Japan Education Forum XII June 2015
Japan Education Forum XII – Collaboration Toward Self-Reliant Educational Development –
Background and Objectives
Opening Session
- Opening Remarks by Hideki Niwa, Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology, Japan - Opening Remarks by Kazuyuki Nakane, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Executive Summary
Keynote Speech
- “Education for All: What has been achieved and future challenges beyond 2015; experiences from Ethiopia”
Eshetu Asfaw
Director, Plan and Resources Mobilization Directorate, Ministry of Education, Ethiopia
- “Education for All: Global perspectives on past achievements and future challenges”
Aaron Benavot
Director, EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO
Panel Session
“EFA experiences and future challenges post 2015”
“Future prospects of international cooperation in education”
- Moderator:
- Kazuo Kuroda
Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies /
Director, Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Waseda University
- Panelists:
- Shinishi Ishihara
Deputy Director General, Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) - Fatuma Chege
Dean, School of Education, Kenyatta University, Kenya - Yuriko Yamamoto Baldin
Professor, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil - Rene Raya
Lead Policy Analyst , Asian South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE)
Concluding discussions
