UNU Seminar on Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Africa
Overview
Date: Friday, 14 October, 2011
Time: 09:30-17:30
Location: Elizabeth Rose Hall, UNU Headquarters
Organizers: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT), UNU-ISP
Supported by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan
Contact: Emmanuel Mutisya, UNU-ISP: mutisya@unu.edu
The International Symposium on the “Role of Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Africa” to be held at UNU Headquarters on 13 October and this UNU Seminar with a similar title of “Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Africa,” together form an international forum for reporting and sharing the results of UNU’s 3-year project on Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) as well as discussing the way forward.
The purpose of this UNU Seminar is to examine collectively and in greater detail the substantive contents of the graduate education programmes developed by the ESDA Project. The seminar starts by juxtaposing the university leadership’s view of graduate education for sustainable development in Africa and those of African students undergoing or having undergone such education. It then takes up various approaches and issues for organizing higher education for sustainable development in Africa, and then concludes with an examination of different conceptions of international cooperation in this area. The topics and ideas covered in their entirety highlight the uniqueness of the intellectual output generated by the ESDA Project.
This seminar may best be characterized as an academic exercise surrounding higher education for sustainable development in Africa, designed especially for researchers, teaching faculty and students. It will be conducted in English with no translation.
Registration
Online registration is now closed. However, on-site registration will be available at the registration desk. Please bring a printout of your registration email confirmation or your photo ID. We look forward to welcoming you to this event.
Programme
| 09:30-09:40 | Welcome Remarks
Prof. Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Vice Rector, UNU Opening StatementMEXT representative |
| 09:40-10:00 | Sustainable Development Challenge for African Universities: A Vice Chancellor’s View Prof. George Magoha, Vice Chancellor, University of Nairobi |
| 10:00-11:00 | Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Africa: Student Perspectives
Ms. Lesley Sibanda, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Ms. Doreen Misanya, Kyambogo University, Uganda |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break |
| African Approaches to Higher Education for Sustainable Development | |
| 11:15-12:45 | Evolving approaches to higher education in Africa: Recent examples from Ghana
Prof. Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, University for Development Studies and Prof. Robert Abaidoo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Approaches to Education in Sustainable Development in Africa-Impact of Mining Dr Jewette H. Masinja and Prof Stephen Simukanga, University of Zambia Innovative Approach in Education for Sustainable Development to Solve Problems of Urban Development in Africa Prof. David Mungai, University of Nairobi Discussant 1: Dr. Kyuro Sasaki, Kyushu University |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| Critical Issues for Sustainable Development in Africa | |
| 14:00-15:30 | Socio-cultural issues for sustainable development in Africa
Prof. Janice Olawoye, University of Ibadan and Dr. Charlotte Wrigley- Asante, University of Ghana Contribution of the minerals industry to sustainable development in South Africa Dr. J-P Franzidis and Dr. Jenny Broadhurst, University of Cape Town The Role of Systems Thinking in Sustainable Urban Development in Kenya Dr. Fuchaka Waswa, Kenyatta University Growing Disparity in Regional Food Security: Constraint to Sustainable Development in Ghana Dr. Effah Antwi, University of Tokyo Discussant 1: Dr. Aldo Stroebel, University of Free State |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break |
| International Cooperation in Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Africa | |
| 15:45-17:15 | Critical needs of African Universities: A shared African-Japanese perspective
Prof. Edwin Gyasi, University of Ghana and Ms. Yasuko Kusakari, UNU- INRA Africa’s mining sector development: An industry perspective Prof. Francis Petersen, University of Cape Town and Mr. Stephen Bullock, Anglo-American Corporation Collaborative learning in online, higher education Dr. Sven Aake Bjorke, University of Agder Higher Education for Sustainability in a Globalizing World: Opportunities and Challenges for Japan-Africa Collaboration” Dr. Masaru Yarime, University of Tokyo
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| 15:45-17:15 | Closing Remarks |
