The 2nd Global Special Seminar was held

On Tuesday, November 7th, a delegation from Lahti County, Finland, an environmentally advanced city, visited Japan and held
the 2nd Global Special Seminar
, “Background to the success of Lahti County’s recycling business in Finland – The importance of environmental education (ESD)
. “

Since our first Global Special Seminar was held in November of last year, we have been deepening our ties with Lahti County, including signing a memorandum of friendship.
This second seminar was even more successful than last year, with more people attending.

First, Mr. Ikeda, Assistant Director of the Environmental Education Promotion Office, General Environmental Policy Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, gave a presentation
on the theme of “Towards the promotion of environmental education and ESD in Japan,” in which
he introduced the current state of environmental education in Japan and future efforts to enhance and expand “places for experiential opportunities” through public-private collaboration.

At the global seminar, a seven-member delegation from Lahti County representing industry, government, and academia spoke about environmental education and cleantech (environmental technology) in Lahti County.

■Background to the success of the Lahti Regional Economic Model = The impact of Environmental Education (ESD)
Finland’s Governor: Jari Pakkonen
Lahti Regional Development Company (LADEC) Business Development Director: Ist Vanhamaki
Lahti County Development Director: Dennis Mustonen

Lahti University of Applied Sciences’ Latest Research Case – Ishizaka Case Study Overview and Timeline
Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Lahti University of Applied Sciences: Cilia Kostia
Lahti County Environmental Advisor: Paivi Sieppi

■The process of launching Cleantech Venture Day
Japan Nordic Innovation Agency (NIA) CEO: Emi Kaipio
KVART COO: Takanori Tayama

Participants also gave positive feedback, saying,
“I learned a lot about Finland’s environmental thinking, efforts, and education,” and “
It was helpful for promoting the environmental education program we are currently working on.”

This year, more than last year, speakers from industry, government, and academia presented more specific examples, making the seminar a great opportunity to find useful hints. We will
continue to work with Lahti County to promote environmental education and projects aimed at a recycling-oriented society.

For those of you who were unable to attend,
we have compiled a report of the seminar along with the materials from the day so that you can learn about the content of the lectures and the efforts of our company and Lahti County. Please take a look.

The reports and materials can be downloaded as PDFs from the links below.

• The lecture report can be found here
• Presentation Material 1 (Governor Jari Pakkonen, Mr. Ist Vanhamaki)
• Presentation Material 2 (Dennis Mustonen)
• Presentation Material 3 (Dean Cilia Kostia)
• Presentation Material 4 (Paivi Sieppi)
• Presentation Material 5 (Emi Caipio, Takanori Tayama)