From 17:00 on Friday, September 6, 2024, Forum2050 will hold its session, “A Future Co-Created by Connected Children in Japan and Around the World,” at “Education Cooperation Week 2024,” at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Headquarters venue (hybrid). Admission is free.
Anyone interested in co-creating the future, including children, is welcome to join the Forum2050 special session.
Education Cooperation Week 2024: Overview
A hybrid seminar for people involved in international education cooperation
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many children around the world have lost learning opportunities, and achieving SDG 4 by 2030 is at risk. To build an “Education Cooperation Platform” that brings together the wisdom of Japan’s education cooperation community and to co-create ways to achieve SDG 4, we will hold the “4th Education Cooperation Week.”
- Dates: Monday, September 2 to Friday, September 13, 2024
- Venue: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) + online (hybrid)
- For: practitioners and university faculty involved in international education cooperation, and interested graduate and undergraduate students
(The Forum2050 session is open to anyone interested in co-creating the future, including children) - Fee: free
- Language: Japanese (some sessions in English)
- Organizer: Education Cooperation Week Secretariat
- Co-organizers: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) / partner development consulting firms / Japan NGO Network for Education (JNNE)
Education Cooperation Week 2024 official site: https://padeco.education/kkw2024/
About the Forum2050 special session
Forum2050’s session: Friday, September 6, 17:00-18:30
Session overview
- Date and time: Friday, September 6, 2024, 17:00-18:30
- Session title: A Future Co-Created by Connected Children in Japan and Around the World
- Venue: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Headquarters (online participation available)
- Fee: free
- Participants: anyone interested in co-creating the future, including children
Venue: JICA Headquarters (online viewing available)
5-25 Niban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0084
- About 8 minutes on foot from Yotsuya Station (JR / Marunouchi Line)
- About 2 minutes on foot from Kojimachi Station (Yurakucho Line)
Program
- Joint keynote: “Beyond the Boundary Between Education Cooperation and Development Education” (Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA)
- Talk 1: Education cooperation and development education from a local government perspective (City of Yokohama)
- Talk 2: Education cooperation and development education from a developing country perspective (Forum2050, from Bangladesh)
- Panel discussion: Education cooperation and development education from the next generation’s perspective (children of Forum2050)
- Closing: The responsibility of adults and the senior generation (Forum2050)
How to apply (advance registration required)
Registration form (for sessions held September 2-6, 2024; deadline Wednesday, August 28):
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=i8XOmKM_kU2amWGqSNtOxAI77nPwXwFPg0ZgOHu9U4pURUIzNUxaTDgxNTg2NFBMV0VGNlZDT0kxUCQlQCN0PWcu
The Education Cooperation Week Secretariat closes registration at 23:59 on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. If you would like to join after the deadline, please contact us directly through our contact form: https://forum2050.com/contact/
Forum2050 special session flyer
Download the Forum2050 special session flyer (Japanese): https://forum2050.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kkw2024.pdf
