The programme is a joint initiative of two UNESCO sectors (Education, through the Associated Schools Project network, and Natural Sciences, through the Small Islands and Indigenous Knowledge Section) in the framework of the Intersectoral Platform for Small Island Developing States, and in cooperation with the UNESCO Offices in Apia, Dar-es-Salaam, Kingston and other regions.
Protests will be especially vehement in Okinawa, an island prefecture that serves with others areas of Japan as a platform for U.S. military bases and operations in Asia.