{"id":5880,"date":"2021-09-01T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/?p=5880"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:59:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T04:59:20","slug":"jmec-28-now-open-for-applications-from-prospective-project-clients-and-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/news\/jmec-28-now-open-for-applications-from-prospective-project-clients-and-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"JMEC 28 Now Open for Applications from Prospective Project Clients and Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Japan Market Expansion Competition (JMEC) program<\/strong> &#8211; which is supported by 18 foreign Chambers of Commerce and trade organisations in Japan, including BLCCJ &#8211; is now open for applications from prospective new Participants and Project Clients for its 28th edition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you a business owner looking for a business plan<\/strong>\u00a0tailored to the Japanese market for your market entry or business expansion? If so, take part in the 28th JMEC program!<\/p>\n<p>As a\u00a0<strong>JMEC Project Client<\/strong>, you can receive a professional business plan developed by some of Japan&#8217;s brightest up-and-coming business leaders for a fraction of the cost of hiring outside consultants. To learn more about this opportunity, including eligibility requirements, visit the JMEC homepage at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmec.gr.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.jmec.gr.jp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1629534431717000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEht12et_6vj-5TcNtUPeEcGk3DRg\">www.jmec.gr.jp<\/a>\u00a0and\/or contact JMEC Program Director Trond Varlid at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:trond@jmec.gr.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trond@jmec.gr.jp<\/a>\u00a0to discuss and get more details.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the application form here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmec.gr.jp\/project-clients\/apply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.jmec.gr.jp\/project-clients\/apply&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1629534431717000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFaMHZiHaHGM38X2ATXIoIj_wfFaQ\">http:\/\/www.jmec.gr.jp\/project-<wbr \/>clients\/apply<\/a><br \/>\nApplication deadline for Project Clients is 30 November, 2021 (&#8220;early bird discount&#8221; deadline is 30 September, 2021).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>JMEC is\u00a0<strong>also looking for individual applicants<\/strong>\u00a0to participate in the program and learn how to research and develop a professional business plan. This\u00a0<strong>\u2018mini MBA\u2019 style program<\/strong>\u00a0includes classroom training with experienced executives and successful entrepreneurs as lecturers\u2014as well as hands-on experience in writing a business plan for a real business project, submitted by a real company.<br \/>\nInterested applicants can find more information at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmec.gr.jp\/participants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.jmec.gr.jp\/participants&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1629534431717000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEbxB0SeflbIlneQh64rd0DXq2uqA\">http:\/\/www.jmec.gr.jp\/<wbr \/>participants<\/a><br \/>\nApplication deadline for Participants is 15 October, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Information sessions for prospective participants will start from 1 September till 14 October, 2021:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jmec.gr.jp\/participants\/upcoming-information-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/jmec.gr.jp\/participants\/upcoming-information-sessions&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1629534431717000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGU1syJI8nyARlrbJBdTySmOvNi0Q\">https:\/\/jmec.gr.jp\/<wbr \/>participants\/upcoming-<wbr \/>information-sessions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The BLCCJ is a proud sponsor of JMEC and encourages our members and the greater business community to get involved with this excellent program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japan Market Expansion Competition (JMEC) program &#8211; which is supported by 18 foreign Chambers of Commerce and trade organisations in Japan, including BLCCJ &#8211; is now open for applications from prospective new Participants and Project Clients for its 28th<a class=\"hover:text-blue focus:text-blue active:text-blue transition-colors duration-200\" href=\"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/news\/jmec-28-now-open-for-applications-from-prospective-project-clients-and-participants\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12197,"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880\/revisions\/12197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blccj.or.jp\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}