HIGH LEVEL SWEDISH BUSINESS DELEGATION TO INDONESIA & VIETNAM

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1 INVITATION HIGH LEVEL SWEDISH BUSINESS DELEGATION TO INDONESIA & VIETNAM Welcome to participate in the Business Delegation to Indonesia and Vietnam on October , headed by Ann Linde, Minister for EU Affairs and Trade. The delegation targets innovative and sustainable Swedish solutions and investments in key sectors of importance to the Vietnamese and Indonesian economies. The delegation is organised by Business Sweden, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Embassies of Sweden in Jakarta and Hanoi. Indonesia and Vietnam have both experienced high growth rates of around 6-7% in the last decade and are both classified as Next-11 countries expected to lead future economic growth in the world. Significant investments in infrastructure, a rapidly growing consumer class and regulatory reforms concerning foreign investments in the manufacturing sector, create exciting opportunities for Swedish companies. The program provides access to top level decision makers in both the private and public sectors in Indonesia and Vietnam. Roundtables with business leaders are organised, as well as business forums to showcase innovative and sustainable concepts to wider audiences of key industry stakeholders. Swedish companies are invited to participate with global CEO, participants from the Executive Management and/or Regional Director. CEOs of Swedish companies in Indonesia and Vietnam will be invited to participate in the Business Forum and parts of the program. Targeted Swedish companies: Companies who are expanding their footprints in Indonesia and/or Vietnam or companies planning to enter these markets. Companies within all key industry sectors (special focus in Vietnam on transport & energy, consumer goods and manufacturing) Benefits for Swedish companies: Meet, network and discuss your solutions with top-level decision makers in the public and private sector in Indonesia and Vietnam

2 INVITATION PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Sunday October 2 - Jakarta Arrival in Jakarta & internal program briefing Welcome dinner Trade delegation and selected participants from the Swedish business community in Indonesia Monday October 3 - Jakarta Sweden Indonesia Business Forum: Partners in Growth The Sweden Indonesia Business Forum: Partners in Growth is a platform for sharing best practices and strategies for building innovative and successful industrial companies. including public-private partnerships and triple helix constellations Bilateral meetings followed by Roundtable: Unleashing Indonesia s Full Potential The high-level roundtable focuses on recent reforms for attracting foreign investments in priority sectors, presentation on Swedish footprint and investment plans in Indonesia and how successful companies are maximizing their profitability on the Indonesian market. Networking dinner hosted by H.E. Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia Tuesday October 4 - Jakarta High-level bilateral meetings (continued from October 3) Including meetings with Presidential Office, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of SOE (State Owned Enterprises) Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Investment Coordinating Board Flight to Hanoi (Vietnam) Wednesday October 5 - Hanoi High-level bilateral meetings with Prime Minister/Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Planning & Investment, Ministry of Industry & Trade and other Sectorial Ministries such as Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Natural Resources & the Environment Participation in top level Innovation Roundtable Roundtable with top-level decision makers in Vietnamese public and private sector on best practices for how to foster an innovative society and innovative companies Top level dinner hosted by H.E. Ambassador of Sweden to Vietnam

3 Thursday October 6 - Hanoi Sweden Vietnam Sustainability Forum (including Sectorial Session) The Sweden Vietnam Sustainability Forum is a platform for sharing best practices for creating sustainable societies through efforts in various sectors such as infrastructure, consumer goods/retail & manufacturing. It will be inaugurated by the Swedish Minister for EU Affairs & Trade The forum will have a plenary session as well as specific sectorial sessions for companies within infrastructure (transport & energy), consumer goods/retail and manufacturing sectors Inauguration of new Embassy premises and additional bilateral meetings The Embassy s new premises in Hanoi will be inaugurated by the Minister for EU Affairs & Trade. Further, additional bilateral meetings (together with companies) will be conducted Networking dinner hosted by H.E. Ambassador of Sweden to Vietnam Friday October 7 Hanoi (for Manufacturing companies only*) Factory visit, including meeting with factory management Factory visit, including meeting with factory management Please see separate invitation for the manufacturing delegation In cooperation with:

4 REGISTRATION: HIGH LEVEL SWEDISH BUSINESS DELEGATION TO INDONESIA & VIETNAM Participant Fee: Indonesia: SEK *, Vietnam: SEK Small businesses get a discount of 50 % (please see definition on next page). We hereby register for participation in Indonesia and/or Vietnam (please see separate invitation and fee for the manufacturing company factory visits on October 7) The fee covers: Participation in the program, local transports, meals and other arrangements within the program. Additional cost for one extra person is SEK 7,500 per country. The fee does not cover: International flights, airport pick-up, accommodation, or other arrangements outside the program. Registration to be sent no later than August 31 to: Irene Enström, Irene.enstrom@business-sweden.se Business Sweden s General Conditions for Participation in Joint Export Activities are enclosed. Company: Corporate ID: Invoicing address: Postal Code: City: Phone/Switchboard: Name 1: Title: /Mobile: Name 2: Title: /Mobile: Contact Person: /mobile: Date: Signature: *For Indonesia, companies contributing financially to the study A Partner for Growth Swedish contribution to the Indonesian economy are entitled to participation free of charge. Please contact anders.wickberg@business-sweden.se for details.

5 *Subsidy will be offered to small businesses which comply with the following criteria: The company is not a part of a group of companies with more than 250 employees or annual turnover of EUR 50 million The company is not owned or controlled to the order of more than 25% by one or more companies jointly that do not themselves fulfil the aforementioned requirements (does not apply if the owner is a public investment company, a venture capital company or an institutional investor) The company has no more than 50 employees The company has an annual turnover of no more than EUR 10 million General Conditions for Participation in Joint Export Activities (exhibitions, delegation travels, etc) 1. General BUSINESS SWEDEN undertakes to carry out the export activity described in the invitation on condition that the necessary number of companies signs up by giving binding notice of participation and no obstacles specified in section 5 below exist in regard to the performance of the activity. 2. Participation fee Companies taking part in the activity undertake to cooperate in order to achieve its aim and facilitate its performance and also to pay the fee specified in the invitation. Participation in the activity may not be made available or assigned to a third party without the prior written consent of BUSINESS SWEDEN. Unless otherwise expressly stated, all prices are exclusive of VAT. The participation fee shall be paid in advance. If the price has been specified in SEK and BUSINESS SWEDEN has to pay certain costs in local currency, the price shall at the time of payment be adjusted if the exchange rate has changed by more than 5% between the date of the invitation and the date of invoicing. In the event of fewer companies signing up for the activity than required in the invitation, the participating companies undertake to pay an increase not exceeding 10% of the participation fee. The term of payment is 30 days from the invoice date. In the event of late payment, penalty interest is payable at the current Swedish reference rate ( referensränta ) plus eight (8) percentage points. Any costs for collection or other measures to obtain payment will be charged to the company. 3. BUSINESS SWEDEN s undertakings BUSINESS SWEDEN s undertakings are limited to what is stated in the invitation and the present conditions. Payments for services that BUSINESS SWEDEN has undertaken to perform by written agreement, over and above what is included in the activity, shall be made as they fall due after invoicing. BUSINESS SWEDEN is entitled to depart from the method specified in the invitation of performing the activity if its performance requires this. 4. Cancellation etc Registration is binding. If not stated otherwise in the invitation, upon cancellation of participation the fee will be charged in full as from the date BUSINESS SWEDEN has received and confirmed the company s binding reservation. 5. Force majeure etc BUSINESS SWEDEN may cancel the activity or postpone carrying it out for a reasonable period if any obstacle to or unreasonable increase in the cost of carrying it out arises or if carrying it out would jeopardise the safety of persons or property affected by the activity, due to an event or circumstance outside BUSINESS SWEDEN s reasonable control (force majeure). Such events or circumstances include acts of violence or a risk of acts of violence of all kinds (including war, hostilities, acts of sabotage etc.), natural phenomena (earthquakes, hurricanes, floods etc.), sudden events which cause injury or damage (fires, explosions etc.), labour conflicts (strike, lockout, blockade, working to rule etc.), events and interventions of an official nature (changes in the law, new legislation, a change in the exchange rate), and other unforeseen events or unforeseen consequences of foreseeable events such as lack of transport, a shortage of skilled workers, power cuts etc. BUSINESS SWEDEN shall inform the participating companies in an appropriate manner as soon as possible after force majeure is deemed to exist. In addition to what is stated in the first paragraph of this section, the effect of invoking force majeure is that BUSINESS SWEDEN will be absolved from economic consequences, including damages for delay in carrying out the activity or for the activity not being carried out at all or not being carried out as agreed. 6. Disputes etc These general conditions shall be governed by and are construed in accordance with Swedish law. Any dispute in connection with these general conditions shall be finally settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules for Expedited Arbitrations of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.