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News & Events Eurasia E-Bulletin - 21/06/07
21/06/07 News: Europe's
Asia strategy for 2007-13 floundering (pdf)
The introduction of the new Regional Strategy Paper for Asia covering the years 2007-13 could be further delayed following a vote today in the European Parliament. Eurasia E-Bulletin - 6/06/07
6/06/07 - News: EU seeks to tighten asylum system by 2010
(pdf)
Asylum applications from nationals from the top five Asian countries trying to enter the EU in 2006 reached 31,635. However, applicants arriving from 2008 onwards may face a very different EU-wide system, if EU governments approve measures proposed by the European Commission. Conference - 22 June 2007
The evolution of Chinese labour conditions:
Is China entering a new stage of socio-economic development?
June 22th in the Egmont Palace (Petit Sablon 8, Brussels) Speakers: Dr. Anita Chan, Australian National University Download Prof. Chang Kai's presentation (pdf) The Brussels China Forum, Chinaworks.be, the European Institute for Asian Studies and the Egmont Institute invite you to an expert conference on the evolution of China’s labour conditions. This is an event not to miss: three of the world’s leading experts will share their insights. Dr. Anita Chan will present a pointed evolution of China’s labour environment. Prof. Chang Kai takes a look behind the scene of policy making and traces the motivations and consequences of the new labour contract law. The influence of external actors will be explained by Mr Brendan Smith. Finally, Mr. James Moran will discuss the implications on the EU’s China-policy. China’s initial economic formula was simple: opening its enormous labour force to the international market. Numerous companies found their way to the country to make use of the cheap and unprotected labour. Nowadays, this situation appears to be changing. Wages are increasing steadily. Troops of deprived labourers in the coastal cities take the street to demand better conditions on the work floor. The Chinese government pays more and more attention to ‘harmonious growth' and social security. Are we on the verge of a new stage of development in which naked capitalism is changed for a more equitable growth? This question touches the fundaments of China’s further development perspectives. It is also relevant to evaluate the success of the EU’s conditional engagement policy towards the PRC. This conference specifies China’s socio-economic transition to the issue of labour conditions. It will give an overview of the key problems faced by China’s workers and the ways in which frustrations are ventilated. Attention will also be spent to the reaction of the government. How is it adapting its labour legislation? Are the national guidelines implemented by local administrations? What impact can external actors have? Finally, an assessment is made of the EU’s policy on labour rights in China. How is Brussels addressing the issue? Does the EU perceive to have a positive impact? What are the future options? Conference 14 June 2007
Unrest in China’s
countryside: A ticking time bomb?
June 14th, 09.50 - 12.00 at the Spinelli Building, European Parliament, Brussels Speaker: Prof. Kevin O'Brien The Brussels China Forum, European Institute for Asian Studies and the European Parliament are glad to invite you to a conference on the transition of China’s countryside. We invited prof. Kevin O’Brien to discuss this issue. The development gap between China’s booming coastal zone and the countryside has been widening ever since the 1980s. Social tensions rise as a consequence of impoverishment and uncertainty. Kevin O’Brien will trace the origins of the hardship experienced by China’s rural population. However, the main question will be how the poor in the countryside are trying to influence the political system to their advantage, and how governments at different levels try to address the growing challenges. Kevin O'Brien teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University. Professor O'Brien's research focuses on Chinese politics in the reform era. His work centers on popular contention, particularly the origins, dynamics and outcomes of ‘rightful resistance’ in rural China. He published widely on the interaction between China’s economic and political transition, the evolution of the National People’s Congress, local elections, and village political reform. In his most recent book, Rightful Resistance in Rural China, Kevin O'Brien shows that popular action hinges on locating and exploiting divisions within the state. Otherwise powerless people use the rhetoric and commitments of the central government to try to fight misconduct by local officials, open up clogged channels of participation, and push back the frontiers of the permissible. The research for this project draws mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China. Eurasia E-Bulletin 29 May 2007
29/05/07 - News: EU
launches police mission to Afghanistan under ESDP (pdf)
"In Afghanistan, the EU will launch only its second-ever ESDP Mission to an Asian country, in the coming weeks. On 17th June, the EU will deploy a small-scale police force mission to Afghanistan to assist the Ministry of the Interior in training and reforming local police forces". Luncheon Briefing - 23 May 2007
Japan's New Diplomatic
Horizon? "Arc of Freedom and Prosperity" and
Implications for Japan-EU Security Relations
Wednesday, 23rd May, 2007 from 12h30 – 14h30, EIAS Speaker: Professor Ken Jimbo, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) in association with the mission of Japan to the EU is honoured to welcome Ass’t Professor Ken Jimbo of Keio University (who is also a Senior Fellow at the Keio Research Institute and a Visiting Lecturer on East Asian Security at the National Defence Academy) to its premises for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing the Japan-EU relationship. The election of Shinzo Abe as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and subsequently as Prime Minister, in September 2006, altered the political and diplomatic landscape of Japan both regionally and internationally. EIAS EICC Seminar
An
expanding Indian economy and the challenges to Social Entrepreneurship
Monday, 21st May, 2007 from 10h30 – 12h30 Venue: Embassy of India 217 Chaussee de Vleurgat, B-1050 Brussels - updated with photos Speakers: The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and the Embassy of India, Brussels, in association with the Europe India Chamber of Commerce, are pleased to welcome Professor Eugénio Monteiro, Head of Department and Professor of Human Behaviour in Organisations and of Social Entrepreneurship, AESE Business School, Lisbon, to speak at the Embassy of India on the nature and development of the Indian economy with reference to the role played by social entrepreneurship. Eurasia e-Bulletin - 16 May 2007
Tackling
Chemical Weapons Destruction in Asia (pdf)
"The international organisation responsible for promoting the destruction of chemical weapons is reporting substantial progress towards meeting its objectives but the commitment of the EU to engage countries affected in Asia appears to be uncertain." BCECC-EIAS Joint Book Review Seminar - 17 April 2007
La
Chine - USA: la guerre aura-t-elle
lieu? by Guy Spitaels
26 April 2007, Sheraton Brussels, from 16.00 to 18.00 Speaker: Guy Spitaels, Belgian Minister of State, former
Minister-President of the Walloon region Updated with photos This event has been co-organised with the Belgian-Chinese Economic and Cultural Center Guy Spitaels is the author of several recent books on international politics and recently finished a book on China's foreign policy called La Chine â USA: la guerre aura-t-elle lieu? In this thought-provoking book, Mr. Spitaels marvels at the speed at which China successfully manages to effectively counterbalance U.S. hegemony in the world and wonders whether this quest for superpower status will lead to a war with the US. Presentations - 8 February 2007
EU-Asia Corporate Responsibility Research Agenda
We are pleased to announce that we have a large number of presentations from this meeting now online Special Briefing - 12 February 2007
Linking Socially
Responsible Investors and Enterprises in Asia through the Bayanihan Banking
Window Speaker: Mr. Romulo S. Romero, Vice Chairman, Coalition of Socially Responsible SMEs in Asia 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. The Coalition of Socially Responsible SMEs in Asia is a coalition of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who are motivated by the social responsibility of achieving a common goal of sustainable development. Arising out of the fundamental need of SMEs for increased access to capital, CSR SME Asia recently initiated a move to link socially responsible investor (SRI) capital to socially responsible SMEs through the Bayanihan Banking Window (BBW). Launched in December 2006, the BBW is forming a consortium of well established non-bank organizations engaged in development finance (by providing financial services such as savings, credit, and/or insurance) as a mechanism for intermediating funds to SMEs. Luncheon Briefing - 31 January 2007
Recent Developments on the Korean Peninsula:
A Japanese
Perspective 31 January 2007, EIAS, Brussels - updated with photos Speaker: H.E. Mr. Takekazu Kawamura, Ambassador of Japan
to the European Union 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 are the challenges and opportunities for Japan in ensuring the discontinuation of the DPRK’s nuclear testing and ballistic missile launchings as well as the abandonment of its nuclear and missile programmes? 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? International Workshop - 23/24 January
International Workshop on Global Governance
23-24 January 2007, Shanghai 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:
EIAS 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”. Publication - 22 January 2007
Proceedings of the Luncheon Briefing ‘Mongolia: From Chinggis
Khaan to ASEM’
The Luncheon Briefing at the European Institute
for Asian Studies took place 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. Publication - 22 December 2006
Executive Summary of the 'Stocktaking Study on the Implications for
Europe of Asia's Demographic Changes'
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. EIAS 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. Download the Report (pdf) Luncheon Briefing - 19 December 2006
China and the Dutch Economy
19 December, 2006 from 13h00 – 14h30 Venue: European Institute for Asian Studies Updated with audio interview and photos Speakers: Dr. Wim Suyker, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis Dr. Henri de Groot, Department of Spatial Economics of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 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”. Conference - 1/2 December 2006
International Conference on The EU’s Relations with Taiwan and
China
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. EIAS had been invited to present a paper on the topic of “The
Role of Taiwan in the EU’s East Asia Strategy”. Luncheon Briefing - 29 November 2006
The
Challenge of Corporate Social Responsibility in India
29 November, 2006 EIAS, Brussels from 12h30 – 14h30 Updated with audio interview and photos Speaker: Dr C.S. Venkata Ratnam, Director, International
Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi This March, the European Commission published a new communication on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with the aim of making Europe a pole of excellence on CSR. In the context of our globalising world, faced with ever-increasing societal challenges such as how to achieve sustainable development, economic growth and social stability, engaging the corporate community outside the EU is of increasing importance. How can Europe work together with external partners to promote better corporate responsibility worldwide? Publication - 27 November 2006
The independent policy journal Europe’s World was
launched on 4 October 2005 by some 50 leading European think tanks
including EIAS. Published three times yearly, it is the only pan-European
publication that offers policymakers and opinion-formers across Europe
a platform for presenting ideas and forging consensus on key issues.
Our readers are drawn from politics, government, business, the media,
universities and NGOs.
Luncheon Briefing - 23 November 2006
Mongolia: From Chinggis Khaan To ASEM
23 November, 2006, EIAS, Brussels - Updated with full meeting report, audio interview and photos On The Occasion Of The 800th Anniversary Of The Foundation Of The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), in collaboration with the European Commission and the Mission of Mongolia to the European Union, is honoured to welcome a distinguished panel of speakers to its premises for a discussion and analysis of contemporary EU-Mongolia relations. Against the background of this year’s 800th anniversary of Mongolian statehood and the role that Chinggis Khaan has played in the Asia-Europe relationship, the Luncheon Briefing will focus on Mongolia’s external relations. The presentations of the seven panelists discussed Mongolia’s ongoing integration into the East Asian region and Mongolia’s new role as a participant in the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process. Mongolian Cultural Evening Lecture - 20 November 2006
EIAS was been invited by the Centre
for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol, UK, to give a lecture
on the topic “The Impact of Soft Power on the EU’s Relations
with East Asia”. The lecture was been part of the Centre for East
Asian Studies Seminar Series 2006-2007. More
information
Luncheon Briefing - 15 November 2006
The
Taiwanese Economy and Cross-Strait Business
15 November, 2006 - Updated with photos and audio interview Speakers: Mr Guy Wittich, Chief Executive Officer, European Chamber of Commerce
Taipei The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) is honoured to welcome Mr Guy Wittich and Mr Ralf Scheller of the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei (ECCT) to its premises for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing the Taiwanese economy and cross-Strait business. How will future political developments in Taiwan, both internally and vis-à-vis China, impact the status of the economy? To what extent will this effect European Business in greater China and the East Asian region? Conference - 8 November 2006
EU-Asia Corporate Responsibility Research Agenda
8 November 2006 Venue: European Institute for Asian Studies - updated with photos and audio interviews The conference will be co-organised by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES). RELOCATION, OUTSOURCING AND ALTERNATIVES Inevitably the attitudes of employees to relocation and outsourcing will differ markedly across the different countries and sectors. What national development strategies and policies are best for achieving the mutually beneficial outcomes in advanced as well as developing countries? |
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