Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
On November 6th, 2017, three education development seminars’ joint dinner party was held in an Italian restaurant in Rokkomichi, Kobe City. Professor Keiichi Ogawa, Professor Kenshi Yamanouchi, Professor Masahiro Chikada, and Visiting Professor Eduardo Velez Bustillo participated in this event. In addition, education development seminar alumni, Dr. Miki Inui, (Associate Professor at University of Hyogo), […]
From September 11 to 22, 2017, I participated in the field research in Lao PDR as part of Kobe University’s MEXT/UNESCO Project on Ensuring Sustainable Financing for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), under the lead of Professor Keiichi Ogawa. I assisted Professor Ogawa in the data and document collection through interviews with the Ministry […]
The development management policy seminar was held at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University on August 28, 2017. Dr. Mari Shojo, who is an alumna of GSICS, Kobe University and is currently working for the World Bank as an education specialist, was invited and delivered the seminar entitled “What Do We […]
The 2017 Campus Asia Summer Workshop on “Risk Management” was held in Korea University’s Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), from August 10th to 18th, 2017. The workshop explored issues on “How to Manage North Korean Risks” from the perspective of South Korea, China, and Japan. Five Professors, specializing in different political and socio-economic issues […]
On February 2, 2017, Ms. Sayako Ishino delivered a career seminar in the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) at Kobe University. Ms. Ishino, who is an alumna of the Ogawa seminar, is currently an Advisor/ Researcher in the Embassy of Japan in Cote d’Ivoire (accredited to Togo and Niger) and has been working […]
In 1994, UNESCO proclaimed October 5th to be the World Teachers’ Day, celebrating a great step made for teachers when a special intergovernmental conference convened by UNESCO in Paris adopted the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, in cooperation with the ILO on October 5th, 1966. This year’s theme, “Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status”, […]
Professor Keiichi Ogawa was invited to deliver a lecture in the JICA training conducted by Professor Takashi Hamano (Course Leader) at Ochanomizu University on October 17, 2016. This training focused on issues related to access and quality of early childhood education (EDC), and eleven government officers and principals from Western African countries, namely Benin, Bukina […]
On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, the 9th JSPS Core-to-Core Program Seminar was held in the Main Conference Room of Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) at Kobe University. The topic of the seminar was “Education Finance and Public Policy in Developing Countries. Many young researchers from in and out of GSICS participated in the […]
Professor Keiichi Ogawa was invited to present his research on “Financing for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Japan” on September 28, 2017. This Seminar was organized by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) and was held in the Hotel President in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. The theme of the […]
On August 24th 2016, Ogawa zemi’s graduation party was held in an Italian café near the university, to honor three of its Master students namely, Mr. Seil Kim, Mr. Jaik Lee, and Mr. Jingyuan Ma. The official graduation ceremony in Kobe GSICS will be held in late September but since Mr. Kim and Mr. Lee, […]
