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Date of meeting: 25 March 2015
Place of meeting: Male, Maldives

Joint Committee of the Joint Crediting Mechanism
between Republic of Maldives and Japan
Second Meeting
Meeting Report
Agenda item 1. Opening
Mr. Ajwad Musthafa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Energy, opened thesecond meeting of the Joint Committee (JC) of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) andgave opening remarks. Ms. Asako Okai, Minister, Embassy of Japan to the Republic ofMaldives gave opening remarks.
Table: Attendance
JC Members from Maldivian side
Mr. Amjad ABDULLA

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Mr. Ajwad MUSTHAFA

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Mr. Ahmed WAHEED

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Mr. Ahmed ALI

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Mr. Ibrahim NAEEM

Environment Protection Agency

Ms. Aishath SAADH

Ministry of Finance and Treasury

Mr. Naufal MOHAMED

Ministry of Economic Development

Ms. Aishath AZEEMA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

JC Members from Japanese side
Ms. Asako OKAI

Embassy of Japan to the Republic of Maldives

Mr. Ryutaro NISHIMORI (alternate)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Keita KOMATSU (alternate)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Ministry of the Environment
Mr. Takaaki ITO (alternate)* The names of members present at the meeting are in bold print above.

Agenda item 2. Organizational matters
Agenda item 2.1 Adoption of the agenda
The JC adopted the agenda of the meeting.

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Agenda item 2.2 Attendance
No observers attended the JC meeting.

Agenda item 3. JCM Methodology
Agenda item 3.1 Displacement of Grid and Captive Genset Electricity by Solar PV System
The JC considered the proposed methodology MV_PM001 “Displacement of Grid andCaptive Genset Electricity by Solar PV System”. No issues were raised from the JC members
and the JC approved the proposed methodology MV_PM001, as contained in the Annex 1 tothis meeting report.

Agenda item 4. Rules and guidelines
Agenda item 4.1 JCM Guidelines for Designation as a Third-Party Entity
The JC considered the draft revised “Joint Crediting Mechanism Guidelines for Designation
as a Third-Party Entity” and adopted it, as contained in Annex 2 to this meeting report.
Agenda item 4.2 JCM Rules of Procedures for the Joint Committee
The JC considered the draft revised “Joint Crediting Mechanism Rules of Procedures for theJoint Committee” and adopted it, as contained in Annex 3 to this meeting report.
Agenda item 4.3 JCM Project Cycle Procedure
The JC considered the draft revised “Joint Crediting Mechanism Project Cycle Procedure”
and adopted it, as contained in Annex 4 to this meeting report.

Agenda item 5. Third-Party Entity
Agenda item 5.1 Designation of a Third-Party Entity
The JC designated the following entity as a third-party entity.
KBS Certification Services Pvt. Ltd. (validation and verification functions in sectoral
scopes: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15)

Agenda item 6. Other matters
The Japanese side introduced the JCM promotion schemes.

Agenda item 7. Conclusion of the meeting
The Co-Chairs gave closing remarks and closed the meeting.

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Annexes to the report
Annex 1 MV_AM001 “Displacement of Grid and Captive Genset Electricity by Solar PV
System”
Annex 2 Joint Crediting Mechanism Guidelines for Designation of a Third-Party Entity(version 02.0)
Annex 3 Joint Crediting Mechanism Rules of Procedures for the Joint Committee (version02.0)
Annex 4 Joint Crediting Mechanism Project Cycle Procedure (version 02.0)

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