Addressing Local Conflicts Before They Turn Global - Japan-EU Cooperation

The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), the European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN), and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are pleased to invite the interested audience to their joint Conference on “Addressing Local Conflicts Before They Turn Global.”

This conference is being held as part of a KAS-EJARN joint project “The Nexus of Security and Development,” which started in 2011 to analyze and evaluate obstacles and potentials for European-Japanese cooperation in such areas as post-conflict reconstruction, stabilization and development of conflict-affected countries. The project’s aim was to facilitate dialogues between European and Japanese stakeholders by organizing series of conferences in Berlin, Tokyo, and Brussels.

This second conference, this time co-hosted with the JICA Research Institute, is intended to provide a forum for scholars and practitioners from Europe, Japan and elsewhere to share actual experiences in Southeast Asia and Africa, and discuss current and future opportunities for European-Japanese cooperation in promoting peace-building and human security in post-conflict areas.

The conference will be opened by Madame Sadako Ogata, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and H.E. Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, Ambassador of the European Union to Japan.

In a first session “The Linkage between Micro Security and Development and Global Stability” will be discussed before a second and third session will take up experiences from Asia and Africa by the presentation and discussion of case studies from both regions. A final panel discussion will then summarize and elaborate on “Exploring opportunities for an EU-Japan contribution to Global Security, Stability and Development”.

Policy makers, practitioners and researchers with expertise to share or an interest in the subject are all welcome to this policy discussion forum.

■Program Outline:

10.00-10.10 Welcome Remarks by Akio Hosono, Director, JICA Research Institute
10.10-10.30 Opening Remarks by:
Madame Sadako Ogata, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency
H.E. Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, Ambassador of the European Union to Japan
10.30-12.00 Session 1: The Linkage between Micro Security and Development and Global Stability
“A Perspective from Europe”
by Paul Midford, Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Norway
“A Perspective from Japan”
by Michito Tsuruoka, National Institute for Defence Studies, Japan
Discussants: John Swenson-Wright, Cambridge University, UK
Kuniko Ashizawa, Oxford Brookes University, UK
12.00-12.45 Lunch
12.45-14.15 Session 2: Experiences in Asia
“Peace building exercises in Southeast Asia: From Aceh to Mindanao”
by Axel Berkofsky, University of Pavia, Italy
“Maritime Crimes in Southeast Asia: Human Securitizing the Policy Paradigm”
by Jun Honna, Ritsumeikan University and JICA-RI, Japan
Discussants: Yoshihide Soeya, Keio University, Japan
Timo Kivimäki, Calx Proclivia, Finland
14.30-16.00 Session 3: Experiences in Africa
“Addressing structural problems at local levels: Horizontal Inequalities in Africa”
by Mari Katayanagi, JICA Research Institute, Japan
“South Sudan – Development and Security”
by Marie Söderberg, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Discussants: Sadaharu Kataoka, Waseda University, Japan
Linus Hagström, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden
16.15-17.15 Panel Discussion:
“Exploring opportunities for an EU-Japan contribution to Global Security, Stability and Development”
Chair: John Swenson-Wright, Cambridge University, UK
Discussants: Axel Berkofsky, Alexander McLachlan (EU Delegation to Japan),

Yoshihide Soeya, Michito Tsuruoka, Ryutaro Murotani (JICA-RI)

17:15 Closing Remarks
Marie Söderberg, EJARN
Jörg Wolff, KAS

Hiroshi Kato, JICA-RI

Please click the "Apply" button below and fill in the application form. The deadline for the application is Friday 17th February. Please note that we may close applications before the date in case we reach the fixed number. We regret that we cannot provide any financial support for your travel to join this symposium.

Ms Yamashita, General Affairs Div., JICA Research Institute
E-mail: ditas-rsunit@jica.go.jp TEL: 03-3269-2959 FAX: 03-3269-2054