Our governor exchanged opinions with Mr. Ridwan Kamil, the governor of West Java Province regarding holding the 11th East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress in Bandung City, West Java Province in the Republic of Indonesia that was decided to be postponed until 2021 with the COVID-19 global pandemic in mind.
○ Date: Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 from 15:00 to 15:40
○ Participants: Governor ARAI Shogo and Mr. Ridwan Kamil, the governor of West Java Province
(Mr. Ridwan Kamil, the Governor of West Java Province)
○ The West Java Province team will try to do their best to hold the 11th Congress in 2021 make sure it’s a success.
○ The West Java Province team will consider whether the discussion themes can be changed to the ones related to COVID-19 or not.
(Governor ARAI Shogo)
○ We, Nara Prefecture would like to express our appreciation to hold the 11th Congress in West Java Province in 2021. We look forward to seeing you, Mr. Ridwan Kamil at the congress.
○ The expectation of holding the 11th Congress in Bandung City is increasing more and more. We would like many people to participate in it.
○ Balancing both prevention of spreading COVID-19, and social and economic activity are the common issues in local governments. We agree to consider them as the discussion themes.
We will look back at the histories and circumstances of the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress’s establishment. Please come to the Exhibition!
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（１）Date and Time
July 28th (Tue.) – August 2nd (Sun.), 2020
From 9:00 to 20:00
（２）Place
Nara Prefectural Library and Information Center
2nd Floor, beside the café
(1000, Nishi 1-chome, Daianji, Nara)
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Regarding
the 11th East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress, it was
decided that West Java Province, Republic of Indonesia will host it from
November 4th to 6th, 2020 at Bandung City. However,
considering the current Covid-19 infection status, we discussed with the host
of the 11th Congress, West Java Province and concluded that it will
be difficult to hold the 11th Congress on the date originally
planned. We decided that it would be postponed by about one year.
Moreover,
the new date of the 11th Congress will be discussed and arranged
together with West Java Province, and we will inform you later.
Date: Wednesday, November, 4th
to Friday, November, 6th, 2020 (The original date)
→Postponed by about one year.
Place: Bandung City, West Java Province, Republic of Indonesia
Organizer: West Java Province, Republic of Indonesia, Secretariat of the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress (Nara Prefecture)
(West Java Province’s comment.)
As a global issue, the Covid-19 global pandemic has affected many aspects, in particular, regarding international travel regulation, in which the majority of affected countries tend to curb international travel permits.
Amid the uncertainty prediction of when the post-pandemic would begin, it is hard for us to recommend the congress to be postponed by next year finally. We have endeavored systematic attempts to prepare this congress possible to held this year so far, nevertheless, through careful considerations, it seems to be better momentum for us to meet up face to face for strengthening our partnership after the pandemic.
Tawaramoto Town in Japan has become a member of the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress as of March 31st, 2020.
As a result, the Congress now has 73 local and regional government members from 7 nations.
For more information, please see the “
10th Congress <2019> Congress Report” under the “Regional Report.”
We will inform you that you can access see the Memorial Movie of
the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress on the following site.
Moreover, please see the utilization policy to
confirm the prohibited items, the exemption items and so on before you will
watch it.
The Memorial Movie (approx. 10 min.) was for
retracing the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress’s history
through the photos and also the interview with Mr. ISHIHARA Nobuo who was the
chairman of the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress Executive
Committee at the time of the Congress’ establishment. We hope you enjoy
watching it.
We will
have the East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress Panel Exhibition for commemorating
the 10 th East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress.
We will
look back at the histories and circumstances of the East Asia Local and
Regional Government Congress’s establishment. Please come to the Exhibition!
| （１）Date and Time |
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| February 7 th, 2020 (Fri.) |
From 12:00 to 17:15 |
| February 8 th, 2020 (Sat.) |
From 13:00 to 17:00 |
| February 9 th, 2020 (Sun.) |
From 13:00 to 17:00 |
| February 10 th, 2020 (Mon.) |
From 8:30 to 15:00 |
| （２） Place |
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The Rooftop Gallery in the Nara Prefectural Office
(30 Noboriojicho, Nara City)
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The report on the 10th Congress has been updated under “What We Do”.
(Topics)
◆The 10th East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress:
November 6th (Wed.) – 8th (Fri.), 2019
For more information, please see “ 10th Congress<2019> Congress Report” under “Congress Report”.
The 10th East Asia Local and Regional Government Congress “Welfare and Medical Treatment Section Meeting” was held in Koryo Town. The opinions were exchanged by working-level participants from Local and Regional Governments.
◆ Date: Thursday, August 29th, 2019 13:20-16:10
◆ Organizer: Koryo Town
(Co-organized by Nara Prefecture and assistance by Kio University)
◆ Place: The Sawayaka Hall, the General Health Welfare Center in Koryo Town
◆ Participants: Working-level officials of Nara City, Tenri City, Gose City, Miyake Town,
Asuka Village, Shimoichi Town, Koryo Town, and Nara Prefecture
(This section meeting was only for member governments in Japan.)
◆ Coordinator: Mr. Yuji Kondo, Part-time Lecturer, Tenri University
◆ Lecturer: Professor Katsuhiko Takatori, Kio University
Associate Professor Moon Jong-Seong, Kio University
Associate Professor Daisuke Matsumoto, Kio University
[Outline]
After the case presentations by Koryo Town and lecturers regarding Koryo Town’s health promotion and the training care prevention leader, the participating regional governments gave the case presentations regarding the gathering of places operated by residents, the creating of mutual support and help, the health stations, and so on. Lastly, the coordinator concluded the meeting based on the presentations and opinion exchanges.
[Summary by coordinator]
- Regional Governments’ efforts toward realization of “enhancement of welfare and medical treatment supported by communities” took a step forward providing and supporting the facilities for medical treatment and welfare as well as toward the present problem of how to motivate their residents to join.
- Creation of social capital forms is one core idea for it, however in this Section Meeting, the training of leaders, the gathering of places operated by residents, the nursing care prevention class for males, and so on were reported as a success case, which could motivate their residents using resources from communities and residents.
- We had meaningful exchanges in the Section Meeting, which can show people that regional governments can try various new things to solve our problems, especially in demographic transitions, which can be a cause of destroying human relationships in East Asian regions. We hope we can report our discussion results and we can discuss continuously at the 10th Congress.