The Government of Japan planned to fund 1 million USD for a UNESCO IICBA project on Teacher Training and Development for Peace-Building in the Horn of Africa and Surrounding Countries
In a press release the Japanses Embassy sent to WIC, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to AU Shinichi Saida together with Dr Yumiko Yokozeki, Director of UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA), signed the project arrangements between the Government of Japan and the UNESCO IICBA.
The project “Teacher Training and Development for Peace-Building in the Horn of Africa and Surrounding Countries’’ intends to contribute to the provision of economically productive and peace-loving young people through quality teacher training and development in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda.
A total budget of USD One million was approved and granted by the Government of Japan for these interventions.