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<lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>
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<managingEditor>a.carling@eias.org</managingEditor>


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<category>Presentations</category>
<title>EU-Asia Corporate Responsibility Research Agenda</title>
<link>http://www.eias.org/conferences/2006/corpresponsibility081106.html</link>
<guid>http://www.eias.org/conferences/2006/corpresponsibility081106.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu 08 Feb 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>We are p;eased to announce that we have a large number of presentations from this meeting	now online</description>
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<category>Special Briefing</category>
<title>Linking Socially Responsible Investors and Enterprises in Asia through the Bayanihan Banking Window</title>
<link>http://www.eias.org/specialbriefing/2007/romero120207.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tue 06 Feb 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>In the fourth meeting of our briefing series on CSR, the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) is honoured to welcome Mr. Romulo S. Romero, Vice Chairman of the Coalition of Socially Responsible SMEs in Asia, to its premises for a presentation and discussion on how to link socially responsible investors and enterprises in Asia through the Bayanihan Banking Window.
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<category>Luncheon Briefing</category>
<title>Recent Developments on the Korean Peninsula: A Japanese
Perspective</title>
<link>http://www.eias.org</link>
<guid>http://www.eias.org/luncheons/2007/japankorea310107.html</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Speaker: H.E. Mr. Takekazu Kawamura, Ambassador of Japan to the European Union
Chair: Dr. Willem van der Geest, Director, European Institute for Asian Studies. 
Date: 31 January 2007 - 12:30 - 14:30

The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) is honoured to welcome H.E. Mr. Takekazu Kawamura, Ambassador of Japan to the European Union, to its premises for a discussion on recent developments on the Korean Peninsula. What does the future hold for the Six-Party talks, and should they fail, what alternatives does the Japanese government see for guaranteeing stability and security in East Asia?</description>
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<category>International Workshop</category>
<title>International Workshop on Global Governance</title>
<link>http://www.eias.org/latest.html</link>
<guid>http://www.eias.org/conferences/2007/shanghai230107/workshop_programme.pdf</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The Fifth Shanghai Workshop on Global Governance, „Current Situation and Future Prospects of Asia-Europe Security Cooperation”, is jointly organized by the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Shanghai. The 5th workshop shall review most recent developments and concentrate on the following topics: 
Characteristics and Prospects of Regional Security Orders in Asia and Europe 
Regional Security Cooperation Strategies of Major Asian and European Countries and Organizations 
Asia-Europe Cooperation and Sino-European Relations 
Asia-Europe Security Cooperation and Global Governance. Dr Sebastian Bersick has been invited to present a paper on the topic „Retrospect, Prospects and Suggestions for Asia-Europe Cooperation: A Retrospect of the 2006 ASEM and Vision and Suggestions for the 2008 Asia-Europe Cooperation”.</description>
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<category>Publication</category>
<title>Proceedings of the Luncheon Briefing ‘Mongolia: From Chinggis Khaan to ASEM’</title>
<link>http://www.eias.org/luncheons/2006/mongolia231106/proceedings.pdf</link>
<guid>http://www.eias.org/luncheons/2006/mongolia231106/proceedings.pdf</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The Luncheon Briefing at the European Institute for Asian Studies took palace Thursday, 23 November 2006 from 12.30 -14.30 hrs in Brussels. It had been co-organised by the European Commission and the Mission of Mongolia to the European Union and moderated and hosted by the European Institute for Asian Studies. The Proceedings have been prepared by Dr Sebastian Bersick with the kind assistance of Ms Signe Bruun-Jensen. </description>
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<category>Publication</category>
<title>Executive Summary of the Stocktaking Study on the Implications for Europe of Asia's Demographic Changes</title>
<link>http://www.eias.org</link>
<guid>http://www.eias.org/research/2006/china_dermographic_exec_summary.pdf</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>The final version of the Main Report and the Executive Summary has been approved by the European Commission for release and is expected to be discussed at several meetings and consultations involving the European Commission, early in the next year.

The authors would like to thank all the participants of the Brainstorming workshop at the European Commission on Oct 11, 2006 for their expert comments and helpful suggestions.

Dr Willem van der Geest, EIAS, Brussels.
Dr Christophe Guilmoto, CICRED, Paris.</description>
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<category>Luncheon Briefing</category>
<title>China and the Dutch Economy</title>
<link>http://www.eias.org/luncheons/2006/dutch191206.html</link>
<guid>http://www.eias.org/luncheons/2006/dutch191206.html</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>Speakers: Dr. Wim Suyker, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Dr. Henri de Groot, Department of Spatial Economics of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Chair: Dr. Willem van der Geest, Director, European Institute for Asian Studies

The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) is honoured to welcome Dr. Wim Suyker of the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and Dr. Henri de Groot of the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam to its premises for a discussion of their recent CPB report entitled “China and the Dutch Economy: Stylised Facts and Prospects”.</description>
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<category>Conference</category>
<title>International Conference on The EU’s Relations with Taiwan and China</title>
<link>http://www.eias.org</link>
<guid>http://www.eias.org/conferences/2006/taiwanprogramme.pdf</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description>1-2 December 2006, Taipei

The international conference at the Academia Sinica was organized by the Institute of European and American Studies (Academia Sinica). In five panels - The EU Model and Cross-Strait Relations; The EU Prospects of Cross–Strait Relations; The Role of EU in Cross–Strait Relations; Lessons of the EU Model for China; EU–China Relations and Antidumping - the European and Taiwanese Scholars presented eleven papers. Dr Sebastian Bersick had been invited to present a paper on the topic of “The Role of Taiwan in the EUs East Asia Strategy”.
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