The Committee for International Cooperation in Education

July 2002
　

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1.   Features of final report
1.   Conceptual basis of final report

2.   Proposals for the establishment of a domestic framework (creation of intellectual infrastructure)
  (1)   "Cooperation base-system" to strengthen cooperation at elementary and middle school levels
(2)   Support Center to further international development cooperation in universities
(3)   International Development Strategy Research Center (provisional name)

3.   Other areas in which progress has been achieved on the basis of talks held in the current Committee
  (1)   International cooperation in education for nation building following the resolution of disputes (Afghanistan)
(2)   Development of international cooperation in education based on popular participation (coordination with NGOs, local government, etc.)
(3)   Utilization of Japan's educational experience in tie-ups with international organizations

Section 1
2.   Significance of international cooperation in education
3.   Japan's response to the Dakar Framework for Action
1.   Recognizing the importance of cooperation in elementary and middle school education

2.   International cooperation in education based on the effective use of Japan's educational experience
  (1)   Areas in which Japan has ample prior experience cooperating with developing countries
1   Sharing and passing on of cooperation experience
2   Potential policy initiatives
(2)   Areas in which Japan has limited prior experience cooperating with developing countries
1   Strengthening the provision of information and the dialogue process regarding Japan's educational experience
2   Potential policy initiatives
(3)   Utilization of Japan's educational experience through tie-ups with international organizations

3.   Use of in-service teachers to promote cooperation that reveals the sincere "fellow-feeling" of the Japanese

4.   "Cooperation base-system" to strengthen cooperation in elementary and middle school education
  (1)   Need for, and significance of "cooperation base-system" (from an individual to systematic response)
(2)   Functions and activities
1   "Sharing of cooperation experience" to reinforce educational cooperation, Japan's great strength
2   Support for in-service teachers prior to be dispatched (passing on of shared cooperation experience)
3   Support to encourage activity in areas in which Japan has little experience of cooperation

4.   International cooperation in education for the reconstruction of countries following the settlement of disputes
5.   Development of international cooperation in education based on popular participation

Section 2
6.   Promotion of international development cooperation in universities
1.   The switch by universities from cooperation on an individual level to cooperation on an institutional level

2.   Factors and problems limiting the involvement of Japanese universities in international development cooperation, and ways in which they might be resolved
  (1)   Limitations placed on national universities by the system
(2)   Problems facing national, public, and private universities alike, and possible solutions (action)
1   Creating a foundation for international development cooperation activity in universities
2   Establishing relations with international aid agencies
3   Promotion of tie-ups (1) between Japanese universities and (2) between Japanese universities on the one hand and firms of consultants and overseas universities on the other
4   Improvement of universities' capacity to undertake projects
5   Formation of field-specific international development cooperation strategies

3.   Support Center for the promotion of international development cooperation in universities (Annex 5)

4.   International Development Strategy Research Center (provisional name)

Supporting documents
・   Members of the Committee for International Cooperation in Education
・   Committee meeting schedule
Annex 1:   Trends surrounding educational aid to Afghanistan
Annex 2:   Tie-ups with the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNESCO for the provision of health education through the medium of school lunch programs, etc.
Annex 3:   Objectives of the Dakar Framework for Action, and Japan's educational experience (PDF: 81KB)
Annex 4:   System for "cooperation bases" to strengthen cooperation at elementary and middle school levels (PDF: 175KB)
Annex 5:   Action necessary to promote international development cooperation in universities (PDF: 114KB)
Annex 6:   Framework for the promotion of international development cooperation in Japanese universities (PDF: 118KB)

You can find more information regarding the meeting of the Committee for International Cooperation in Education now being posted on the official Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology web site

For direct inquiries, contact: Office for International Cooperation, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, JAPAN.

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