More than 20 years, the Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Kansai Branch has been aiming at promoting research activities on international development and cooperation by conducting a series of study sessions on different cutting-edge topics through an interdisciplinary approach. For each study session, we have invited first-hand researchers and practitioners on development studies as guest speakers.

Especially in the past few years, we have conducted active discussions on issues related to human security, human capital development, and risk management, including social risk in international development. This fiscal year’s primary objective of the Kansai Branch is to provide study sessions and discussions on current “hot” development topics, including those related to current/post-COVID-19.

We expect that these study sessions will encourage young researchers to enhance their knowledge and skills to present their research findings in international/domestic academic conferences and submit their papers to academic research journals.

We also expect young researchers to promote their academic networking with guest speakers and regular JASID members to enhance their interest in development studies.

JASID Kansai Branch will host the following seminar.

We welcome everyone to participate, and feel free to contact us for the Zoom link.

The 173th Study Session (Seminar)

• Date/Time: April 18, 2024, 17:00 to 19:00
• Topic: Making Externally Funded Reforms Stick: Challenges and Approaches of International Cooperation Agencies
• Speaker: Dr. Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Venue: Main Conference Room, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University & Zoom

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JASID Kansai Branch will host the following seminar. We welcome everyone to participate, and feel free to contact us for the Zoom link.

The 172th Study Session (Seminar)

– Date/Time: April 12, 2024, 17:00 to 19:00
– Topic: The Impact of Urban Green Spaces, Internet, and Crime to the Sickness Occurrence in East Java Province, Indonesia
– Speaker: Ms. Yessi Rahmawati, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, Airlangga University
– Language: English
– Venue: Main Conference Room, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University & Zoom

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JASID Kansai Branch will host the following seminar. We welcome everyone to participate, and feel free to contact us for the Zoom link.

Summary

• Date/Time: November 22, 2023, 14:00 to 16:00
• Language: English
• Venue: Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation
  Studies (GSICS), 4th Floor Presentation Room & Zoom

Topic 1:

Recent Reforms in Teacher Development in Cambodia

Speaker 1:

Dr. Sam Sideth Dy, Secretary-General of the National Committee for
Life-Long Learning/ Deputy Director-General for Education, Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS), Cambodia

Topic 2:

EGRA/EGMA as an Initiative to Realize SDG 4.2: A Cambodian Case

Speaker 2:

Dr. Sam Sideth Dy, Secretary-General of the National Committee for
Life-Long Learning/ Deputy Director-General for Education, Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS), Cambodia

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JASID Kansai Branch Seminar Announcement

JASID Kansai Branch will host the following seminar. We welcome everyone to participate, and feel free to contact us for the Zoom link.

The 167th Study Session (Seminar)

• Date/Time: September 28, 2023, 17:00 to 19:00
• Topic: Will trade liberalization help to reduce poverty and inequality in LDCs?
• Speaker: Dr. Phouphet Kyophilavong, Dean/ Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos
• Discussant: Dr. Viriyasack Sisouphanthong, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos
• Language: English
• Venue: Zoom

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The 171th Study Session (Seminar)

• Date/Time: February 1, 2024, 15:30 to 17:00
• Topic: Emerging Country of “Global South” Bangladesh as a Model Case
• Speaker: H.E. Mr. Kiminori Iwama, Ambassador Extraordinary and
  Plenipotentiary, Bangladesh, Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh
• Venue: Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation　Studies (GSICS), Main Conference Room & Zoom

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