With the progression of globalization, “interculturalism” is becoming an increasingly important theme in international society. In the midst of this, together with promoting partnership between intercultural cities in Asia and Europe, and to share knowledge and experience in order to transmit the importance of interculturalism to the international society, mayors and officials from Asia and Europe will assemble in Hamamatsu for the holding of the “Asia-Europe Intercultural City Summit 2012 Hamamatsu” on October 25th & 26th.

Hamamatsu Declaration (PDF:185KB)

Asia-Europe Intercultural City Summit 2012 Hamamatsu

Dates	October 25th (Thursday) and 26th (Friday)
Venue	Act City Hamamatsu Congress Center (111-1 Itaya-machi, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu)
Organizers	Hamamatsu City , The Japan Foundation
Co-organizers	Council of Europe , Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)
Supported by	Cabinet Office of Government of Japan, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Intercultural Academy of Municipalities (JIAM)

Participating mayors

Participating mayors

Japan	Deputy Mayor of Higashiosaka City, Mayor of Ota City, Mayor of Shinjuku City, Mayor of Hamamatsu City
Korea	Mayor of Gwangmyeong City, Mayor of Gwangsan-gu, Deputy Mayor of Guro-gu, Deputy Mayor of Cheonan City
Europe	Mayor of Employment and Integration, Copenhagen City [Denmark], Vice Mayor of Rotterdam City [The Netherlands], Lord Mayor of Dublin City [Ireland]

Report

Inquiry

Europe, Middle East and Africa Section
Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships Programs Department, The Japan Foundation

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