Youth Summit for Environment in KOBE

General Information

TITLE:Youth Summit for Environment in KOBE
SUMMARY:The participating children from twenty one different countries get together in Kobe from May 21st to May 24th. They discuss the environmental issues, and share feelings and thoughts on how the earth should be protected with our effort over the differences in each environment, culture and sense of values.
On the last day of the meeting, the children would send out their messages to the world for protecting the environment.
HOST:“Executive Committee of Youth Summit for Environment in Kobe” (Japan Education and Resource Network(JEARN), Intermediate Corporation G8 environment child summit, British Council, Environmental Business Women, Ministry of Education, Ministry of the Environment, Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe-City, Hyogo International Association, Globe Japan)
CO-HOST:Hyogo Promotion and Cooperation Committee for G8 Minister of Environment Meeting
AUSPICES:Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nippon Keidanren, The Japan Chamber of commerce and Industry, The Kobe Chamber of Commerce and Industry, The Goi Peace Foundation, The Kobe City Council of Social Welfare, Hyogo Prefecture BOE. Kobe City BOE, Japan Junior High School Headmasters’ Association, Japan Federation of Primary School Principals’ Association, Japan PTA Federation-Kinki Block, Hyogo PTA Federation, Kobe PTA Federation, Hyogo-Kobe University Consortium, HYOGOKEN SHIGAKU, Japan-Mongol Shirakaba Association, Sustainability Forum Japan, Network Earth Village-Environment and Peace NGO, Japan Broadcasting Corporation-Kobe, Mainichi Broadcasting System Inc., Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Kansai Telecasting Corporation, Television Osaka Inc., The Asahi Shimbun Company-Kobe, The Mainichi Newspaper Company, Osaka Yomiuri Corporation, The Sankei Shimbun-Kobe, Nikkei Inc.- Kobe, The Kobe Shimbun Company, Radio Kansai Ltd., Kiss-FM Kobe Corporation Ltd., Sun Television Corporation
DATE:May 21st – 24th, 2008
VENUES:
DATE WHAT PLACE NUMBER
May 21(Wed) Welcome Party Crowne Plaza Kobe about 270
May 22(Thu) Opening Ceremony Art Center of Kobe about1,000
May 22(Thu)～24(Sat) Summit Art Center of Kobe  
May 23(Fri) Gara Party Hyogo Host House about300
May 24(Sat) Closing Ceremony Art Center of Kobe about1,000
PARTICIPANTS:About 230 people
◎JAPAN／　Children30 Teachers 30
◎20 countries / area ／　Children40　Teachers 20
◎British Council ／　Students45 Teachers 15
◎Volunteers ／　about 50

21 countries/area
　 France, Italy, U.K., Germany, U.S.A., Canada, Russia, Brazil, India ,China ,South Africa, Mexico, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Mongolia, Australia, Kenya, Iran, Taiwan, Japan

LOGO:Logo
NOTICE


●You stay at a hotel where the host prepares for four nights from May 21st to May 24th.
●Two or three children stay together in one room.Teachers stay in different rooms, but at the same hotel.

Expenses covered by the host
Domestic transportation fee from the airport you arrive to the one you depart.
Flight charges.
Hotel accommodation and meals.

Operation Office

1-3-3 HigashiKawasaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo pref. Japan
650-0044 Kobe Harbor Land Center Building 14F, G8 Environmental Child Summit Office
TEL: (+81)80-78-371-8899 FAX: (+81)80-78-371-8809