2012.09.02

持続可能性への取り組み（国際水環境プログラム）の年次報告

UNAI本部からの照会に対して、本学の持続可能性への取り組み（国際水環境プログラム）の年次報告を提出しました（英文）。

国連アカデミック・インパクトに参加する世界の大学の年次報告は、UNAI本部のサイトに順次、掲載される予定です。http://outreach.un.org/unai/
http://outreach.un.org/unai/resources/activity-reports/

Annual Report of UNAI Activities in Chuo University

Sustainable Development

Capacity Building in Global Water Environmental Engineering 

1. Name of institution    

Chuo University
Main Campus:
742-1 Higashinakano Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-0393 Japan

Korakuen Campus:
1-13-27, Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan

2. Reporting period         

Yearly.  The report is submitted at the end of the reporting period.

We will also provide information below to public.
(1) Our annual report to MEXT is also opened to public scrutiny.
(2) The Network for Education and Research of our project will hold meeting five times a year.
(3) Each year an international symposium will be held overseas.

3. Activities       

Sustainability of water is a key to the future of the human and the earth. Water issues should be considered from trans-disciplinary aspects. They are (a) as an essential resource for human life; water quality and safety, (b) as an essential resource for human activity; resource management, supply, consumption and recycling, (c) as the natural environment; flood-control measure and greening of the desert, and (d) as the inter-regional and international management policy of river, coast and ocean.

We are actively promoting “Program for Capacity Building in Global Water Environmental Engineering” at Chuo University Postgraduate School of Science and Engineering to perform a series of systematic education and training on these issues.

This program is promoted in the context of United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and is currently supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan.

The program has a unique educational curriculum, in order to master the industrial environment and governmental climate, as well as to nurture the water environment and water treatment technicians as highly specialized professionals with a global perspective who respect the history, culture and climate of each country.

4. Partners        

(*) International consortium for our project is organized in 2011, whose member universities are Tsinghua University (Beijing), Hohai University (Nanjing), Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou), Sichuan University (Chengdu), Shnaghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai), Beijing Normal University (Beijing), Dalian University of Technology (Dalian) in China, Inha University (Incheon), Chonbuk National University (JeonJu), Yeungnum University (Gyeongsan), in Republic of Korea, and Water Resources University (Hanoi) in Vietnam as well as Chuo University, Japan.

(*) Practical education is assisted by the community network of corporations and research institutions formed by TEAM WATER JAPAN (http://www.waterforum.jp/twj/), which is closely related to our university.

5. Priority theme                          

Sustainability

6. Products        

(*) Education and Research meeting and international symposium reports can be found online at the URL:
http://global.chuo-u.ac.jp/english/iwee/

7. Success stories            

In light of the 2nd Japan-China-Korea Summit held on October 2009, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), in 2010, established this program as a central activity of the “highly skilled professional development projects through the exchange among universities of Japan, China, the Republic of Korea and other countries” which is now called “Campus Asia Project.”

8. Lessons learned          

We annually hold international symposium at overseas. The objective of the symposium is to exchange information on the current water-related issues and solutions in Japan and Asian countries and on the latest technology. Reflecting the results of the symposium in the curriculum of the program is expected to make contributions to more practical capacity building.