Press Release
To Members of the Press,
30 August 2024

UNIDO ITPO Tokyo is proud to invite members of the press to the Awarding Ceremony for the“Entrepreneurship Development Training for Ukrainian Women and Youth in Japan”, to be held on
Friday, September 13, 2024 at the United Nations University.
Date and Time:
Friday, 13 September, 2024 15:30–17:30 (media registration from 15:00)
Location :2F, United Nations University (5-53-70 Jingūmae, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan)
Schedule :
15:00
15:30-16:15
16:15-17:30

Media Registration starts
Closing Ceremony/Award of certificates/Group photo session
Interview sessionPress Coverage Opportunities:
1. Coverage and photography of programme and award ceremony
2. Interview session with participants
Application:
Please register by 5:00 pm, Tuesday, 10 September from the link below.

https://forms.office.com/e/7sJWjNB2UD
Notes:
1. Please refrain from using photographs & videos for purposes other than reporting purposes
2. The event schedule may change without prior notice due to unforeseen circumstances.
3. If you are unable to attend on Friday, September 13, but would like to cover the event at
another time, please contact the media contact below.

About Programme:
As of 30 April 2024, approximately 2,100 displaced persons from Ukraine are living in Japan, withmore than 70% of whom are women, mainly in their 20s to 40s. As their stay in Japan is
prolonged, the Government of Japan has adopted the measure of “Support for Persons Subject
to Complementary Protection“ to ensure the protection of conflict-displaced persons, thereby
creating an environment in which displaced persons from Ukraine can live in Japan as 'long term
residents (five years)‘.
This “Entrepreneurship Development Training for Ukrainian Women and Youth in Japan” aims to
support Ukrainian people living in Japan particularly with evacuees and university students tobecome self-reliant by providing them with opportunities to learn entrepreneurship and relevant
skills, enabling to generate entrepreneurial ideas and business planning for new businesscreation and job finding in Japan, with a view to enriching Ukrainian communities in Japan as wellas giving back to Ukraine.
38 participants were selected this time to participate in 2nd edition of the programme from
September 9-13, 2024, organized by UNIDO ITPO Tokyo in cooperation with the Investment andTechnology Office in Bahrain (UNIDO ITPO Bahrain).
https://www.unido.or.jp/en/coming/12228/
About UNIDO:UNIDO’s Investment and Technology Promotion Office, Tokyo (UNIDO ITPO Tokyo) wasestablished in March 1981 in accordance with an agreement concluded between UNIDO and theGovernment of Japan, and is one of 9 offices worldwide belonging to UNIDO’s ITPO Network.
The mission of UNIDO ITPO Tokyo is to help developing and emerging countries and economies
in transition in their efforts to achieve inclusive and sustainable economic development bypromoting foreign direct investment (FDI) and technology transfer from Japan through various
activities including delegate programme (invitation of government officials to Japan), technology
transfer (identifying and promoting Japanese energy and environment technologies), seminars
and events (country promotion, sector promotion, environment exhibitions), capacity building(special programmes for embassies in Japan), and activities overseas (business missions andnetworking).
http://www.unido.or.jp/en/
Media Inquiries
UNIDO Tokyo Office (Attn: Ms. Inuma)
TEL: 03-6433-5520
Email: ukraine-edt@unido.org