The Japan Day Seminar: Local Links Conference will be held on Friday March 4 2011 at the Corn Exchange, Rochester in Kent. Featuring presentations from British local authorities and Anglo-Japanese organisations, the event will focus on how local bodies have been able to use their international partnerships with counterparts in Japan in new ways to adapt to the current financial climate.
Featuring presentations from Professor Marie Conte-Helm of the Daiwa Foundation, Creativesheffield and representatives from Aberdeen, Derbyshire and Medway, the seminar will introduce case studies of Japan-UK links which have been changing the way international partnerships are being approached by councils, including both economic and citizens’ group-led exchanges.
13.00: Registration
13.30: Start and welcome
13.45-14.45: First session
14.45-15.05: Tea break
15.05-17.00: Second session
17.00-18.00: Reception co-hosted with the Embassy of Japan in the UK
To register for the event, please contact Phillippa Harvey by email harvey[@]jlgc.org.uk or call us on 020 7839 8500 by February 22. We look forward to seeing you on March 4!
The Japan Day Seminar is an annual event hosted by the Japan Local Government Centre in partnership with a UK host city, the aim of which is to provide an opportunity for participants to exchange information and ideas at an international level. This year we have decided to hold the event in conjunction with our final Local Links Conference, which since 2009 has brought together all those UK local authorities with links to Japan to share and discuss the successes and challenges in projects and exchanges with Japan over the past year.
Japan Day Seminar: Local Links Conference
