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Estonia-Japan Business Seminar

Explore EU-Japan business collaborations, policy advice, seminars, and industrial cooperation initiatives. Connect with key partners and access various business services. Contact the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation for more information.

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Estonia-Japan Business Seminar

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  1. Estonia-Japan Business Seminar Eve Päärendson 12.09.2012

  2. Content: • Estonian Employers´ Confederation & Japan • Business services & policy advice of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

  3. Estonian Employers´ Confederation & Japan: Our own services: Support services for promoting SMEs internationalisation (training, seminars, study visits to Japan, information provision) Policy advice directly and via: EESC – European Economic and Social Committee→EESC Japan Contact Group BUSINESSEUROPE, BIAC EU-JAPAN CENTRE FOR INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION

  4. EESC: Contact Group on Japan: Promotes cooperation between the EESC and business, trade unions, and other major non governmental organisations in Japan, Policy advice Trade relations (EU-Japan FTA) Joint seminars (employment, challenges of ageing societies, CSR, energy policies in the EU and Japan in post-Fuksuhima era, environmental education, prepareness of societies for natural disasters etc) Exchange of lectures, internship opportunities for Japanese students at the EESC etc

  5. OTHER PARTNERS: • KEIDANREN • KEIZAI DOYUKAI • KANKEIREN • Chambers in Japan • EU INSTITUTES IN JAPAN (universities) • EU-JAPAN CENTRE FOR INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION • EBC (European Business Council in Japan) • JBCE (Japan Business Council in Europe) • EAS´ representative in Japan etc

  6. BUSINESSEUROPE EU-Japan collaboration in employment and socialfield (since 1992): the 14th EU-Japan Symposium on “Improving Employability and Labour Market Participation Among Young People”, July 2012 a EU-Japan FTA EU-Japan Business Round Tables & other regular meetings with Keidanren an Symposium: IMROVING EMPLOYABILITY & LABOUR MARKET PARTICIPATION AMONG YOUNG PEOP The 14th EU-Japan Symposium: IMROVING EMPLOYABILITY & LABOUR MARKET PARTICIPATION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

  7. Created in 1987 by the European Commission and Japanese Government, the EU-Japan Centre (EUJC): • Promotes all forms of industrial, trade and investment, scientificcooperation between the EU and Japan; • Strengthens the technological capabilities and the competitiveness of the European industrial system. • Its current strategic priorities: • Providing support to SMEs (particularly for their internationalisation); • Addressing post-Fukushima priorities & business opportunities (clean energy, raw materials, construction products, public procurement, etc.) • New areas for EU-Japan Cooperation (e.g. satellite navigation-related industry and services).

  8. Seminars – on Trade & Investment, Global Challenges (energy, environment, ageing) and on IndustrialPolicies: Full reports and copies of presentation materials are available online for free. • EU-Japan Business Round Table – organising the regulatory reform dialogue between industry and the EU & Japanese Authorities BUSINESS SERVICES R&D and INNOVATION • Coursessee http://www.eu-japan.eu/global/business-training.html • HRTP – for business managers, exporters & investors: gives an integrated in-depth view of Japanese industrial structure & business practices. Next course: May 2013 • WCM – for plant/production managers: shows how strategic change and productivity improvements (e.g. through ‘KAIZEN’) can eliminate cost/waste. Next courses: June & October 2013 • Cluster missions – for clusters, SMEs : takes SMEs and cluster organisers to Japan to enable them to take part in specific trade fairs. Dates vary by sector • Training & Internships for Students : have a Japanese student engineer work with you. See http://www.eu-japan.eu/global/host-a-trainee.html • Information Service • Info helpdesk & Enterprise Europe Network, Japan –answers Japan-related questions e.g. on industrial, trade and investment cooperation.  Contact via EEN Estonia, see http://www.enterprise-europe.ee/ • Cluster Support & Helpdesk – information service to help EU & Japanese clusters identify potential partners • Public Procurement Info Portal – under creation • J-BILAT 2 – promoting participation of Japanese researchers in EU-funded projects:The EUJC hopes to promote science and technologycooperation under the EU’s Horizon 2020 framework. • GNSS.asia – facilitating EU-Asia industrial cooperation on satellitenavigation applications and receivers POLICY ADVICE

  9. Close relationship with Eve Päärendsonand the EU’s European Economic & Social Committee (Euroopa majandus- ja sotsiaalkomitee) Unfortunately, Estonian participation rates in the Centre’s activities is very low. The EUJC is keen to change that. Contact: EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation52 Rue Marie de Bourgogne, B-1000 Brussels, BelgiumTel. +32 2 282 0040, E-mail: office@eu-japan.euWeb. http://www.eu-japan.eu/

  10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!DOOMO ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA! Eve Päärendson: eve@employers.ee Tel: +3725054570 Web: www.employers.ee

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