TDLC has established four thematic groups for its learning programs. With its global network on development, partner collaboration, and access to Japanese expertise, TDLC is in an ideal position to deliver the most effective programs possible.
2010/05/31
286 participants from 9 countries joined the Blended Learning Course on Partograph, jointly organized by the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), World Health Organization (WHO), and Kitasato University School of Nursing via video conference on April 28, 2010.
2010/05/24
The Mother and Child Health Training Program in Mongolia, jointly delivered annually by the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), Kitasato University School of Nursing, and the Mongolian Nurses Association since 2008, hosted its third Training on April 15, 2010. This year, a new partner, the World Health Organization (WHO) joined and 543 Mongolian midwives and nurses participated in the training. 
2010/04/27
In the 6th round of the Microfinance Training of Trainers Course, the African Development Bank (AfDB) joined us as our newest partner, and more students from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda were able to join the course, through the support provided by AfDB. 174 graduates from more than 30 countries became certified trainers from the 6th round, bringing the number of certified trainers to a total of 509.
The highlights of the MFTOT6 End-Course Evaluation is now available here.
2010/04/01
February 19, 2010: As part of the Orphan Meets Artist: “Kenyan Orphans meet Japanese Artist” program, artist Yoshinari Nishio who has returned to Japan after completing his art workshop in Kenya, Michiko Kusunoki of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Shunsuke Ishida of Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) discussed about art in Africa and the link between art and development. This talk was featured (Japanese language only) at the World Bank Tokyo office website
2010/03/25
What is “social economy”?
“We do not have a single term for the social economy; we have no universal definition,” says Jurgen Schwettmann, Deputy Director for the Geneva-based International Labour Organization.
“The term covers an astonishing diversity of different organizations and institutions,” he remarked in an address to a videoconference held at TDLC on November 25.
Promoting knowledge-sharing for development through videoconference based distance-learning.
This program has been postponed until autumn, please watch this space for updates on the new date and time.
The poor, with their limited assets and resources, are often excluded from formal insurance instruments. In many developing countries, the poor have resorted to other instruments – credits, grain banks, remittances, savings, etc – to tide them over during times of hardship. Microinsurance is thus seen as an effective instrument to protect the poor from the increasing impacts of disasters. It is flexible enough to suit the particular needs of the clients and to accommodate non-traditional institutional arrangements.
This session will highlight the various innovations on the application of microinsurance in DRM and the experiences and insights of practitioners.
Partners
This session is part of a larger program. For more information see Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific - 2010 Series
May 12, 2010 18:30-20:30 (JST)
In commermoration of International Midwives’ Day (5th of May) and International Nurses’ Day (12th of May), a seminar will be held on May 12. 2010. Sister Yukie Makino (77) and Sister Michiko Hirama (70 yrs) will connect from Madagascar to talk about the status in Madagascar, their efforts and hardships they’ve encountered as a medical service provider in the country, and also about the needs of the people who seek their services.
April 28, 2010 16:00~18:15 (JST)
World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), and Kitasato University School of Nursing will host a blended learning course on Partograph. The partograph is a simple reliable tool for graphically recording the progress of labor and monitoring the health of the mother and the fetus. The partograph serves as an “early warning system” and assists in early decision making on interventions in labor.
Reporting by Sister Makino and Sister Hirama
Sister Makino and patient with her newborn baby at the Ave Maria Maternity Hospital. Antsirabe, Madagascar. Photo by Y. Fukunaga
105 participants crowded in to the video conference studio at the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), on May 12, 2010 to listen to two Franciscan Sisters, Yukie Makino and Michiko Hirama talk about their experiences of working as medical staff in Madagascar.
An assessment of the TDLC Project has been conducted in line with completion of its first phase of operations (Phase 1) up to 30 June 2010. A preliminary Executive Summary and Terms of Reference (TOR) are now available.
JICA president Ogata, former World Bank president Wolfensohn, and former Japanese Minister of Finance Tanigaki at TDLC opening ceremony, June 2004
This assessment has been conducted and published as means to ensure the accountability of the project to its stakeholders and examine the groundwork of the second phase of operations (Phase 2). It was carried out intensively from March 2010 by two external experts via desk research, a survey, interviews and review of selected case studies to measure key performance indicators and impact.
All documents relating to this assessment are always available on our project documents page.
Iain Mitchell presents on TDLC’s regional hub service - Giovanni Candelaria / AIM
A regional meeting of the Global Development Learning Network Asia Pacific hosted by Asian Institute of Management (AIM) was held on February 22 to 26 in Manila. TDLC was represented at the Manila gathering by Manager Ryu Fukui, Deputy Manager Lucy King, Program Coordinator Eiko Wataya, and Technical Operations Officer Iain Mitchell as well as Web and Media Developer Bob McDonald who participated from Tokyo via video conference connection.
Welcome to the new regional association of GDLN Distance Learning Centers. We hope to combine our strengths to serve your needs for knowledge programs and services.
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