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「新しい世界」の創造に向けて「知の力」を発動せよ
長引くコロナ禍において、人々の健康を守るための世界の保健システムは、いまだかつてない危機に瀕している。政治においては、偏狭な自国優先主義や覇権主義、科学においては、高度に専門化された分業体制下での視野狭窄が跋扈し、新興国、先進国問わず、社会的に脆弱な人々の命と暮らしと尊厳が危機に晒されている。他方で、米国および欧州など経済的に豊かな国々が、ことごとくコロナ禍に苛まれる状況...
Takao Toda
Vice President for Human Security and Global Health
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
As the Vice President for Human Security and Global Health, Dr. Toda promotes strategic planning and implementation of JICA's operations.
Dr. Toda received Ph.D at the Graduate School of International Development in Nagoya University in 2009, master’s degree at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences in the University of Tokyo in 2001, and LL.B at the Faculty of Law in Kyoto University in 1984. For more than three decades, he has been playing various key roles of strategizing and implementing Japan's ODA, such as Group Director on Peace Building, Group Director on Human Security, Senior Fellow of JICA Research Center, Chief Representative of Bangladesh Office, Director General of Human Development Department.
He has a wide range of knowledge and experience especially on the operationalization process of Human Security, which has been the core concept of Japan's diplomatic policy of international cooperation.
