Exchange with the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany
About North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany
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The exchange so far：
▼Signing of MoU ▼Mutual exhibition at trade fairs ▼General exchange
Signing of MoU
The renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with the States Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy (April 2023)
Govenor Uchibori and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy, Neubaur, renewed the memorandum based on ongoing economic exchange.
Renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry for Economy, Innovation, Digitization and Energy, NRW (October 2019)
Within the cooperation with NRW so far a "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Fields of Energy Saving, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy" (signed with the former Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Protection and Consumer Protection in February 2014 and renewed in January 2017) as well as a "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Medical Device Industry and Technology Development in related Fields" (signed with the Ministry for Economy, Innovation, Digitization and Energy in September 2014 and renewed in August 2017) has been signed and the relationship has been constantly deepened.
For the purpose of further developing the relationship between the two regions, the two MoU were integrated in October 2019 and updated as a "Memorandum of Understanding on Continuous Economic Exchange".
Signing (February 2014) and renewal (January 2017) of a MoU with the former Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Protection and Consumer Protection
A "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Fields of Energy Saving, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy" has been signed with the former Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Protection and Consumer Protection of the state of NRW, with which our prefecture has built a partnerships in the field of renewable energy.
NRW is Germany's No. 1 energy state, supplying and consuming about one-third of Germany's total energy. (Two of Germany's leading electric power companies, E.ON and RWE, are located in NRW.) The state of NRW is also in the process of shifting to renewable energy and has already 3,400 companies and 24,100 people working in this field.
Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the EnergyAgency.NRW (EA.NRW) and the Energy Agency Fukushima (EAF) in November 2017.
In order to further promote economic exchange between the two regions, a MoU has been signed on November 7th 2017 between EA.NRW, which is an organization that supports the development and agglomeration of renewable energy-related industries in NRW, and EAF, an organization that supports the development and accumulation of renewable energy-related industries in Fukushima prefecture, and the cooperation is further deepened.
Official homepage of EnergieAgentur.NRW (English)
Mutual exhibition at trade fairs
Fukushima Prefecture: Exhibiting at a trade fair held in NRW
Fukushima Prefecture has been exhibiting at the "E-world", Europe's largest energy-related trade fair held in Essen, NRW, with companies from the prefecture since 2014 and introduced products and technologies of companies in the prefecture and held business matching seminars with overseas companies.
Official homepage of E-world energy & water (English)
※E-world (Official name: E-world energy & water) is Europe's largest international trade fair for energy-related industries, with 780 energy-related companies from all over the world exhibiting and 25,000 visitors (2019).
NRW: Exhibiting at a trade fair organized by Fukushima Prefecture
NRW is exhibiting at the Renewable Energy Industrial Fair (REIF) Fukushima, held in Koriyama, with a NRW Pavilion since 2013 with several companies from the state and introduced products and technologies of NRW companies and held business matching seminars with companies from Fukushima Prefecture.
Official homepage of the Renewable Energy Industrial Fair (REIF) Fukushima
General exchange
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FY2024
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| June 4, 2024 | Courtesy visit of Govenor Uchibori by the representative Director and President of NRW Japan K.K. |  |
| October 17, 2024 | Visit to Fukushima Prefecture by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy, Neubaur ・Meeting with Governor Uchibori ・Roundtable discussion with the governor at the seminar commemorating the 10th anniversary of the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding between Fukushima Prefecture and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ・Observation of REIF Fukushima/FREA |
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| October 17～18, 2024 | NRW exhibits at REIF Fukushima (15 companies/organizations) |  |
| November 12～13, 2024 | Visit to North Rhine-Westphalia by the Vice-chief of the Commerce, Industry and Labor Department, Takeshi Waragai ・Exchange of opinions with government officials from North Rhine-Westphalia ・Participation in updating the joint statements by EAF and NRW. Energy for Climate (E4C) ・Visits of companies in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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| December 3, 2024 | Courtesy visit of to Prefectural Govenor Uchibori by Consul General Tsunoda of the Japanese Consulate-General in Düsseldorf |  |
| February 11～13, 2025 | Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at E-world (2 companies/organizations) |  |
FY2023
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| April 26, 2023 | Govenor Uchibori's visit to Germany ・Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs (Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as State Minister for Economics, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy, Mona Neubaur) (renewal) ・Meeting with NRW Minister-President Hendrik Wüst |
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| June 7, 2023 | Visit to the prefecture by Hendrik Wüst, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia ・Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori ・Inspection of renewable energy-related facilities |
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| October 12～13, 2023 | NRW exhibits at REIF Fukushima (6 companies/organizations) |  |
| February 20～22 | Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at E-world (3 companies/organizations) |  |
FY2022
| Date | Topic | |
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| September 13, 2022 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by Consul General Kawahara of the Japanese Consulate-General in Düsseldorf |  |
| October 13～15, 2022 | NRW exhibits at REIF Fukushima (7 companies/organizations) |  |
FY2021
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| February 23 ～ March 31, 2022 | NRW participates in REIF Fukushima (online event) (6 companies) ※ Online Matching-Event |
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FY2020
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| October 14,2020 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by General Director Ueda of JETRO Duesseldorf Office |  |
| October 28and29,2020 | NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (7 companies/ organizations) ※Partially remote exhibition and online matching |
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FY2019
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| May 29,2019 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by a NRW parliamentary delegation |  |
| September 4,2019 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by then General Director Watanabe of JETRO Duesseldorf Office |  |
| September 5,2019 | Talks between state secretary Dammermann of the Ministry for Economy of NRW and Vice Governor Ide |  |
| October 7and8,2019 |
Governor Uchibori visits Germany |
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| October 30and31,2019 | NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (9 companies/ organizations) ・Vice Governor Ide visits the NRW booth |
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| February 5,2020 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by Consul General Iwama of the Consulate General of Japan in Duesseldorf, Germany |  |
| February 11to13,2020 | Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at the E-world energy & water in Essen, Germany (6 companies/organizations) |  |
FY2018
| Date | Topic | |
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| April 2018～ | JETRO Regional Industry Tie-Up (RIT) program | |
| September 5,2018 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by then Consul General Iso of the Consulate General of Japan in Duesseldorf, Germany | |
| November 7and8,2018 |
NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (10 companies/ organizations) |
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| December 5,2018 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by then General Director Watanabe of JETRO Duesseldorf Office |  |
| February 5to7,2019 | Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at the E-world energy & water in Essen, Germany (4 companies / research institute) |  |
FY2017
| Date | Topic | |
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| April 2017～ | JETRO Regional Industry Tie-Up (RIT) program | |
| September 6,2017 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by Mayor Roos of the City of Saerbeck, NRW |  |
| November 8and9,2017 |
NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (12 companies/ organizations) Signing of a MoU between the EnergyAgency.FUKUSHIMA and the EnergieAgentur.NRW |
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| February 6to8,2018 | Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at the E-world energy & water in Essen, Germany (5 companies) |  |
FY2016
| Date | Topic | |
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| April 2016～ |
JETRO Regional Industry Tie-Up (RIT) program |
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| October 19and20,2016 | NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (11 companies/ organizations) ・Former Vice Governor Hata visits the NRW booth |
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| January 16to18,2017 | Governor Uchibori visits Germany ・Signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Environment of NRW (with former Minister Remmel) ・Meeting with then Prime Minister Kraft of NRW |
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| February 7to9,2017 | Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at the E-world energy & water in Essen, Germany (3 companies) |  |
FY2015
| Date | Topic | |
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| July 27and28,2015 | Holding of a joint workshop (7 companies) |  |
| October 28and29,2015 |
NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (7 companies/ organizations) |
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| February 15to17,2016 | Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at the E-world energy & water in Essen, Germany (4 companies) |  |
FY2014
| Date | Topic | |
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| December 3and4,2014 |
NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (8 companies/ organizations) |
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| February 10to12,2015 | Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at the E-world energy & water in Essen, Germany (2 companies) |  |
FY2013
| Date | Topic | |
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| November 6and7,2013 |
NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (8 companies/ organizations) |
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| February 10,2014 | Then Vice Governor Murata visits Germany ・Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Minister of Environment of NRW |
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| February 11to13,2014 |
Fukushima Prefecture exhibits at the E-world energy & water in Essen, Germany (2 companies) |
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FY2012
| Date | Topic | |
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| August 29,2012 |
Former Governor Sato visits Germany and exchanges opinions with the Minister of Environment of NRW |
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| February 25,2013 |
The Minister of Environment of NRW visits Fukushima Prefecture and makes a courtesy visit to former Governor Sato |
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| Date | Topic | |
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| October 14,2020 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by General Director Ueda of JETRO Duesseldorf Office | |
| October 28and29,2020 | NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (7 companies/ organizations) ※Partially remote exhibition and online matching |
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| Date | Topic | |
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| October 14,2020 | Courtesy visit to Governor Uchibori by General Director Ueda of JETRO Duesseldorf Office | |
| October 28and29,2020 | NRW exhibits at the REIF Fukushima (7 companies/ organizations) ※Partially remote exhibition and online matching |
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