RIETI Policy Symposium

The Third Sector as a Provider of "New Public Commons": Current status and challenges in Japan based on corporate forms

  • Program

Information

  • Time and Date: 13:30 - 17:45, Tuesday, July 31, 2012
  • Venue: Nadao Hall, Japan National Council of Social Welfare (Zenshakyo) (Shin-Kasumigaseki Bldg Lobby Floor, 3-3-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: ¥1,000
  • Hosts: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • Support: The Japan Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (JACEVO), The Japan Association of Charitable Organizations (JACO), Consumer Co-operative Institute of Japan (CCIJ), Civic Forum 21 NPO Center

Program

13:30 - 13:40 Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

13:40 - 15:00 General Overview "Current Status and Challenges of Third-sector Organizations in Japan"

USHIRO Fusao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Representative Director, JACEVO / Professor, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University)

15:20 - 17:45 Panel Discussion

Moderator:

USHIRO Fusao (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Representative Director, JACEVO / Professor, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University)

Panelists (in alphabetical order):

AOKI Nobuyuki (Deputy Director-General, Minister's Secretariat, Cabinet Office)

FUJIOKA Kimiko (President and Director General, Civic Forum 21 NPO Center)

KURIMOTO Akira (Director, CCIJ)

OHTA Tatsuo (President & CEO, JACO)

TAJIMA Seiichi (Professor, Japan College of Social Work)

17:45 - Reception