2011年6月７日に東ティモールで選挙支援のインターンをなされていた土屋喜生先輩をお招きし、1999年以降の東ティモールの歴史について、暴力、権力、構造の点からご説明頂きました。土屋さんは、1999年から2002年までのUNTAETによる暫定統治期について、選挙と暴動、憲法制定、大統領選挙の点に重点をおき説明されました。次に、2006年までのマリ・アルカティリ・フレテリン政権についての評価、2006年の暴動の原因の分析、2007年の選挙結果とそれ以降のグスマオ政権についての変化と評価、最後に今後の展開について、近年の動きを基にご説明されました。土屋先輩による２回にわたる講義を経て、東ティモール研修旅行の勉強を深めていく基礎を築くことが出来ました。また講義終了後、懇親会が行われ、土屋先輩より東ティモールでの生活についてや、当時のゼミの様子などをお聞きし交流を深めました。 (寺内明穂)
On May 31 2011, Mr. Kisho Tsuchiya who graduated from the Hasegawa Seminar lectured on the Timorese identity and the methods of analyzing East-Timor for the member of the study tour on East-Timor 2011. In the first half of his lecture, he introduced the agreement on East-Timor between Portugal and Indonesia in 1999. Next, he indicated how “The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste” and “Timorese” built this agreement and the history of independence of East-Timor. In the latter half of the lecture, he introduced 6 tools for analyzing Timor-Leste such as Language, Age-groups, Race, Sex, Religion and Key persons. (Shogo Yoshida)
On September 2, a briefing session was held on the role of ILO in Sri Lanka. Professor Kenji Yoshinaga and his students from Toyo University joined us in the meeting which was held at the UN Office in Colombo. Ms.Pramodini, Program Officer of ILO, made a power point presentation concerning and explained A Decent Work Agenda based on Rights,
Employment, Protection and Dialog. She stressed the equality of opportunity and treatment for all Sri Lankan citizens, particularly the conditions of work for labors. (Kimura Ryota)
On September 11, which was the last day of the East-Timor study tour, …
On September 10, the study group visited a local market to observe how…
On September 9, the study tour participants were constituted into two separate groups. They visited separately two villages where COMPASIS (Community Mobilization for Poverty Alleviation and Social Inclusion in Service deliver) was working. One group went to a village called Lete-foho. (meaning “top of the mountain” ) while another one group visited Ponirala. At Lete-foho, local people welcomed the study group in a traditional way. Our representatives were given some traditional clothes. There were some schools for improving literacy of inhabitants there. An elderly woman showed the ability to write by writing “welcome” and her name on the blackboard. Then, we found UNISEF’s contribution to the villages in building sanitation facilities like toilets and wells.All in all, we had a great time with local people and could see how the COMPASIS and UNICEF were working in local areas. In Ponilala,we recieved a cordial welcome from the people and inspected the construction site of the bridge and the “thausand toilet” project. (Usui and Kato)
On September 8, the study group learned about the roles and activities of various mulitilateral and bilateral aid agencies such as UNDP,IOM,COMPASIS,JICA and UNICEF. Mr.Kukita showed a TV programe on the history of Timor-Leste and explained the activities of UNICEF in this country. For example, he invited the movie actor, Jackie Chan, to Timor-Leste. Jackie Chan taught the Timorese martial arts groups about the principle of the martial arts which emphasized the importance of discipline and peacebul mind of practioners. It resulted in a sharp reduction in the number of their violent crimes. Mr. Kukita also expounded the meaning of psychological development of children and said that their form of identity was related to peace building. (Kodatsu)
Fernando Lasama de Araujo, President of the Timo-Leste National Parliament, held a meeting with a group of more than 40 Japanese study tour participants at his parliament office on September 7. He briefed the visitors on how the composition of the Parliament and how the business was conducted. In response to a question about the frequent changes in the Prime Minister of Japan in recent years, Mr. Lasama said “the State would have collapsed if it had happened in Timor-Leste. It is noteworthy that Japan has a strong foundation for democracy so that the government can continue even under such a condition.” (Yuho Nakagawa)
UNDP Country Director Douglas Keh assisted by Aiko Cakir made an informative presentation on support extended by UN agencies particularly UNDP to Sri Lanka. It included support to resettlement and recovery of the northern province. Mr. Douglas Keh responded to many questions asked by students about child soldiers, the conditions faced by internally displaced persons and how UN assistance activities are coordinated by the Resident Coordinator.(Misu)
After we visited UNMIT, we attended the consulting meeting between Xanana Gusmão, President of Timor Leste and the citizens.At the meeting, people asked president to implement developing policies for themselves and showed chorus to welcome him. In the speach, president said that people should stop fighting with each other and unite for Timor Leste. Moreover, he promised people that his government will implement those policies strategically, and implove quality of life of people.
On Monday, September 6, the UN Forum Study Tour participants received …
The UN study tour to Timor-Leste started on Sunday, September 5, with …
On September 1, Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa along with Professor Amal …
On 1 September we visited UNHCR office in Colombo and received an insi…
We started the study tour to Sri Lanka with a visit to the JICA Office…
本日は、国連フォーラム主催の東ティモールスタディツアーに参加するゼミ生の中で法政大学にて勉強会を行いました。勉強会では事前に参考文献を指定し、それを軸としながら東ティモールについて各自が調査、研究したことをプレゼン形式で発表しました。発表は歴史、平和構築、政治経済、社会・医療、教育・宗教・文化、国際関係の６つに分けて行われ、各発表後はゼミ生内で質疑応答やディスカッションが行われ、東ティモールに関する見識を深めたうえでツアーでの学習で持つべき問題意識や疑問点を明らかにしました。(山本)
本日は東ティモールスタディーツアーへの参加者との間で第二回東ティモールスタディツアー勉強会を行いました。詳細は以下です。
開催日時：８月２８日 １１：３０〜１４：３０
会場：JICA地球広場 セミナールーム
コンテンツ
①国連フォーラムとツアーの関連性・位置づけ説明 (田瀬氏)
②訪問機関プロフィール・現地での活動に関する詳細(久木田氏)
③現地治安・安全情報
④宿泊施設・交通移動情報(竹内、久木田氏による補足)
⑤グループワーク
⑥長谷川教授によるコメント
グループワークではゼミ生の中本の発案の元、ブレインライティングとKJ法を用いたワークを行い、参加者間での交流を深め、また東ティモールの問題の理解やその解決法の提案を図りました。また、ワーク後には長谷川教授によるコメントをいただき、その中で東ティモール独自の文化や問題意識を知ることの重要性や、東ティモール平和構築プロセスに参加する様々なアクターの行動の原動力は何かということを意識しながら今回のツアーに臨んでほしいと述べられました。(山本)
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『東ティモールの民主化における成果と課題―“暴力の文化”から“民主主義の定着”へ－』の後半部をお送りします。
今回は東ティモールのTour Reportの第2弾として、2年生の長谷川が書いたレポートをお送りします。
東ティモールに関して包括的な視点から、自らの体験も加えつつ述べています。