Conference on Japanese and Nordic Development Cooperation in a Post-MDG Era, 1-2 October 2015
Program
October 1
Venue: Ohlinrummet, 5th floor, Stockholm School of Economics, Bertil Ohlins Gata 5, Stockholm
9:30-09:45 Opening Address
Marie Söderberg, Professor and Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics
09:45-10:30 Keynote Speech
Annika Sundén, Chief Economist, SIDA
“How can Sweden contribute to achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals?”
Session I Development Policy in a Post-MDG Era Chair: Bart Gaens, Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
10:30-11:15 Marie Söderberg, Professor and Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics
“Adjusting to Global Challenges: Japan’s National Interest in Development Cooperation”
Discussant: Izumi Ohno, Professor,
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies 11:15-12:00 Arne Bigsten, Professor, University of Gothenburg
“The Changing Structure of Swedish Foreign Aid”
Discussant: André Asplund, Research Fellow, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics
12:00-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:15 Keynote Speech
Annica Sohlström, Secretary General, Forum Syd
“The Role of Swedish Civil Society for Sustainable Development”
Session II Private Partnership in Foreign Aid
Chair: Paul Midford, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
14:15-15:00 Izumi Ohno, Professor,
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
"Japanese Development Cooperation in a New Era:
Recommendations for Network-based Cooperation”
Discussant: Torbjörn Becker, Director, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics 15:00-15:45 Annette Skovsted Hansen, Associate Professor,
Aarhus University
“Private Sector Involvement: Continued and new initiatives”
Discussant: Anders Olofsgård, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break
Session III Aligning with DAC Priorities
Chair: Marie Söderberg, Professor and Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics 16:00-16:45 Carla Bringas, Research Fellow, Osaka University
“Economic Infrastructure, DAC Standards and Japan’s Aid Allocations”
Discussant: Annette Skovsted Hansen, Associate Professor, Aarhus University
16:45-17:30 André Asplund, Research Fellow, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics
“Human Rights vs. (Human) Security: A Conflict of (Japanese) Interest?”
Discussant: Bart Gaens, Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
October 2
Venue: Room 348, 3rd floor, Stockholm School of Economics, Bertil Ohlins Gata 5, Stockholm
09:30-10:15 Keynote Speech
Akio Kagawa, Chief Representative, JICA UK Office
“JICA’s Activities after the MDGs”
Session IV The Impact of Public Opinion and Global Changes on Development Policy
Chair: André Asplund, Research Fellow, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics
10:15-11:00 Paul Midford, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
“The Impact of Public Opinion on Japan’s ODA Policy:
Before and After the New ODA Charter”
Discussant: Karl Gustafsson, Research Fellow and Head of the East Asia Program, Swedish Institute of International Affairs 11:00-11:45 Raymond Yamamoto, Research Fellow, University of Hamburg
and Osaka University
“The Securitization of Japan’s ODA: New Strategies in Changing Global and National Contexts”
Discussant: Paul Midford, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
