UNIDO Seminar was successfully held on 14 May 2015, taking opportunity of UNIDO Director General’s visit to Japan featuring “Sustainable Industrialization for Shared Prosperity”.
Opening Addresses
Mr. Yuzo GOTO, Director, Technical Cooperation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Mr. Katsunobu TAKADA, Principal Deputy Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA)
Key Note Speech
“UNIDO’s new global mandate in the context of the post-2015 Agenda and its operationalization”
Mr. LI Yong, Director General,
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Session I: UNIDO’s new “Pilot Country Program” – in Ethiopia and Senegal
Panel Moderated by:
Mr. Jean BAKOLE, Director of UNIDO Regional Office & UNIDO Representative to the African Union
H.E. Dr. MARKOS Tekle Rike, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (lower left)
H.E. Mr. Cheikh NIANG, Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal (upper right)
Mr. Tidiane BOYE, Industrial Development Officer, Partnerships and Results Monitoring Branch, UNIDO (lower right)
Session II: Promoting Business Opportunities in the East African Community (EAC)
Lead presentation by:
Mr. Takeshi FURUTANI, Head of UNIDO ITPO Tokyo
Panel Moderated by:
Mr. Ferda GELEGEN, Deputy Head, UNIDO ITPO Tokyo
East African Business Council (EABC);
Mr. Kake DHARIWAL, Managing Director, AVCO Investments Ltd. (upper left)
Mr. BUSINGE Wilson Rwabwogo, General Manager, Mukwano Group (upper right)
Mr. Junji KOIKE, Group Manager and Senior Consultant, Nomura Research Institute (NRI) (lower left)
Mr. Tidiane BOYE, Industrial Development Officer, Partnerships and Results Monitoring Branch, UNIDO (lower right)
Closing Remarks
Mr. Taizo NISHIKAWA, Deputy to the Director General, UNIDO
Moderated by:
Mr. Hideki MURAKAMI, Deputy Head, UNIDO ITPO Tokyo
Presentations
Session I
Session II
UNIDO ITPO Tokyo / T. FURUTANI
EABC / BUSINGE W. R. (Company Profile)
Outline of the UNIDO Seminar
Date: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 (14:00 – 17:15)
Venue: United Nations University HQs, Tokyo, 3F U Thant International Conference Hall
Theme: Sustainable Industrialization for Shared Prosperity
“Public-Private Partnerships in the era of Post-2015 Development Agenda”
Organizer: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Supporter: East African Business Council (EABC)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)
Japan Association of Business Executives (Keizai Doyukai)
United Nations University (UNU)
Language: English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
Participation: Free of charge