April 08, 2022
On March 30, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) and the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations
(UN) and other international organizations in Geneva held a side event
of the 25th session of UN Commission on Science and Technology for
Development (CSTD) session under the theme of “Bioeconomy, circular
economy and green economy for sustainable development”. CSTD session is
an annual intergovernmental forum comprising forty-three Member States.
Executive Director for Research NASU Yasumoto was invited as a panelist,
and Senior Vice President for Global Engagement Strategy and UNESCO
Chairholder YOKOI Atsufumi was also invited to participate in a side
event. At the event, Director for the Science Technology and Logistics
of the UNCTAD Shamika Sirimanne gave the opening remarks, followed by
the introduction of the new economic model currently being promoted by
the Thai government for inclusive and sustainable growth called
Bio-Circular-Green Economic Model (BCG) by Vice President of the
National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) Lily
Eurwilaichitr. The panel was moderated by H.E. Mr. Rongvudhi Virabutr,
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Thailand to the UN and other
international organizations in Geneva, with experts from each
participating country, including Executive Director Nasu, contributing
to the event as panelists.
Executive Director Nasu addressed the BCG Model in relation to the
medical and wellness sector, which is one of the major sectors that it
has been applied to and introduced Kibichuo Town in Okayama Prefecture,
which was designated as the nation’s first National Strategic Special
Zone (the Digital Garden City State Initiative) on March 10, 2022. The
Digital Garden City State Initiative will actively promote regional
digitization and regulatory reform as a means to solve regional issues
such as population decline, declining birth rate and aging population.
Kibichuo Town, with Executive Director Nasu as a general architect,
plans to include the following as central features of the project:
“expanding the role of paramedics in emergency medical care”,
“digitalization of maternal and child health information” and “PHR
(Personal Health Record) of medical care and health information”.
Okayama University is honored to have participated in the event, which
has provided an international platform for us to attract more attention
to this important university initiative.
As a university that contributes to the global-scale issues from the
local community, Okayama University will promote sustainability and
well-being with various stakeholders.
CSTD session：https://unctad.org/meeting/commission-science-and-technology-development-twenty-fifth-session
CSTD side event：https://unctad.org/meeting/cstd-side-event-bioeconomy-circular-economy-and-green-economy-sustainable-development
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