Summary
The 16th ASEAN and Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies
○ Date and Venue:
Date: From 5 December to 7 December 2018
Venue: Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel（Yokohama city）
○ Participants: total about 70 participants
- ASEAN+3 member states: high level officials from Health, Welfare sector, and Labour sectors
- Collaborators
- The ASEAN Secretariat
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)
- International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Japan
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Kanagawa Prefecture
- Yokohama City - Experts
- Dr. Aya Abe, Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
- Dr. Hideto Iketani, Professor, Tokyo Heisei University
- Dr. Yukio Shimbo, Professor, Kanagawa, University of Human Services
- Ms. Yumiko Watanabe, Chairperson of NPO Kids' Door
- Ms. Shukuko Koyama, Assistant Professor, Waseda University - General audiences
○ Theme: “Promoting Inclusive Society Through Empowering Children and Youth and Alleviating Poverty”
○ Organizer: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
【Program】
Day1:Wednesday, 5 December 2018
○ Opening Address:
- Dr. Yasuyuki Sahara, Councillor, Minister’s Secretariat,Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Ms. Yuri Arakida, Deputy Mayor of Yokohama City
- Mr. H.E. Kung Phoak, Deputy Secretary-General, ASEAN Socio-Culture Community (ASCC), ASEAN Secretariat
○ Keynote speech: “The Poverty Among Japanese Children and Youths: Issues and Policies”（PDF:2,915KB）
- Dr. Aya Abe, Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
○ Presentations from collaborative organizations:
- “Early Essential Newborn Care: A healthy start to every newborn”（PDF:1,000KB）
- Dr. Howard L. Sobel, Coordinator, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Division of NCD and Health through the Life-Course, WPRO (video message) - “Enabling and Inclusive Employment Support: Supported employment and job coach for the youth with disabilities”（PDF:3,450KB）
- Dr. Kenji Kuno, Senior Advisor (Social Welfare), JICA
○ Panel Session 1: Establishing social protection for poverty prevention
- Moderator:
- Mr. H.E. Kung Phoak, Deputy Secretary-General, ASEAN Socio-Culture Community (ASCC), ASEAN Secretariat
- Dr. Hideto Iketani, Professor, Tokyo Heisei University - Introduction: “Development and Current Situation of Livelihood Protection in Japan”（PDF:775KB）
- Dr. Hideto Iketani - Presentaters:
- The People’s Republic of China（PDF:289KB）
- Republic of the Union of Myanmar（PDF:866KB）
- Republic of Singapore（PDF:1,122KB）
○ Panel Session 2: Collaboration in health/welfare services for children/youth needing support, and capacity development for human resources in local community
- Moderators:
- Dr. Pattiselanno Roberth Johan, Senior Advisor to the Minister for Health Decentralization, Secretariat of General, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia
- Dr. Yukio Shimbo, Professor, Kanagawa, University of Human Services - Introduction:“Child Poverty and Intergenerational Chain of Poverty”（PDF:224KB）
- Dr. Yukio Shimbo - Presentations:
- “Support for Youths in Yokohama City”（PDF:1,604KB）by Mr. Taro Uchida, Director of the Youth Consultation Center, Child and Youth Bureau, Yokohama City
- Malaysia（PDF:1,031KB）
- Republic of the Philippines（PDF:5,589KB）
- Kingdom of Thailand（PDF:1,799KB）
○ Panel Session 3: Support for economic independence, including employment of parents with youths/children
- Moderators:
- Ms. Mega Irena, Head of Labour and Civil Service, ASCC Department, ASEAN Secretariat
- Ms. Yumiko Watanabe, Chairperson of NPO Kids' Door - Introduction:“Initiatives and Issues on Empowerment Toward the Economic Independence for Children and Youths”（PDF:1,616KB）
- Ms. Yumiko Watanabe - Presentations:
- Kingdom of Cambodia（634KB）
- Republic of Indonesia（3,407KB）
Day2: Thursday, 6 December 2018
○ Study Visit:
- Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office; Courtesy call on the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture;
“Health Care New Frontier” Kanagawa’s Innovative Policy for the challenges of Super Aging Society”（6,737KB）
- Mr. Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture. - Yokohama Youth Exchange and Support Space (Sakura Living)（2,355KB）
- Yokohama Youth Support Station(1,577KB）
- Kanagawa Prefectural Support Center for Children’s Independent Living “Kirari”（2,432KB）
“Measures to Support for the Children in Poverty of Kanagawa Prefecture”（2,667KB）
- Ms. Michiko Kemmotsu, Director, Children Support Division, Children’s Future Department, Welfare and Children’s Future Bureau, Kanagawa Prefectural Government
Day3: Friday, 7 December 2018
○ Review of Study Tour:
- Mr. Lewis Wong, Senior Assistant Director (International Relations), Customer and International Relations Division, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore
○ Panel Session 4: The roles of the national government, local governments, community, and relevant organizations towards eradicating poverty
- Moderator:
- Ms. Shukuko Koyama, Assistant Professor, Waseda University - Presentations:
- “Employment Support Toward the Eradication of Poverty and Empowerment of Children and Youths (Global Trends and ILO’s Initiatives)”（1,106KB） by Ms. Akiko Taguchi, Director of the ILO Office for Japan
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic（99KB）
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam（706KB）
○ Adoption of Recommendations（234KB）
○ Closing:
- Mr. Toru Kajiwara, Director of the Office of International Cooperation, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
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Report on The 16th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies (with photos)（1,137KB） |
APPENDIX
○ Background of the Meeting:
The ASEAN and Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies has been organized by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan since 2003. The purpose of the meeting is to enhance human resource development in health and social welfare areas, and to strengthen the Japan-ASEAN cooperative relationship.
This Meeting has been recognized as a vital platform to support the ASEAN Plus Three (Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea) Health Ministers’ Meetings as well as the ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meetings on Social Welfare and Development. Japan reports the outcome of the Meeting to the ASEAN Plus Three Ministers’ Meetings.
Since 2011, MHLW has invited officials in charge of employment policies in addition to health and social welfare experts, with a view to promoting cooperation in these three related fields.
○ Past themes of the ASEAN and Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies:
| The 1st Meeting | November 2003 | Human Resource Development for Social Welfare and Health Services |
| The 2nd Meeting | August 2004 | Development of Human Resources and Implications of Aging Societies |
| The 3rd Meeting | August 2005 | Health and Welfare Services for Children and People with Disabilities |
| The 4th Meeting | August 2006 | Support to Vulnerable People (Children and Women) |
| The 5th Meeting | August 2007 | Collaboration of Social Welfare and Health Services, and Development of Human Resources and Community -Community Services for the Elderly- |
| The 6th Meeting | September 2008 | Healthy Next Generation: - Strengthening Joint Collaboration between Health and Social Welfare - |
| The 7th Meeting | August 2009 | Towards an Inclusive Society -Strengthening the collaboration between social welfare, health and medical systems for Children with Disabilities- |
| The 8th Meeting | August 2010 | Poverty alleviation with a focus on vulnerable people - through strengthening collaboration between the social welfare and health services- |
| The 9th Meeting | October 2011 | Human resource development in the sectors of welfare and health -with a focus on capacity building of service providers and employability promotion of vulnerable people- |
| The 10th Meeting | October 2012 | Caring Societies for the Socially Vulnerable Suffering after Natural Disaster |
| The 11th Meeting | December 2013 | Active Aging |
| The 12th Meeting | October 2014 | Resilient Communities for Active Aging |
| The 13th Meeting | October 2015 | People-Centered Disaster Risk Reduction and Restoration |
| The 14th Meeting | November 2016 | Facilitating the participation and improvement for the accessibility for those who need a social support |
| The 15th Meeting | November 2016 | Healthy Development of Children for Future Generations |