The 50th Anniversary of Japan's International Cooperation
(Schedule Plan of Related Events and Publications)
PR Actions Seminars and Symposiums Others (* Tentative plan)
| Month | Date | Events and Publications | Venue | Organizer | Details | Event Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. | 24th | Meeting on International Cooperation | - | MOFA | ||
| Apr. | 28th | Council of Overseas Economic Cooperation-Related Ministers | - | Cabinet Office | ||
| Establishment of the 50th Symbol Mark | - | MOFA | ||||
| Establishment of the 50th Anniversary ODA-Homepage | - | MOFA | ||||
| May | - | Recommendation and reception of participation of local body and NGO, etc. as the Secretariat of the Committee | - | MOFA | ||
| June | 20th | ODA Town Meeting in Mie | Mie | MOFA | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| July | Mid-End | Monitoring Group of Citizens on Japan's ODA (Term I) | - | MOFA, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (*) | Others | |
| - | Visit to ODA Project Sites in Timor-Leste by UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, Misako Konno | - | International Organization, Local Government, etc. | PR Actions | ||
| Aug. | - | Distribution of the 50th PR Poster | - | MOFA | PR Actions | |
| July 17th-Aug. 31st | Exhibition "Rice is Life" | United Nations Information Centre, United Nations University | International Organization, Local Government, etc. | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| End | Monitoring Group of Citizens on Japan's ODA (Term II) | - | MOFA, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (*) | Others | ||
| Sep. | - | Theater "The Wind Never Blows" (JICA) (*)(Related event on the basis of application and approval) | - | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| - | MOFA related publications ("Chuo-Koro", "Gaiko Forum", "Sekai-no-Ugoki") | - | MOFA | PR Actions | ||
| - | Publication of JICA/JBIC | - | JICA/JBIC | PR Actions | ||
| 14th-16th | Informal Meeting on Further Actions against Climate Change | Tokyo | MOFA | Under the co-chairmanship of Japan and Brazil, this informal meeting aims at frank exchanges of opinions among experts of international organizations and government officials from developing and developed countries. Discussions are focused on the measures for emission reduction in developing countries and possible international rules on climate change in which both developed and developing countries participate. | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| 12th-21st | THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT STUDY TOUR PROGRAM FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE COUNTRIES | Tokyo, Kyoto | MOFA | The Government of Japan has been organizing Study Tour Programs since 1991. In this Program we invite senior officials of the governments of Central and South Eastern Europe countries to join various activities such as exchanges of views in specific areas with Japanese government officials or experts. This program aims at deepening understanding of people in Central and South Eastern European countries about Japan and promoting cooperation between those countries and Japan, by assisting them, to further promote democratization and develop market economy. This year's program focuses on the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises in South Eastern European countries. | Others | |
| 28th-30th | A Roundtable Seminar on FDI in ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership | Tokyo | MOFA | The ASEAN-Japan Centre is co-organizing a Roundtable Seminar on FDI in Comprehensive Economic Partnership (CEP) with UNCTAD and with the support of the ASEAN Secretariat to fulfill the following objectives: a)To share views and experiences of member countries and speakers so as to understand the issues and problems faced in investment promotion. b)To surface ideas on how to better facilitate ASEAN-Japan investment flows and to resolve possible investment issues involved during investment promotion and implementation. c)To propose a common strategy on how to facilitate investment from Japan to ASEAN countries, taking into account the circumstances and needs of each ASEAN member country. | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| Mid | International Cooperation Festival | Hachioji, Tokyo (*) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| Mid | JICA 's volunteers report on their experience in the developing countries | Aomori, JICA (*) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| - | TV Commercial (for about 2 weeks, total of 100 times) | - | MOFA | PR Actions | ||
| - | PR on governmental periodicals and other print media("Toki-no-Ugoki", "Cabinet", "Nippon Now"), PR on Newspaper (*) | - | Cabinet Office | PR Actions | ||
| - | Publication of Report by Monitoring Group of Citizens on Japan's ODA (Term I) | - | MOFA | Others | ||
| Oct. | - | Koizumi Cabinet E-Mail Magazine, Article and Talk by Prime Minister, PR TV Programme (*) | - | Cabinet Office | PR Actions | |
| Publication of "ODA White Paper" (*) | - | Cabinet Office | Others | |||
| 1st | Pamphlet of the 50th Anniversary | - | MOFA | PR Actions | ||
| 1st-30th | WFP Global School Feeding -Into School, Out of Hunger- | United Nations University, UN Gallery (Tokyo, Shibuya) | WEP, Japan Association for WFP (Tel: 045-221-2515, 0120-496-819) http://www.wfp.or.jp/activities/event.php | The exhabition presents various roles played by WFP's school feeding programme, such as encourangement of girls' education, response to and prevention of HIV/AIDS, and peace building. It would help facilitate further understanding towards world hunger and WFP's school feeding programme. | Others | |
| 2nd | International Cooperation Festival | - | MOFA | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| 2nd | ODA Town Meeting | - | MOFA | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| 2nd-3rd | Distribution of ODA PR Materials | - | MOFA | PR Actions | ||
| - | Koizumi Cabinet Town Meeting (*) | - | Cabinet Office | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| 3rd | Development Education/Contest of Education for International Understanding | - | MOFA | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| 2nd-3rd | Discussion by Monitoring Group of Citizens on Japan's ODA (Term I) | - | MOFA | Others | ||
| 4th | Commemorative Symposium for the World Habitat Day 2004 "Rural-Urban Linkage -Toward a New National and Regional Planning of Japan in the context of Asia" | ACROS Fukuoka B2F Event Hall | Organized by: UN-HABITAT Fukuoka Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. Supported by (TBC): Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka City, Kyushu University, Japan Habitat Association | This Symposium will be held as a commemorative event of the World Habitat Day 2004 in Fukuoka. We will focus on a new national and regional planning of Japan in the context of Asian economy from the perspective of promoting rural-urban linkage. Keynote speech and the panel discussion by experts in various fields will provide an opportunity to discuss on the theme and deepen our understanding on the subject. | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| 10th | ODA-PR-TV "Chikyu-Supporter" (50th Special Programme) | - | MOFA | PR Actions | ||
| 16th | Student Essay Contest on World Hunger | To be announced | Japan Association for WFP (Tel: 045-221-2515) http://www.jawfp.org/ | Student Essay Contest on World Hunger encourages students (Primary school and Junior highschool) to understand further about world hunger | Others | |
| early | International Cooperation Festa 2004 in Hokkaido (JICA) (*) | Hokkaido (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| early | International Cooperation Seminar in Miyagi (JICA) (*) | Miyagi (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| early | Festival of International Cooperation Day in Mie (JICA) | Mie (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| Mid | Workshop for International Understanding at the Univ. MORIOKA (Iwate, JICA) (*) | Iwate (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| Mid | Forum on International Understanding in Akita (JICA) (*) | Akita (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| Mid | Seminar for the promotion of citizen's participation in international cooperation (Gumma, JICA) (*) | Gumma (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| Mid | Paticipatory Workshop using the theater "One Hundred Sacks of Rice" (Niigata, JICA) | Niigata (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| Mid | International Symposium in Tokyo (JICA) | Tokyo (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| - | International Cooperation Festival (Hyogo, JICA) (*) | Hyogo (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| End | International Cooperation & Interchange Festival in Nagasaki (JICA) | Nagasaki (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| 29th-31st | World Collaboration Festa 2004 (Nagoya, JICA) | Nagoya (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| End | TV-on-air of International Symposium (*) | - | JICA/JBIC | PR Actions | ||
| Nov. | - | FASID Symposium (*) | - | International Organization, Local Government, etc. | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| - | Seminar for Capacity Development of NGO | - | MOFA | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| - | The first Steering Meeting of INWEP | - | Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| 1st-2nd | TICAD Asia-Africa Trade and Investment Conference (AATIC) | Tokyo | TICAD joint-sponsors (Japanese government, UN/OSAA, UNDP, World Bank, GCA) For information: TICAD News | The TICAD Asia-Africa Trade and Investment Conference (AATIC) is a sector-focused TICAD conference that aims at contributing to sustainable and self-sufficient development of Africa through the promotion of trade and investment between Asia and Africa. The participants are expected to discuss the current situation and problems, analyze future possibilities, and make concrete proposals to promote business between Asia and Africa. | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| 4th | World Rice Research Conference | - | Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| - | International Festival in Ehime (JICA) (*) | Ehime (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| - | ODA-PR TV Programme by Japanese Embassy in oversea (Turkey) | - | MOFA | PR Actions | ||
| - | ODA-PR TV Programme by Japanese Embassy in oversea (by Star TV) | - | MOFA | PR Actions | ||
| 7th-18th | CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE YOUTH INVITATION PROGRAM IN JAPAN | Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima | MOFA | In this Program the Government of Japan provides the promising youth in the Central and South Eastern Europe countries with an opportunity to visit Japan for joining various activities. The objective of this Program is to deepen their understanding about Japan through meeting with Japanese government officials, business people and youth as well as visiting industrial or cultural facilities and to promote steady and sound relationship between Central and South Eastern Europe countries and Japan on the basis of mutual understandings. This year we will invite the youth from countries which have become member states of the European Union (EU) on the 1st of this May and from countries which aim to accede to the EU in three years. | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| 15th | ODA Town Meeting Special "The View on the Japanese ODA in the Recipient Countries" | Tokyo | MOFA, JICA, United Nations University | Minutes of Symposium (PDF) |
Seminars and Symposiums | |
| 16th-18th | Seminar on Peace Building including symposium and workshops to promote capacity building of Japanese NGOs | Tokyo | MOFA | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| 21st | ODA Town Meeting | Toyama | MOFA | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| 27th | ODA Town Meeting | Osaka | MOFA | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| early | Workshop on the promotion of industries in Western Balkans: Tourism | Montenegro | Japanese government and Montenegro government | In order to achieve sustainable economic development in the countries with relatively small-size economy such as the countries of the Western Balkans, it is important not only to promote liberalization of the economy but also to adopt various measures to promote industries which have comparative advantage in the domestic and international market. From this point of view, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi proposed at the Ministerial Conference on Peace Consolidation and Economic Development of the Western Balkans held in Tokyo on April 5, 2004, to organize a workshop about the promotion of local industries in the Western Balkans. The first round of the Workshop is to be held in a tourist resort on the Adriatic coast in the Republic of Montenegro in early November this year and will focus on the promotion of tourism. The general objective of the Workshop is to contribute to the development of tourism in the region through enhancing regional cooperation. | Seminars and Symposiums | |
| Mid | International Touching DAYS (Ishikawa, JICA) (*) | Ishikawa (JICA) | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| Mid | International Interchange Festival in Fukui (*) | Fukui | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| End | Saitama International Fair 2004 (*) | - | JICA/JBIC | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| End | Japan Society for International Development (JASID) national conference of 15th Anniversary (ODA Session) | - | JASID | Seminars and Symposiums | ||
| Dec. | 16th | Seminar on Human Resource Development in International Peace Cooperation | Mita Kaigisho, Tokyo | MOFA, United Nations University (UNU) | This seminar focuses on the way of strengthening human resource development in the field of international peace cooperation, receiving ideas and suggestions from participants including those from foreign institutes. It also provides the audience with information on how to participate in the activities. For further information, visit the website. |
Seminars and Symposiums |
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