
Yeah, that’s another one.
Andrew is really also very scalable.
I know. I’ve read your slides.
The World Food Day, that’s right.
That’s excellent.
It’s a Wednesday, right?
It is a Wednesday.
The following Saturday?
The previous Saturday? Then I will be in Osaka.
If it’s the next Saturday, then it’s the annual forum of SE Insight, of 社企流. I will be there in the morning, but I’m free in the afternoon. That’s the following weekend. The previous one, I will be in Osaka.
Yeah, I’ll do a short video, of course.
If you run an event, then isn’t it the national day? It’s like four-day long vacation.
Oh, great.
Oh, that’s really something. That’s great. If you have anything that you want me to say, as long as it’s legal, just write me an email. My staff will review for legality, and I will say it.
I will say. It’s fine.
Yeah, sure. I can record a high definition video for you. Just let me know the length and the format, like 4:3 or 16:9.
I always publish after you publish on YouTube, so that everybody knows it…Even if they didn’t know you, they will read the transcript. They can view the video and discover you and then get in contact with you.
Yeah, I’d love to. I’d love to.
Anyone who can identify which specific SDG…
…you are working on, I’m very happy to help. You have two or three SDGs.
An atlas.
Does it include Taiwan?
This is great. This is like establish the norms outside the jurisdictions, and then jurisdictions can accustom ourselves to the new norm. I think that’s the right way. Have the social innovation lead the regulatory innovation, instead of the other way around.
We’d love to participate. When you are ready to include Taiwan, then we will work with the…
Excellent.
All sort of in-kind supports.
Sure. You mean that it’s in the weekdays before?
That’s great.
I’d love to put you in touch with, for example, the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, which is the main foundation to run the new southbound policy. We target exactly the same countries.
Exactly the same countries.
They have programs for civil society connectivity, for youth leadership, for regional resilience, and so on. They also run their own cohort, and they do training camps, and whatever in Taiwan.
I’m sure that you can leverage each other’s network very efficiently, because it’s essentially the same social entrepreneurs that you’re looking at. Maybe some of them have enrolled in both programs. I’d love to put you in contact with the AEF. As for myself, I will be in Ethiopia at the time, in Addis Ababa.
Oh, you’ve been, too?
No. It will be my first time in Addis Ababa.
No, the Social Enterprise World Forum will be four-day long. I will just be trapped in Addis for that. It’s my first time, so it’s good.
Yay, OK.
