2011年の活動
| 28th, Apr. |
| The article which Kumamoto city is certified as fair trade city in Kumamoto social bank newsletter Vol.9. Shoko Akashi get an award "The second Kumamoto social bank grand prize". (Conferment ceremony in July.) |
| Article that Syoko Akashi get an award "The second Kumamoto social bank grand prize" in Kumamoto social bank newsletter.This award is for the past expectation of growing fair trade.Conferment ceremony, workshop, "The economics of happiness" showing and talk show will be held in the general meeting of Kumamoto social bank on July.(Organizer: Kumamoto social bank)
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| 23th, 24th Apr. 10:00～17:00 |
| Setting up a booth at Earth Week Kumamoto 2011 |
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| Earth Week Kumamoto is held twenty-two times, this event is thinking of environment of local and earth.No my car day, making eco bag and panels from Apr. 22th to 29th.Fair trade steering committee attends every year, selling fair trade products, curry and desserts.
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| 【Location】The space in front of Kumamoto bus terminal (center coat) |
【Organizer】 Support |
| 【Participants】200 |
【Person in charge】Takahashi |
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| Date: Apr. 17th 9:30- |
| Setting up a booth at Yojoen festival |
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| Thanks to Takekuma professor, we could attend this event.Setting up a fair trade booth and selling fair trade products such as clothes, goatskin bag, chocolate and coffee with about 60 open booths.
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| 【Location】 Kikuchi Yojoen |
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| 17th Apr. |
| Debriefing session article in Kumanichi newspaper (Report City certification from foreign fair trade activists.) |
| Debriefing session article in Kumanichi newspaper, introduction of them and fair trade coffee beans in Malmo city.
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| 15th Apr. Debriefing session 18:30 to 19:30、Reception party 20pm to 22pm |
| Debriefing session of Garstang and Malmo and reception party |
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・ Debriefing session
Greeting Michael and Norma Tempan who are teachers from Garstang, birthplace of fair trade, and Rina and Kalle who engage fair trade ambassador training course debriefed each local activity and accomplishment. There were advices and exchange of opinions for Kumamoto city.
・ Reception party
Amiable and relaxed party with guests who understand fair trade, we got warm and fuzzy messages from Guests.
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Debriefing session：Kumamoto City International Center 2nd floor
Reception party：Chisun hotel 1F. Restaurant Cielo |
【Organizer】 Debriefing session：NGO fair trade Kumamoto
Reception party：Fair trade city steering committee |
| 【Participants】Debriefing session：40、Reception party：50 |
【Person in charge】Aoki |
| 【Volunteer staff】12〜15 |
| 【media】 Youtube1 Youtube2 |
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| 14th Apr. |
| NGO fair trade Kumamoto article in Career design navi Step! of students at PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO |
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| Introduction of activity principle of NGO fair trade Kumamoto and approach to Fair trade city, also Syoko Akashi's advice and message for students article in he magazine.
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| 2nd, 3rd Apr. |
| Cooperation with the 7th Samurai festival |
| Samurai festival is the event which high school students are executive every year.Originally, This event start in order to talk about the future of Kumamoto with high school students, mayor and people of downtown stores There are lots of events such as open discussion with mayor and bazaar.Loveland cooperates to provide clothes for fashion show and fair trade products every year.It's so lively event for two days. |
| 【Location】 Bipuresu Hiroba, Shimotori arcade in Kumamoto city |
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| April |
| Everyone's Fair trade festival in Kumamoto article in Vol.34 Syunjusai which is public magazine of PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO |
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| "Fair colle and Tsuji talk - Fair trade collection 2010 Winter" is held on Dec. 4th 2010 Fashion show by students affiliated schools and meeting with Shinnichi Tsuji to get better understanding of Fair trade.
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| 26th and 27th Mar. 2011 10am to 17pm |
| Setting up a booth at Sakura festival 2011 (with International exchange and cooperation organization (NGO)) |
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| NGO cooperation Sakura festival is the event to introduce activity contents of NGO, NPO and international exchange association activated in Kumamoto and make opportunity to attend to the activity.There were many events, such as presentation of cross-cultural experience, workshop, putting on ethnic costume, quiz larry.Visitors who are curious about foreign cooperation activity exchanged of opinions in places. |
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【Organizer】 Kumamoto International Foundation |
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【Person in charge】Tanaka. |
| 【Volunteer staff】8 |
| 【media】 Kumamoto Nichinichi newspaper |
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| 26th |
| Submission of 10,000 signatures article in Kumanichi newspaper |
| Submission of 10,000 signatures to Seishi Koyama Kumamoto mayor and Seiji Sakata city assembly chairman article at Apr. 24th in Kumanichi newspaper.The content of article is signature rally since Autumn 2009 in order to get the 1000th certification in the world as fair trade town, also at the first fair trade town in the Asia as well. |
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| Feb. 24th |
| Submission of 10,000 signatures to Seishi Koyama Kumamoto mayor and Seiji Sakata city assembly chairman. |
| Submission of 10,000 signatures to Kumamoto city government Seishi Koyama Kumamoto mayor is out of office, Yoshiaki Hando bureau chief responded instead. This event showed on television (KKT "televitamin and RKK "Pure Pure". |
| 【Location】 Cultural international department in Kumamoto city government |
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| Feb. 23th |
| 10,000 signatures of fair trade city steering fulfillment. |
| Fair trade Steering signature rally in front of fine building on Shimotori street on 23th Feb.We could collect 10,000 signatures to fulfill the first Fair trade city in Asia for one and half year. |
| 【Location】 In front of fine building on Shimotori street in Kumamoto city |
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【Person in charge】Takefuji |
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| Feb. 20th 13:30 - |
| Shoko Akashi gives lectures "Set out fair trade town " in Bengalee tradition and women - Nokushikata.) |
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| Shoko Akashi gives lectures "Set out fair trade town " |
| 【Location】 Art complex center in Tokyo |
【Organizer】 Specified nonprofit corporation "Shaplaneer = overseas cooperation meet by citizen" |
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| Feb. 17th to Feb. 25th |
| Panels in Kumamoto city government |
| Fair trade documents, picture of local producers and traditional fancywork of Bangladesh "Nokushikata" were displayed in Kumamoto city government 1st floor. |
| 【Location】 Kumamoto city government 1st floor |
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| 【Participants】7 |
【Person in charge】Takefuji |
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| 【media】Kumamoto Nichinichi newspaper |
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| Feb. 7th |
| Fair trade article of Bangladesh in Kumanichi newspaper (Civil activity in Kumamoto) |
| Kumamoto Mainichi newspaper article in Fair trade seminar 2011 (Nokushikata - Bengalee tradition and women) reports at 21th Jan..Because traditional fancywork of Bangladesh "Nokushikata" brings in Fair trade, it's conservation of Nokushikata.Specified nonprofit corporation "Shaplaneer = overseas cooperation meet by citizen" and activity by Fair trade steering committee were introduced. |
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| 4th Feb. |
| Interview with Eriko Takefuji (vice representative) and Café Hachidori articles in the Feb. issue of the mocos. |
| Kumamoto’s economic status is expected to rise after the opening of the entire Kyushu Shinkansen Line in March of 2011.The Kumamoto information magazine, mocos, in collaboration with the feature, MachixHito, on KAB TV, created the new feature, Sakura Toiro. This feature brought ten women who can be said to be key people of Kumamoto City into the public eye and showed what they think of Kumamoto. Vice-Representative of Fair Trade Kumamoto, Eriko Takefuji, was one of these women. The article, appearing in mocos, featured an interview with her and talked about the Fair Trade Student cafe at the Kumamoto International Center.After working at a TV station in Kumamoto for about ten years, she studied Peace & Conflict Resolution at a university in the Republic of Ireland. Since returning to Kumamoto, she has promoted fair trade. This article is filled with her thoughts on fair trade. |
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| Feb. 4th |
| Shoko Akashi, a representative of fair trade Kumamoto, on the feature "Furusato information station" in KAB TV station |
| Shoko Akashi is a representative of fair trade Kumamoto. She appeared in the feature "new discovery in Kumamoto" of "Furusato information station" which is broadcasted every Friday on KAB (Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting Co, Ltd.)The progress of collecting 10,000 signatures on the street to become fair trade city was broadcasted. And she said that nowadays many people know about fair trade: She met people who carried fair trade books with them, others studied about fair trade in school. |
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| 25th Jan. |
| Fair Trade meeting article in the Mainichi newspaper (Japan's original principal "Contribution to local vitalization" is added to Fair trade town principles. ) |
| The progress of the Fair trade Network Preparation Committee on the 22nd and 23rd was reported on the economic page in Kumanichi Newspaper. The article was about the Japanese original standard, "Contribution to local vitalization", which was added at the meeting. The article went on to include an explanation by Representative Mrs. Akashi on how by joining with a thousand other cities around the world in becoming a fair trade city, Kumamoto City will gain more prominence in the world.So far fair trade articles in culture page but in this time the article in economic page, it showed the fair trade movement in Kumamoto had a step forward. |
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| 23th 18:00-21:00 |
| Fair trade seminar invited professor Ryuya Watanabe and exchange meeting |
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| At the end of the fair trade meeting in January, Professor Ryuya Watanabe, professor at Tokyo Business University and a representative director of FTTJ, spoke at the seminar, "What is a fair trade city?"In his lecture, he went over the merits of becoming a fair trade city. Such merits included raising the value of the city, being connected with a thousand towns and cities around the world, being part of an international problems solution.After the seminar, each participant wrote on a piece of paper what they can do and what they want to do in the fair trade city and shared it with the other participants. Some participants drew pictures that moved others to tears. There was a sense of unity among the participants as they shared their visions for the city. It was a warm and heartfelt exchange filled with hope and willingness to achieve a fair trade city in Kumamoto. |
| 【Location】 Kumamoto City International Center |
【Organizer】 Fair trade city steering committee |
| 【Participants】 30 |
【Person in charge】 Takefuji. |
| 【Volunteer staff】 12 |
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:22th 13:00-17:00 closed meeting、17:00-19:30 semi closed meeting、20:00-21:30 dining together 23th、 9:00-17:00 closed meeting
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| The 4th fair trade town network meeting in Kumamoto |
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| Fair Trade Town Japan (FTTJ) was established on January 22th, 2011, and has taken many steps to create fair trade towns in Japan.This has involved obtaining authorization for creating fair trade towns in Japan as well as promoting the creation of fair trade towns in multiple cities across Japan. FTTJ is comprised of people from various regions, including Sapporo, Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Kumamoto, who are concerned about education, the fair trade label and the fair trade student network in Japan. Meetings have been held in Tokyo, Nagoya and most recently in Kumamoto.This meeting lasted for two days, including a semi-closed meeting and a closed meeting. People from various businesses attended the semi-closed meeting. These were people interested in Kumamoto Prefecture, the city, the media or fair trade shops in general. With the excitement surrounding Kumamoto becoming Japan’s first fair trade city, many people had different opinions and the meeting saw an active exchange of ideas. In this meeting, Japanese fair trade authorizing standards were determined and Fair Trade Town Japan (FTTJ) was formally established as an organization for promoting the fair trade movement in Japan. |
| 【Location】 Kumamoto City International Center 2F |
【Organizer】Fair trade city steering committee |
| 【Participants】 Closed meeting 25 Semi-closed meeting: 46
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【Person in charge】 Tsue |
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| Jan. 21th 19:00-21:00 |
| Fair trade seminar "Nokushikata ~ Bengal tradition and women~" |
| Tomoko Uchiyama, who lived in Bangladesh for three years and works for the international NGO, Shaplaneer, held a lecture on Nokushikata on January 21th, 2011. Nokushikata is the traditional embroidery in Bangladesh. Ms. Uchiyama introduced the culture of Nokushikata, how it is passed down from mother to daughter, and what the women think of Nokushikata. Moreover, she told us about the Nokushikata producers, their hopes of improving their financial situations and how the fair trade movement has influenced their lives. Nowadays in Bangladesh, there are many movements to improve the lives of women through the production of Nokushikata. She explained the meaning of and the problems of fair trade according to each producers and the changes that have come as a result of their participation in fair trade. |
| 【Location】 Kumamoto City International Center 2F |
【Organizer】 Shaplaneer |
| 【Participants】 35 |
【Person in charge】 Iseri |
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| 20th Jan. |
| Announcement of fair trade seminar |
| Fair trade lecture "Nokushikata ~ Bengal Tradition and Women~" on Jan. 21th announcement article in Kumanichi newspaper |
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