一村一品･International OVOP Policy Association | About IOPA

IOPA (International OVOP Policy Association) was founded on December 4, 2006. IOPA is an association of researchers, public officers and professors who are interested in OVOP (One Village, One Product) and regional excellent-product policy.

IOPA founded on December 4, 2006 is an association of researchers, public officers and professors regarding OVOP (One Village, One Product) and regional excellent-product policy. IOPA restarted new organization without membership fee in April 2009 in order to be more internationalized association. If you like to join IOPA as a member, please send the application form to the office. The running costs are covered by advertisement in this web.

Apprication for the membership

By President of IOPA

Activities of IOPA (Example)

• OVOP Conference
  • International OVOP Policy Association (IOPA) Annual Conference
    1st (2007) - 5th (2012)
  • Participate to International OVOP Seminar
    5th (2008) - 7th (2010)
  • Participate to APEC (APEC Global "One Village One Product" Seminar)
• OVOP Training Program (Managed by Think Mate Research Co. Ltd.)
  • Training in Japan
  • Training in the world
• Evaluating OVOP (Managed by Think Mate Research Co. Ltd.)

  For more information, contact Think Mate Research Co. Ltd.

About RE (Regional Excellence)

• Concept and significance of RE
  • The Regional Excellence in Japanese is "逸品" of which pronuncation is 'Ippin' as same as "一品" that means one product in OVOP.
  • Re products and RE policies are characterized in its feature based on the region such as a village, a town, a city, a prefecture, an area, a district, a province and a country.
  • The significance of RE in IOPA is discussed as an additional approach of OVOP that is useful for the vitalization of a local economy and for the community development in accompany with making a regional brand.