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<Early Education & Adult Education> Jan-Willem Bult (Netherlands) Head of Department, Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) Youth |
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| For me JAPAN PRIZE has become the adrenaline of educational TV production and development.?The impact that this intense week of screenings, in depth discussions and meetings with new colleagues from all over the world has on me follows me the rest of the year. It becomes the little voice in my head and the warm feeling in my heart to produce media that matters. JAPAN PRIZE also often is the foundation of new ideas, new contacts and new cooperation.The quality of the programs and the discussions at JAPAN PRIZE is always high, the organisation of the event is on the highest standard as well and the atmosphere amongst the delegates professional and warm.This year the nice tour through Tokyo contributed to a better understanding of Japanese culture and history. I'm thankful to JAPAN PRIZE that I could be a part of this great experience. |
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<Youth Education> Ulrika Arlert (Sweden) Producer and Project Manager Youth Department, Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (UR) |
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| JAPAN PRIZE is a very precious and needed event for us who work with educational programs. As I fell in love with Tokyo last year when I participated as a delegate, it was a double pleasure to come back to meet colleagues from all over the world?to have?exciting discussions about programming, society, youth, family, about everything in live that make us, and to meet this fascinating city again. There are only a few things I can see that would make it even more interesting. I think there should be two screenings a day in each category - one before lunch and one at the end of the day. We see so many programs that the ones that were screened early in the morning never get discussed since they have already been forgotten. |
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<Issues in Education> Chisato Takenaka (Japan) Senior Producer, Program Production Department, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
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| The screened programs in "Issues in Education" were about bullying, education for disabled people, education hype, and parent-child relationships. The phenomena covered in each program were seemingly unique to each county, but the programs were in fact raising universal questions every country in the world should address. This year's JAPAN PRIZE had many programs that make us think about or recognize issues such as the meaning of education, the meaning of family, and the potential and weaknesses of human nature, and I think this embodies the tolerant nature of the JAPAN PRIZE. As suggested by my fellow moderator, Jan-Willem, we three moderators expressed our views on the 4-day discussion to wrap up the Forum. I believe this was a beneficial attempt not to make our debates transient. Seeing delegates exchange opinions in a lively way at the lounge and parties also encouraged me; it is nice to know that I have many friends who strive to produce good programs all around the world. I hope the JAPAN PRIZE will keep bringing about change in education in the world as well as in our mindset on human nature. |
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