The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation (HPCF) and the Nagasaki University Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) have been collaborating and cooperating with each other for some time. The two organizations held an online signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on May 13, 2021, with the aim of contributing to the common goal of abolishing nuclear weapons and promoting peace by expanding cooperation in research and dissemination of peace and disarmament education.
　The four items of collaborative cooperation are as follows:

(1)	RECNA will conduct status surveys and needs analysis of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Courses operated by the HPCF,
(2)	RECNA will create and provide peace and disarmament education materials and model curricula for use in the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Courses,
(3)	Provision of information on peace and disarmament education to the member cities of Mayors for Peace,
(4)	Other matters deemed necessary to achieve the purpose of the collaborative cooperation.

Date/time:	May 13, 2021 (Thurs) 10:30－11:30
Attendees:	Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation 　Chairperson 　KOIZUMI Takashi Nagasaki University Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition 　Director 　YOSHIDA Fumihiko