Professor Ogawa’s Seminar International Field Study – Fall 2021 Edition

From September 12th to 30th, Professor Keiichi Ogawa will provide the Fall 2021 edition of the International Field Study course. Because of the new coronavirus pandemic, the course will be online. This course is an important opportunity for Kobe University students to connect to experts in many different fields, as well as to dive into the work of several key international organizations and programs in the sector of International Education Development.

In these sessions, the students will be able to talk to people and know more about the organizations spread around the world with no cost or traveling. On each occasion, the speakers will present their organizations, their role, goals and internal ways of working, and at the same time describe in depth the main current programs they are working on. Students can ask questions directly to them and profit from the networking in their future careers.

The International Field Study, Fall 2021 edition contains the following sessions:

• Prof. Keiichi Ogawa, Professor, Kobe GSICS – Introduction and Overview of the Course
• Dr. Najung Kim, former OECD Analyst – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Dr. Huyen T.T. Nguyen, Education Consultant, UNESCO Institute for Statistics – UNESCO Institute for Statistics
• Mr. Masaya Noguchi, Education Consultant, UNESCO Bangkok – UNESCO Bureau for Asia and Pacific Region (UNESCO Bangkok)
• Dr. Natsuho Yoshida, Assistant Professor at Takasaki City University of Economics, and Ms. Thet Mon Myat Myint Thu, Lecturer at Yangon University of Education – Education in Myanmar under the COVID-19 and Military Coup
• Mr. Bernard Loleka, Education Consultant for UNESCO – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
• Mr. Danilo Dalmon, Former Director, Ministry of Education in Brazil – Brazilian Education Policy, Planning, and Implementation
• Dr. Phal Chea, Researcher, Cambodia Development Resource Institute – Human Resource Development under COVID-19 in Cambodia
• Ms. Mayra Valle Torres, Minister, Embassy of El Salvador in Japan – UNDP, UNICEF and UNDRR
• Ms. Rio Nishihara, Education Consultant, PADECO – International education Cooperation under COVID-19
• Dr. Najung Kim, Program Officer, UNESCO Afghanistan – UNESCO Afghanistan
• Ms. Elmira Ibraeva, Program Specialist, UNDP Kyrgiz – UNDP Kyrgyzstan
• Dr. Eduardo Velez Bustillo, Former Education Sector Manager at the World Bank and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University – World Bank and Its Education Strategies I
• Mr. Taiga Yano, Officer, Japan International Cooperation Agency – JICA
• Dr. Eduardo Velez Bustillo – World Bank and Its Education Strategies II
• Dr. Marcelo Becerra, Senior Economist, World Bank – World Bank Support under Covid-19 in Latin America
• Dr. Abdullah Al Mamun, Assistant Professor, University of Dhaka and
• Dr. Shiro Nakata, Senior Economist, World Bank – Prospects and Challenges of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh
• Prof. Keiichi Ogawa, Professor, Kobe GSICS – Concluding Session

Authored by Danilo Dalmon, research student