The 1st Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources for Africa (The 3rd Meeting of the Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa)

“Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs” will launch the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources for Africa. In the first meeting of the committee, the universities implementing this project will introduce their educational exchange programs and receive opinions and advice from each committee member.

Date & Time: 5 October 2021 (Tue), 16:15-18:10, JST (GMT＋9)
Venue: Online Conference via Zoom

Organizers: Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs (IAfP: Innovative Africa Program)
Co-hosted by Kyoto University and The Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Program

Time	Chair: Motoki Takahashi, Director, the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
16:15–16:30	Opening address Takao Hirajima, Executive Vice President of Kyoto University Jun Matsukuma, Vice President of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
16:30– 16:50	Greetings from guests of honor Orie Kishimoto, Chief Inspector, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Jiro Kodera, Principal Official, Second Africa Division, African Affairs Department, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
16:50– 17:05	Introduction of the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources Tetsuo KONDO, Director, Representation Office in Tokyo, United Nations Development Programmer (UNDP) Takashi HANAJIRI, Head of Asia External Representation Office, African Development Bank Group Yasuaki YONEYAMA, Special Representative, Japan, World Bank Ryuichi KATO, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency Joji SATO, Senior Director for Global Strategy, Africa, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Reiji TAKEHARA, Director, International Cooperation Bureau, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) Akira WADA, General Manager, Africa Planning Department, Africa Division, Toyota Tsusho Corporation Yoshiomi TAMAI, President, Ashinaga Foundation Shingo OGAWA, Representative Director, Terra Renaissance
17:05– 17:20	Introduction of the projects from each of the universities Utsunomiya University: Shinso Yokota, Professor, Department of Forest Science, School of Agriculture Yamaguchi University: Daisuke Hayasaka, Professor, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Hokkaido University: Ikenaka Yoshinori, Professor, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine Hiroshima University: Yasushi Maruyama, Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Tokyo University of Agriculture: Machito Mihara, Professor, Director, Center for Global Initiative Akita University and Kyushu University: Tsuyoshi Adachi, Professor, Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Department of Earth Resource Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Akita University Nagasaki University: Satoshi Kaneko, Assistant Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicines, NTD Innovation Center Kyoto University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies: Masayoshi Shigeta, Professor, Dean, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University and Chihiro Kumashiro, assistant professor, African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
17:20– 17:25	Introduction of the platform building program and Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources Motoki Takahashi, Director of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
17:25- 18:05	Advice from the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources
18:05- 18:10	Closing address Masayoshi Shigeta, Dean, the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies
18:10	Closing