Participation fee is free

We welcome top leaders in promoting child-friendly community development from UNICEF, which involves children and young people in Germany, and leaders of child-centered education methods (learning workshops), learn about initiatives in Germany and Japan, and think about community development centered on children and young people in Okinawa.

“Child-Friendly Community Development with Child Participation: The Current Situation in Japan and the Background of Germany's Expansion in the World”
Lecturer: Kinoshita Isamu (Professor Emeritus, Chiba University; Chairman of the Japan UNICEF Child-Friendly Community Development Project Committee; President of the Children's Environmental Society)

“The role of civic groups such as NPOs in child-friendly community development involving children in Germany”
Lecturer: Dr. Heide Rose Bruckner (“Child-Friendly Local Government Association” founder, first director, current senior advisor)

“A child-friendly school with a “learning workshop” that incorporates play and has fun learning”
Lecturer: Dr. Hartmut Wedekind (Professor of Education, Alice Salomon University)

Organizer: Child-Friendly Community Development Forum

Advance applications are required