Applications for the 2024 edition are now closed.
Join our Digital Business Mission in Japan during the Smart Manufacturing Summit 2024 in Aichi prefecture, the industrial capital of Japan!
OBJECTIVES
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
This call for applications targets individuals working for SMEs (*) (small and medium enterprises, start-ups) or Clusters (**) from the European Union, or a country associated to the Single Market Programme, SME Pillar (***), active in the following sectors:
We target participants in the following sectors:
-Connected Manufacturing
-Advanced Technologies and Materials
-Digital Ecosystems
-New Energies
-Sustainable Manufacturing
-Smart mobilities
ELIGIBILITY
The applicant must:
SELECTION
The Centre will evaluate applicants based on the following primary selection criteria:
The mission will welcome 12 companies.
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
The EU-Japan Centre will cover the expenses for one representative per selected company/cluster for:
COSTS
Mission participants are responsible for covering:
DEPOSIT
Participants who have been selected for the mission are required to pay a deposit of €1000 to secure their spot in the mission. After a brief post-event report is submitted, the deposit will be refunded. Before applying, please ensure you are committed, as cancelling after confirming your participation will result in a forfeiture of the deposit.
(*) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are companies that meet the standard criteria set by the European Commission to be classified as SMEs.
(**) Clusters are those who are registered in the European Cluster Cooperation Platform (http://www.clustercollaboration.eu. Registration on that platform is free of charge.
(***) Please check the status of your country here.
THE DIGITAL SECTOR IN JAPAN
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Visit the dedicated pages in our EU Business in Japan related content:
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