Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC)

HPC Symposium and Workshop Meeting on Peacebuilding

"Building Civilian Peacebuilders: Japan's Assistance to Afghanistan and Beyond"

Organizer: Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC)

HPC is the implementing body of the "Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding," an initiative by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan to enhance the peacebuilding capacity in Asia. The symposium will be held as part of the Program to discuss the issue of development and deployment of civilian peacebuilders from the perspectives of national governments, international organizations, and local communities.

By exploring ongoing efforts by bilateral and multilateral organizations to increase civilian peacebuilding contributions, the symposium aims to advance the strategies for meeting today's peacebuilding challenges, and to facilitate the cooperation among people engaged in the development and deployment of civilian peacebuilders.

【HPC Public Symposium】

Admission：	Free
Language：	English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation available on 22nd only) *please note interpretation not available on 23rd.
Date & Time：	February 22 (Mon) 10:30-17:30
	February 23 (Tue) 9:30-17:30
Venue：	International Conference Hall (2nd Floor), Kaiun Building 2-6-4 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

For more information: Please contact us by Friday February 19th for your attendance by phone, e-mail or fax.
	◆Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC)◆ 3-8-3 Ote-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, JAPAN, 730-0051 Tel +81-(0)82-247-0645 Fax +81-(0)82-247-0643 e-mail event@peacebuilders.jp

【Program】＜tentative＞
February 22 (Mon)：Public Symposium I
10:30	Opening Remarks Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (tentative) Key-note Speeches 1) Kenji Isezaki (Chair, Board of Directors, Peacebuilders / Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies [TUFS]) 2) Roland Paris (University Research Chair in International Security and Governance, University of Ottawa) 3) Humayun Hamidzada (Deputy Minister of Finance, Government of Afghanistan) Richard Ponzio (Senior Strategy and Policy Officer, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, S/CRS, United States) Initial Plenary Discussions
12:30	〈Lunch〉
14:00	Special Sessions（15:30-40, break） "Japan's Engagement in Afghanistan and its Future" MC：Hideaki Shinoda (Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center [HPC]) Yuji Uesugi (Program Officer, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center [HPC]) Panelists： Akira YAMADA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan) Hiroshi MIYASHITA (Save the Children Japan) Hiroshi TANIYAMA (Japan International Volunteer Center) Hisayoshi INA (The Nikkei Newspapers) Kensuke ONISHI (Peace Winds Japan) Koichiro TANAKA (Institute of Energy Economics) Koji MURATA (Doshisha University) Mariko AOKI (Association for Aid and Relief, Japan) Masataka NAKAHARA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Nobutaka MIYAHARA (Kurume University) Noriyuki SHIINA (Japan Platform) Noriyuki WAKISAKA (Asahi Newspapers) Rumiko SEYA (Japan Center for Conflict Prevention) Sukehiro HASEGAWA (Hosei University) Tadashi INUZUKA (Democratic Party of Japan) Takatoshi HASEBE (Japan International Volunteer Center) Tomonori YOSHIZAKI (National Institute for Defense Studies) and speakers of other sessions (tbc)

February 23 (Tue)：Public Symposium II
09:30	Session 1 "Whole of Government Approach and Bilateral Partners: On the Specific Task Forces to be Established through the New International Stabilization and Peacebuilding Initiative" MC: Roland Paris (University of Ottawa) 1) Richard Ponzio (Senior Strategy and Policy Officer, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, S/CRS, United States) Jeff Stacey (International Engagement officer, S/CRS, United States) 2) Hannelore Valier (Project Manager, International Civilian capacity (civcap), German Center for Peace Operations [ZIF]) 3) Jürgen Ulrich Störk (Coordinator of the Swiss Expert Pool for Civilian Peace Building, Swiss Foreign Ministry) 4) Anthony Anderson (Special Advisor, Peace Operations and Fragile States Policy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
11:00	〈break〉
11:15	Session 2 "Improving the International Response in the Aftermath of Conflict: the UN Initiative to Review Civilian Peacebuilding Capacities and European Organizations" MC: Vesseline Popovski (UNU) 1) Reidun Otteroy (Peacebuilding Support Team Coordinator, UN Peacebuilding Support Office: PBSO) 2) John Crosby (Operational Support Officer, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: OSCE) 3) Sukehiro Hasegawa (Professor, Hosei University and Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste)
12:45	〈Lunch〉
14:15	Session 3 & 4（15:45-16:00, break） "Global South and Local Ownership: Promotion of Civilian Peacebuilding Contributors from Local Sources and Development of Training Curriculums to promote Local Ownership in Peacebuilding" MC: Hideaki Shinoda (Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center [HPC]) Yuji Uesugi (Program Officer, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center [HPC]) 1) Kwesi Aning (Head, Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution Department, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre: KAIPTC) 2) Alaa Abdalaziz (Coordinator & Head of Programs Unit, Cairo Regional Center for Training on Conflict Resolution & Peacekeeping in Africa: CCCPA) 3) Amal Jayawardane (Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo / Professor, Dept. of International Relations, University of Colombo) 4) Memunatu Pratt (Head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone; Former Legacy Officer of the Special Court for Sierra Leone) { Other panelists from many parts of the world including HPC (Senior) Program Associates} Rashid Ghani Abdullo (Independent Political Analyst, Nigoh Weekly, Tajikistan) Sherzod Zakhidov (Head of Japan division Asia Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Uzbekistan) Goo Soon Kwon (UNMIL/ Former Team Leader of Overseas Relief & Development, Goodpeople International, Republic of Korea)
17:30	Closing Remarks

Expert Workshop Meeting:
Expert Workshop Meeting on February 24th will be conduct in Tokyo for Peacebuilding Experts (Invitees only). The Workshop is aim to share and exchange opinions.

The Program may change without any notice, Please check our website for any changes.
Thank you for your cooperation.