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High School Students Summit on “World Tsunami Awareness Day” 2024 in Kumamoto
We held the summit in October 2024.
- The general theme of the summit was "Lessons from Kumamoto for the World and the Future".
- 524 high school students from 44 countries and regions, including Japan, participated and discussed what they could do.
- In the Workshops, students were divided into 15 groups, and discussed an assigned theme ("Disaster prevention", "Disaster risk reduction", "Creative reconstruction"). They created an action plan by discussing examples of disasters in their respective countries and regions and the necessary countermeasures. The group representatives presented their action plan at the General Meeting, Closing Ceremony.
- The chairperson and vice chairpersons compiled the group action plans into a "Declaration" and announced it at the end of the General Meeting, Closing Ceremony.
- Declaration (PDF:777KB)
- Report (High quality PDF:37.21MB）
- Report (Low quality PDF:6.29MB）
- Highlights＜外部リンク＞
| Date | October 23 (Wednesday) – October 24 (Thursday) 2024 |
| Venue | Kumamoto-Jo Hall |
| Organizers |
High School Students Summit on “World Tsunami Awareness Day” 2024 in |
| Co-organizers | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Kobe Office |
| Supporting Organizations |
National Resilience Promotion Headquarters/ Director General for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office of Japan/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan/ Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan/ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan/ Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan/ Japan Meteorological Agency/ Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)/ Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)/ Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)/ Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) |
| Participants | 645 participants (Students: 524, Supervisors: 121) ・Domestic participants / Students: 312, Supervisors: 78 / 78 Schools ・Overseas participants / Students: 212, Supervisors: 43 / 43 Countries・Regions |
| Concept | Minimizing the damage caused by natural hazards such as earthquakes as well as tsunamis,developing future leaders for national resilience, and further deepening the “kizuna” or “bonds” between countries all over the world. |
| General Theme | "Lessons from Kumamoto for the World and the Future" Learn about life-saving measures and creative reconstruction in Kumamoto, which has experienced large-scale natural hazards such as earthquakes and torrential rains. |
| Goals of the Workshops | 1．"Disaster prevention" through self-help and mutual assistance 2．"Disaster risk reduction" in harmony with nature 3．"Creative reconstruction" based on lessons learned from major disasters |
- Schedule
問い合わせ先
Disaster and Crisis Management Division, Kumamoto Prefectural Government（Secretariat for High School Students Summit on “World Tsunami Awareness Day” 2024 in Kumamoto）
Tel:096-333-2812 Fax:096-383-1503
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