Symposium: Toward a Society in which Children Can Grow Up in FamiliesBuilding on the Experience of Promoting Family Protective Care in Central and Eastern Europe
Time: June 8, 2015 (Monday) 15:00-17:00Nippon Zaidan Building, 2nd Floor Main Conference Room (Akasaka 1-2-2, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Japan has announced a prefectural-level plan that seeks to raise the percentage of children requiring protective care who are raised in families to 30% by 2030. At this symposium, Georgette Mulheir, who as chief executive of the London-based, international NGO Lumos, has been named one of the world’s 30 most influential social workers, will discuss her experiences promoting family protective care in Central and Eastern European countries including Moldavia, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria.
| Time | June 8, 2015 (Monday) 15:00-17:00 |
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| Location | Nippon Zaidan Building, 2nd Floor Main Conference Room (Akasaka 1-2-2, Minato-ku, Tokyo) |
| Organizers | Lumos, The Nippon Foundation |
| Capacity | 200 person |
| Admission | Free |
| Applications | Please apply via the following url (advance reservations required, first-come-first-served) http://www.kokuchpro.com/event/happy_yurikago/ (in Japanese only) |
| Languages | Japanese, English (simultaneous interpretation available) |
Program
Opening remarks
Takeju Ogata, President, The Nippon Foundation
Introduction
Professor Kazuhiro Kamikado, Department of Social Welfare, Nagano University
Keynote address
Georgette Mulheir, CEO, Lumos
Contact
Public Relations Section, Communications Department
The Nippon Foundation
