July - October 2008
Registration for MFToT 5 is closed.
The Microfinance Training of Trainers Course is a unique blended learning program which incorporates CD-ROMs, web-based discussion and videoconference. Since 2005, 224 “graduates” from 28 countries have been accredited as certified microfinance distance learning course trainers.
Localization efforts are underway in many countries, and course materials have been translated into Chinese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese, Mongolian and Indonesian to increase accessibility.
Download the MFTOT5 brochure.pdf.
MFToT incorporates Moodle as its learning management system. For more information, see http://mftot.jointokyo.org/.
The East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank, the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) Asia Pacific and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are pleased to announce a unique program “Catalysts of Change: An Open Dialogue with the Legendary Leaders of Asia”, offering emerging young leaders in Asia an opportunity to learn from their seniors who laid the foundation for the region’s well renowned economic success.
To accommodate the busy schedule of these leaders, sessions will be held as confirmed throughout 2008. Young leaders in both the public and private sectors from 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region (Indonesia, Cambodia, Japan, Sri Lanka, Laos, Singapore, Fiji, PNG, Vietnam, Mongolia, Australia, Thailand, Philippines) will be invited to participate, connecting via videoconference to view a development focused interview with these leaders via the GDLN. Following the interview, participants will have an opportunity engage with the speaker in a question and answer session.
A video archive of all sessions will be made available.
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September 2008
The challenges facing the world today – such as global warming, food crisis, and the rising price of natural resources – are changing the way companies do business. Increasingly, companies need to integrate their CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities into their core business strategy to remain competitive in a global economy.
The TDLC and World Bank Institute are pleased to announce a new Seminar Series “CSR for Sustainable Business and Development” beginning in September 2008. Focusing on case studies and intensive discussions, 5 sessions will be conducted in total covering issues including BOP(bottom of the pyramid) market, supply chain management and climate change.
The seminar is designed for executives and CSR division officials from the private sector, development agency officials, researchers and students, NPO representatives, etc. This is a fee-based program.
The session for Japan in Japanese started on September 17. For more information and registration, please visit Program Site.
The English session focuing Asia will commence in January 2009, connecting the WB GDLN centers in the region. More information will be posted on the website when all become available.
Children are the leaders of the future.
To prepare them to tackle global issues in an increasingly interconnected world, the TDLC and World Bank have conducted Kids Initiative, a multicultural education program incorporating videoconference and other technologies.
Since November 2004, schools in Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Japan etc. have connected to discuss topics ranging from environment to fashion to peace.
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March 19, 2007 19:00 - 22:00 (Tokyo)
Organized by the World Bank, FAO, OIE and the Tokyo Development Learning Center, this seminar series uses the GDLN as a learning and discussion platform to enable governments, donors, NGOs, and others to hold regular discussions on AHI preparedness.
In seminar 5, led by specialists from FAO, OIE and the World Bank, participants will discuss the use of poultry vaccination in the context of an overall AHI control program. The challenges of designing and implementing an Avian Influenza vaccination campaign will be discussed.
The seminar will be webcast live.
Session 1: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
9:30 - 17:30 (Mongolia time)
10:30 - 18:30 (Japan time)
Session 2: Thursday, May 22, 2008
9:30 - 17:30 (Mongolia time)
10:30 - 18:30 (Japan time)
View the archived webcast.
The TDLC and Kitasato University have teamed up to launch an ambitious blended learning program to train mother and child health care specialists in Mongolia.
Working with the Mongolian Nursing Association, local practitioners will participate in lectures via GDLN videoconference, fieldwork, and create a new textbook based on course material to meet local needs. A Mongolian version of the mother and child handbooks that are popularly used in Japan will also be created for public use.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
A GDLN Blended Learning Program
What are the implications of high and volatile oil prices on the global economy? What are the policy options?
These issues will be discussed in a timely new GDLN blended learning program “Oil Price Volatility, Economic Impacts and Risk Management in Asia” offered by the TDLC and the World Bank Institute (WBI) in cooperation with the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). The session is based on the Global Finance Forum held in Washington DC in March 2008 organized by WBI and George Washington University.
Government officials, executives, analysts and practitioners in energy-related sectors are invited to the first videoconference session on June 4, 2008 connecting Tokyo, Bangkok, Beijing, Jakarta and Washington. This is a fee-based program.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
This seminar will be repeated to 2 country groups over 2 days.
See complete listing for locations and times in each country.
As inflation climbs to uncomfortable levels across East Asia, economic managers are faced with a new and traumatizing challenge: How can available management tools be deployed to address today’s inflation? What economic interventions can be used in a complementary manner to mitigate adverse effects on the welfare of low income and other specific groups?
These and other topical questions will be examined in “Today’s Inflation: Global Context and Local Solutions”, the first in a series of distance learning seminars focusing on Economic Management offered by the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) Asia Pacific and organized with the support of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
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Brochure (PDF)
View the webcast (archive).
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 18:00 - 20:00 (Japan time)
Inaugural Event
To kick-start a new program created by the TDLC which encourages artists to collaborate with orphans in Africa via the GDLN, an inaugural event will be held to provide insight on the role of art in development.Tatsuo Miyajima, internationally acclaimed contemporary artist, will talk about how art can be used to help resolve global issues. Ambassador Wasswa Biriggwa of the Embassy of Republic of Uganda, will open the event and give a presentation on the situation in Uganda.
Admission free. Interpretation will be provided. To register, please specify “June 25th VC event” and send your name, organization and contact details.
Throughout 2008
Four Japanese institutions—the Building Research Institute (BRI), National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Mie University—are conducting a research project on Disaster Mitigation in Earthquake Prone Areas in Asia with research institutions across the region, using the GDLN as a platform to strengthen the network and facilitate collaboration.
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