Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
-
Info
EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation (EU-Japan Centre)
EU Transparency Register
374110414692-85 First registered on 04 Nov 2014
Goals / Remit
The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is a unique venture between the European Commission and the Japanese Government. A non-profit organisation, it aims at promoting all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between the EU and Japan and at improving EU and Japanese companies' competitiveness and cooperation by facilitating exchanges of experience and know-how between EU and Japanese businesses.
The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation follows the priorities fixed by the European Commission's DG GROW and by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI). It manages policy-related and business support activities such as managerial training courses, cluster missions, information seminars, research, student placement programmes, a business forum, an info & help desk, as well as various other services all designed to help bring European and Japanese businesses together.Main EU files targeted
Trade, industrial policy, competitiveness, investment policy, energy and climate change issues.
Address
Head Office
Shirokane-Takanawa Station bldg 4F 1-27-6 Shirokane, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0072
JAPANEU Office
52 rue Marie de Bourgogne
Brussels 1000 - 2
BELGIUMWebsite
-
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Sep 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Simon CRAIG GRAY 12 Aug 2021 12 Aug 2022 Mr Simon CRAIG GRAY 20 Aug 2020 12 Aug 2021 Mr Simon CRAIG GRAY 20 Aug 2019 20 Aug 2020 Mr Simon CRAIG GRAY 01 Sep 2018 20 Aug 2019 Mr Simon CRAIG GRAY 05 Oct 2017 01 Sep 2018 Mr Simon CRAIG GRAY 26 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2017 Mr Simon CRAIG GRAY 12 Nov 2015 26 Oct 2016 Mr Simon CRAIG GRAY 12 Nov 2014 10 Nov 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
-
Categories
Category
Academic institutions
-
Networking
Affiliation
Not applicable.
Member organisations
None declared
-
Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
3,500,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Public financing, EU funding, Donations
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Government of Japan and contributions from Japanese private sector 1,335,000€ Contribution Contributions from EU private sector 210,000€ Contribution European Innovation Council and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Executive Agency 3,500,000€ Grant European Innovation Council and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Executive Agency 3,500,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Innovation Council and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Executive Agency 3,500,000€ Other financial info
None declared
-
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
Three broad areas of activity:
- Services to business (see https://www.eu-japan.eu/services-business);
- Policy analysis (see https://www.eu-japan.eu/policy-analysis)
- Promotion of industrial innovation and R&D (see https://www.eu-japan.eu/industrial-innovation-rd).
The "policy analysis" activities include the organisation of seminars on issues relating to EU and Japanese policy priorities of interest to EU and Japanese industry; the organisation of the annual high-level EU-Japan Business Round Table discussions including participation of senior representatives of the EU and Japanese Authorities and commissioning policy analysis reports from research fellows.
Meetings
Meetings
12 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
-
Date 15 Nov 2022 Location virtual Subject Speech at the EU-Japan Business Round table Attending - Signe Ratso (Acting Director-General)
-
Date 05 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Reflecting on the EPA, EU-Japan Business Collaboration in Third Markets, Digital & Green Issues. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
-
Date 15 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU-Japan trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
-
Date 19 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU-Japan BRT annual meeting - 15 May Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
-
Date 15 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Discussion about VP Katainen participation in EU-Japan Business roundtable meeting of 15 May 2019 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Xavier Coget (Cabinet member)
-
Date 11 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject EU-Japan Business Roundtable-Annual Meeting / EU-Japan EPA-political agreement Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
-
Date 27 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Belgium Subject Commissioners possible participation at a future event Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
-
Date 26 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Upcoming annual meeting of the EU-Japan Business Roundtable Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
-
Date 28 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject annual meeting of the EU-Japan Business Round Table Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
-
Date 28 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU-Japan digital issues Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)
-
Date 28 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU-Japan trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
-
Date 28 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Mrs Åsenius gave an update on ongoing EU-Japan negotiations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)