Summary
Date Saturday, March 22, 2025, 14:00-16:30 JST
Format Online & On-site
Venue Onsite participation
Kobe Municipal
Fukiai High School
Event Language English, Japanese
Admission Free (advance registration required)
Capacity 160 participants
Host NDYS Executive Committee
co-Host iEARN (International Education & Resource Network)
Special Cooperation Kobe Municipal Fukiai High School
Sponsorship The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan
[MEXT]
Hyogo International Association [HIA]
Event Description
As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in
2025, we will host the Natural Disaster Youth Summit in Kobe City on March
22, 2025.
Natural Disaster Youth Summit: NDYS was launched in 2005 in the wake of
the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 10 years ago. "NDYS2005 in Hyogo”
was held in 15 countries and regions around the world under the motto ”Let's
pass on the lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake to the future and
think about the importance of life! 1,000 children from 15 countries/regions
around the world compiled a declaration under the motto “Let's learn, feel,
and share about disaster prevention! The event has been held continuously
since then. Since then, the event has continued to be held, contributing
greatly to the formation of a global disaster education network.
In recent years, as natural disasters have become more severe due to climate change, it has become more important than ever to foster disaster awareness on a global scale. The purpose of the “NDYS 2025 in KOBE” is to exchange information on disaster education around the world, with Kobe City high school students serving as the nucleus, and to foster future citizens who, 10 years from now, will be responsible for creating a more disaster-resistant city than today. This year, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of NDYS, as an effort to connect the experiences and lessons of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake to the “next generation” in Japan and abroad, a special program〗"Hanshin・Awaji Great Earthquake, 30 years after it happened: Proposals from High School Students〗will be held and Kobe City high school students will communicate and talk to people in Japan and abroad.
NDYS was one of the first to adopt “international collaborative learning”
utilizing the Internet to learn together with the rest of the world, promoting
the sharing of practices and experiences related to disaster prevention
and recovery by youths in Japan and overseas, and has steadily grown into
a global disaster education network. NDYS has grown steadily as a global
network for disaster education. In an era of drastic changes in information
on disaster prevention due to the increase and intensification of natural
disasters around the world, we are holding this conference with the aim
of fostering human resources who can contribute to a changing global society
through international disaster education focused on international collaborative
learning. We hope to receive the support of many people.
Please wait a moment for the release of the program and registration for
the “NDYS2025 in KOBE”. |
Part 1: The 20th Anniversary of the Natural Disaster Youth Summit
13:30- |
Registration |
14:00-
14:30 |
Opening Session
MC: Kobe Municipal Fukiai High School
Opening Remarks
・Mr. KATO Gento: Senior Assistant Professor, School of Political Science and Economics Meiji
University (NDYS)
NDYS 20th Anniversary Message
・Mr. NAKANO Genta: Assistant Professor, Research Center for Disaster
Reduction Systems (NDYS2005 Student Executive Committee Chair, NDYS)
・Video messages from NDYS OBOGs
Rest & Move
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Partrt Ⅱ: Presentation of research results & exchange of opinions
14:30- |
1. Let's connect the experiences and lessons of the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake to the “next generation” in Japan and abroad!
◇Special Program: Presentation
Our Proposals: 30 years after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
by Kobe Municipal Fukiai High School |
The experience and lessons learned from "The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Recovery" will be conveyed to the world and connected to the future!
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◇Special Lecture
Report on Activities Based on Lessons Learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
"Build Back Better" in Ach after 20 years of Tsunami disaster |
Speaker:
Report on the Indian Ocean Tsunami(2004.12) as a high school student from
Banda Aceh, Indonesia at the NDYS 2005 in Hyogo, Japan
Wizar Putri Mellaratna (University of Malikussaleh, NDYS Facilitator, iEARN
Indonesia) |
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◇Discussion topic |
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14:50- |
15:00-
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15:20- |
2. Mini Video Concert of Taisho Koto in the 30th Anniversary of the Earthquake |
Music Presentation as “Mental Care
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15:30- |
3. From Around the World, Student Presentations
Tackling Climate Change: Creating a Sustainable Society |

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*5 countries/regions will be presented.
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16:20-
16:30 |
◇General comment

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Commentator:
Mr.Pavle Tvaliashvili,
NDYS Facilitator,
iEARN Georgia country coordinator
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Closing |
Participating Schools & Team
1. Azerbaijan (Ms. Irada Samadova, lyceum named after academician Zarifa Aliyeva, Baku)
2. Georgia (Mr. Pavle Tvaliashvili, iEARN Georgia, Tbilisi)
3. India (Ms. Geeta Rajan, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, New Delhi)
4. Indonesia (Ms. Saara Suaib, SMP Islam Al Azhar 44 - Bekasi)
5. Indonesia (Ms. Nani Suriani, SMP Islam Al Azhar 6 - Bekasi)
6. Indonesia (Ms. Wiwi Rosaria, Senior high school 1- Padang)
7. Malaysia (Ms. Lim Wen Li, SMK, Sultan Abu Bakar, Kuantan, Pahang)
8.Taiwan (Mr. Derek Chen, Shuangxi Elementary School, Puzi ,Chiayi)
9. Nepal (Mr. Nawaraj Baskota, Kavya School, Kathmandu)
10. Japan (Ms. HASHIMOTO Yuka, Hazukko Cowboy, Yokkaichi, Mie)
11. Japan(Ms. CHAMOTO Takako, Kobe Municipal Fukiai High School, Hyogo)
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Saturday, March 22, 2025
14:00-16:30 JST
Online Registration Deadline: March 20, 2025 (Thursday) 16:00 JST |
◎Host
NDYS Executive Committee
https://ndys.jearn.jp/

We will publish the practice and research data of disaster prevention education through "International Collaborative Learning," a future educational model in which youth from around the world will network and work together. |
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