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Partner
Working with teenagers should not
end at "what a nice story".
TEIGEN JP is a student organization with a record of working as an equal with government, assemblies, schools and companies. We design partnerships that leave something concrete on both sides, rather than stopping at "we heard from young people".
For Each Partner
What we can offer depends on who you are.
For schools
What we can do: civic education and cleanup outreach classes, tie-ins with inquiry-based learning, a mock election about your school rules, and shared use of teaching materials. When someone barely older than they are stands at the front, politics stops being about other people.
For example: Adachi Municipal Adachi Elementary School (three fifth-grade classes, cleanup education); civic education outreach classes in public middle and high schools; delivery in an evening division.
For government and assemblies
What we can do: Co-hosting civic education events, supporting election-awareness work, planning and writing material aimed at teenagers, and working together on participation mechanisms such as a youth council.
For example: The Mock Ward Mayoral Election, co-created with the Adachi Ward Office, Ward Assembly, Board of Education and Election Administration Commission; support for the commission's own outreach classes since March 2025; contributions to and covers for its publications.
What stays with the assembly: In its own published materials, the Adachi Ward Assembly lists holding the student-run Mock Ward Mayoral Election, and working to advance civic education, among the assembly reforms it carried out in 2023 under “resident participation” (Waseda University Manifesto Institute, Local Assembly Reform Survey 2023: 58th of 1,562 assemblies nationwide, 2nd among Tokyo's special wards).Read what stays with the assembly →
Advisory roles: We also take appointments to councils, committees and review panels, hearings and formal statements, research collaboration, and study sessions for assembly members and officials. Age requirements, neutrality and how honoraria are handled are set out on Advisory and committee roles.
For companies and foundations
What we can do: Developing a curriculum together, tie-ins with CSR and next-generation programs, sponsorship and grants, and your people joining as instructors or mentors.
For example: Outreach classes using the cleanup education curriculum developed with the cooperation of Duskin Co., Ltd. The company lends its expertise; the planning and running are done by students.
For nonprofits and community organizations
What we can do: Planning events together, joining community occasions, exchanging what we each know about youth participation, and helping each other get the word out.
For example: Membership of the Japan Youth Conference and JYPS; speaking at the Adachi 100-Person Meeting; exchanges with the Toronto Youth Cabinet in Canada.
Process
How it happens
- STEP 1
Contact Us
Tell us by form or email what you want, roughly what shape, and when. We normally reply within three working days.
- STEP 2
Online meeting
We agree what it is for, who it is for, and what should be different afterward. There is no charge at this stage.
- STEP 3
Design and division of work
A written proposal, a running order, costs where relevant, and who does what.
- STEP 4
Preparation and publicity
Materials and documents, publicity, and coordination with everyone involved.
- STEP 5
Delivery and review
Afterwards we share the questionnaire results and a written review, so the next one is better.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does it cost anything?
Can you come during a weekday?
Is political neutrality maintained?
How far ahead should we get in touch?
Can you come a long way?
Use of Support
Where your support goes.
This is run by high school and university students. Sponsorship and support follow the categories we published for the 2026 crowdfunding, and go to delivering and developing both pillars of our work.
| 1. Running the Mock Ward Mayoral Election | Venue and equipment, printing on the day (running orders, certificates), display panels, and the consumables it takes to run it. |
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| 2. Running Osouji-tai | Developing the cleanup curriculum, and the equipment and panels needed on the day. |
| 3. Delivering outreach classes | Materials for civic education — markers, poster paper — and seminar fees for developing the program. |
| 4. The general meeting and supporter gatherings | Venue, refreshments, documents and basic equipment for the general meeting and for gatherings with the people who have supported us. |
| 5. Administration and day-to-day costs | Exhibitions, new programs, printing, keeping this website going — the basic running costs underneath everything. |
Crowdfunding 2026Funding Mock Ward Mayoral Election 2026
Run in February and March 2026, and used according to the categories above. The record is published in Newsroom.
The form and scale of sponsorship, and how we report back on it, are agreed individually.
Partners
The people who have connected teenagers to society alongside us.
Our work exists because of these partnerships with government, companies and other organizations. Each is listed with that organization's permission.
We are also helped by Adachi Board of Education／Adachi Election Administration Commission／Adachi Ward Assembly have also given us their cooperation. Duskin Co., Ltd. cooperated in the development of the curriculum for our cleanup education class Osouji-tai: Protect Your Neighborhood.