FASID Seminar

FASID organizes open seminar, such as Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) Seminar, to discuss current and important issues to improve the quality of development assistance. We offer the occasions to exchange the opinions freely inviting speakers of academic researchers and practitioners with the variety of participants from development practitioners, private sector, academicians, students and others.

Recent BBL Seminar

FY2023

The 256^th	Planetary Health in Development Cooperation -- What Can We Do for "NO ONE SPECIES LEFT BEHIND"?	August 8, 2023	handout
The 255^th	Revision of Development Cooperation Charter -- Current Situation and New Direction of Japan's ODA	August 1, 2023	handout 1 handout 2
The 254^th	New Demension of Development Partnership -- Japan-Africa Inter-University Platform Aiming at Strengthening Universities' Global Development Capabilities	July 11, 2023	-
The 253^rd	IT Education and Job Creation in Africa and Latin America -- Possibility of Finding Talented Human Resources in Post Asia Era	June 16, 2023	handout

FY2022

The 252^nd	IT Human Resource Development in Vietnam -- Challenges of Hanoi University of Technology and Sun* Inc. :Sustainability of ODA Project	March 3, 2023	handout
The 251^st	Mental Health: New Priorities of Development and Humanitarian Support -- How to Address Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being	January 18, 2023	-
The 250^th	Community Development with Well-Being as a Starting Point	December 1, 2022	-
The 249^th	Digital Technology and International Develoipment: How to Make the Most of Digital Technology Accelerating Year by Year	November 16, 2022	handout
The 248^th	Achievements and Prospects of TICAD 8 -- Building on Discussions with African Countries affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic	September 14, 2022	-

FY2021

The 247^th	New International Conference "Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021" -- Achievements and Future Prospects	January 12, 2022	handout
The 246^th	Social Business Consulting in the Age of SDGs -- Is Consulting to Support the Compatibility of Corporate Activities and Public Good Possible?	November 18, 2021	-
The 245^th	A Challenging Field that Brings Solusions to Local Issues and New Values by YOKOLABO in Yokose Town, Saitama Prefecture	September 17, 2021	-
The 244^th	Present and Future of International Cooperation on Global Aging -- Toward a Society Leaving No One Behind	August 25, 2021	handout
The 243^th	Sustainable Fasion -- What is Fasion that Protects the Global Environment?	July 21, 2021	-

FY2020

The 242^nd	Prospects for International Cooperation in Nutrition through Food Systems	December 4, 2020	handout
The 241^st	Creating an "E-Money Economic Zone" in an African Village without Electricity -- Challenges in Mozanbique by Nippon Biodiesel Fuel Co., Ltd.	September 18, 2020	handout
The 240^th	The Impact of COVID-19 and Outlook for Economic Recovery in Asia and the Pacific Countries	July 29, 2020	handout
The 239^th	COVID-19 and Prospects for International Cooperation in Heath	July 10, 2020	handout

FY2019

The 238^th	Fighting against Infectious Diseases in Africa -- A Case Study in the Democratic Republic of Congo	December 10, 2019	handout
The 237^th	Perspective of the Present and Future of Africa -- Japan's Efforts and Challenges in TICAD 7	October 25, 2019	-
The 236^th	Quality and Accountability of Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Relief -- Tackling Increasingly Complex and Serious Humanitarian Crises	September 27, 2019	handout
The 235^th	Private Sector Initiatives to Achieve the SDGs -- Challenges of Saraya Co., Ltd. in Udanga	July 19, 2019	-
The 234^th	A New Era of ODA Evaluation -- Adaptation of DAC Evaluation Criteria to the SDGs and Its Background	April 19, 2019	handout

FY2018

The 233^rd	Learning from the international NGO, the winner of the 1st Japan’s SDGs Award: How can we build partnerships on the development issues?	February 7, 2019	handout 1 handout 2
The 232^nd	Towards the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) –	January 31, 2019	handout
The 231^st	Persecution of Rohingyas and Myanmar’s biggest international crisis: What Can Japan Do to Help End It? –	October 24, 2018	handout
The 230^th	Weaving my wish – Branding of Cambodian basket project to build independent life from external aid–	October 19, 2018	handout
The 229^th	Revitalizing local communities through activities of the community-reactivating cooperator squads: “The outsider’s point of view” is the key to discover the regional value–	August 3, 2018	handout

FY 2017

The 228^th	The more they are produced, the better the environment will become: The products through “Minna de Mirai wo (creating the better future by all) “ Project	February 13, 2018	handout
The 227^th	Kenyan Rose: Promoting the employment by its high-brand quality	December 6, 2017	handout
The 226^th	The effort by the local government to achieve the SDGs – the case of Uchiko Town, Ehime Prefecture –	October 20, 2017	handout
The 225^th	India and its social entrepreneurs – the case of Waterlife India –	September 14, 2017	handout
The 224^th	Republic of Angola in transition and its relationship with Japan	June 30, 2017	handout
The 223^th	Food and tourism responding to Halal requirements -- understanding of religious culture and business practices	June 2, 2017	handout

FY 2016

The 222^nd	Mental health and psychological and social support during the emergency – the kind of support that will neither hurt others or get hurt –	March 29, 2017	handout
The 221^st	Light and dark sides of democratization in Myanmar – the reality and challenges in the human rights aspects of the democratization –	January 31, 2017	-
The 220^th	The possibility of industrial development in the Sub-Saharan Africa – the expectation to the Japanese cooperation, the case of “KAIZEN” –	October 28, 2016	handout
The 219^th	The TICAD VI – its results and future support to Africa –	October 3, 2016	handout 1 handout 2 handout 3
The 218^th	The business and cooperation with Africa: learning from the “Dried Sweet Potato Project”	July 13, 2016	handout
The 217^th	The implementation of the Sustainable Development and its effort in the future – Building on the outcome of the G7 Ise-Shima Summit –	July 5, 2016	handout

FY2015

The 216^th	Cloud funding for supporting developing countries – some case studies –	March 23, 2016	handout
The 215^th	Cloud funding for the cooperation to the developing countries – for beginners –	February 26, 2016	handout
The 214^th	The outputs of the COP21 and future prospects	January 21, 2016	handout 1 handout 2
The 213^rd	The community-based evaluation of agricultural systems – learning from the rural development of Japan	October 9, 2015	handout
The 212^nd	Future prospects for financing development projects toward implementing the Post-2015 Development Agenda	August 6, 2015	handout
The 211^st	The measurement of health indicators and its accountability towards 2030	June 23, 2015	handout

FY 2014

The 210^th	The trend of international community for the elaboration of the Post-2015 Development Agenda	March 23, 2015	handout
The 209^th	BOUSAI and GENSAI (prevention and alleviation of disasters) through gender perspectives – for creating a stronger society against disasters –	December 12, 2014	handout
The 208^th	Current situation and future perspectives of UHC (Universal Health Coverage) – Post-2015 Development Agenda and Health Care –	October 17, 2014	handout 1 handout 2 handout 3 handout 4
The 207^th	The possibility of the Development Impact Bond for the cooperation to developing countries – challenging the development issues through new social investment	July 4, 2014	handout 1 handout 2
The 206^th	Current situation and future prospects of Somalia – a journalist’s viewpoint on the past and present of Somalia	June 18, 2014	handout