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Lifelong Integrated Education
Common Rules for Survival in the Space Age
Education to Teach Us to Live with Nature as well as
to Master Science and Technology
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| December 9th (Sun.) [Conference Center Main Hall, PACIFICO Yokohama] |
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 Mr. Noboru Noguchi, Vice-President, National Federation of UNESCO Associations
in Japan and Trustee of Nomura Center, chaired the first day plenary session.
At the opening ceremony, addresses were kindly delivered by Mr. Manabu Miyagawa, Assistant Minister, Director-General for Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Mami Oyama, Director-General for International Affairs of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Mr. Du Yue, Director for Cooperation, Intersectoral follow-up and Partnership, Africa Department, UNESCO, and Dr. Marielza Oliveira, Director and UNESCO Representative and Director of UNESCO Beijing Office. Lastly, Mrs. Yumiko Kaneko our Center's Director General made an welcoming address as the organizer.
Mr. Noguchi, then, introduced Her Excellency Dr. Palesa MOSETSE, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Lesotho and Prof. Siddharth Singh, Director, Vivekananda Cultural Centre of the Embassy of India in Tokyo, to whom we had the pleasure of company on the day, and lastly delivered a heartfelt message from Mr. Hisham Mohamed Mostafa Badr, Former Ambassador of Egypt in Japan who is currently the Egyptian Ambassador to Italy.
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 Opening ceremony is followed by Report on the Activities of Overseas Branch. It was originally planned to be presented by Mrs. Amal Abou Emara, the chief of the Palestine branch. However, since Mrs. Emara and her husband Mr. Ali Takkash who reside in Cairo and Ms. Samaher, a member in Gaza, could not come to Japan because of some restriction of departure, their second daughter and a member of the branch, Ms. Laila Takkash delivered the report on behalf of Mrs. Emara. |
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 At the Symposium, Prof. Akihiro Chiba, Advisor of Institute for Educational
Research and Service, International Christian University, and also Nomura
Center's Advisor, proceeded the panel with three distinguished speakers,
Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization
(I.P.O.), Dr. Barbara Ischinger, Former Director for Education and Skills
at OECD, and Mr. Hideka Morimoto, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of the
Environment of Japan. Each panelist spoke about the present global issues
from an international perspective, and it was followed by question and
answer session.
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 After lunch break, Director General Mrs. Kaneko delivered a keynote address.
Regarding the Forum theme, as she mentioned in the Aspirations that "No matter how significant may be the changes and the conditions governing how individually and collectively we live, the natural world must have had common rules for survival that have sustained all things since the beginning of time.
And no matter what new devices are developed, we humans must not neglect our mission to create a society that cherishes and respects the identity of each one of us.
We are holding this 12th International Forum in the hope of developing our inner potential while respecting the uniqueness of each person. Together with all participants from Japan and abroad, we shall discuss how we can pass on this precious life from the past to the future, and how human beings should be educated to coexist with each other, with nature, and with our inventions", she spoke to the audience her sincere hope for awakening together to the common rules for survival for the sake of leaving better environment, society and the world for generations to come.
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| At the questions and answer sessions following the speech, many participants
actively raised their hands and enthusiastic exchange of views continued
behind its scheduled hours. |
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Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education
