EU - JAPAN EVENT

10 - 11 JULY 2015

The European Commission – the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMES organised a focused event on EU-Japan with the participation of 180 European and Japanese companies, clusters and Institutions.

The event allowed participants to get information on the European Commission tools in favour of internationalisation supporting businesses (in particular SMEs), and the business relations between Europe and Japan. Japanese and European counterparts had the occasion to meet during the B2B sessions in order to discuss concrete cooperation projects in business, technology transfer and research.

Results Achieved

Participants	180
- European	118
- Japanese	57
- Other Countries	5
Participating Countries	14
B2B	312
General Satisfaction Rate	92%
No. of partnership agreements (after 3 months)	15
No. of ongoing negotiations (after 3 months)	78
Rate of outcomes on B2B	60%