On August 27, 2019, Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research jointly offered by Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), and the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) and Kyoto Seika University will conduct a seminar "Challenges for Sustainable Development in West Africa: Securing People's Livelihood". This it the official side event of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7).

In the seminar, two main speakers, Dr. Oussouby Sacko, President of Kyoto Seika University, and Dzodzi Tsikata, Director of Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, will talk about sustainable development in Mali and Ghana.

[Updated on Aug. 19] We've uploaded the abstracts of Dr. Sacko and Dr. Tsikata's presentation. You can read them by clicking each title in the programme below.

◆Theme: Challenges for Sustainable Development in West Africa: Securing People's Livelihood

◆Date & Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Tuesday, August 27th, 2019

◆Venue: Exhibition Hall B06, PACIFICO YOKOHAMA

◆Programme:
　3:30 - 3:35 pm
　Introduction
　Shinichi Takeuchi (Director, African Studies Center - TUFS)

　3:35 - 3:55 pm
　"Possibilities and challenges for sustainable development in West Africa:Thinking about sustainable rural redevelopment in Mali"
　Oussouby Sacko (President, Kyoto Seika University)
　*Click the title to read the abstract.

　3:55 - 4:15 pm
　"Possibilities and challenges for sustainable development in West Africa: Ghana in Focus"
　Dzodzi Tsikata (Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana)
　*Click the title to read the abstract.

　4:15 - 4:25 pm
　"Transferring cacao-based agroforestry to Ghana"
　Atsushi Chitose (Professor, TUAT)

　4:25 - 4:35 pm
　"Possibility of the Utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the measures against Climate Change"
　Kayoko Yamamoto (Professor, UEC)

　4:35 - 5:00 pm
　Q & As

◆Languge: English and Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)

◆Admission: Free

◆No pre-registration is needed.

◆Jointly organized by Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research (TUFS-TUTAT-UEC) and Kyoto Seika University.

◆Supported by African Studies Center - TUFS

◆Contact: Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research, Graduate School of Global Studies, TUFS
　　　　　　Address) Room 511, Research and Lecture Building, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
　 3-11-1 Asachi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8534
　　　　　　Tel & Fax) +81-42-330-5876　E-mail) sus_tufs@tufs.ac.jp