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18 July 2011
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22-24 September 2011, Xi’an
Euro-Asia Economic Forum ‘Innovating Euro-Asia Cooperation, Sharing Transformation Opportunity’
This Chinese Government conference was held in Xi’an, China to further boost the practical cooperation and coordinated development of all Eurasia countries, reinforce the economic cooperation and intercommunication mechanisms across the area and establish an all-round multilayer platform for cooperation between China and other Eurasia countries so as to jointly tackle all challenges in the Post Financial Crisis Era.
The 2011 Euro-Asia Economic Forum, led by Secretary-General Mr. Zhang Deguang - who is also Chairman of the think tank of the Foreign Ministry, CFIS - was co-organised by the PA International Foundation.
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September 2011, Japan
MOU between PA International and Tokyo University
In Tokyo the PA International Foundation recently agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the prestigious Tokyo University (Todai). Established in 1877 as the first national university in Japan, Todai until this day is one of Japan’s leading research universities and ranks among the highest in Asia.
In March 2012, PA International will co-organize a major international Conference with Todai, titled “Ageing: Explore the Role of Nutrition to Prevent Unnecessary Diseases and Reduce the Health Care Budget”. The research leading up to this Conference is headed by Professor Satoshi Sasaki, Head of the Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology of the School of Public Health at Tokyo University. The research will base itself on statistical analysis of and correlations between ageing, increasing prevalence of diseases, nutritional deficiencies and nutrition as preventive intervention. Working groups/panels that will include Japanese and foreign high level experts in the fields of gerontology, nutrition, child welfare, socio-political development and consumer interests will be invited to discuss the research prior to the Conference.
Participants to the major International Conference will include international experts and Japanese key stakeholders including relevant Government authorities, consumer associations, medical doctors and patients organisations, insurance companies, and industries. Several key members of Parliament have agreed to address the Conference.
More information on this Conference will be provided in due course via the website of PA International.
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17 May 2011, Japan
Interview Rio D. Praaning Prawira
Adiningrat and Martin Van der Linden in The Japan Times
The Oranda-jima Child Refuge Foundation (Non-Profit Organisation) will construct a Child Play & Care Center and Elderly Bath Facility in Yamada-machi (Japan) after the town was struck by a tsunami on 11 March 2011 as the result of an earthquake. This center, an initiative of the PA International Foundation, will be a place for children to play, receive post trauma assistance and other forms of support including optimal nutrition and for elderly people to make use of the bathing facilities.
The Japan Times interviewed Rio D. Praaning Prawira Adiningrat (Managing Director of the PA International Foundation) and Martin Van der Linden (architect of the Center, Van Der Architects) on the initiative and its goals.
>> Read the article
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9 May 2011, IWHR Headquarters, Beijing
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) and PA International Sign MOU for a High Tech Water Management Cooperation Project in China
On 9 May 2011 the renowned Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) of the People’s Republic of China and the PA International Foundation (PAI) signed an MOU in the IWHR Headquarters in Beijing to prepare and execute a mitigation test in China for drought problems. The signing ceremony follows an initial multi-disciplinary research mission funded and organized by PA International with the support of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the South-Western Chinese Province of Yunnan in May 2010.
The science part of that mission was led by Prof Dr Ruud Schotting, currently holder of the Sultan Qaboos Academic Chair for Quantative Water Management at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. Delegation leader Rio Praaning Prawira Adiningrat represented the PA International Foundation, the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and the Chinese International Ecology Institute IESCO.
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1 April 2011
The sunshine supplement: Vitamine D deficiency in focus
Parliament Magazine's supplement "The sunshine supplement: Vitamin D deficiency in focus" is now available.
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23 March 2010, European Parliament, Brussels
Vitamin D Nutritional Policy in Europe
The Need for Prevention, Education & Consumer Choice
Visit our dedicated Vitamin D website!
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21-22 June 2009, Beijing
International forum on Food Safety and Ecological Safety: New Regulations, New Technologies, New Opportunities
The conference, organized in the Beijing International Hotel by United Nations University in Tokyo, the China Foundation for International Studies and the Public Advice International Foundation, with the co-sponsorship of the International Eco-Safety Cooperative Organisation (IESCO), focused on the importance of ensuring both food safety and food quality through improved Governmental regulations, standards and inspection regimes, as well as through the augmented responsibilities of industry to ensure sufficient levels of quality and safety in their own production.
The following documents are available for downloading:
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1 March 2008
International Roundtable Conference
on “Food Safety: International Trade, Sustainable Production, Social Responsibility"
On 1st March 2008 the Public Advice International Foundation, the United Nations Universityand The Tokyo Foundation co-sponsored this international roundtable conference at the UN House in Tokyo in order to shed more light on the backgrounds of and possible solutions for food safety issues.
Based on the conference the United Nations University published a Policy Brief on Food Safety and Trade Liberalization in an Age of Globalization.
The following conference documents are available for downloading:
This International Roundtable Conference was the third conference about food safety organized by PA International. More information on the past conferences in Berlin and Brussels can be found here. |
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