2019年8月28日～30日、第7回アフリカ開発会議（TICAD7）が横浜で開催されます。世界銀行は、日本政府、国連、国連開発計画（UNDP）、アフリカ連合委員会（AUC）とともに、TICAD7の共催団体です。
世界銀行では、TICAD7 開催期間中、公式サイドイベント「アフリカと日本の科学技術イノベーションにおける大学・産学連携の促進」を開催しました。
2019年8月28日～30日、第7回アフリカ開発会議（TICAD7）が横浜で開催されます。世界銀行は、日本政府、国連、国連開発計画（UNDP）、アフリカ連合委員会（AUC）とともに、TICAD7の共催団体です。
世界銀行では、TICAD7 開催期間中、公式サイドイベント「アフリカと日本の科学技術イノベーションにおける大学・産学連携の促進」を開催しました。
本セッションでは、SDGsや社会経済課題解決に向け、大学・産学連携による教育・研究・イノベーションの質向上を進めるには何が必要か、世銀がアフリカで支援する高等教育プログラムの具体例、将来の連携の可能性などについて議論しました。
司会
ウスビ・サコ
京都精華大学 学長
開会挨拶
財務省
アフリカにおける課題と機会について
ハフェズ・ガネム
世界銀行 アフリカ地域 副総裁
PASETの紹介
ユージーン・ムティムラ
ルワンダ教育大臣
当日の資料： Introduction of PASET and ACE （PDF）
世界銀行支援プロジェクトを用いた大学パートナシップモデルについて
サジータ・バシール
世界銀行 教育グローバルプラクティス アドバイザー
当日の資料： University Partnership Models: ACE and PASET RSIF （PDF）
討論：アフリカー日本大学のパートナーシップについて
討論者：
マイク・ヒューズ
ルワンダ教育省 科学技術アドバイザー
アミット・ダー
世界銀行 人間開発プラクティスグループ アフリカ地域担当局長
ウスビ・サコ
京都精華大学 学長
ジェラルド・ミシンゾ
タンザニア ソコイネ農業大学 教授 ワンヘルスのためのSACIDS財団（感染症監視南部アフリカセンター、SACIDs：Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance）アフリカセンターオブエクセレンス リーダー
当日の資料： SACIDS - Africa Center of Excellence for Infectious Diseases （PDF）
アフリカ大学間連携フォーラム
日時: 2019年9月2日（月）午後2時30分～午後5時（午後2時受付開始）
アフリカ産学パートナーシップ・フォーラム
日時: 2019年9月3日（火）午後2時30分～午後5時（午後2時受付開始）
サブサハラ・アフリカ地域は、高等教育や研究成果で遅れをとっています。これは、大学での教育の質の悪さや大学進学ができるような優秀な中高生の人材供給不足に関連しています。高等教育と研究成果、特に科学、技術、農業、保健などの関連分野を強化することは、より高い開発への影響をもたらします。科学・技術系の人材不足は、企業や労働者による新技術の吸収、普及、適応を制限し、気候変動のような開発課題への取り組みをさらに困難にさせます。
SDGsにも関連するこれらの開発課題に取り組むために、世界銀行ではアフリカ地域の高等教育支援プログラムのAfrica Center of Excellence（ACE）、およびPASET: Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technologyという重要なイニシアティブを推進しています。ACEプロジェクトは、選別された20か国のアフリカの大学の72センターに投資し、研究・教育能力向上、アフリカ地域や海外の大学間、および産業界とのパートナーシップ作り、そして質の高い修士・博士課程のプログラム作りを支援しています。PASETは、世界銀行が事務局となりアフリカの政府が立ち上げ、企業や他ドナーと共に高等教育や職業技術教育において科学技術スキルを向上させる人材育成を目的としたプログラムです。パートナーシップ構築においてはアジアやラテンアメリカを事例に学び、関係構築をしてきたということが特徴的です。フラッグシップイニシアティブは、汎アフリカ科学基金であるRegional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF)で、PhD奨学金、研究費やイノベーション費（研究実装費）を提供しています。RSIFは、サブサハラ・アフリカ地域で選別された各10ホスト大学での博士課程、応用科学、技術や工学の分野のキャパシティ向上を目的としています。
ACEとPASETは、アフリカ地域プラットフォームとして、外国の大学や企業とパートナーシップを築きながら、教育・研究やイノベーションの質向上を目指しています。本セッションでは、アフリカの国々が抱える課題や大学パートナーシップや研究実装がいかに高等教育や研究の質向上に貢献したかについて議論しました。
Dr. Hafez Ghanem, an Egyptian and French national, is the Vice President of the World Bank for Africa since July 1, 2018. A development expert with over 30 years of experience, Dr. Ghanem leads an active regional portfolio consisting of over 600 projects totaling more than $71 billion. Under his leadership, the World Bank supports inclusive growth and poverty reduction by financing projects that boost human capital, support private sector development, raise agricultural productivity, improve access to infrastructure, build resilience to climate change, and promote regional integration. Intensifying assistance for fragile and conflict-affected states, promoting gender equality, and providing economic opportunities for youth are core to his vision for the Africa Region. Prior to his appointment as Vice President for Africa, Dr. Ghanem served as Vice President of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa from 2015 to 2018, overseeing the World Bank’s engagement with 20 countries. Leading up to this, he was a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in the Global Economy and Development program leading the Arab economies project, focused on the impact of political transition on Arab economic development. Between 2007 and 2012, he served as the Assistant Director-General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). He was responsible for the Economic and Social Development Department and the FAO’s analytical work on agricultural economics and food security, trade and markets, gender and equity, and statistics. In this role, he and his counterpart at the OECD coordinated the preparation of the International Organizations’ recommendations to the 2011 G20 meeting on how to respond to the global food crisis. He also led the reforms of the Committee on World Food Security to make it more inclusive and responsive to country needs. Dr. Ghanem’s career at the World Bank has spanned over 24 years (1983-2007), during which he has worked on Bank operations and initiatives in over 20 countries in Africa, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, and Southeast Asia. He has many publications in professional journals and was a member of the core team that produced the World Bank’s 1995 World Development Report.
Hon. Dr. Eugene Mutimura is the current Minister of Education in the Republic of Rwanda, and ensures that the Ministry of Education develops and implements policies that provide equal opportunities to Rwandans to access high quality education through world class learning facilities and renowned learning institutions. Dr. Mutimura previously worked at the Inter-University Council of East Africa. He Coordinated the Eastern and Southern African Centers of Excellence project funded by the World Bank in 8 countries, to support research and education in 16 Universities. As a trainer with substantial pedagogical and research experience, Dr. Mutimura oversees the Ministry of Education policies that underpin national agenda to collaborate with African colleagues to utilize technology to transform education and research, and advance scientific discovery to leverage national and regional labour market opportunities. Dr. Mutimura believes that the most valuable investment lies in education, and nurturing of talents for young scientists. With the support from the Government of Rwanda, and in collaboration with various partners, the Ministry of Education will continue to contribute and advocate for improved commitment and investments in science and research to advance Rwanda’s vision to become a knowledge-based economy.
Born in Mali in 1966, Oussouby SACKO studied in China, majoring in architecture. Residing in Japan since 1991, he earned his PhD at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Architecture, researching relationships between society and architectural space. His publications include Literacy and Culture of Knowledge (Nakanishiya Publishing, 2007). Joining Kyoto Seika University in 2001, he was promoted to Professor in 2013. On April 1, 2018, he was inaugurated as President of the University.
Dr. Sajitha Bashir is Advisor for Science, Technology and Innovation in the Office of the Global Director, Education Global Practice at the World Bank. She was the Manager for Education in the Eastern and Southern Africa region of the World Bank, where she oversaw a large portfolio of education projects and analytical work in 20 countries. She has more than 25 years of experience leading policy dialogue, projects, and research in education and other social sectors from her work for the Bank in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America; in India’s national and state governments; and in various donor agencies. She catalyzed the creation in 2013 of the Partnership for Skills in Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (PASET), which is mobilizing African governments, new development partners, and the private sector to strengthen skills development, higher education, and research in the areas of science and technology. She is the co-author of Facing Forward: Schooling for Learning in Africa, a flagship study of the World Bank on the quality of basic education in Africa. She has published widely in education and related fields. Before joining the World Bank, she was chief consultant for research and evaluation with the government of India’s national school education program. She holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the London School of Economics.
Mike Hughes is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years experience in the Power Industry, Telecommunications, and more recently in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and Strategy. His experience spans both Africa and UK. In Zambia he was head of telecommunications and electro-technical for the power company. In the UK as a manager for the National Grid Company including Programme and Business manager for the build of a National Fibre Optic Network. He was appointed as Science, Technology and Innovation Advisor to the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology, and Research from 2004-2006, Ministry in the President's Office in Charge of Science, Technology and Information Communication Technologies from 2006-2009, and Ministry of Education since August 2009.
An economist by training, Amit has worked extensively on education, labor markets, skills development, and social protection, as well as results-based financing. He has held various positions in South Asia and in the Social Protection Anchor Unit, his recent assignment being Director of the Education Global Practice. His current position is Regional Director for Human Development in Africa. Amit holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University.
Gerald Misinzo, holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine from Sokoine University of Agriculture, an MSc in Molecular Biology from the Catholic University of Leuven and a Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary Medicine from Ghent University. He is an associate professor of virology, immediate past (July 2014 to June 2019) head of Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Biotechnology and leader of the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance – Africa Center of Excellence for Infectious Diseases of Humans and Animals in Southern and Eastern Africa (SACIDS-ACE; http://www.sacids.org). SACIDS-ACE is a One Health partnership of medical and veterinary institutions whose Vision and Mission are rooted in the quest for enhancing Africa’s capacity for the science evidence based risk management of infectious diseases through the One Health approach. His major research interest is on transboundary animal diseases of short cycle stocks such as domestic pigs, sheep, goats, poultry and fish that affect livelihoods and food security, such as African swine fever and peste des petits ruminants. At the moment, my expression of interest has been nominated for submission of a full proposal for the Oliver R Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARCI) 2019.