[ March 3, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ]

NCCJ held a successful joint networking event with the Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce (IJCC) on Wednesday, 3rd of March, hosted by the Irish Chamber at the Embassy of Ireland, Ambassador’s Residence.

NCCJ held a successful joint networking event with the Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce (IJCC) on Wednesday, 3rd of March, hosted by the Irish Chamber at the Embassy of Ireland, Ambassador’s Residence.
Ireland and the Netherlands have many areas of common interest including cheese, beer and football. In the business area, Ireland is famous for its financial services, ICT and pharmaceutical industries and the Netherlands is also well known for its service industries including finance, ICT, flowers and food, and their innovation in environment and energy has attracted considerable attention. Moreover, NCCJ has had a good relationship with IJCC since the time is was the Japan Ireland Economic Association (JIEA),  the forerunner of IJCC (established in 2008).

A well-attended NCCJ Business Round Table held on Wednesday, 22 January 2010 at the Deshima Lounge of the Netherlands Embassy welcomed Wendela Elsen, founder of Open Rabbit KK, as guest speaker with her presentation with the intriguing theme “Women – The Way Forward for Smart Business Strategy.”

Ms. Elsen presented the business case for actively increasing the participation of women at all organizational levels, providing several reasons why and in what way companies could benefit from doing so. She referred to examples in other countries, such as the Netherlands, where a high participation of women already exists. Japan, with its graying population, might benefit from introducing some of the principles that drove the increase of women participation in those countries.

Mr. Rio Praaning Prawira Andningrat was the guest speaker at the NCCJ  luncheon meeting held on Wednesday, 10 February, 2010.  Mr. Praaning is Founder and Managing Partner of  PA Europe,  PA Asia, PA Russia, PA Middle East and PA CSR, which provides senior company management with advice on Corporate Social Responsibility strategies and projects.  The luncheon was well-attended by both NCCJ and EBC members who were interested to hear the insights of this  CSR expert based on his 30 years of strategic advice to more than 400 clients (from authorities, companies and civic organizations to non-governmental organizations).