On April 11th (Monday), four ALE project members (Mari Kataoka, Makiko Kondo, Rie Koarai, Eno Nakamura) visited the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and met with the person in charge. From the Ministry of Education, 6 people in charge attended, including the Chief of the Regional Learning Promotion Division of the General Education Policy Bureau and the Chief of the Lifelong Learning Promotion Division. After sharing the efforts of NGOs toward the 7th UNESCO International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), the participation of ministerial-level government officials in the conference and the participation of NGO officials in the government delegation We requested that we join and hold prior consultations on the coping policy before the meeting. We received replies from the other parties that they would like to respond positively.

 

Attendees from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Mr. Hironori Yasuhiko, Director General for Social Education Promotion and Director, Regional Learning Promotion Division, General Education Policy Bureau Mr. Hiromi Asakura Director, Youth Education Office, Regional Learning Promotion Division, General Education Policy Bureau Director, Library and School Library Promotion Office, Kenji Yamamoto General Education Youth Education Office, Community Learning Promotion Division, Policy Bureau Hiroshi Kamiyama Director, Lifelong Learning Promotion Division, Education Policy Bureau Asuka Taguchi Director, Planning and Research Section, Lifelong Learning Promotion Division, Education Policy Bureau Saki Shiomi Youth Education, Community Learning Promotion Division, Education Policy Bureau room facility

Thank you to everyone at the Ministry of Education.