Action Plan for Japan-EU Cooperation

The European Union and Japan decided to launch "a Decade of Japan-Europe Cooperation" and started it from 2001. Since both of us must give new impetus to our relationship, we adopted a broad and forward-looking agenda for Japan-EU cooperation as our determination to shape our common future. As a part of it, the "Action Plan for Japan-EU Cooperation" was adopted in December 2001.
The Action Plan addresses four major objectives: (1) Promoting Peace and Security, (2) Strengthening the economic and trade partnership utilising the dynamism of globalization for the benefit of all, (3) Coping with global and societal challenges , and (4) Bringing together people and cultures. Our cooperation strategy on the transportation sector is energetically pursued and kept current. We will coordinate regularly and update the Action Plan as necessary at the annual EU-Japan Summit.