DIPR
Dimpaur, January 16
A 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 has been scheduled at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur, on January 19 and 20.
The inaugural function would be held on January 19 at 5:30 PM. The workshop is being organized by the State government in collaboration with Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).
The context for the workshop is the Tokyo declaration for Japan-India special strategic and global partnership, issued after the meeting in Tokyo on September 1, 2014, between the two Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi, which placed 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 would centre around ‘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.’
