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