1. Series StraSS Business Trip Report
StraSS Annual Symposium & Meeting
2012 Sep. 12-21, Burkina Faso

2. Burkina Faso - what’s the country?
Locates in western Africa.
The name of this country means places for
noble people.
Main industries of this country is Agriculture.
But the country cannot support it population,
many people go to other countries to work.
Official language: French
Population: 16,000,000
Land area: 275,000km2
Climate: Savannah
Religion: Local: 60%, Muslim: 30% Christian:10%

3. Sep. 12 and 13th
On the way to Burkina Faso
12
Sapporo - Paris
13th
Paris – Ouagadougou
Dr. S. Tanaka
Dr. G. Mokhtar
Prof. Tanaka
Dr. G. Ishimura
Staff from other Univ.
14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Preparation Symposium
Meeting
Research

4. Morning Afternoon
Sep 12 (Wed) Travel to Paris Travel to Paris
Sep 13 (Thu) Travel to Burkina Faso Travel to Burkina Faso
Sep 14 (Fri) to
Sep 17 (Mon)
Preparation for meeting &
symposium
Preparation for meeting and
symposium
Sep 18 (Tue) StraSS Symposium
Education session
StraSS symposium
Research session
Sep 19 (Wed) StraSS Annual Meeting Visit 2iE laboratories
Sep 20 (Thu) Visit 2iE Kamboincé campus Visit Kamboincé research site
Sep 21 (Fri) Free time Travel to Paris
Visiting Schedule to 2iE, Burkina Faso

6. 1. Preparation for meeting & symposium
○Finalization of schedule
○Checking and printing of hand outs
○Confirmation of items and price to buy, and payment
○Sending up-dated info to invitees
○Picking up invitees at airport

7. 2. StraSS Symposium in Burkina Faso
3rd StraSS Alliance Symposium
“Sustainability in Education and Science:
Which Innovation for a Sustainable Development?”
Session1: StraSS program
Session 2: Sustainability education; case study in Asia and Africa
Session 3: Sustainability science: a focus on energy, water, agriculture
and eco-materials

8. Session 1. Introduction to StraSS program
○Brief introduction of each affiliate universities
(Representatives of affiliate universities)
○StraSS : presentation of the program (Special Coordinated
Training Program for Sustainability Leaders and
Sustainability ‘Meisters’ program) (Prof. Tanaka)

9. Session 2. Sustainability education; case study in Asia and Africa
○Overview of StraSS education and activities at Hokkaido University
(Dr. Ishimura)
○Community empowerment program at Gadjah Mada University (Dr. Suadi)
○Sustainability education in UNPAR (Prof. Gumiri)
○Sustainable Development as a driver in education programs at 2iE (Dr. Bagre)
○Concluding remarks

10. Session 3. Sustainability science: a focus on energy, water,
agriculture & eco-materials
○Introduction
Research and sustainable development in the South:
major issues (Dr. Karambiri)
○Eco-construction
Waste and building materials (Dr. Tsobnang)
Sustainable materials for construction (Prof. Yang)
○Energy
Energy efficiency in buildings (Dr. Coulibaly)
The concept of Flexy Energy (Dr. Azoumah)
○Water
Water issues and solutions (Dr. Mokhtar)
Water and sustainable sanitation (Dr. Sou)
○Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture in China (Prof. Ye)
Suplemental irrigation from small individual basins (Mr. Fossi)
○Concluding remarks

11. 3. StraSS Annual Meeting
Session 1: 2011-2012 activities and upcoming activities (by Prof. Tanaka)
Session 2: StraSS Alliance: ToR, participation of University Gadjah Mada (UGM),
executive committee in the following year.
Session 3: Next ECOSUS, symposium, and meeting place
Session 4: Reports of StraSS education from affiliate universities

12. Activities in 2011-2012 and upcoming activities are
announced.
Confirmation of publication through frequent information
sharing are requested .
A follow-up survey on StraSS alumni are proposed.
Difficulties on financial issues, next secretariat, and exchange
of credits are discussed.
Gadjah Mada University was accepted as a founding member
of StraSS Alliance.
Committee members in the following year are designated.
Place and date of next symposium and meeting is decided:
Hangzhou in August
Two candidates of ECOSUS training are selected:
Hangzhou in October/ Ouagadougou in July
Report of sharing lectures are presented from all universities.

13. Tips for smooth activities in Burkina Faso
A set of handout, pen, and notepad are presented to participants at registration.
Working hours start around 8:00 morning.
Coffee breaks are set in the morning and afternoon, respectively.
Lunch break is 12:00 to 15:00. Almost all shops closed during the time.
Working hours are finished around 18:00.
Restaurants start from 19:00 in the evening.

14. 4. Research for ECOSUS-Burkina Faso
Sep. 19 Afternoon
○Watch Ameli’EAUR project PR movie
“Tackling the issues of water management and sanitation in Africa”
○Visit Water and Sanitation Laboratory and outside facilities
○Visit of a social entrepreneurship project: FasoPro

15. Sep. 20 Morning (at 2iE Kamboincé campus)
○Visit of 2iE Energy and Eco-materials Laboratories

16. Biomass Energy

17. Use of biodiesel fuel

18. Construction materials

19. Visit farmer’s house

20. This toilet has two holes:
one for urine and another for
feces.
They are collected separately,
and after appropriate manage-
ment, are used as fertilizer in
vegetable garden.

21. Visit farmer’s house-2
Here is an equipment of water
Purification.
Wasted water is put from a
white or a half blue bucket.
There are plentiful small stones.
Water through buckets, then
go through smaller stones
in a concrete waterway.
Finally clean water gather in
a large blue bucket in a right
down corner.
Stones in blue and white buckets
are washable.

22. Visit farmer’s house
A rapid economic growth are supposed to occur in Asian and African countries
in a near future.
The Earth cannot support further conventional economic growth of these
countries.
We need to search a new style of development through education, especially to
young generation.
This is why we are sharing sustainability education with developing countries.