Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

November 2nd, 2017

Summary
The 15th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies

○Date & Venue

Date: From 31 October to 2 November 2017

Venue: Hotel New Otani Hakata (Fukuoka city)

 

○ Participants: total 100 participants

 

○Theme: “Healthy Development of Children for Future Generations”

○Organizer: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

【Programme】
Day 1: Tuesday, 31 October 2017

○ Opening Address

- Dr. Yasuhiro Suzuki - Chief Medical & Global Health Officer, Vice-Minister for Health, MHLW  (PDF:187KB)
- Ms. Akie Omagari - Vice Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Dr. Sita Sumrit, Assistant Director, Poverty Eradication and Gender Division, ASEAN Secretariat

○ Keynote speech:Healthy Development of Children for Future Generations (PDF:2,796KB)

- Dr. Takashi Igarashi - C.E.O, National Center for Child Health and Development

○ Presentations from collaborative organization:

- Dr. Anthony Costello - Director, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MCA) , WHO (video message)
- Prof. Shinjiro Nozaki -External Relations Officer, WHO Centre for Health Development
JICA’s cooperation in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PDF:2,957KB)
- Ms. Keiko Osaki- Senior Advisor (Health), Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA)

○ Panel Session 1:

Developing infrastructure for secure and safe childbirth

○ Panel Session 2:

Strengthening seamless support for pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing

Day 2: Wednesday, 1 November 2017

○ Study Visit

Day 3: Thursday, 2 November 2017

○ Overview of Study Tour

- Dr. Tomoko Kodama Kawashima - Invited Senior Researcher, Department of International Health and Collaboration, National Institute of Public Health, Japan.(Board of Directors: Med. Corp. Assoc. “Midori-no-Kai”) (PDF:1,169KB)

○ Presentations from collaborative organization:

ILO and its Activities for Healthy Development of Children for Future Generations (PDF:778KB)
- Ms. Akiko Taguchi, Director, ILO office for Japan
ASEAN Health Cooperation Relevant to the Healthy Development of Children (PDF:385 KB)
- Dr. Sita Sumrit, Assistant Director, Poverty Eradication and Gender Division, ASEAN Secretariat
Current Practice for the Care of Children in the Community (PDF:3,981 KB)
- Prof. Kencho Matsuura, Professor, Fukuoka Prefectural University

○ Panel Session 3

Actions for workers who need support for childcare

○ Panel Session 4

Actions of governments for Healthy Development of Children

○ Adoption of Recommendation (PDF:116KB)

○ Closing Remark

- Mr. Kazuhisa Takahashi - Deputy Assistant Minister For International Policy Planning, International Affair’s Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MHLW (PDF:1,789KB)

Report on The 15th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies (with photos) (PDF:1,789KB)

APPENDIX

Background of the Meeting

The ASEAN and Japan High-Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies has been held since 2003 for the purpose of enhancing the development of human resources in health and social welfare in ASEAN regions and strengthening cooperative relationship between Japan and ASEAN countries.
Until the 8th Meeting held in 2010, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) invited high-level officials in charge of health and social welfare policies from the 10 ASEAN countries. From the 9th Meeting held in 2011, MHLW has invited officials in charge of employment policies as well as those in charge of health and social welfare policies for the promotion of cooperation in these three fields.
The Meeting is recognized as a vital platform which supports the ASEAN Plus Three (Japan, People’s Republic of China, and Republic of Korea) Health Ministers’ Meetings (AHMM+3) and the ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meetings on Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD+3) among the ASEAN countries. Japan reported the results of the Meeting to the above-mentioned ASEAN Plus Three Ministers’ Meetings.
ASEAN countries expressed profound expectation for the continuation of the Meetings.

 

○ Past themes of the ASEAN & 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
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