The IBPC (International Business Promotion Center) Osaka Network Center has been organized to promote trade, industry, and communication between Osaka and cities on the Asian continent and throughout the world. We provide your business with various types of support, in collaboration with partners in the BPC and WTC network associates. In recent years, international exchange has played an ever more vital role in business. The key to success in global trade is access to and use of the right information and know-how. Please take full advantage of the information, facilities and service of the IBPC Osaka Network Center.

IBPC Osaka Network Center

Economic Exchange Activities

BPC(Business Partner Cities)

	Since 1988, the Osaka Municipal Government has promoted partnerships with other cities through the Business Partner Cities (BPC) program, forming an economic network in the dynamic Asian-Pacific region. The BPC is a new type of city partnership in the sense that each member local government plays a leading part in promoting economic exchanges at the private sector level. Through this network, the BPC program aims to support the globalization and revitalization of small and medium-sized companies in Osaka and to promote the mutual development of BPC member cities through economic exchanges. BPC Governing Body *Osaka City Govemment*Osaka Business Partner City Council BPC Partners
		vol.20 (2002 year) vol.19 (2001 year) vol.18 vol.17 *PDF Files

WTCA(World Trade Centers Association)

Formed in 1970, the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) promotes trade, international commerce, and mutual understanding across the globe. As of April, 2003, there are 300 World Trade Centers (WTCs) in 91 countries and regions, each acting independently while cooperating mutually. Each WTC is a membership organization, with total member companies numbering more than 750,000 worldwide. "WTCA On-line" links the various WTCs around the world via the Internet to communicate information on merchandise trading and membership companies. A WTCA offers its members and tenants a wide range of facilities and services. Since WTC services are reciprocal, members of any WTC can access them at all operating WTCs around the world. Visit www.wtca.org for complete WTC contact information. *WTC List *WTCA On-Line Guy F. Tozzoli, President World Trade Centers are dynamic facilities of commerce dedicated to the service of international business. The World Trade Centers Association was established in1970 and now has 320 member organizations located in 97 countries representing more than 500,000 individual businesses. Many of these organizations are the most prominent trading groups in their respective countries. Apolitical in nature, the WTCA has found a way to bring together individuals from every social, economic and political background imaginable. Bound together by one common goal – to make international trade a vital contributor to prosperity of their local region, and the world beyond – the members of the WTCA form a network unmatched by any other trade organization. World Trade Centers offer their members a wide range of facilities and services such as market research, trade educational programs, exhibition and meeting facilities, translation, etc. Since WTC services are reciprocal, a member of one WTC can access the services and facilities at every other WTC. I am pleased to acknowledge that World Trade Center Osaka is one of the most active members of the WTCA and is an excellent model of what a WTC should be. In fact, WTC Osaka will host the WTCA’s General Assembly in 1999. I invite you to become a member of WTC Osaka, and thereby, a member of the worldwide WTCA family. Sincerely, Guy F. Tozzoli, President World Trade Centers Association