{"id":10023,"date":"2022-07-08T15:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T06:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/?p=10023"},"modified":"2022-07-14T10:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T01:18:01","slug":"iicba-training-webinar-series-were-held-from-may-26th-to-june-16th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/?p=10023","title":{"rendered":"IICBA-Training webinar series were held from May 26th to June 16th 2022."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNESCO IICBA organized four webinars in partnership with the Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education (CICE) at Hiroshima University for ten African countries under the theme of \u201cPrevention of Extremism and Its Resurgence Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Education in Africa, Aligned with the Spirit of TICAD 7 and NAPSA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The webinar series aim to broaden participants\u2019 understanding and knowledge of peacebuilding and teacher development programs and courses, share experiences on Japan\u2019s historical advancements, current policies, and strategies in education, and how they contribute to peacebuilding and international development and disaster prevention and reduction, facilitate an educational and cultural exchange between Japanese and African higher education educators, and possible collaborations in the future, create a forum for Japanese higher education educators to discuss lessons learned and challenges in African education systems.<\/p>\n<p>Four webinars were held under the theme of \u201cPrevention of Extremism and Its Resurgence Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic through Education\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><u>1. Webinar One<\/u>: \u201c<em>Citizenship and Peace Education: The Experience of Sophia University<\/em>\u201d by Professor Taro Komatsu, and \u201c<em>Realizing a Peaceful World Without Nuclear Weapons: The Hiroshima Initiative for Global Peace<\/em>\u201d by the Peace Promotion Team at the Hiroshima Prefectural Government.<\/p>\n<p><u>2. Webinar Two<\/u>: \u201c<em>Peace Education and Global Governance<\/em>\u201d by Associate Professor Tatsuo Yamane of Hiroshima University, and \u201c<em>Current Situation and Issues of Security in East Asian Countries<\/em>\u201d by Professor Gen Kikkawa of Hiroshima City University<\/p>\n<p><u>3. Webinar Three<\/u>: <em>\u201cToward A World Without Nuclear Weapons: Challenges of Nagasaki University<\/em>\u201d by Professor Satoshi Hirose of Nagasaki University, and \u201c<em>Hiroshima\u2019s Path to Reconstruction<\/em>\u201d by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).<\/p>\n<p><u>4. Webinar Four<\/u>: \u201c<em>The Japanese Higher Education System and Its Internationalization<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>Student Safety and Disaster Education<\/em>\u201d by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology (MEXT), and \u201c<em>Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)\u2019s Peacebuilding Assistance<\/em>\u201d by Dr. Yuko Doi (JICA).<\/p>\n<p>34 Participants attended this training from 9 African countries, namely <strong>Djibouti, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Libya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tunisia<\/strong>. They ate educators and professors in various universities and teacher training colleges, and policymakers and agencies affiliated with the higher education sector.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IICBA-x-Hiroshima-Univ-Webinar-Poster-2022.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IICBAposter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IICBAposter.jpg 449w, https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IICBAposter-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNESCO IICBA organized four webinars in partnership with the Center for the Study of International Cooperation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news_e"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10023"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10033,"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10023\/revisions\/10033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cice.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}