Tag "ESD"
2026/04/20
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ESD, UNESCO Chair
Vice President Atsufumi Yokoi Appointed as Advisor to MEXT – Selected as a Featured Speaker at NAFSA 2026 and Invited to Speak in Plenary Session as Representative of the Government of Japan! –

2026/04/07
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ESD, SDGs, UNESCO Chair
Associate Professor Ooi Lia Appointed as Vice Chair of the Okayama University UNESCO Chair

2026/03/05
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ESD, SDGs, UNESCO Chair
Kobe Universal Tourism Symposium Held: Promoting an Industry–Government–Academia Collaboration Model for “Sustainable and Responsible Tourism Accessible to All”

2026/02/09
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ESD, SDGs
Vice President Yokoi Visits UN and International Organizations in Vienna, Including Honorary Doctor Martin Essl

2026/02/09
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ESD, SDGs
Okayama University Confers Honorary Doctorate on Mr. Martin Essl, Founder of the Essl Foundation

2025/12/24
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ESD, UNESCO Chair
Fourth Cohort Participant of the FY2025 UNESCO Internship Programme Pays Courtesy Visit to President Nasu

2025/12/15
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Special “Dream” Exhibition Talk Show Held with Actress and Model Nicole Ishida

2025/12/12
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ESD, Featured, SDGs
Okayama University Students Participate in One Young World 2025 as Members of the Japan Delegation

2025/11/20
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ESD
Vice President Yokoi Invited to Speak at British Council’s “Going Global London 2025”―The UK’s Largest International Conference on Higher Education Internationalization

2025/11/20
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ESD, Featured, SDGs, UNESCO Chair, 環境教育
Okayama University Hosts Official Session at the 14th Global RCE Conference Co-organized by UNU, Okayama City and RCE Okayama — Discussing the Ethical Turn in Higher Education and the Role of Planetary-Centered Universities

2025/11/20
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ESD, Featured, SDGs
Okayama University Hosts Field Visit for the 14th Global RCE Conference

2025/10/22
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ESD, Featured, UNESCO Chair
Speakers of the Global Conference on “Rethinking Learning for a Sustainable Future” Pay Courtesy Visit to President Nasu

2025/10/20
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ESD, SDGs
Okayama University and United Nations University Conclude Memorandum of Understanding

2025/09/10
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ESD, UNESCO Chair
Associate Professor Masahide Koda and Vice President Atsufumi Yokoi Present AI Applications at UNU–ADB Joint Seminar

2025/08/27
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ESD, SDGs, UNESCO Chair
Vice President Yokoi Delivers Keynote Address at UN University Official Event during TICAD 9

2025/07/22
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Earth Charter, ESD, Featured, SDGs, UNESCO Chair
Okayama University Participates in Earth Charter +25 International Conference at the Peace Palace in The Hague

2025/06/19
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ESD, Featured, UNESCO Chair
Okayama University Visits UN Tourism Regional Office to Propose Collaboration on Accessible Tourism in Line with the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

2025/05/29
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ESD, SDGs
UNESCO Chairholder Vice President Yokoi and Vice-Chair Professor Hiroki Fujii Selected for Drafting Committee of “RCE Okayama Declaration 2025”

2025/05/13
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ESD, Featured, SDGs
President Nasu and Okayama University Delegation Pay Courtesy Visit to UNU Rector to Strengthen Collaboration for Global RCE Conference in Okayama

2025/04/25
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ESD, Featured, SDGs, UNCTAD
Vice President Atsufumi Yokoi Delivers Opening Speech at the UN Annual Meeting’s

2025/02/21
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ESD, SDGs
Two faculty members joined the UN initiative: “Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI)” Action Group: “The Future of AI and Higher Education”

2025/02/10
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ESD, Featured, SDGs, UNCTAD
Okayama University and UNCTAD Hosted Research Presentation for the 4th Batch of the Joint Research and Training Course for Young Female Scientists from Developing Countries

2025/01/31
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ESD, Featured, SDGs, UNESCO Chair
Vice President Prof. Yokoi was invited to participate in an international conference celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE)!

2024/08/06
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ESD, SDGs, UNESCO Chair
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network releases a joint statement by University Leaders supporting the UN Summit of the Future. Okayama University is the only Japanese university listed!

2024/06/13
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ESD, SDGs, UNESCO Chair
Okayama University UNESCO Chair was selected as one of the ’20 UNESCO Chairs Representing the World’ by UNESCO Headquarters, the only chair from Japan!

2024/05/27
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ESD, Featured, SDGs
Vice President Prof. YOKOI Atsufumi participated at the United Nations University SDG University Partnership Platform (SDG-UP) Symposium

2024/01/22
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ESD, SDGs, UNESCO Chair
Vice President YOKOI Atsufumi Presented Case Studies on SDGs Education as the Representative of Japan at the Global Citizenship Education International Forum in Korea

2023/10/27
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Earth Charter, ESD, UNESCO Chair
A symposium commemorating the publication of “Considering the Earth Charter,” as the Origin of SDGs was held

2023/03/20
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Honorary doctorate awarded to Her Royal Highness Princes Abze Djigma from Burkina Faso

2023/01/30
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ESD, UNCTAD
UNCTAD Short-Term Programme: Fifth batch of young female researchers visit President Makino

2022/12/27
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ESD, UNCTAD
[January 31: Call for Participants] UNCTAD-Okayama University Special Lecture on Technology and SDGs

2022/12/15
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ESD, UNCTAD
UNCTAD Short-Term Programme: Fourth batch of young female researchers visit President Makino

2022/11/18
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ESD, UNCTAD
UNCTAD Short-Term Programme: Second batch of young female researchers visit President MAKINO

2022/11/11
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ESD, UNCTAD
UNCTAD Short-Term Programme Young Female Researchers Visit President MAKINO

2021/12/13
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Okayama University Participates in the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network University Presidents Meeting for Universities in the Asia-Pacific Region

2021/04/21
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ESD, UNESCO Chair
Anyone Can Make an App! Okayama University UNESCO Chair Holds 2021 Special Lecture Introducing Cutting-Edge No-code Tools

2021/02/01
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ESD, UNESCO Chair
Okayama University Participates in Online International Conference to Discuss Educational Approaches in an Era of Global Uncertainties in Collaboration with York University and UNESCO-Affiliated Organizations

2020/12/24
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Earth Charter, ESD, UNESCO Chair
Okayama University Vice President and UNESCO Chairholder YOKOI Atsufumi receives

2020/11/19
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Earth Charter, ESD, UNESCO Chair
Vice President Yokoi Speaks at Virtual Event Held by Prestigious Scientific Journal Nature

2020/06/18
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Earth Charter, ESD, UNESCO Chair
Vice President for Global Engagement Strategy and a UNESCO Chair Holder Yokoi gets elected as a council member for the Earth Charter International

2020/03/16
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Earth Charter, ESD
Vice President Yokoi, a UNESCO Chair Holder, send out a message as one of the world’s visual icon communicators at 20th anniversary of the Earth Charter!

2020/01/07
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ESD, UNCTAD
Okayama University and UNCTAD signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster human resources for STI for SDGs, the UN body’s first memorandum signed with a university

2019/12/26
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Earth Charter, ESD, UNESCO Chair
President Makino, Vice President and UNESCO Chairholder Yokoi Visit United Nations University of Peace, Enhancing Collaboration between Earth Charter and ESD

2019/11/28
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Honorary doctorate awarded to Professor Charles Hopkins from York University, Canada

2019/08/02
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Whole Institution’s Approach of SDGs efforts presented at the UN headquarters: University officials led by President Makino participate in the High-Level Political Forum in July 2019

2019/03/01
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ESD, UNESCO Chair
Delegations of UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office visit Okayama University

2019/01/29
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President Makino and Vice President Yokoi visit the U.S. Department of State and American Councils after designation as first CLS partner institution as national university

2018/09/26
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ESD
Vice President Yokoi attends UNESCO’s 3rd International Conference on GCED

2018/09/26
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ESD, UNESCO Chair
Vice President Yokoi attends the 1st UNESCO’s Partners Forum, and strengthens Okayama University’s cooperation with UNESCO!

2018/06/18
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ESD
Vice Executive Director Atsufumi Yokoi attends the 3rd UN STI Forum: Okayama University to share its efforts with the world

