Kyoto University UNESCO Chair WENDI
Kaoru Takara
International Inaugural Symposium for UNESCO Chair on Water, Energy andDisaster Management for Sustainable Development

Kyoto University
30 July 2018
Supported by Kyoto University Zengaku Keihi
with participation from UNESCO Chairs/Centres

2018/07/30

History to WENDI• Active participation in UNESCO‐IHP since 1995
• MoU between KU‐DPRI and UNESCO in 1999
• UNESCO‐KU‐ICL UNITWIN Network in “Landslide Risk Mitigation” sinceMarch 2003
• Renewed UNESCO‐KU‐ICL UNITWIN Network in “Landslide and Water‐Related
Disaster Risk Management” since November 2010
• MoU between KU and UNESCO for Internship since November 2012
• Special Lecture by Irina Bokova, UNESCO DG on 6 Nov. 2012
• Proposal of WENDI to UNESCO HQ in April 2017
• Approval notification in August 2017
• International Symposium on Utilization of Field Sites
in Research and Education (FREE2017) on 8‐9 December 2017
• Signing Agreement between UNESCO and KU and Kyoto University UNESCO
Chair Special Seminar on 13 February 2018
• Official logo approved in March 2018
• Creating another logo of WENDI• Inaugural Symposium on 30 July 2018

Symposium Objectives• This symposium seeks to promote dialogue,exchange and collaboration, including academic
research and networking amongst UNESCO Chairs
and Centres.
• It will also lay the groundwork for expanding andstrengthening the academic network forcollaboration and exchange in higher education andresearch between Kyoto University and partner
universities/organisations.

Speakers Invited from UNESCO and UNESCO
Category 2 Centres (Incl. DID, Malaysia)
13:0513:25

Dr. Peter Wells
Chief, Higher Education, UNESCO Headquarters, France

13:2513:45

Ir. Dr. Hj. Md. Nasir Md.NohDirector General, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia

13:4514:05Dr. Norlida Mohd Dom
Deputy Director, The Regional Humid Tropics Hydrology and Water
Resources Centre for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (HTC), Malaysia

14:0514:25
14:2514:45
14:4515:05

Prof. Maciej Zalewski
Director, European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of the Polish
Academy of Sciences & Chairman, Department of Applied Ecology,
Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz,
PolandDr. Ignasius D.A. Sutapa
Executive Director, Asia and Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCEUNESCO), Indonesia
Prof. Toshio Koike
Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management(ICHARM), Japan

Speakers Invited from UNESCO Chairs
15:4016:00
16:0016:20

Prof. Matjas Mikos
UNESCO Chair Holder, UNESCO Chair on Water-Related Disasters RiskReduction, Slovenia
Dr. iur. Barbara Janusz-Pawletta
UNESCO Chair Holder, UNESCO Chair on Water Management in Central
Asia, German-Kazakh University, Kazakhstan

16:2016:40

Dr. Sucharit Koontanakulvong
UNESCO Chair Holder, UNESCO Chair on Water, Disaster Managementand Climate Change, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

16:4017:00

Prof. Takeyuki OkuboDirector, Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage(UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk Management),
Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Characteristics of Kyoto University:
Why UNESCO Chair on Water, Energy andDisaster Management?
• Many water‐related professors in Graduate Schools ofScience, Engineering, Agriculture, Management, andGlobal Environmental Studies, etc.
• Only one: Graduate School of Energy Science.
• Unique: Research Institutes such as Disaster Prevention
Research Institute (DPRI), Institute of Advanced Energy(IAE) and Research Institute for Sustainable
Humanosphere (RISH) in Uji Campus.
• Area studies: Graduate School of Asian and African AreaStudies (ASAFAS), Center for Southeast Asian Studies(CSEAS).
• New: Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies
in Human Survivability (GSAIS = Shishukan).

Expected structure of systematic and interdisciplinary curricula under the Chair(In case of the water environment course, as an example)

Graduate School(GS) A
Subjects on SDGs
Water‐related subjects

GS B
Water‐related subjects
DRR‐related subjects

GS C

UNESCO Chair Curriculum"Water Environment"

GS D
Water‐related subjects
DRR‐related subjects

Subjects on SDGs

Energy‐related subjects
Water‐related subjects

GS E

Water‐related subjects

Water‐related subjects
Water‐related subjects
Energy‐related subjects
Water‐related subjects

GS FWater‐related subjects

Subjects on Data Sciences

Water‐related subjects

Subjects on Climate Change

DRR‐related subjects

Subjects on Data Sciences

Subjects on Climate Change

IHP Training Course

Institute X

Field Trainings

UNESCO IHP Training Course

GS G, Institute Y

DRR‐related subjects

UNESCO Geoparks, Biosphere
Reserves, World Heritage Sites
Field Trainings

Certificate

UNESCO‐Chair Certificate

Certificates are open andavailable for both Intra‐ andextramural students.
7Off‐Campus Facilities for Education and Researchin Kyoto University (Kyodai Weeks 2017)57 overseas sites + 9 SATREPS Sites
Washington DC

http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/about/campus/facilities/foreign.html
SATREPS Projects lead by Kyoto University Researchers (13)Cameroun 2 (2010-2015、2017-), Gabon (2008-2013), Ethiopia (2018-)
Bangladesh (2013-), Malaysia (2010-2015), Indonesia 4 (2011- , 2013- , 2014- , 2015- )Mexico (2015- ), Chile (2017- ), Brazil (2013- )※SATREPS: Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development

UNESCO Programme Sectors and Field offices
Headquarters
Director‐General

5 Programme Sectors

Education(ED)

NaturalSciences(SC)
One Planet,One Ocean(IOC)Socialand HumanSciences(SHS)

Culture(CLT)

Fostering Freedomof Expression andBuilding Knowledge
Societies (CI)

Field Offices (55)
Cluster (17), National (28 incl. 1 Regional), Regional (13 incl. 6 Cluster),
Liaison (4)World Cultural Heritages (CLT), World Natural Heritages,Geoparks (SC-IGGP), Biosphere Reserves (SC-MAB)

World NaturalHeritages in Japan

Yakushima is used
as a field site
by the Primate ResearchInstitute, Kyoto University.

Geoparks in Japan

http://geopark.jp/geopark/http://www.geopark.jp/about/ggn_jgn.html

Implementation Structure and Partners

Kyoto UNESCO Chair forWater, Energy and Disaster Management
for Sustainable Development (KUC‐WENDI)

Government
BodiesMEXT
MLIT
CAO (tbc)
JWA (tbc)
etc.

Water
RelatedDRR

WaterResource
Managementetc.

EnergyFoodForestry andBiodiversity

RIHN
Nagoya Univ.
PRWI‐
ICHARM
etc.
International
Initiatives
andProgrammes

Climate ChangeInternational
Organizations
UNESCOUNISDR (tbc)
UNU (tbc)
WMO (tbc)

Water
Quality

Institutions

Data Sciences

IFI
ICL
GADRI
IIWQ

Components
Kyoto University
Support by Center for the Promotion ofInterdisciplinary Education and Research(C‐PIER)

etc.

Participating Graduate Schools and Institutes
Advanced Integrated Studies
in Human Survivability

Engineering

Asian and African
Area Studies

Global Environ‐mental Studies

Informatics

Agriculture

Economics

Management

Education

Medicine

Science

EnergyScience

IAE

CER
KIER

CSEAS

DPRI

PRI

RISH
14UNESCO Chair Proposal:

Kyoto UNESCO Chair on Water, Energy and Disaster Managementfor Sustainable Development (KUC‐WENDI)
Overall objectives To promote multi-disciplinary and holistic approach for research implementation, knowledgetransfer and capacity building in the fields of water, energy, and disaster management and linkages to othersectors (food, forestry, biodiversity, climate change and data science) by establishing a comprehensive andtrans-disciplinary programmes on the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in graduate school-level
and implementing international collaborative researches utilizing existing UNESCO-Sites such as Geoparks,
Biosphere Reserves and Cultural, Natural and Mixed World Heritage Sites.

Goal / Rationale / Impact

UNESCO Chair‐ KU‐Model of ESD‐
Autonomous and Systematic
study in graduate school level• Establishment of "KU‐Model of ESD", through implementing Graduate‐school‐level ESD as
the first in Japan• Expanding international collaborative researches utilizing UNESCO‐Sites as the application
field.
Acknowledging the challenges
Sharing of the implementations around the world
Seeking for measures towards solutions
Supporting the human resource development with aview of tackling various issues in the current society.

Field trainings / Internships
KU's Network
UNESCO Sites
in and out of Japan
Geoparks (Global:119 / Japanese:43)
European Center at Heidelberg
Biosphere Reserves (669 sites)
North American Center at
World Heritage Sites (Cultural:814,Washington D.C.
Natural:203, Mixed:35)

ASEAN Center at Bangkok

Common Global Issues
Tackling

global risks andchallenges
by focusing onWater
EnergyDisasterand linkages to other sectors(food, forestry, biodiversity,climate change and data science)15