OECD Education 2030
Student voice: the case of Ukraine andFukushima/Japan - living together withradiation and war”

10 March 2023

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Introduction to basic principles about our e2030 community
We are ….
• a Global community. Let’s respect different views & perspectives of othercountries and cultures. We are here for dialogue, not to debate.
• an Inclusive community. Let’s speak slowly and clearly, for non-nativespeakers, speakers of sign languages, etc. Let’s walk our talk – embrace andcelebrate diversity. Let’s put ‘universal design of learning’ in action!
• a Working group. None of us are consumers of our meetings; everyonecontributes! We empower each other!
• a future-oriented community. Let’s be bold together to question ‘status quo’,
and we create together new knowledge, new vision, new direction ofcommitment for global and local action.Objective of the meeting• Create a connection between students from Ukraine and from Japan(Fukushima), as well as with the global community to reconnect andoffer a sense of belonging/comfort/solidarity to Ukrainian students indifficult times

1. Welcoming
Suzanne Dillon
Chair of the Global Forum on
the Future of Education andSkills

Agenda1. Warm welcoming and opening
2. Student panel discussion - Living together with radiation andwar
3. Creative space
4. Breakout groups - Dialogue time
5. Reflection time & next steps

1. Warm welcoming and opening

Andreas SchleicherDirector, OECD
Directoratefor Education and Skills

Anna Gumenyuk
Zhytomyr region
EducationDepartment, Ukraine

Kazuo Kodama
Former Ambassadorof Japan to theOECD & EU

Natsuko Deguchi
Director, Office forInternational Cooperation Planning,MEXT Japan

Remarks of Former Ambassador of Japan to the OECD(2013-2016)
Hello to the high school students from Ukraine and Fukushima.
The people of Ukraine are living through the indescribable horror of invasion anddestruction. The people of Fukushima are still struggling with the reputational damage
caused by the radioactive contamination 12 years after 3.11.
The words I offer to you now are none other than the words of St Paul:"Suffering brings perseverance, perseverance brings experience & courage, andexperience & courage brings hope". The courage you have acquired through the hardships
and experiences you have faced will surely empower you to realise your hopes. Therefore,
I urge you never to give up hope.
The key to overcoming reputational damage depends on the ability of Japanesepeople living outside Fukushima Prefecture themselves (including the media) to act on thebasis of objective data and reason.
The other thing I would like you to think hard about in the midst of your hardships isthe real meaning of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which statesthat "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights".

Remarks of Former Ambassador of Japan to the OECD(2013-2016)
First, what is 'freedom'? Its meaning is multifaceted. However, the most important freedom for you is
the freedom to make your own choices and decisions, whether at school or at home, based on yourown thinking and judgement. Equality in dignity and rights" means that each and every one of you, as
an individual with such freedom of self-determination, has equal dignity and rights, which must berespected.
When you are aware of your freedom of self-determination and your dignity and rights, you
become an 'agent' who has acquired 'agency‘, the ability to take action or to choose what action totake. And when you respect your freedom of self-determination and your dignity and rights towards
other classmates as you do towards yourself, you will be able to address issues such as diversity, equityand inclusion. This collaboration is what 'co-agency' is all about.
I believe that one of the important roles of education is to ‘empower’ people with ‘agency‘. I amconvinced that the OECD Tohoku School is indeed such an ’agency-empowering’ project and that theOECDE 2030 Global Forum will have the same significance. I would like to conclude my remarks bywishing you success in this next seminar.

2. Student Panel Discussion - Living together
with radiation and war

2. Students from Narodychi, Ukraine

Maxim Yarmolyuk
16 years oldKateryna Moskvina
16 years oldAnastasiya Potiychuk
12 years old

2. Students from Japan, Fukushima – Asaka High School

Syunsuke Takeda
17 years old

Haruto Sakagami
16 years oldRyoma Suzuki
16 years old2. Students from Japan, Fukushima - Koriyama High SchoolYuhi Watanabe
18 years old

Yuna Sagawa
17 years old

2. Ex-high school student from Fukushima, JapanRyo Endo

3. Creative space
Those who wish to be engaged in dialogues, sharing reflections withothers, are most welcome to stay and be assigned to random
breakout rooms.

４．Dialogue time

4. Questions for BoR Discussion▪ What are any lessons that you could take from the panel
discussions?
▪ If you were one of these students, what would you havedone? What do you think would help you to feel empoweredin difficult circumstances?
▪ What supported you when you felt your wellbeing was at risk?
▪ In my role, what is my responsibility (what should I be doing)
to support the wellbeing of all students?

Rules during the breakout session▪ Please:- agree upon a moderator among yourselves- agree upon a note-taker (the link for the jamboard will be
provided in the chat box; PLEASE NOTE: only the notetakers
need to join the jamboard link to avoid technical hickups)- agree upon a rapporteur- listen – share – learn- Remember: not all participants are native ENG speakers▪ For Japanese-speaking only participants: you can join thelink just shared in the chat box for your session

Enjoy your discussion!

Welcome back ☺

5. Reflection time & next steps

Thank you
Education2030@oecd.org