- It is important for children, who will implement the future society, to participate in the process of planning and practicing for a future that leaves no one behind, as aimed for in the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With this goal, all members of society will be lively and well-being will be enhanced.
In this symposium, seizing the opportunity offered by the G7 Summit, G-Science Academic Conference, and U7+ being held in Japan in 2023, Japanese junior high school and high school students will present their practices and plans for achieving the SDGs and discuss ways to work on current social issues to create a better future society with high school students from overseas.
- It is important for children, who will implement the future society, to participate in the process of planning and practicing for a future that leaves no one behind, as aimed for in the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With this goal, all members of society will be lively and well-being will be enhanced.
- Information
Date and Time: March 18, 2023 16:00–19:00 (JST)
Place: Zoom Webinar
Language: Japanese (Japanese–English simultaneous interpretation)Sponsorship:
Social Society Initiative (SSI), Japan OECD Joint Research
Co-Sponsorship:
Osaka Prefectural Board of Education, Japanese Educational Research Association
Endorsement:
Inamori Foundation, Suntory Foundation, The Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation, Japan Overseas Educational Services, Japan Philanthropic Association
- Participating schools:
Sakai Technology High School Evening Courses (Osaka)
Nakamura Daini Junior High School (Soma, Fukushima)
Eishin Gakuen (Hiroshima)
Tachikawa Gakuen (Tokyo)
Maebashi Higashi High School (Gunma)
Fukui High School (Osaka)
Kamikosaka junior high school (HigashiOsaka, Osaka)
Minamata High School (Kumamoto)
Kaichi Mirai Junior and Senior High School (Saitama)
- Commentators
Takeshi Ito (Society Solution Initiative, Osaka University)
Miho Taguma (OECD Directorate for Education and Skills)
Hirofumi Hamada (Science Council of Japan / University of Tsukuba)
Takanori Kusaka (JPO in the section of ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) -UNESCO)
- Registration
Register at https://forms.gle/pG8LYjAhBbhUxR7x7
Participation fee: free
Registration Deadline: March 17, 2023
Capacity limit: 500 people
- Contact
Osaka University Social Society Initiative (SSI) ssi@ml.office.osaka-u.ac.jp