The 2005 JCCP Post-Graduate Conflict Prevention Seminar Course will be held from August 1st to 26th 2005. As most of the lectures will be in Japanese, with some in English, applicants are required to have a good knowledge of the Japanese language as well as communicative English ability.

Details are as follows:

Time frame:   The course will run from Monday 1st August to Friday 26th August (Wednesday afternoons are free, as are weekends and the Japanese festival of Obon between 12th and 16th August). There will be three lecture sessions per day, as follows:
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 10:00~11:30
13:00~14:30
15:00~16:30

Contents:   41 lecture sessions of 90 minutes each will cover topics such as:
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 Modern conflict prevention research
Japanese NGOs and emergency humanitarian relief efforts
Canada and conflict prevention
Conflict issues in specific areas, such as Sri Lanka, Palestine, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Afghanistan
DDR and conflict prevention
UNHCR/UNICEF and conflict prevention
Dealing with the problem of small arms
(For complete details of the course plan in Japanese, please see http://www.earthhotel.jp)

Location:   The entire Seminar Course will be held in Roppongi as follows
  2nd floor, Roppongi 5-10-20, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
(See www.earthhotel.jp for address and map)

Requirements:   Applicants should be university graduates (students and workers) with a strong interest in conflict prevention and peace-building. People with experience in developing countries and NGOs are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a good knowledge of the Japanese language (in order to attend lectures and participate in discussions in Japanese) and communicative English ability. It is also vital that applicants be able to attend the entire course.

Fee:        30,000yen

Applications:   Please send the following by post to the Japan Center for Conflict Prevention’s head office in Tokyo, to arrive no later than Friday, June 24th 2004:
  1. Resume (including a photo, email address and day-time telephone number)
2. Letter of motivation (one A4 page)

The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (JCCP)
4th floor, 5-10-20 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0023

Queries will be accepted by email ([email protected]) or fax (+81-3-3584-7528).

Successful applicants will be contacted and invited to attend an interview in Tokyo, which will be held between July 4th and 8th. We regret that we cannot return any materials to applicants.

To read more about the JCCP Post-Graduate Seminar Course in English, please see http://www.earthhotel.jp/eng/pro/postgraduate.htm. Details about the 2004 course are available in Japanese at http://www.earthhotel.jp/jpn/pro/p.g/main.htm.

Update: 2005/6/16