In order to increase awareness of the world of education, a cooperation agreement was signed between UPNVJ and the Minister of Education of the Republic of Sierra Leone represented by the Minister of Communication and Information of Sierra Leone and the signing between UPNVJ and KPAI (Indonesian Child Protection Commission).

The visit which took place on Thursday, April 23 2015 took place at Gd. Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Faculty of Medicine UPNVJ. Present at the event HE. Dr. Alhaji Alpha Sahid Bakar Kanu, M. Phil as Minister of Communication and Information of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Budi Harjo, BSc, M.Si as Deputy Chair of KPAI, UPNVJ Rector, Warek, Deans/Dir, UPNVJ student representatives and other invited guests.

The event, which was opened by singing the National Anthem Indonesia Raya, began at 13.00 WIB. To enliven the event, UPNVJ Dance UKM presented the Medley Nusantara Dance featuring a combination of Balinese Dance and Fan Dance as well as melodious sounds performed by the Gita Advayatva Choir UKM.

In his remarks, the Chancellor of UPNVJ said that activities like this were a concrete manifestation of joint efforts between the University, Government and the community to continue to seek opportunities to utilize existing Human Resources in the development of their respective nations and countries. On behalf of myself, I give very high appreciation to the Republic of Sierra Leone, which is currently a developing country, for pioneering this collaboration and giving a positive response to KPAI.

On this occasion, the Minister of Communication and Information gave an international public lecture with the theme "Education in Building Peace in Sierra Leone". Education is the main pillar of society, where educated people tend to be more prosperous in all fields. Education will be used to bring about an increase in international and domestic per capita indices. The nation of Sierra Leone has also steadily moved up its human development index, partly due to the success of national programs such as free health care for pregnant women and children under the age of five. Sierra Leone's strategic plan in education must have the right vision in the field of education, entrepreneurship of innovative and tolerant citizens, so that they are productive and competitive nationally and internationally.

Hopefully this collaboration can realize what will be achieved and will be beneficial for the future interests of each country and can produce good policies for the future of children in leading a nation and a country.