Standards, Governance and the Rule of Law - Opportunities for EU-Japan Cooperation毎年、日欧の学術機関等が中心となってブリュッセルで開催している「日・EUカンファレンス」。第18回目は「標準、ガバナンス、法の支配と日EU協力」をテーマに2015年11月16日に開催しました。プログラムはこちらThe opening session featured a keynote address by H.E. Ambassador Keiichi Katakami (Mission of Japan to the EU). This event had 4 themes:Policy Panel 1 : Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Relief Cooperation and Development Assistance after the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in SendaiThis year's UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction…
日EU経済連携協定(EPA)がもたらすビジネス機会や、英国と日本の経済連携の今後の可能性について検討しました。英国企業による対日ビジネス成功事例も紹介されました。Japan is the UK's 7th largest export market accounting for £9.4bn in 2012 and covering both goods and services and is a major investor in the UK. With the EU and Japan negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA), business opportunities are set to increase.This seminar examined the likely impacts the FTA would have on key business sectors, presented success stories from companies that had succeeded in Japan or help other companies to do so, and looked at what support…