"Fostering DRR through Education for Sustainable Development: Towards a Better Future for Children" (Forum)
Miyagi University of Education will co-host a forum “Fostering DRR through Education for Sustainable Development” with Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology and Japanese National Commission for UNESCO.
You will need to register to participate in this forum. Please register from here. We will close the registration once the number of participants reaches the maximum.
The 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction consists of official UN main conference and Public Forum/Excursions/etc., which is for both UN main conference participants and civilian population. The core of Public Forum are 8 forums hosted by the Japanese Government or Sendai Committee for the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. This forum which Miyagi University of Education are hosting with MEXT and UNESCO Japan, is one of the core event of Public Forum. High-level specialists from the MEXT and UNESCO are invited as keynote lecturer. We are expecting approximately 1,000 participants at the forum.
The forum will discuss Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) education within the context of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). DRR education has grown as a major component of ESD, particularly since March 2011 in the Tohoku area. The Aichi-Nagoya declaration on ESD (November 2014) clearly reaffirmed that it can serve as a vital means of implementation of DRR, hence specific measures and strategies should be discussed to effectively foster DRR within the ESD context. As leading promoters of ESD, the organizers will present practical DRR educational programs from local elementary, junior high and high schools. Practitioners in both fields are invited to explore the contribution of ESD to DRR and develop a framework from their common ground for a better future for children.
Flyer (Japanese) downloadable from here
As we reached maximum number of participants, the registration is now closed. Thank you for applying to the forum.
In order to provide more opportunities for participants to understand what will be discussed at the forum, Miyagi University of Education held a workshop on January 28, 2015 (Wed). Topics included the abstract of the forum, in addition to Sendai Declaration proposed by Tohoku University which will be introduced at a symposium on March 14, 2015 (Sat) and Educational University Network through ESD and Disaster Recovery. Please click here for further details (Japanese only).
