7th Congress <2016>

OUTLINE

  • Date: November 6th (Sun.) –November 8th (Tue.) , 2016
  • Venue: Hotel Nikko Nara etc. (Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan)
  • Organizer: Nara Prefecture
  • Supporters: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Council of Local Authorities for International Relations
  • Participating member governments: 40 local and regional governments in 6 countries         (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Viet Nam, Japan)

China(5)

 Anhui Province, Chengdu City, Xi’an City, Suzhou City,
 Dongying City

Indonesia(2)

Province of West Java, Province of Yogyakarta Special Region 

 Malaysia(1)

 Melaka State

Korea(5)

Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province,
Gongju City, Seosan City, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province 

Viet Nam(3)

 Phu Tho Province, Thua Thien Hue Province, Hue City

Japan(24)

 Yamagata Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture,
Wakayama Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture,
Tokushima Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Tagajo City, Niigata City, Nara City, Tenri City, Kashihara City, Gose City, Ikaruga Town, Asuka Village, Koryo Town,
Shimoichi Town

     * Special Guest: Takayama City(Japan)

Program


<November 6th (Sun.)>

(1) Bilateral Meeting *arranged on request

16:00 – 16:20

Province of West Java / Nara Prefecture

16:30 - 16:55

Thua Thien Hue Province, Hue City /
 Nara Prefecture




(2)19:00~20:30 Welcome Reception (Nara Royal Hotel)

 


< November 7th (Mon.)>

(1)8:45~12:00 Working-level Discussion (Case Introduction)

  • Theme 1: “Community and Regional Development”

Lecturer

Kenichi Goto  CEO of Prot Asia and Pacific Inc.

Participating local and regional governments(13)

China

Anhui Province, Chengdu City, Dongying City

Korea

Chungcheongnam-do Province, Seosan City

Indonesia

Province of West Java

Malaysia

Melaka State

Viet Nam

Thua Thien Hue Province, Hue City

Japan

Nara Prefecture, Tagajo City, Kashihara City, Shimoichi Town




  • Theme 2: “Agriculture and Regional Economic Development”

Lecturer

Kosuke Motani  Chief Senior Economist, the Japan Research Institute, Ltd.

Participating local and regional governments(10)

China

Suzhou City

Korea

Gongju City

Viet Nam

Phu Tho Province

Japan

Yamagata Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture,
Nara Prefecture, Gose City, Koryo Town




  • Theme 3: “Promotion of Measures against Declining Birthrate”

Lecturer

Shigeki Matsuda  Professor at Faculty of Contemporary Sociology, Chukyo University

Participating local and regional governments(14)

China

Xi’an City

Korea

Gyeonggi-do Province, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

Indonesia

Province of Yogyakarta Special Region

Japan

Fukushima Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture,
Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture,
Kyoto Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture,
 Kagawa Prefecture,Nara Prefecture, Tenri City, Ikaruga Town


 Working-level Discussion

Working-level Discussion 




(2)13:00~13:20 Opening Ceremony

  • Greeting from Organizer: Shogo Arai (Governor of Nara Prefecture)
  • Greeting from Guest: Nobuo Ishihara (President of Research Institute for Local Government)
  • Introduction of participating local and regional governments
 

Shogo Arai

 

Nobuo Ishihara

Shogo Arai
(Governor of NaraPrefecture)
Nobuo Ishihara
(President of Research Institute
for Local Government)



(3)13:20~13:50 Keynote Speech  

 
      “Future of East Asia”
      Shinichi Kitaoka (Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo)

Shinichi Kitaoka

 Shinichi Kitaoka
(Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo)




(4) 13:50~14:20 Briefing on Session Meeting etc.

 

  ○Briefing on Session Meetings
   ・Kashihara City “Community Development Session”
        Yasuo Hiura
         (Chief, Imaicho Town Scenery Preservation Office, Lifelong Learning Division,
            Kashihara City)
   ・Shaanxi Province  “Tourism Session”
        Hiroshi Tsujimoto (Director General, Tourism Bureau, Nara Prefecture)

  ○Briefing on Related Forum
   ・Shizuoka Prefecture  “East Asia Regional Forum on ‘Food and Agriculture’”
        Katsuhiko Hosoya
        (Division Director, Agriculture Strategic Division, Economy and Industry Department,
           Shizuoka Prefecture)  
 

Yasuo Hiura

 

Hiroshi Tsujimoto

Yasuo Hiura
(Chief, Imaicho Town Scenery Preservation Office,
Kashihara City) 

Hiroshi Tsujimoto
(Director General, Tourism Bureau,
Nara Prefecture) 

 

Katsuhiko Hosoya

 

 Katsuhiko Hosoya
(Division Director, Agriculture Strategic Division,
Shizuoka Prefecture)

 



(5)14:30 ~ 17:10  Head-level Discussion
  • Theme 1: “Community and Regional Development”

Lecturer

Kenichi Goto CEO of Prot Asia and Pacific Inc.

Participating local and regional governments(13)

China

Anhui Province, Chengdu City, Dongying City

Korea

Chungcheongnam-do Province, Seosan City

Indonesia

Province of West Java

Malaysia

 Melaka State

Viet Nam

Thua Thien Hue Province, Hue City

Japan

Mie Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Tagajo City, Kashihara City

 

 

Kenichi Goto

 

Head-level Discussion (Theme 1)

Kenichi Goto
(CEO of Prot Asia and Pacific Inc.) 

Head-level Discussion
(Theme 1) 

 


  • Theme 2: “Agriculture and Regional Economic Development”

Lecturer

Kosuke Motani  Chief Senior Economist, the Japan Research Institute, Ltd.

Participating local and regional governments(11)

China

Suzhou City

Korea

Gongju City

Viet Nam

Phu Tho Province

Japan

Nagano Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture,
Nara Prefecture, Niigata City, Nara City,
Gose City, Asuka Village, Koryo Town

 

 

Kosuke Motani

 

Head-level Discussion (Theme 2)

 

Kosuke Motani 
(Chief Senior Economist,
the Japan Research Institute, Ltd.)

 Head-level Discussion
 (Theme 2)



  • Theme 3: “Promotion of Measures against Declining Birthrate”

Lecturer

Shigeki Matsuda  Professor at Faculty of Contemporary Sociology,
Chukyo University

Participating local and regional governments(12)

China

Xi’an City

Korea

Gyeonggi-do Province, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

Indonesia

Province of Yogyakarta Special Region

Japan

Fukushima Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture,
 Kagawa Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Tenri City,
Ikaruga Town

 

 

Shigeki Matsuda

 

Head-level Discussion (Theme 3)

 

 Shigeki Matsuda
(Professor at Faculty of Contemporary
Sociology, Chukyo University)

 Head-level Discussion
(Theme 3)


(6) 17:10 ~ 17:40  General Session

  • During the chairman’s report, the chair announced that the 8th Congress would be held in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China on May 10 to 11, 2017.
  • After the chairman’s report, Chengdu City gave a presentation.

    Chairman’s Report

     

    Presentation

     Chairman’s Report
    Shogo Arai
     (Governor of Nara Prefecture)

     Presentation
    Gao Jianjun
    (Deputy Secretary General of

    Chengdu Municipal People’s Government)

 

(7)17:40~18:00 Commemorative Photo Session

 

Commemorative photo session

 Commemorative Photo Session




(8)18:10~18:45 Representatives’ Press Conference
  
 

China

Deputy Secretary General of Chengdu Municipal People’s Government

Indonesia

Governor of Province of West Java

Malaysia

Secretary of Local Authority, Melaka Historic City Council, Melaka State

Korea

Vice Governor of Chungcheongnam-do Province

Viet Nam

Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee, Thua Thien Hue Province

Japan

Mayor of Niigata City, Governor of Nara Prefecture

Lecturer

Three Lecturers
  Kenichi Goto
  (Theme 1“Community and Regional Development”)
  Kosuke Motani
  (Theme 2 “Agriculture and Regional Economic Development”)
  Shigeki Matsuda
  (Theme 3 “Promotion of Measures against Declining Birthrate”)

 

 

Representatives’ Press Conference

 Representatives’ Press Conference

 


(9)19:00~21:00  Governor’s Banquet

 



<November 8 (Tue)>


(1) 9:00~12:00 Excursion
      (Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall, Nara National Museum, Mt. Wakakusa)

Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall, Nara National Museum

Mt. Wakakusa 
Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall,
Nara National Museum

Mt. Wakakusa