what is ticad v?
An African international conference that is held once in every 5 years.
Yokohama held in June 2013.
TICAD is an international meeting which discusses about the future
of Africa together with the co-hosts; the Japanese government, AUC, world bank and UNDP.
In TICAD, the ownership of Africa is respected that the country it self would be responsible for current social problems, thus there are no worries about Africa becoming dependent on the development assistance of Japan. Also, partnership between the two countries are very much valued while carrying on with the process.
In TICAD, a policy dialogue about aid that will be given to Africa
is on going. For example, in TICAD IV, the policy of doubling the ODA towards Africa was created
and now being put into action.
TICAD I started in 1993 and this year would be its 5th opening and 20th year anniversary.
what is TICAD V student project?
It is a project composed of Japanese and African students who discusses, summarizes and
dispatches information to society.
There will be 50 Africans and 50 Japanese who will be participating in a 11 day local training/sectional meeting in the Japan- Africa student summit that will be held in yokohama on march 2013. after this activity, our goal is to spread the voice of the youth to the society and TICAD final summit.
- To accomplish 3 objectives:
1. March 2013 "Japan-Africa youth summit"
2. "Africa research camp" voyage to Africa
November - west Africa
February - South Africa
March - east Africa
3. February 9, 2013 "speech contest
In TICAD V student project, consists of 7 secretaries from Hokkaido to Kyushu,
and there are 64 students from different universities of Japan. Adding on to the main summit that will be held in March, each local secretaries are planning to hold many kinds of events such as lectures and cultural exchange meetings.
The significance of youth participation
Every 5 years, TICAD discusses about how should the future relations of Africa and Japan would be.
And as future leaders, youths should have a place where they can share their ideas in the process.
65% of the total population of Africa are composed of youths that are 35 years old and below.
"Youth" stands as the central subject among the various topics such as "employment" and "education",
but in reality it rarely happens where they actually try to listen to their voices and spread the word.
Yokohama held in June 2013.
TICAD is an international meeting which discusses about the future
of Africa together with the co-hosts; the Japanese government, AUC, world bank and UNDP.
In TICAD, the ownership of Africa is respected that the country it self would be responsible for current social problems, thus there are no worries about Africa becoming dependent on the development assistance of Japan. Also, partnership between the two countries are very much valued while carrying on with the process.
In TICAD, a policy dialogue about aid that will be given to Africa
is on going. For example, in TICAD IV, the policy of doubling the ODA towards Africa was created
and now being put into action.
TICAD I started in 1993 and this year would be its 5th opening and 20th year anniversary.
what is TICAD V student project?
It is a project composed of Japanese and African students who discusses, summarizes and
dispatches information to society.
There will be 50 Africans and 50 Japanese who will be participating in a 11 day local training/sectional meeting in the Japan- Africa student summit that will be held in yokohama on march 2013. after this activity, our goal is to spread the voice of the youth to the society and TICAD final summit.
- To accomplish 3 objectives:
1. March 2013 "Japan-Africa youth summit"
2. "Africa research camp" voyage to Africa
November - west Africa
February - South Africa
March - east Africa
3. February 9, 2013 "speech contest
In TICAD V student project, consists of 7 secretaries from Hokkaido to Kyushu,
and there are 64 students from different universities of Japan. Adding on to the main summit that will be held in March, each local secretaries are planning to hold many kinds of events such as lectures and cultural exchange meetings.
The significance of youth participation
Every 5 years, TICAD discusses about how should the future relations of Africa and Japan would be.
And as future leaders, youths should have a place where they can share their ideas in the process.
65% of the total population of Africa are composed of youths that are 35 years old and below.
"Youth" stands as the central subject among the various topics such as "employment" and "education",
but in reality it rarely happens where they actually try to listen to their voices and spread the word.
