Seminar on Investment Promotion in the Central/South-eastern European Countries

Date: March 26, 2007

Organizer: Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)

Place: Tokyo, Japan

Address: Mita Kaigisho Conference Hall, 3rd Floor, Mita 2-1-8, Minato-ku

Mr. Mikulasek, Chief Operating Officer of CzechInvest, will give lecture on behalf of the Czech Republic on the seminar, which is designed to contribute to economic development of the Southeastern Europe through promoting Japanese investments in the Southeastern Europe as well as in Visegrad 4 (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) countries which have been successful in attracting Japanese investors in the recent years. 

Program

• (09:00-09:20 Registration)
• 09:30-09:50 Opening remarks by a Japanese Official
• 09:50-10:50 Session 1: Views of Japanese business circle on the Southeastern Europe
  • Presentation by Japanese companies
  • Discussion
• 11:00-12:00 Session 2: Roles of investment promotion agencies
  • Presentation by the Czech Republic and JETRO
  • Discussions
• 12:10-13:30 Lunch
• 13:45-15:30 Session 3: Experiences of V4 on investment promotion
  • Presentation by the Slovak Republic, Poland and Hungary
  • Discussion
• 15:50-17:10 Session 4: Free discussions
  • Presentation by Austria and Japanese companies
  • Discussion
• 17:10-17:30 Closing remarks by a Japanese Official