Workshop :  From TICAD 9 to Africa’s Future: Youth Engagement for Peace and Stability
Time and Date : 22 August 2025, 2pm to 5pm
Place : JICA Yokohama
(Map)https://www.jica.go.jp/english/domestic/yokohama/office/index.html
Program :
Initial Remarks : Mr. Nebibanga Evina,  Chairman, Africa Asia Youth Nest
Special Lecture : Dr. Daisaku Higashi,  professor at Sophia University in Tokyo
                  (Director, Graduate Program of International Cooperation at Sophia University)
　　　　　　　　Prof. Daisaku Higashi is a leading scholar on mediation and peacebuilding in Japan. He has been assigned by Japanese Foreign Ministers to visit South Sudan to make its intellectual contributions in 2019, 2023, and 2024.  His CV and books is: https://daisaku-higashi.com/en/
Long time of Q and A
Networking Time
Planner & Moderator : Shota Totsuka, 2nd Year Student, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University 

There is no need for the registration. The purpose of this workshop is to create the place and opportunities for African participants to TICAD 9 (from Aug 20 to Aug 22), African students, citizens, and diplomats living in Japan, and the Japanese young people, students, and citizens to discuss challenges of peacebuilding in Africa and create the network to keep future collaboration.

Hosted by Sophia University Circle, “Study Group of Peacebuilding and International Cooperation” 
Co-hosted by Sophia Institute for Human Security, Japan Global Dialogue, Sophia Institute of International Relations, Africa Asia Youth Nest
Supported by JICA Yokohama   (TBC)

You can download the leaflet from here.