Dimapur, January 16 (DIPR): The two-day workshop on ‘India-Japan partnership towards meeting the Challenge of Infrastructure Development in India’s Northeast’ that was earlier scheduled to be held in Kohima will now be held at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur on January 19 to 20.
The inaugural function will be held on January 19 at 5:30 PM. The workshop is being organized by the Government of Nagaland in collaboration with Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).
The context for this workshop is the Tokyo Declaration for Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership, issued after the meeting in Tokyo on September 1, 2014, between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which places special emphasis on Japan’s cooperation for enhanced connectivity and development in Northeast India and linking the region to other economic corridors in India and Southeast Asia.
The objective is to bring together experts and policy makers from both countries to discuss the opportunities and challenges for India and Japan cooperation in the North East Region (NER). The discussion agenda is structured around the following themes:
• Economic Development in NER: Current Status and Potential
• Connectivity Imperatives in NER: Inter-regional, With Rest of India and Cross Border
• Areas for India-Japan Cooperation
• Public Private Partnerships: Pointers from Japan’s Involvement in the Development of SEZ’s in Myanmar
• Strategies for Enhancing India-Japan Cooperation in Infrastructure Development in NER.
