Course Description

Examines the theoretical and practical challenges NGOs and other stakeholders encounter in an emerging global civil society. Language of instruction differs by year.

グローバル化する世界を市民の立場から理解するとどうなるのか。様々なNGOや社会運動などが構築する地球市民社会の理論と実践について概観する。開講年度によって、開講言語が異なる。

In this session, four student’s group presented their NGOs ad their specific campaigns. The students were supposed to develop a campaign and an organization that can actually work, so they need to think about fund raising, attracting members and supports, how to collaborate with other NGOs and form possible partnerships to male the campaign more effective, how to deal with government offices, ministries, bureaucracy, think tanks, as well as international political, economic, and social actors.

The students developed four campaigns:

NGO 1: Watering the World

NGO 2: Homeless Awareness

NGO 3: CLFN Child Labor Free Network

NGO 4: B4Japan Project (against Human Trafficking)

All campaigns developed websites, posters, two of them even made a video spot which was uploaded to the class Moodle site at ICU to be seen by all students.