Green Cluster/SME Mission: open applications for the Tokyo "Decarbonization Expo"
Promote your green technologies at Tokyo’ Decarbonisation Expo with the support of the EU-JAPAN CENTRE!
- Exhibit at the “Decarbonisation Expo”
- Establish relationships with potential partners (trade and technology)
- Face-to-face meetings leading to possible business opportunities
The Green Mission will be organised on the fringe of the Decarbonisation Expo in Tokyo, From February 27 to March 1, 2024.
Participants will be able to meet Japanese companies and promote their activities face to face.
OBJECTIVES
Through this 4-day mission you will have the opportunity to:
- display your technology at one of Japan’s leading trade shows
- meet potential business partners
- create new business opportunities
- develop partnerships and business cooperation on global markets
- discover business opportunities with Japanese companies in Japan and beyond
- attend match-making events
- increase your innovation capacity and become more competitive on a global scale (as an SME)
- prepare the ground for practical cluster cooperation across borders and make a more strategic use of transnational cluster cooperation on markets outside Europe in areas of strategic interest (as a cluster)
Informations
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
The programme targets participants from SMEs and clusters from the EU or SMP associated countries, active in the following sectors.
Energy production & conservation:
Renewables, biomass, CCS, SMRs, co-generation, energy storage, advanced materials, thermal insulation...
Efficiency and sustainability:
Sustainable consumer products, recycling, waste reduction, re-usable products...
Mobility:
Zero emission vehicles, hydrogen, e-bikes, fuel cells, micromobility...
ELIGIBILITY
The candidate must:
- work for an organization that is a juridical person based in the European Union, or a country associated to the Single Market Programme, SME Pillar
- be supported by his/her employer
- be able to participate in the entire programme
- have a good command of English
- have proven experience in the industry
SELECTION
The main criteria for selection are:
- the professional & educational background of the candidate;
- the strategy of the participant's company regarding Japan;
- the innovative aspects of the product/technology/service offered by the company.
As an additional component of the business mission, the EU-Japan Centre also offers to support EU companies looking for Japanese business partners for projects outside Japan.
For companies interested in this service, the EU-Japan Centre will also take into account in the selection process the following elements:
- existing activities outside Europe and outside Japan (e.g. Southeast Asia);
- the strategy or interest in working with Japanese companies outside Japan (e.g. Southeast Asia).
In order to ensure a high degree of personal attention, the number of participants in this mission is limited.
Applicants will be informed of their application's result in late November 2023.
PARTICIPATION FEE – GRANT
The EU-Japan Centre covers all costs directly related to the mission (i.e. exhibition booth at the fair, printing service to give participants more visibility, interpretation at the fair...)
The participants' companies must cover travel costs to/from Japan, accommodation and any other living costs.