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The EUIJ-Kansai, the consortium formed by 3 universities of Kobe (Co-ordinating university), Kwansei Gakuin and Osaka, was established on 1 April 2005 with financial support from the European Commission, the executive branch of the EU, in order to contribute to strengthening the ties between Japan and the EU by promoting educational and academic interactions, enhancing public relations and sending out information.
Amid the accelerated speed of EU integration, and the increasingly enhanced role of the EU around the world, understanding of the EU among the Japanese public, however, has not reached a satisfactory level yet.
Considering the importance of these activities, we are proud of having commenced the Phase-II on 1 April 2009, with expanding our operation by concluding the cooperation agreements with the Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, and Kansai University.
Amid the accelerated speed of EU integration, and the increasingly enhanced role of the EU around the world, understanding of the EU among the Japanese public, however, has not reached a satisfactory level yet.
Considering the importance of these activities, we are proud of having commenced the Phase-II on 1 April 2009, with expanding our operation by concluding the cooperation agreements with the Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, and Kansai University.
The EUIJ-Kansai, intends to develop the following broad activities:
1. To become an EU educational and academic centre
Offering extensive EU-related courses through credit-transfer among the 3 universities, the EUIJ-Kansai awards Certificates to students who have successfully completed the stipulated EU courses. The EUIJ-Kansai also encourages academic exchanges with European universities and institutes, offering scholarships for students, inviting professors from the EU Member States, conducting joint researches, and organising EU-related seminars and international conferences.
2. To become a source of EU information
In close collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to Japan, the EUIJ-Kansai collects useful information, and widely distributes them not only to universities but also to general public and elementary, junior-high and high school students by utilising the EUIJ-Kansai website and other various programmes.
3. To promote EU outreach activities
Open public seminars and business seminars on general subjects of the EU issues, such as dynamics of the EU integration, its legal and institutional aspects, and economic, social and cultural aspects of the EU Member States, are conducted by the members of the EUIJ-Kansai and the partner universities.
Offering extensive EU-related courses through credit-transfer among the 3 universities, the EUIJ-Kansai awards Certificates to students who have successfully completed the stipulated EU courses. The EUIJ-Kansai also encourages academic exchanges with European universities and institutes, offering scholarships for students, inviting professors from the EU Member States, conducting joint researches, and organising EU-related seminars and international conferences.
2. To become a source of EU information
In close collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to Japan, the EUIJ-Kansai collects useful information, and widely distributes them not only to universities but also to general public and elementary, junior-high and high school students by utilising the EUIJ-Kansai website and other various programmes.
3. To promote EU outreach activities
Open public seminars and business seminars on general subjects of the EU issues, such as dynamics of the EU integration, its legal and institutional aspects, and economic, social and cultural aspects of the EU Member States, are conducted by the members of the EUIJ-Kansai and the partner universities.
Member Universities of the EUIJ-Kansai
Partner Universities
Management Board
| President | Noriyuki INOUE | (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University) | |
| Vice-President | Taiji HAGIWARA | (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University) | |
| Vice-President | Takayuki YAMAGUCHI | (Professor, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University) | |
| Vice-President | Hiro LEE | (Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University) | |
| Special Advisor to Management Office | Hiromasa KUBO | (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University) | |
| Advisor to Management Office | Eva HANADA | (Associate Professor, Kobe University) |
Outreach Group
| Head | Nobuchika KAIDO | (Professor, Dean, School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University) | |
| Members | Hiromasa KUBO | (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University) | |
| Hisakazu MATSUSHIGE | (Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University) |
Education Group
| Head | Yuki SEKINE | (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University) | |
| Members | Takashi AIHARA | (Professor, School of Law and Politics, Kwansei Gakuin University) | |
| Kota FUKUI | (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Osaka University) |
Research Group
| Head | Shotaro HAMAMOTO | (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University) | |
| Members | Masahiko YOSHII | (Professor, Dean, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University) | |
| Akira ICHIKAWA | (Associate Professor, Institute for Industrial Research, Kwansei Gakuin University) |
The EUIJ-Kansai Office
| Director | Akinori YAMADA | |
| Financial Manager | Akiyoshi TERANISHI | |
| Administrative Manager | Noriko HIGASHIMURA (Branch Office at Osaka University) | |
| Academic Manager | Naoka OFUKU | |
| Branch Office at Kwansei Gakuin University | Fumiko ISHIDA (Institute for Industrial Research, Kwansei Gakuin University) |
Location
| Address | Frontier Hall for Social Sciences 6F, Kobe University, 2-1, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501 | |
| TEL | +81-(0)78-803-7221 | |
| FAX | +81-(0)78-803-7223 | |
| euij-k@org.kobe-u.ac.jp |
