The Third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

International Forum for Promoting Education on Disaster Resilience

Development of a
Resilient Community and Improving
Disaster Education and Regional
Disaster Preparedness
Language：Simultaneous interpretation between Japanese and English

Time and Date

9:30-16:50

on March 14 (Sat.), 2015
Multi-media Hall, Kawauchi North
Campus, Tohoku University

Venue

The forum will review the past 20 years development of Japanese disaster education and introduce efforts on disastereducation and community-based disaster preparedness inmega-earthquake disaster affected areas in Japan and theworld, including the Great East Japan Earthquake. The focus
is to discuss how to enhance community resilience througheducation. At the end of the forum, it is expected that we will
announce the Sendai Declaration on Disaster Education .
至泉中央

ACCESS

北山

北仙台
北仙台

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Send
bway

Seiryo campus

至 山形

Kitayobancho

JR東北本線

StationJR Sendai Station

Kawauchi Co-op Building
Cafe Couleur

幹線

JR東北新

The Miyagi
Museum of Art

Kotodai koen
ji dori
Jozen

陸前原町

e dori

Hiros

Hirose dori

Aoba dori
Sendaia dori

JR Sendai
StationAob
Sendai International
CenterSendai City Museum

宮城野原

石線

JR仙

至 石巻

Tohoku Univ
Kawauchi Campus

Hagi Hall

バス通 り

Aobayama campus

Kawauchi Post

至 青森
Oﬃce Stop

広瀬川

Kawauchi Campus

Kawauchi athletic ﬁeld

Multi-media Hall at Multimedia
Education and Research Complex

Amamiya campus

University libraryN榴ヶ岡

Katahira campus
Site of Sendai Castle
Itutu basi
Sendai St

zuihodenAtago basi
八木山動物園

川内キャンパス

Sendai City Public Bus : From the JR Sendai Station West Exit Bus Pool, take the bus from Platform No.16 to "Kotsu Koen/Kawauchi " or "Kotsu Koen Junkman" andget off at "Kawauchi Yubinkyoku Mae (Kawauchi Post Ofﬁce)". It will take approximtely 15 minutes from Sendai St.
至 富沢

至 東京

Organized by: International Research Institute of Disaster Sciences (IRIDeS),Tohoku University and Association of Disaster Education Promotion,
JapanDisaster Education Network Liaison for UNWCDRR, Cabinet Ofﬁce and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

東北大学は第3回国連防災世界会議を支援しています。

Development of a Resilient Community and Improving Disaster Education and Regional Disaster Preparedness

PROGRAM(Draft)
9 : 30 Opening Remarks

Professor Masaki Watanabe, Tokyo Gakugei University

Invited Speech

20 Years development of Japanese disaster education evolved
through lessons learned from mega-earthquake experiences
Professor Yoshio Toda, Tokyo Women s College of Physical Education

9 : 55

Learning from Tohoku: Experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake andTsunami(GEJET) in 2011

PART I

Remarks by Mr. Masahiro Oji, Director, School Health Education Division,Sports andYouth Bureau,Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan

Damage to the Education Sector by GEJET and Education Recovery
Professor Takeshi Sato, IRIDeS, Tohoku University

Efforts for Education Recovery and Disaster Education in Tsunami-Affected Areas in Tohoku
Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures Boards of Education

Introduction of Disaster Education Program and Exhibition

12 : 00

Lunch Break and Exhibition Tour (@ﬁrst ﬂoor lounge space)

13 : 00

PART II

Leaning from Disaster Education Practices in the World and Japan
Remarks by Mr. Yoshiaki Nanami, Counselor, Disaster Management Bureau, Cabinet Ofﬁce

Disaster Education after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Dr. Samsul Rizal, Rector, Syiah Kuala University(UNSYIAH)
Dr. Khairul Munadi, Head, Tsunami and Disaster
Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) ,UNSYIAH
Dr.Muhammad Dirhamsyah, Head Post Graduate Disaster Science Program,UNSYIAH

School Safety in China after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Dr. Linsheng Gu, Professor and Executive Director, Institute for Disaster Management andReconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Comments from a Framework of Comprehensive School Safety
Dr. Mee Young Choi, Head of Education Unit, UNESCO Jakarta Ofﬁce

Shakeout training
Dr. Mark Benthien, Director for Communication, Education and Outreach, Southern California
Earthquake Center（USA） - Zama-City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Best Practices from GEJET Affected Areas and Japan
Introduction of Handbook on How to Implement Community-Based Disaster Education Activities
Professor Haruo Hayashi, Disaster Prevention Institute, Kyoto University

15 : 55

PART III

16 : 40

Sendai Declaration on Disaster Education and Panel Discussion

Announcement of Sendai Declaration on Disaster Education
Closing Remarks
Professor Fumihiko Imamura, Director of IRIDeS, Tohoku University

16 : 50

Exhibition Tour and Information Exchange @ﬁrst ﬂoor lounge

18 : 00

Reception (Registration required) @Kitchen Café couleur, Kawauchi Campus, Tohoku University

Registration →Contact

http://www.bousai-edu.jp/jde-liaison-network/contact.en.html

Dr. Aiko Sakurai Associate Professor
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) Tohoku University
Email:drdm1@irides.tohoku.ac.jp