Mayors for Peace

Youth Exchange for Peace Support Program

Results of the 2019 Youth Exchange for Peace:
Support Program for "HIROSHIMA and PEACE"

Mayors for Peace has implemented programs to encourage and inspire younger generations to get involved in peace activities in the future. These programs provide financial and other support to selected youth from member cities who would like to participate in the existing peace and exchange programs in Hiroshima to learn about the experiences of A-bomb survivors and their desire for peace.

In the fiscal year 2019, we invited eight youth participants from Mayors for Peace member cities to the intensive summer course “HIROSHIMA and PEACE” which is implemented by Hiroshima City University. In addition to the course, we carried out our own program which included an outline of Mayors for Peace and a discussion session.

[Outline of the Session organized by Mayors for Peace]
Dates: July 30th (Tues), August 7th (Wed), 2019
Place: Seminar room in Hiroshima International Youth House and International Conference Center Hiroshima

Content:
・Outline of Mayors for Peace (by the Mayors for Peace Secretariat)
・Introduction of Peace Activities carried out by member cities (by the participants)
・Presentation via Skype by a past participant in the Youth Exchange Program from Barcelona, Spain:
　 Anna Escoda Solé
・Discussion of potential activities in participants’ home cities upon their return

Activities after the program:
Participants were requested to write a report about what they have learned through this program, their own plans for peace activities, and concrete proposals for Mayors for Peace activities for nuclear weapons abolition. The member cities will consider implementing projects based on their participant’s ideas.
Participants will also hold a meeting in their home cities/universities to share what they have done and learned in Hiroshima.

Participants:

　

No	Member Cities	Participants	Presentation on Member City	Reports
1	Granollers (Spain)	Mr. Marc Grau Moragues	Here/ Video	Report1 Report2
2	Imphal (India)	Ms. Meena Devi Longjam	Here/ Video	Report1
3	Krasnodar (Russia)	Mr. Nikita Lobko	Here/ Video	Report1 Report2
4	Manchester (UK)	Ms. Tara Rosell	Here/ Video	Report1
5	Santos (Brazil)	Ms. Fernanda Pestana Natario	Here/ Video	Report1 Report2
6	Tehran (Iran)	Ms. Zahra Kalantari	Here/ Video	Report1 Report2
7	Kunitachi (Japan)	Ms. Ng Li Phing	Here/ Video	Report1 Report2
8	Kyoto (Japan)	Mr. Hiroaki Shirakawa	Here/ Video	Report1 Report2