The Third International Workshop: Japanese-German Cooperation in and with Central Asia

The Third International Workshop
Japanese-German Cooperation in and with Central Asia
- Building a New Silk Road and Possible Approaches -

Date： October 6 and October 7, 2005

Place： Main Conference Room at NIRA

Languages：Japanese, English, Russian (Simultaneous Interpretation)

Organized by National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)
Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF)

[ Summary ]
October 6 (Thursday)

9:30 Welcome Address

Mr. Takafusa SHIOYA (President, NIRA)

Prof. Koji UEDA(Deputy Secretary General, JDZB)

Ms. Katrin NAGLER (Deputy Representative for Central Asia and the South-Caucasus, KAF)

10:00 Key Note Speech

"Towards a New Central Asia from the Perspective of Eurasian History"

Professor Hisao KOMATSU

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology

10:30-13:00 Session 1

Economic Cooperation -Environmental Issues with Special Focus on Water Resources-

Moderator Dr. Yoshiaki NISHIMURA

Vice-President of Hitotsubashi University / Professor of the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Speakers Mr. Hirofumi KATAYAMA

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Obirin University

(Towards the Establishment of Integrated Water Resource Management in Central Asia)

Mr. Gunter WINCKLER

Consultant, formerly GTZ CCD Project
(Water Resources and Land Use in Central Asia)

Senator Victor Eduardovich KIST

Deputy of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan Parliament

(Water Problems - Aral Sea and Syr Darja)

Mr. Zayd SAIDOV, Minister of Industry, Tajikistan

(Regional economic partnership in order to reach the goals of development)

Commentator Mr. Hideki UYAMA

Director, Central Asia and Caucasus Division,

European Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Discussant Dr. Timur DADABAEV

Associate Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo

Discussion

14:30-17:00 Session 2

Prospect of Regional Cooperation with Special Focus on Regional Organizations

Moderator Dr. Rainer FREITAG-WIRMINGHAUS

German Institute for Middle East Studies

Speakers Dr. Uwe HALBACH

SWP-German Institute for International and Security Affairs

(Regional Cooperation in Post-Soviet Central Asia)

Dr. Farkhad KHAMRAEV

Head of the Department for UNO-matters and International Organizations, Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Uzbekistan

(Prospects of the Regional Cooperation by the Example of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO))

Mr. Tomohiko UYAMA

Associate Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University

(Democratization of Political Culture in Central Asia and Roles of Regional Organizations)

Commentator Mr. Rolf Schulze

Head of Southern Caucasus and Central Asia Division

Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Republic of Germany

Discussants Professor Yoshio ENDO

Institute of World Studies, Takushoku University

Mr. Takeshi YUASA

Research Associate, National Institute for Defense Studies

Discussion

October 7 (Friday)

10:00-12:30 Session 3

Strategies to Promote Cultural and Peoples Exchange

Moderator Ms. Chika OBIYA

Associate Professor, The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology

Speakers Dr. Murat SUYUNBAEV

Vice-Principal of the Diplomacy Academy, Member of the Public Council on the Foreign Affairs, Kyrgyzstan

(Cultural Characteristics - Central Euro Asia as a Factor of Development and Cooperation)

Mr. Hiroshi NIINO

Deputy Director General, Regional Department II (East, Southwest, Central Asia, the Caucasus & Oceania), Japan International Cooperation Agency

(Japanese projects in capacity building and future issues)

Dr. Anna-Christine JANKE

Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development - BMZ

(Capacity building and Germany's cultural policies)

Commentator Ms. Katrin NAGLER (Deputy Representative for Central Asia and the South -Caucasus, KAF)

Discussion

13:30 Drafting of Policy Recommendations

14:30 Final Session, Presentation of Policy Recommendations

15:00 Closing

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Date： October 6 and October 7, 2005
Place： Main Conference Room at NIRA
Languages：Japanese, English, Russian (Simultaneous Interpretation)
Organized by	National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF)

9:30	Welcome Address
	Mr. Takafusa SHIOYA (President, NIRA)
	Prof. Koji UEDA(Deputy Secretary General, JDZB)
	Ms. Katrin NAGLER (Deputy Representative for Central Asia and the South-Caucasus, KAF)

10:00	Key Note Speech
	"Towards a New Central Asia from the Perspective of Eurasian History"
	Professor Hisao KOMATSU
	The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology

10:30-13:00	Session 1
	Economic Cooperation -Environmental Issues with Special Focus on Water Resources-

Moderator	Dr. Yoshiaki NISHIMURA
	Vice-President of Hitotsubashi University / Professor of the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Speakers	Mr. Hirofumi KATAYAMA
	Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Obirin University
	(Towards the Establishment of Integrated Water Resource Management in Central Asia)
	Mr. Gunter WINCKLER
	Consultant, formerly GTZ CCD Project (Water Resources and Land Use in Central Asia)
	Senator Victor Eduardovich KIST
	Deputy of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan Parliament
	(Water Problems - Aral Sea and Syr Darja)
	Mr. Zayd SAIDOV, Minister of Industry, Tajikistan
	(Regional economic partnership in order to reach the goals of development)

Commentator	Mr. Hideki UYAMA
	Director, Central Asia and Caucasus Division,
	European Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Discussant	Dr. Timur DADABAEV
	Associate Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo

	Discussion

14:30-17:00	Session 2
	Prospect of Regional Cooperation with Special Focus on Regional Organizations

Moderator	Dr. Rainer FREITAG-WIRMINGHAUS
	German Institute for Middle East Studies

Speakers	Dr. Uwe HALBACH
	SWP-German Institute for International and Security Affairs
	(Regional Cooperation in Post-Soviet Central Asia)
	Dr. Farkhad KHAMRAEV
	Head of the Department for UNO-matters and International Organizations, Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Uzbekistan
	(Prospects of the Regional Cooperation by the Example of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO))
	Mr. Tomohiko UYAMA
	Associate Professor, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University
	(Democratization of Political Culture in Central Asia and Roles of Regional Organizations)

Commentator	Mr. Rolf Schulze
	Head of Southern Caucasus and Central Asia Division
	Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Republic of Germany

Discussants	Professor Yoshio ENDO
	Institute of World Studies, Takushoku University
	Mr. Takeshi YUASA
	Research Associate, National Institute for Defense Studies

	Discussion

10:00-12:30	Session 3
	Strategies to Promote Cultural and Peoples Exchange

Moderator	Ms. Chika OBIYA
	Associate Professor, The Japan Center for Area Studies, National Museum of Ethnology

Speakers	Dr. Murat SUYUNBAEV
	Vice-Principal of the Diplomacy Academy, Member of the Public Council on the Foreign Affairs, Kyrgyzstan
	(Cultural Characteristics - Central Euro Asia as a Factor of Development and Cooperation)
	Mr. Hiroshi NIINO
	Deputy Director General, Regional Department II (East, Southwest, Central Asia, the Caucasus & Oceania), Japan International Cooperation Agency
	(Japanese projects in capacity building and future issues)
	Dr. Anna-Christine JANKE
	Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development - BMZ
	(Capacity building and Germany's cultural policies)

Commentator	Ms. Katrin NAGLER (Deputy Representative for Central Asia and the South -Caucasus, KAF)

	Discussion

13:30	Drafting of Policy Recommendations

14:30	Final Session, Presentation of Policy Recommendations

15:00	Closing