Kae YANAGISAWA

Name

Kae YANAGISAWA

 Kae YANAGISAWA (柳沢 香枝)


Current affiliation

 ・Director, Africa Society of Japan

 ・Councilor, Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, Kyoto University of Arts


Activities in the Association

 


Professional history

 ・Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Malawi (2016-2019)

 ・Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (2014-2016)

 ・Director, East, Central Asia and Caucasus Department, JICA (2012-2014)

 ・Director, Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team, JICA (2009-2012)

 ・Executive Advisor to the Director of Africa Department, JICA (2008-2009)

 ・Senior Advisor on South-South Cooperation, UNDP (2005-2008)

 ・Resident Representative, JICA Uzbekistan Office (2002-2005)

 ・Visiting Professor, Meiji University (2013-2015)


Academic training

 ・Master of Arts in International Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (1990)

 ・Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (1980)


Publications
2017

 ・“JICA Niyoru Asia Heno Bousai Kyouryoku.” [JICA’s Assistance in Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia]. Bousaiwo Meguru Kokusai Kyouryokuno Arikata –Global Standard to Genbano Aidade, [The Future of International Assistance in Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia – Relationship Between Global Standards and Operations], edited by Yutaka Katayama, Minerva Shobo, 133-147, 2017

2015

 ・Disaster Risk Reduction for Economic Growth and Livelihood – Investing in Rresilience and Development. Co-edited by Ian Davis and Kristalina Georgieva, Routledge, 2015

2014

 ・“Higashinihon Daishinnsaito Kokusai Jindo Sien Kenkyuukai Teigensho. ” [Recommendations to Prepare for Future Mega-Disasters in Japan – Proposal by the Study Group on the Great East Japan Earthquake & International Humanitarian Assistance.] The Journal of Humanitarian Studies Vol.3 Annex, Japanese Red Cross Institute for Humanitarian Studies, 2014

2013

 ・Daisaigaini Tachimukau Sekaito Nippon – Saigaito Kokusai Kyoryoku [Japan and World Tackling Mega-Disasters – Disaster and International Cooperation]. Supervised by Yasushi Akashi and Kenzo Oshima, Saiki, 2013