Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business (APA)
Purpose
The Asia-Pacific Committee (APA) voices the concerns of the German business community to policymakers in Germany and the Asia-Pacific region. The objective of the APA is to intensify cooperation with the Asia-Pacific countries and to foster mutual trade and investment. As global economic challenges and the economic importance of the Asia-Pacific region grow, the APA’s mission is to shape the future, together with Asia, based on the principles of partnership, innovation and sustainability.
Sponsor organisations
- Federation of German Industries (BDI)
- Association of German Banks (Bankenverband)
- Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA)
- Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)
- German Asia-Pacific Business Association (OAV)
Activities
The focus of the APA’s activities is on high-level business summits, visits to Germany by Asian government representatives and by German politicians to Asia, and on participation in joint committees co-organised by the German Ministry of Economics and Technology.
The main event is the Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business, which is organised jointly with the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad and the German Ministry of Economics and Technology and held regularly at a venue in the region. The next conference will take place in India in November 2012 and marks both the conclusion and climax of the project year “Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities” sponsored by the German government and the business community.
Position papers of the German business community on the Asia-Pacific region:
Keynote paper on the partnership between Asia and Germany: Partnership with Asia (January 2010) [PDF]
Chair
Peter Löscher, Siemens
Contact at the Association of German Banks
Larissa Fiedler
Internet
www.asien-pazifik-ausschuss.de
