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Masami Saionji and Hiroo Saionji awarded the 2019 Luxembourg Peace Prize

Chairperson Masami Saionji and President Hiroo Saionji of the Goi Peace Foundation were awarded the 2019 Luxembourg Peace Prize in the category of Outstanding Peace Activists, in recognition of their pre-eminent efforts and initiative to promote peace.

Nipun Mehta and ServiceSpace to Receive the 2019 Goi Peace Award

The Goi Peace Foundation will present the 2019 Goi Peace Award to Nipun Mehta and ServiceSpace, an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy.

Webinar Series: Essay Contest Winners Forum – July 2019

In this webinar series, First Prize winners from the last 20 years share their views on timely societal topics. July 2019 webinar theme: Peacemaking and Reconciliation in Post-conflict Societies

Webinar Series: Essay Contest Winners Forum – June 2019

In this webinar series, First Prize winners from the last 20 years share their views on timely societal topics. June 2019 webinar theme: Kindness – What is it anyway?

Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition 2019: Submit your ideas and projects!

Young entrepreneurs (age 15-35) from around the world are invited to submit their innovative ideas and projects with a sociental impact, which champions and implements one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Call for Essays: 2019 International Essay Contest for Young People

Young people from around the world are invited to enter the 2019 International Essay Contest for Young People organized by the Goi Peace Foundation. The theme for this year’s contest is “Creating a Society Full of Kindness.”

Report: ESD Japan Youth Platform Meeting 2019

Following up on the 5th ESD Japan Youth Conference held in Nagoya in October 2018, an ESD Japan Youth Platform Meeting was held on 17 February, 2019, in Tokyo to share the progress of the collaborative projects developed by the youth participants.

Schools in Morocco and Japan collaborate to promote Education for Sustainable Development

The Goi Peace Foundation of Japan and the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection of Morocco, both Key Partners of the UNESCO Global Action Programme, are working in partnership to further their common goal o…