2008/11/13
2008/06/17
Hitotsubashi University’s Third Annual Asian Public Policy Program (APPP) Alumni Seminar was held on June 17, 2008 connecting the TDLC with Beijing, Hanoi, Jakarta and Manila. These “virtual” gatherings offer an opportunity for alumni, spread out across the region, to strengthen ties and discuss current public policy issues.
2008/06/04
As high and volatile oil prices cast a shadow of uncertainty over the world economy, analysis and information on oil-price dynamics as well as instruments for risk management are in high demand among policymakers.The TDLC and World Bank Institute (WBI), engaging the expertise of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, collaborated to launch a timely new videoconference seminar “Oil Price Volatility, Economic Impacts and Risk Management in Asia”.
2008/04/30
A new blended learning program to train mother and child health care specialists in Mongolia was launched on April 30, 2008. Organized by the TDLC and Kitasato University’s School of Nursing, with the cooperation of the Mongolian Nursing Association, the full day lecture was delivered via GDLN videoconference to a total of 440 participants at 5 sites in Ulaan Bataar and other rural locations.
2008/03/05
As part of an ongoing collaborative research project, a videoconference workshop on “Earthquake Risk Perception” was held March 5, 2008 to share the results of a survey conducted in 2007/2008 by the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) on the risk perception of residents, government officials, building contractors and masons.
A Japan/WorldBank Partnership project promoting knowledge sharing for development through the GDLN, a videoconference based distance-learning network spanning more than 120 centers worldwide.
The World has been faced with unprecedented challenges and structural shifts in its international economy and finance landscape, so are domestic economies in most countries. How the economic growth in the East Asia is and will be affected by recent global economic difficulties? Would the East Asian integration be influenced, and, if so, how? What are the most salient issues in ASEAN, ASEAN+3, or ASEAN+6?
In this last session, we would like to look at the approach to development issues from the perspectives of the arts. We will have two speakers, one of the leading modern artists, Tatsuo Miyajima and young photographer who has great knowledge of the northern part of Uganda, the Gulu. We will …
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This session is part of a larger program. For more information see Orphan Meets Artist/Artist Meets Orphan
October 28, 2008 10:00 - 13:30 (JST)
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a set of innovative agricultural practices and is attracting international attention because its methods increase the productivity of land and water, resulting in higher yields than traditional methods. The TDLC and NGO Zutto Sustainable held a “Workshop for International System for Rice Intensification (SRI) Network”, on October 28, 2008 by connecting Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan and the United States via the World Bank’s Global Development Learning Network.
Youths from Africa and Asia “gathered” via GDLN
videoconference on May 26, 2008 to share knowledge and exchange views on achieving a vibrant Africa.
On the occasion of TICAD IV (Tokyo International Conference on African Development), the session was organized by the TDLC, World Bank Tokyo Office and UNICEF to provide a platform for future leaders to voice their opinions.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour made a special appearance at the TDLC and pushed the younger generation to take an active role in the decision making process.
View the session webcast (archive).
In a training course developed by the TDLC, teachers and instructors across Asia sat in a virtual classroom to learn how ICTs can be incorporated to enhance multicultural education. Designed to accompany Kids Initiative, a program that enables school children to conduct exchanges with counterparts in other countries through GDLN videoconference, teachers across borders showed a strong interest in new methods of education to prepare children to meet the challenges of globalization.
Welcome to the new regional association of GDLN Distance Learning Centers. We hope to combine our strengths to serve your needs for knowledge programs and services.
The TDLC is a Japan/World Bank Distance Learning Partnership Project which aims to contribute to development and poverty alleviation. It is supported by a grant from the Government of Japan, used to launch and manage the TDLC. These resources allow the TDLC to establish partnerships in the public and private sector, develop content and facilitate knowledge exchange so that Japan's experience and expertise in development can be better utilized by developing countries.
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