Eurasia Foundation
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| Abbreviation | EF |
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| Formation | 21 December 2009 |
| Type | Non-profit Organization |
| Purpose | To contribute to the elimination of all conflicts in the world and the creation of a harmonious and peaceful society for everyone on earth. |
| Headquarters | 405 Station Plaza Tower, Tokyo, Japan |
Chairman | Yoji Sato |
Key people | Joon Kong Chung, Hidekazu Nishizuka & Chiaki Merritt |
| Website | eurasia.or.jp |
Formerly called | One Asia Foundation |
Eurasia Foundation (from Asia) (一般財団法人 ユーラシア財団, Ippan zaidanhōjin yūrashia zaidan) (EF), formerly known as One Asia Foundation (OAF), is a non-profit organization founded in December 2009. Its headquarters are in Tokyo.
The organization's stated aim is increased international cooperation, with the goal of creating an international community of over 40 countries in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia. It offers grants to universities and other institutions of higher educations that teach courses within areas such as regional integration.
Conventions[]
Eurasia Foundation hosts annual conventions and invites special guests as keynote speakers annually since 2011.
| Year | Location | Notable Participants / Keynote Speakers | Topics / Theme |
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| 2011 | Hotel Lungwood, Tokyo, Japan | Kang Sang-Jung (professor, University of Tokyo)
Eiichi Shindo (representative of International Academic Society for Asian Community) |
"Toward the formation of Asian Community" |
| 2012 | Hyatt Regency, Incheon, South Korea | Hak-Su Kim (former Executive Secretary of UN ESCAP) | "Towards the Asian Community" |
| 2013 | The Museum of Asian-African Conference | Jusuf Kalla (former Vice President of Indonesia)
Sunaryo Kartadinata (Rector or UPI) |
"Enhancing Asian Competitiveness"
"Developing Education for Better Asia" |
| 2014 | Jeju Grand Hotel, Jeju, South Korea | Richard Dasher (professor, Stanford University)
Yoji Sato (chairman, Eurasia Foundation)[1] |
Politics and Economics
History, Education and Social Matters Culture, Media and Arts |
| 2015 | WH Ming Hotel, Shangai, China | Yoji Sato (chairman, Eurasia Foundation)
Sha Zukang (former head of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) |
Politics and Economics
History, Education and Social Matters Culture, Media and Arts |
| 2016 | InterContinental, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Yoji Sato (chairman, Eurasia Foundation)
Anthony Jackson (vice president of Asia Society, USA) |
Present and Future Prospects of Education |
| 2017 | Nagoya Kanko Hotel, Nagoya, Japan | Yoichi Komori (professor of the University of Tokyo) | "Various issues surrounding Peace" |
| 2018 | Lotte Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam | Al Gore (former Vice President of USA)[2] | "The Climate Crisis and its Solutions"
"Hope for the Future" |
| 2019 | Lotte Hotel, Seoul, South Korea | Ki-moon Ban (former Secretary-General of the United Nations)[3][4][5] | "Education and Peace" |
Other collaborations[]
The foundation collaborates with the Studies on Intermediality and Intercultural Mediation research group at the Complutense University of Madrid.[6]
In 2016, the foundation awarded Dr Kevin Cawley of University College Cork $50,000 to open a course on Asian studies.[7]
In February 2019, the foundation visited Amity University Haryana, where a 3 credit certificate course on One-Asian Community Theory was opened over a 14 week period for 45 students.[8]
February 2020, The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Washington announced they were going to host a lecture series with the foundation's chairman giving a lecture titled, "The World Will Be United in the Near Future" starting on 16 April 2020. However, due to the pandemic, the lecture was cancelled.[9]
Foundation Name Change[]
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In April 2020, the foundation officially changed their name to Eurasia Foundation (from Asia) after the expansion of activities in Europe and the Middle East with the vision to develop their activities globally.[10]
References[]
- ^ "One Asia Foundation Convention Jeju". Southern University College. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Vietnam National University News Page". Retrieved 22 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "One Asia Convention Seoul 2019". . Retrieved 22 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Konkuk University-One Asia Convention, 'Community Education Is More Important in Times of Division and Conflict'" (Press release). Konkuk University. Retrieved 22 September 2021 – via Business Wire.
- ^ "OAF亞洲年會 真大積極參與不落人後". Commercial Times. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Eurasia Foundation: cross-cultural partnerships". Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Award for new course to boost Asian Studies". University College Cork. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Japan-based One Asia Foundation Project reaches Gurugram". . Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "One Asia Lecture Series, One Asia Foundation Chairman to Visit UW". University of Washington. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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