Commemorates the 25th anniversary

The International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT) is an organization located at the foot of Suzuka
Mountains, a spot of scenic beauty. In this environment blessed with rich nature, ICETT was established in 1990 throughcooperation from governments, the industrial sectors, academic society, and other organizations, aiming to improve various
foreign countries’ environments and to contribute to the preservation of the global environment, as well as to the healthy
development of the world economy. ICETT, entrusted by the national government and related bodies, as well as by the Mie
Prefectural Government and Yokkaichi Municipal Government, actively develops projects related to international
environmental preservation. Its projects’ themes vary, including air pollution control technologies, water pollution control
technologies, harmonious relationships with nature, and measures against global warming. Based on these themes, ICETT
has implemented projects that involve training & guidance, surveys & research, interaction & collaboration, and/or information
provision & dissemination and awareness raising.
In recent years, in cooperation with various international institutions, such as the CTI (Climate Technology Initiative:
Multilateral initiative based on the Implementing Agreement of the International Energy Agency (IEA)), ICETT hassignificantly contributed to the preservation of the global environment, which is the purpose of its establishment, by
expanding its activities to surveys intended to understand actual situations, seminars, workshops, and opinion exchanges, allof which aim to provide business support to introduce environmental technologies inside and outside Japan to theenvironmental industries of developing countries.
In this fiscal year, ICETT was able to mark its 25th anniversary. During the quarter century since its foundation in 1990,
it experienced many transitions, including changes in its business content. With the change in the national system regarding
incorporated foundations, ICETT made a new start in 2011 by becoming a public interest incorporated foundation, and bychanging from a METI-authorized corporation to a Cabinet Office certified corporation. Also in 2014, it summarized a
medium-term management plan, while doing business in line with its corporate philosophy, with all employees making a
united effort for further improvement and expansion of its business.
Coincidentally, it was decided that the 42nd Summit Conference of the Leading Industrialized Nations (G7 summit) will
be held in Shima City, Mie Prefecture, on May 26 and 27 in 2016 as the “Ise-Shima Summit.” To promote exchanges with
ASEAN nations while looking back on its achievements, ICETT is planning to hold the “ASEAN Environmental Forum in Mie”
in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of its foundation. To transmit its activities related to international cooperation andenvironmental preservation to Mie Prefecture and other Asian countries, as well as all over the world, ICETT will plan andengage in business activities that it can boast about to the world in the future through the utilization of its assets, namely,
knowledge and people, which it has fostered so far.
Also in the future, ICETT will promote the business improvements it has achieved to that point, and will further contributeto more effective efforts for the preservation of the global environment by engaging in environmental preservation technology
transfer which is more suitable to other countries in response to changes in the times. Since ICETT will make a greater effort
than ever before, it would appreciate it if you could provide your continued guidance and support.
January 2016

Kazuhide Mizutani
Executive Director
International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer

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JICA: Training Program for Young Leaders

Urban Environment Management Course (India)
In principle, the Training Program for Young Leaders is provided for training participants up to 35 years
old invited by JICA. This time, however, 14 people up to 45 years old, including administrative officials
from India’s local and national governments and university associate professors involved in theenvironmental field, participated in basic training designed to provide an understanding of Japan’s environmental
administration and local governments’ environmental management methods and environmental education through a
13-day program from December 3.

Outline■Background and purposes

learned about the processes, starting from drawing up a water use
plan to water quality management, and water distribution
management. Since India has a high non-revenue water rate due towater leakage, (which accounts about a 60 % of water it supplies),
questions were concentrated on such matters as water leakage
sensing methods. In terms of sewage systems, training participantslearned about the treatment process while observing a full-scalemodel of a septic tank, which can be installed at each household at areasonable cost of construction, and they went on a study tour of awastewater treatment process for agricultural villages, which is also
intended to prevent a reduction in the quantity of water in rivers.
Furthermore, the training participants observed and learnt theprocesses of a facility for joint waste water treatment by several
companies.
4) Air pollution control and management
Training participants visited actual sites where companies
themselves conduct environmental control and monitoring. These
companies set stricter environmental standards than those of thenational government, and send their observance records
periodically to governments. The governments have made theserecords open to the public.

India, a country with an area 8.7 times that of Japan, and the world’s
second largest population of approximately 1.25 billion people, is
now in a situation where diverse environmental problems haveoccurred in urban areas with rapid economic growth and an increasein the population, and where urban policy cannot be sufficiently
drawn up to respond to rapid urbanization.
This training was held to promote awareness of the functions of
the central and local governments in water quality management,
proper waste management, and air pollution control in India, as well
as recognition of the responsibility of and awareness-raising by local
government officials and persons in charge of environmental control,
focusing on improvement of their abilities.

■Training content
This training was held under four main themes: 1) Japan’s
management systems, such as legal systems, administrative
frameworks, and ordinances for environment management, 2)
Introduction to waste treatment techniques, especially disposal
techniques for organic waste, 3) Water quality management methodsof water and sewage systems, and 4) Air pollution control andmanagement.
1) Japan’s management systems, such as legal systems,
administrative frameworks, and ordinances for environment
management
Training participants exploredand exchanged opinions
concerning the direction ofsolving problems that they
are currently facing related
to Japan’s administrative
systems; environmental laws
and regulations, policies, andStudy tour of a septic tank model
national and local administrative structures for such elements as air, water quality and waste;
and their roles based on decentralization.
2) Introduction to waste disposal technologies, especially disposal
technologies for organic waste
From cases of NPOs’ cooperation activities with local governments,
the training participants experienced their composting method. Also,
they went on a study tour and deepened their understanding of theNPOs’ activities in their 3R initiatives, such as selling repaired andreusable goods. Training participants also enjoyed shopping forrecycled goods.
3) Water quality management methods and treatment technologies
for water and sewage systems
With regard to water and sewage systems, training participants■In conclusion
Since this program also
aims to deepen mutual
understanding and to form
friendly
relationships
between India and Japan,
they had a discussion withinvited officials from local
governments
andShisuianneighborhood (residents’associations). During their stay, training participants also climbed
Mount Gozaisho to see snow, and visited Kyoto. Furthermore, theyexperienced a tea ceremony at Shisuian, a tea room in Yokkaichi
City, and enjoyed Japanese architecture.
Through interactions in this training, I became impressed withthe training participants’ understanding of their own countries’
environmental management and their lively discussions in which they
actively asked questions in an attempt to learn from Japan’s
examples and shared their own country’s environmental
management methods toward what should be done in the future. In
conclusion, I would like to express my appreciation to all the people
who welcomed us and to the participants for their warm response.
(Tomoko Uchida)4

Yokkaichi City

Seminar in Tianjin
Yokkaichi City and Tianjin City in the People's Republic of China have continued their exchanges in various
fields since they established a friendship city relationship in 1980. As part of their exchanges, Yokkaichi
City has conducted a training program intended to help resolve various environmental problems in Tianjin
City upon entrustment to ICETT since 1993. In this training program, 112 people have visited Japan to date and received
training (638 people have received training at local seminars in Tianjin City.) In fiscal 2014, under the theme “Environmental
Air Quality Improvement,” a seminar was held in Tianjin City, and training in Yokkaichi City.

Outline■Background and purposes

Energy Toward Reduction in Air Pollution―Case Study of Biodiesel Fuel
(BDF).” After each presentation, training participants actively exchanged
opinions through Q & A sessions, and the training ended in success.
(2) Training in Japan
Courtesy visit to mayor of Yokkaichi City and president of the City
Council Training in Japan, for which six people including officials
from the Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau and Tianjin
Academy of Environmental Sciences visited Japan, was held under thetheme of “Environmental Air Quality Improvement” for 16 days from
October 15 to 30.
After learning about the Yokkaichi pollution problem andYokkaichi City’s environmental administration in the beginning, training
participants went on a study tour of the air quality monitoring station in
Yokkaichi City. Also provided were lectures on Japan’s laws and regulations related to air pollution abatement measures, such as the Law
Concerning Special Measures for Total Emission Reduction of NOx
and PM Automobiles, air pollution monitoring, and research on PM 2.5.
After that, receiving support from the Inter-urban Coordination
and Cooperation Project, we also held training in Kitakyushu City andKobe City, cities that haveestablished a friendship-city
relationship with Tianjin City.
Trainees diversely learned
about the actual situation ofJapan’sairpollution
abatement measures, goingon a study tour of the EnvironCourtesy Visit to mayer of Yokkaichi City
ment Museum and major
and president of the City Council
business
establishments,
attending a lecture by an environmental consultant in Kitakyushu City,
attending a lecture on Kobe City’s efforts, and going on a study tour of
a waste incineration plant and facilities related to biogas. In addition, we
provided practical training content directly related to business, such as
study tours of an automobile inspection station, facilities related tobiomass, and a coal-fired power station.

Tianjin City, one of the four centrally governed cities in China, alongwith Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing, and the marine gateway to
Beijing, has continued to prosper as a city of commerce and industry
and as the largest port city in the northern area of China. In the
Jing-Jin-Ji region that includes Beijing City, Tianjin City, and Hebei
Province, a region with rapid economic growth that has an economic
integration plan, air pollution problems have occurred due to fixedsources, such as factories, and moving sources, such as vehicles, andimproving such a situation has become the region’s urgent challenge.
Therefore, ICETT held this training, entrusted by Yokkaichi City, aiming
for officials from the Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau to use
the obtained understanding and knowledge on efforts by national andlocal governments and companies, such as environmental management methods, and on Japan’s environmental technologies for the
improvement of the environment of Tianjin City.
Furthermore, in fiscal 2014, as the Ministry of the Environment
decided to implement “FY 2014 Cobenefit-type Air Pollution Abatement Measures Promotion Entrustment Business” (hereinafter“Inter-urban Coordination and Cooperation Project”), Yokkaichi City,by dispatching a lecturer to a local seminar and by holding training inJapan that received additional two training participants fromoverseas, decided to improve and strengthen the “Seminar in Tianjin”
using the “Inter-urban Coordination and Cooperation Project.”■Project content(1) Hold an environmental preservation seminar in Tianjin City
For two days on September 16 and 17, 2014, we held a local seminarunder the theme of “Environmental Air Quality Improvement” in Tianjin
City. The local seminar began with “Overview of Monitoring Tianjin City’s
Environmental Air Quality,” a presentation from the Tianjin City side,which was followed by“Yokkaichi City’s Air Pollution
Abatement Measures,” apresentation by Yokkaichimunicipal
government
officials. After that, both
Japanese and Chinese sides
madepresentationson“Measures for Atmospheric
Seminar in Tianjin
Environment in Japan,” “Hypothetical Reasoning and Preventive Measures Related to Microparticulate Contamination Substances in Tianjin City,” “Recycling and Utilization
Technologies for Biomass Solid Waste,” and “Utilization of Renewable■Prospect
I feel that the road toward improvement of the environment is long, but
we need to persistently continue our activities by overcoming national
differences while continuing discussions, so that we can attain the goalas soon as possible.
In closing, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all
people who cooperated with this training program.
(Shinji Ideta)

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JST

Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Programin Science (Mongolia)
ICETT implemented a training program intended for Mongolian and Japanese young people who bear
the future to deepen their science and technology exchanges, inviting outstanding youth (high school
students) from Mongolia to Japan with a subsidy from the Independent Administrative Institution(National Research and Development Corporation from FY 2015), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

Outline■Background and Purposes

andThe “Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science” (Sakura

generation, and Japan’s

Science Plan) was launched in fiscal 2014 by the Japan Science

first facility for biomass

and Technology Agency (JST), with the purpose of contributing toenergy based on livestock

the development of other Asian countries’ and Japan’s science

feces and urine, thinking

and technologies and of fostering excellent human resources fromabout the possibilities ofoverseas countries required by universities, research institutes,

those technologies in theirand companies in Japan. In this program, excellent young people

own country. While partici-

visiting Japan from other Asian countries and Japanese young

pants experienced commu-

people, who bear the future, aim to deepen their interactions in the

nication with an android at the National Museum of Emerging

field of science and technologies, and raise awareness of Japan’s

Science and Innovation, and had the opportunity to experiencestate-of-the-art science and technologies.

Japan’s state-of-the-art technologies through the training, they

photovoltaic

powerInteractions with Japanese high school students

were also given opportunities to interact with Japanese people.

■Program details

High school students from Mongolia visited a high school inTraining to generally understand how to apply science andYokkaichi City in their national costume, and did a workshop

technologies, and realize sustainable development and environ-

together with Japanese high school students. Furthermore, theymental preservation, was held for eight days from November 30 towere able to learn about life customs in Japan by visiting a home

December 7, inviting 10 excellent high school students and one

in Yokkaichi City. After the Closing Ceremony, an exchange

leader from Mongolia. In this training, with the background of themeeting with Indian training participants, who had been received

problem of environmental pollution in Mongolia, participantsin a different training course, was held at ICETT, in combination

learned about the details from the past to the present of overcom-

with a farewell party. Both parties deepened their interactions

ing the industrial pollution

through introducing their countries and dancing.

that

occurred

Yokkaichi

area

in

the

as

an

■Achievements and prospects
Having acquired various types of information in Japan, participants

example.
wasseem to have experienced “Seeing is Believing” for themselves.

lectures,

On February 10, 2015, after returning to their home country, apractices, study tours, andbriefing session was held by the participants on the training withinteractions conducted at

an official of the Education Bureau, who was the leader of theirThe

training

composedof

ICETT under the theme ofscience and technologies,

party. Taking the lead, the participants made presentations forStudy tour of renewable energy
based on livestock feces and urine(Biomass utilization facility)

teachers and students of their school on the details of the training

focusing on basic environ-in Japan, information they acquired and their feelings about themental measurement & analytical techniques for understanding

training. According to them, they have already engaged in environ-the current status, as well as treatment technologies for themental activities at their school. Since this proves their strong hoperemoval of contaminants.

to broadly transmit and share their precious experiences in Japanamong their fellow students, I believe that the effectiveness of the

In the training, participants not only acquired various types oftraining can be largely expected also in the future.

knowledge, including a lecture on overcoming the Yokkaichi
pollution problem, a lecture presented at the Tokyo Metropolitan

This training was a fruitful one thanks to the support provided

Government Office, and studying in a university about the evalua-

by JST. I would like to express my appreciation to all peopletion of developmental neurotoxicity with Zebrafish as an indicator,

concerned who cooperated with this training.
(Maki Nagai)

but also went on study tours of facilities for environmental analysis

6Japan Fund for Global Environment: The Philippines
Promotion Project by Japan Fund for Global Environment

Overseas Dispatch Training: “Hands-on Training for People Who Play the Roles of
Leaders in NGO Activities in the International Environmental Cooperation Field―From the
Perspectives of a Recycling-based Society and Environmental Education”
ICETT implemented an overseas dispatch training program of the Environmental Restoration andConservation Agency in the Philippines. Targeting the staffs of environmental NGOs/NPOs, those whohave experienced related activities, and those who are interested in environmental conservation
activities in developing regions, this training program aims to develop participants so that they can contribute tointernational environmental cooperation by acquiring the knowledge, expertise, and technologies necessary at theactual environmental conservation sites in developing countries.

Outline■Background and purposes of the project

Resources-Environmental
Management Bureau, made apresentation on NGO/NPO
activities in Japan., andexchanged information. In
Mandaue City, Cebu Province,theparticipants’next
destination, which is locatednext to Sebu City and used toPractice of pack test at the Ministry of
be labeled a dirty city, active
Natural Resources and Environment
environmental administrationis advanced by persons in charge of the environment.
Since the result of the joint survey between NPO-RAFI and
Mandaue City on waste composition in the City showed high rate of
garbage, the city has made efforts and become able to reduce waste
and to earn profit by each of its barangays (self-governing associations) composting garbage, and selling resulting compost toneighboring farmers. After that, Mandaue City received recognition
as the most beautiful city in the Philippines. At their next destination,
the city of Puerto Princesa, since tourism resources provide the city
government with a large part of its revenue, participants visited one of
the world heritage sites, Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
National Park, as an example where efforts to protect its resources
have been proficiently made, and learned about how to maintain andmanage these resources. Those who hope to visit the national parkare required to register the date of their visit in advance at the local
Tourism Council, and to pay the boat fare for travel to the nationalpark, admission fee, and environmental tax; a guide who can bemobilized on the day of the visit and a number of available staff
members are arranged. Furthermore, we learned that the guide had
been properly trained in an explanation method based on gestures sothat a fun atmosphere could be created.

The Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency’s Japan
Fund for Global Environment, which develops human resources who
have professional knowledge on international environmental cooperation related to global environmental conservation, made a public
invitation for a plan which will contribute to the improvement of theskills of human resources involved in international cooperation at theprivate sector level, and to expanding the types of participants’ fields.
ICETT, with experience in implementing programs for thePhilippines to improve regional environmental management abilitiesof each entity in relevant areas through projects related to political
dialogues, Official Development Assistance (ODA), such as the JICA
Grass Root Project, and public support projects by Mie Prefecture
and other public bodies, has implemented overseas dispatch training
in the Philippines.

■Outline of the project
The number of participants of this project is 10 in total, four for the
short-term course (September 6 to 15) and six for the long-tem course(September 6 to 25), comprising seven university students and threeworking members of society. Those participants who were selected for
visiting the Philippines in September assembled in Tokyo from all overJapan on August 10 and 11 for prior training. In this training, participantslearned about what type of country the Philippines is, and introduced
themselves after an icebreaking topic so that the participants, whowere meeting each other for the first time, could have better communication. Also, participants made progress with the preparations for the
training in the Philippines: divided themselves into groups for group
work, decided the themes for individual surveys, both of which were tobe performed in the training in the Philippines, and conducted an
preparatory survey. The themes for group work were “Water pollution
problems in the Philippines,” “Each city’s waste management,” and“Toward the realization of striking a balance between economic
development and environmental preservation.”In
thePhilippines,
participants
obtained
information on the national
government’s environmental
policies and NGO/NPO
activities in the Philippines attheDepartmentofEnvironment and Natural
Afforestation of mangrove■Achievements and prospects
In this training, there were many discoveries for participating participants which could not have been understood until they came to
Japan. This is indicated by their comments, such as “We were able togo places which we could not visit during ordinary travel,” and “I
understand that the actual poverty is quite different from the image ofpoverty I had in Japan.” The significance of the project is large, and is
expected to be used by participating participants for NGO/NPO
activities in the future.
(Akiko Kise)

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Japan Fund for Global Environment

Development of a comprehensive awareness-raising tool toreduce air pollution in the city of Ulan Bator―Raising awareness of residents by using environmental leaders
OutlineHaving received the Japan Fund for Global Environment’s grant from the Environmental Restoration andConservation Agency, ICETT implemented a residents’ awareness-raising project intended to reduce air
pollution for the city of Ulan Bator in Mongolia as part of a three-year plan from fiscal 2012.

■Background and purposesparticipants repeated discussions on the establishment of voluntaryand sustainable programs for which citizens of Ulan Bator can easily
play an active roles from their respective positions, and on thedissemination of those programs for other regions.
As an awareness-raising tool, we prepared a booklet thatsummarized environment improvement efforts that started from theoccurrence of the Yokkaichi pollution problem, the occurrence statusof air pollution in the city of Ulan Bator, and the results of the healthsurvey. The environmental leaders, using this booklet, held a study
session in the Leader Meeting, and distributed the booklet widely toresidents in such opportunities as a seminar.

With the air pollution problem of the city of Ulan Bator in Mongolia
having become more serious along with an increase in its population,
the influence of sulfur oxide, nitrogen oxide, and dust & soot, which
are generated from vehicles’ exhaust gas in the urban areas,coal-fired electric power generation, and raw coal-burning during thewinter season on respiratory and lung diseases is serious, and there
is an urgent need to make an effort to reduce air pollution.
With the purpose of reducing air pollution in the city of Ulan
Bator, this project, targeting schools and community groups in thecity of Ulan Bator, aims to establish a program of air pollution abatement measures in cooperation with Yokkaichi University and relatedorganizations, while fostering “environmental leaders” through themethods and experience that were applied to improve the Yokkaichi
pollution problem, based on collaboration with the government,
companies, educational institutions, and residents for three years
from 2012. Participants, with the lead of environmental leaders, areaiming to establish the foundation of residents’ voluntary andsustainable environmental activities rooted in Ulan Bator, and to
expand and disseminate the activities to other areas.

■Achievements and prospects
Through the three-year activities, this project received positive
responses and showed moreprogress than we had
expected, with five main
environmental
leaders,
including government administrators and residents fromeco clubs of two schools andone model area; and environmental leaders for a resident
Environmental leadersgroup with a total of 62
members, which engages in ecological activities, and for a school eco
club with a total of 91 members; having been developed.
The program of air pollution abatement measures wasestablished as a Green Community Program, which was composedof activity details proposed mainly by theenvironmental leaders, and has becomea program that can attract many more
residents with content that includes not
only the improvement of air pollution but
also water pollution and waste problems.
I am certain that the program and thebooklet prepared in this activity will be
Leader’s certificate
revised by the environmental leaders tohave a more developmental form, which could lead to raising more
residents’ awareness of the environment. The environmental leaders
are expected to continue to actively engage in their environmental
activities in the city of Ulan Bator in Mongolia, wearing their leader’scertificate (badge). We also expect that new environmental leaders
who will follow the path of their predecessors will appear one after
another. On this occasion, I would like to express my appreciation for
all people concerned who cooperated with this project.
(Maki Tamura)■Outline of the activities
First, we selected a model school and region, and developed“environmental leaders” from the school and the region, so thatgovernment administrators, teachers, students, citizens' groups, andresidents could interact with each other. While learning in study
sessions and workshops, which were provided repeatedly on suchmatters as the experience of the Yokkaichi pollution problem, themechanism of air pollution, and the relationship between air pollution
and health, participants conducted practical activities closer to them,including a health check and measurement of air pollution. The
leaders made reports in the workshops and seminars. We allowed
the representative members
to directly learn about efforts
for and case studies of theenvironment in local communities in Japan by holding
training in Japan for them.
Based on such activities,
training participants gradually acquired knowledge on
Leader Meeting
environmental preservation,and raised their own consciousness as leaders by independently
being involved in holding a seminar and a study session bythemselves. With the morale of simple and honest Mongolian peopleraising, with which they can act as environmental leaders with pride,8

Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program

Project to support energy saving
in India’s steel rolling industry
After receiving the Toyota Environmental Activities Grant, ICETT engaged in a project to establish a mechanism
to implement sustainable and expanding energy-saving improvements based on voluntary efforts by India’s
steel rolling industry cluster by setting the dissemination of energy saving in the manufacturing processes inthis cluster as its target. The project was completed after presenting a remodeling plan for target energy saving of 1,000
ton/year CO2 reduction per plant, and establishing a mechanism to implement sustainable and expanding energy-saving
improvements by opinion leader companies, the Steel Rolling Federation, and engineering companies in India.

Outline■Background and purposes

and in early October, weformulated a final plan
after coordinating detailsof feasible improvementswith the local rollingindustry cluster. In lateNovember2014,
wevisited Bhavnagar again,
Workshop (Discussion)
together with Japanese
specialists and Indian technical experts, and established a mechanism to implement sustainable and expanding energy-saving
improvements through discussions with five model plants and thesteel rolling industry cluster of the Bhavnagar District. During ourstay, we held a workshop for the dissemination of energy-saving
improvements in the Bhavnagar District, and completed thisproject.

Although India has addressed the challenge of climate change bysuch measures as improving energy efficiency after becoming theworld’s third largest producer of greenhouse gases, the main
target of these measures has been large companies, while small
and medium-size businesses’
Bhavnagar
energy-saving measures havenot progressed due to lacks ofskills at the sites and forfinancial reasons. With ICETT
having realized energy-saving
improvements with heating
furnaces for the rolling industry
cluster in the Bhavnagar Districtin Gujarat State since 2008, an
increasing number of local companies hope for improvement byreplacing old equipment with energy-saving-type heating
furnaces. To introduce highly energy-efficient manufacturing
processes through voluntary efforts in the cluster, mechanisms toprovide the necessary technologies and expertise for improvement and fund-raising mechanisms are needed. ICETT promoted
activities to disseminate energy saving in India’s rolling industry
cluster through the establishment of a mechanism to implement
sustainable and expanding energy-saving improvements basedon voluntary efforts.

■Achievements and prospects○ Energy-saving effects
We formulated a remodeling plan for energy saving of 1,000
ton/year CO2 reduction per plant, and presented the plan to thesteel rolling industry cluster of the District in October 2014.
• Effect of the power consumption reduction by reviewing thesteel rolling process based on the proper management of
temperature: 300 tons/year• Effect of reduction in failed rolling: 33 tons/year• Effect of the improvement of thermal efficiency based on
the remodeling of furnaces: 695 tons/year
Energy-saving remodeling based on this remodeling plan will
be implemented in fiscal 2015 through voluntary efforts byeach model plant.
○ Establishing a mechanism to implement sustainable andexpanding energy-saving improvements
We established a mechanism to implement sustainable andexpanding energy-saving improvements based on voluntary efforts
in which opinion leader companies promote energy-saving improvements; the Steel Rolling Federation recommends energy-saving
improvements to affiliated companies; and engineering companies
in India supporting energy-saving improvements cooperate witheach other.
(Eiichi Masuda)■Content of the project
In mid-April 2014, we visited five model plants in Bhavnagar in
Gujarat State together with Japanese specialists and Indian
technical experts, and extracted energy-saving improvement
items through a survey onpresent issues and future needs
based on interviews, and asurvey on the work progress at
the actual sites. In early July,
Indiantechnical
experts
conducted a survey on thecurrent energy balance. Basedon these surveys, under theguidance of Japanese specialists, we formulated an improveInterview survey in India
ment plan for energy saving,(Survey on issues & needs)9Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

FY2014 Small and Medium-sized Business Industrial Pollution Prevention
Survey: Project on “Feasibility Studies for Commercialization and Overseas
Development of Equipment Intended to Prevent Industrial Pollution throughIndustry-academia Collaboration that Use the Strength of the Region”
Entrusted by the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, ICETT conducted a project that aims to support
business development inside and outside Japan with companies engaged in the environmental business in the
Chubu Region (five prefectures of Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Ishikawa, and Toyama). Identifying waste & recycling industries
as one of the characteristics of the Chubu Region, the project confirmed the possibility of establishing a study group intended forindustry-academia collaborative technology development related to the recovery and recycling of valuable metals and rare metals.
It also established a basic plan for a business matching seminar in the water sector in Indonesia.

Outline■Background and purposes

Indonesia interested in a business matching seminar withcompanies in the Chubu Region. In the field survey, we visited
the Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Environment ofIndonesia; local government agencies in West Java Provinceand Banten Province; and local industrial estates andindividual companies. We confirmed the possibility ofcooperation by holding a business matching seminar on greatneeds in the environmental field, particularly those forwater-related technologies, such as water purification, sewage
and waste water treatment, and water recycling technologies.

Since fiscal 2012, entrusted by the Chubu Bureau of Economy,
Trade and Industry, ICETT has implemented projects to promotebusiness development inside and outside Japan with companies
in Chubu Region that provide environmentally-friendly
technology, equipment and services. In fiscal 2014, under theabove-mentioned project, ICETT explored the possibility ofindustry-academia collaboration under theme “Recovery andRecycling of Valuable Metals and Rare Metals,” and also
recognized the possibility of several companies jointly proposing
technologies and services as a mutually complementary
package. The project targeted Indonesia, that has attracted agreat interest from companies in the Region as next businesslocation, and also identified a few local governments in the
country which are greatly interested in collaboration with the
Chubu Region.

■Achievements and prospects“Recovery and Recycling of Valuable Metals and Rare Metals” isa theme in which people in the Chubu Region have a deep
interest. This project also revealed the people’s wish to expand
their network in the Region for their technical development. As
the significance and possibility of establishing a study group
under this theme has been confirmed, a study group is expected
to be established in the future.
Business matching seminars are expected to be held inWest Java and Banten Provinces, Indonesia with identified
cooperative organizations to meet the technology requirements
for better environment of the country.
(Naoko Kuroda)■Activities of the project(1) Examination of establishing a study group forindustry-academia collaboration under the theme “Recovery
and Recycling of Valuable Metals and Rare Metals,” andorganizing an environmental business seminar
To explore the possibility of establishing a study group, aquestionnaire survey was conducted targeting to researchers
in research institutes, such as universities, in Chubu Region to
identify researches related to this theme and their interest inindustry-academia collaboration, followed by interviews to gain
clear understanding of the study of the identified researchers.
Based on the results, an Industry-academia
Collaborative Seminar on Environmental Business was heldon 29 January, 2015, in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. In the
Seminar, approximately 90 participants from laboratories ofcompanies and universities attended lectures by local
researchers on their research. After that, the participants
divided into groups for extracting problems and creating ideas
for technical development.
(2) Feasibility study for entering markets in Indonesia
Literature and field surveys were conducted to identify needs
for environmental technology and local governments in

Industry-academia Collaborative Environmental Business Seminar

10Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

Project to Support Construction of Infrastructure
for the Creation of New Industry Concentration
Paying attention to the technical fields (plasma and ceramics) in which environmental and automobile
industries are highly relevant, we held a seminar, a business matching session, and a workshop in orderto facilitate industry-academia collaboration and industry-industry collaboration. Furthermore, as part ofour support for overseas development of environment-related companies from the Chubu Region, we organized a
mission to Vietnam, and held seminars and business negotiation events in the country.

Outline■Background and purposes

Business Seminar and Business Matching Session,” in which
lectures were given by university researchers and those fromother institutions, industry-academia collaborative themes
were introduced, and a business matching session between
environment-related companies and researchers was held.
○ Plasma field: We discovered companies that handle plasma
technologies and companies that are considered to beinterested in these technologies, and the formation of thosecompanies’ project team was considered with university
researchers.
(3) Efforts related to support for business development in Vietnam
Putting a spotlight on Vietnam, a country with rapid economic
growth, we organized a business mission that comprised ninecompanies, the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry,
JETRO Nagoya, and ICETT, visited Binh Duong Province insouthern Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, and held seminars andbusiness negotiation events in which local companies participated.

Against the backdrop of the concentration of manufacturingindustries, the advanced environmental technologies that support
these artery industries have become the strength of the Tokai Region.
In particular, against the background of the concentration of theautomobile-related industries, this is a region where environmental
technologies mainly for waste disposal and wastewater treatment
have become concentrated. On the other hand, with the production of
the automobile industry in the region having been on the decline dueto the shrinkage of the domestic market and the acceleration ofoverseas production, it is unavoidable for related company groups todevelop their business outside the automobile industry.
Therefore, we are promoting the entrance from a manufacturingindustry, such as the automobile industry, into the environmental
business, by organic collaboration with conventional environmental
company groups, and are making an effort to cultivate a new market
inside and outside Japan.

■Details of the project[Achievements](1) Holding a workshop on environmental business technologies anda workshop on market development
In these workshops, large companies that were seeking joint
technical development with other companies through disclosureof their own technical needs transmitted their technical needs,
collected proposals from participating small and medium-sizedenterprises, and had individual interviews with medium-sizedenterprises that became interested in the technical needs.
(2) Seminar on entering environmental business and business matching session
To promote the entrance from a manufacturing industry, such as
the automobile industry, into the environmental business, and toencourage collaboration with conventional environment-relatedcompany groups, we introduced cases regarding entering theenvironmental business and held a business matching session
between major companies and local small and medium-sizedenterprises.
○ Ceramics field:
We held the “Industry-academia Collaborative Environmental● Market development: Companies that hope to tie up with othercompanies actively participated in the seminar and businessmatching session, and realized the conclusion of new businessagreements.
● Transmission of technical needs by large companies: Many participating small and medium-sized enterprises made proposals
related to technical collaboration, and are considering suchcollaboration with large companies.
● Industry-academia collaboration: Several teams that comprised
companies and university researchers were formed, and eachteam has been advancing its discussions toward making anapplication for public subsidization, such as national subsidies,
since fiscal 2015.
● Mission to Vietnam: Many business talks were conducted in thebusiness negotiation events in Binh Duong Province and Ho Chi
Minh City, and several cases are expected to see the conclusion ofbusiness agreements.
(Kensuke Sugiyama)

Industry-academia collaborative seminar (ceramics field)

Seminar and business negotiation event in Binh Duong Province in Vietnam

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Mie Prefecture

Environmental Technology Overseas
Development Feasibility Study Project (Sao Paulo)
Sao Paulo State, the location of the central city of Brazil, is the most urbanized and industrialized among the
25 states of Brazil. This state is also attractive as an area of consumption. In this state, with related
Japanese companies launching new plants and expanding their plants one after another, cases ofinvestment by Japanese companies have steadily increased. Based on such a situation, ICETT conducted a feasibility study
for business development in Sao Paulo by environmental companies in the Chubu Region, mainly in Mie Prefecture.

Outline■Background■Achievements and prospects

Sao Paulo State in Brazil, where many (more than 1.5 million)
Japanese Brazilians live and where activities of people from Mie
Prefecture are remarkable, has a deep relationship with Mie Prefecture, and concluded a friendship agreement with the prefecture in
1973. In 2012, the state marked the 100th anniversary of the settlement of immigrants from Mie Prefecture to Brazil. In August 2013,a mission, with the governor serving as the leader, visited Sao Paulo
State, and signed the Declaration to Commemorate the 40th
Anniversary of the Sister Relationship, which aims to develop theconventional “friendship relationship” into “economic exchange.”
The prefecture has engaged in mutual exchanges and cooperation
in four fields: 1. Education,
2. Environment, 3. Industry
and Commerce, and 4.
Tourism. It has also
promoted the developmentof both regions. In such asituation, JETRO (Japan
External Trade Organization) established the first
Sao Paulo Water and Sanitation Company(SABESP)“Platform to Provide Local
Support for Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Business Development Overseas” for enterprises which collaborate with local governmental and private support institutions, as part of the support forbusiness development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

We visited Sao Paulo’s state government bodies, such as theEnvironment Bureau, theSao Paulo Water andSanitation
Company(SABESP), the Sao Paulo
Industrial
Federation(FIESP), and an environmental disposal facility to
conduct a survey to ascerAutomatic Waste Sorting andtain the current environDisassembly Center
mental situation in Brazil.
In this survey, we wereable to confirm that there
are environmental needs inbroad fields, such as water
quality improvement atwater sources as ameasureforwater
shortages, measures for
Sao Paulo Industrial Federation (FIESP)
domestic wastewater to betaken to meet the demand for construction of infrastructure,measures for industrial wastewater, measures for soil contamination in the former sites of factories, and recovery and recycling ofwaste. On the other hand, we noted that there are many matters tobe addressed to develop the environmental business in Brazil, suchas technological product development capabilities, marketing
capacity, strong conviction for entering Brazil, securing funds,
securing human resources, and management of local humanresources. Based on these factors, we felt that we need to properly
understand the political and economic mechanisms of Brazil, and tokeep in mind that, regardless of whether entrance into Brazil is on abusiness basis, it should be launched from a more feasible activity,
and after undergoing some steps, it should be shifted to a full-scalebusiness through trial and error, as part of technical provisions withthe use of frameworks, such as that of ODA and the Exporting
Know-how and Support Project. This project is expected to contribute to further progress of economic exchanges between Mie
Prefecture and Sao Paulo State, to promote the transfer of environmental technologies, and to lead to the growth and development ofenvironmental business among companies in both countries.
(Hirohito Nakamaru)■Purposes of the project
Mie Prefecture has stipulated the promotion of overseas development strategy and the promotion of sales campaigns for brands
made in Mie in the “Mie Industrial Promotion Strategy” and “Basic
Policy on Mie International Development.” Against such a backdrop,
ICETT, entrusted by Mie Prefecture, administered a questionnaire
on overseas environmental business development in advance,
targeting about 50 related companies in the prefecture for thesurvey on overseas development of environment-related companies. Based on the questionnaire results, we conducted a survey on
environmental needs in Sao Paulo State, the location of Brazil’s
largest city, and a field survey to explore the possibility of businessdevelopment in Brazil for environment-related companies in the
Chubu Region, including Mie Prefecture, from January 31 (Sat) to
February 8 (Sun) in 2015.

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JICA: China

JICA Technical Cooperation Project
The Project for Total Emission Controlof Nitrogen Oxide in the atmosphereWith regard to controlling the total amount of NOx (nitrogen oxide), which is one of the causes of air
pollution and a serious problem in China, in the JICA Technical Cooperation Project we aim at
capacity-building for human resources through technical, political and institutional support for the
reduction of NOx emissions. This project has been conducted by forming a JICA expert team at a joint venture that weformed with SUURI-KIKAKU Co., Ltd.

Outlinetion of cases in Japan. In the model company, while proposed
measures, which require large-scale improvement works, havebeen discussed concretely together with local engineering
companies, proposed low-cost improvement measuresrequiring a fewer repair works, such as energy-saving, havealready been taken, and have produced certain effect.
② Technical exchanges
In Beijing City, we held the Japan-China Technical Exchange
Meeting on NOx control technologies. On the Chinese side,
persons in charge ofenvironmental protection from the central
and local governments,
including those from the
Ministry of Environmental Protection, andpersons in charge fromcompanies related toIntroduction to technologies ofJapanese companies at the Japan-China
environmental pollution
Technical Exchange Meeting
control, and on theJapanese side, persons related to the Project and companies
with NOx control technologies, attended the Technical
Exchange Meeting, and introduced their knowledge on NOx
control technologies through lectures and booth exhibitions.
Furthermore, from the reports of the model companies on thedetails of their activities so far, participants were able tounderstand the effects of the technologies, and the issue tobe solved.

■Background and purposes of the Project
In China, along with the development of economic activities andan increase in the number of automobiles, NOx (nitrogen oxide)
emissions continue to increase. Therefore, the 12th Five-Year
Plan (2011 – 2015), in which NOx was added as one of theindexes in the total emissions reduction target of major pollutants, has a target to reduce 2010 total emissions by 10%. In
addition, each industrial field has made an effort to reduce totalNOx emissions by setting strict emission standards individually.
Based on Japan’s experiences in the reduction of NOx, thisproject is being conducted during the period from March 2013 to
February 2016 by the Japanese Government, upon request fromthe Chinese Government to provide support, in order to promote
China’s measures to control total NOx emissions.

■Details of the activities
Aiming to improve the methods to control NOx in China, thisproject has the following two targets: (1) To prepare technicalguidelines related to controlling NOx emissions, and actually use
these guidelines, and (2) To improve the methods to understandthe effects of controlling NOx emissions through a simulation ofdiffusion of air pollutants. ICETT is in charge of activities towardachieving the first target.
The major activities in which ICETT was in charge in thesecond year (April 2014 to March 2015) are as follows:① To understand the situation of NOx emissions and to propose
remedial measures at model companies
After selecting companies as model in Xiangtan City, Hunan
Province, related to target fields in the technical guidelines, wemeasured the amount ofemissionsofairpollutants, such as NOx,intheproduction
process of the sections
which were considered
to have larger NOx
emissions. Based on the
Measuring the amount of emitted
data obtained from thepollutants at a model company
measurements
andinterviews with persons in charge from model companies, theJICA expert team clarified the situation of emissions, andproposed effective NOx control measures along with introduc-■Achievements and prospects
In this project, we are preparing more practical technical guidelines, to which matters to be noted when solving problems of
production sites in China and when taking measures for those
problems are reflected. The prepared technical guidelines are
expected to be broadly disseminated among people in China
involved in the prevention of air pollution through the Dissemination Workshop, to be held in the autumn of 2015, and to contribute to the improvement of air pollution in China, by being used forthe 13th Five-Year Plan, to be implemented from January 2016,
and being more widely disseminated through publication by the
Ministry of Environmental Protection.
(Ayako Okuda)

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Yokkaichi City

Environmental Summit in fiscal 2014
OutlineTargeting high school students, ICETT held the Environmental Summit as a project entrusted by
Yokkaichi City. In this fiscal year, we held the Summit under the theme “Toward a sustainable recycling
society―What we can do.”■Background
This Environmental Summit aims to deepen mutual understanding
between high school students in Yokkaichi City and students invitedfrom Tianjin City, a friendship city of Yokkaichi City, and those from thecity of Long Beach, a sister city of Yokkaichi City, which is held during
the period of summer vacation, through opinion exchanges on environmental problems. Its purpose is to contribute to the revitalization ofenvironmental preservation activities in each city with those students’ideas from an international perspective related to the environment.
In this fiscal year, under the theme “Toward a sustainable
recycling society―What we can do,” the Summit was held for eightdays from July 28 to August 4 in 2014.

Presentations of achievements in the Environmental Summit in Yokkaichi City

features of each city and identification of environmental problems,
expressed their opinions with their feet on the ground on what each ofthem could do to contribute to a recycling society.

■Achievements of the training
During these eight days, participating students newly deepened theirinsight into environmental problems from an international perspectiveby reconsidering their own countries through communal life at ICETT.
Also, with one of the main purposes of this project being to deepen
cultural and international exchanges, students were able to deepen
their interest in and concern for Japan by experiencing Japanesetraditions and culture.

Courtesy visit to the mayor of Yokkaichi City and the president of the City Council■Details of the training
In this training, which includes a curriculum for understanding efforts
related to the environment toward a recycling society by diverse
entities, such as citizens, companies, and governments, participantsalso learned about the process of improving Yokkaichi City’s pollution
problem.

Hands-on cultural learning of “iaido” (the art of drawing a Japanese sword)

I hope that the students, who are the bearers of the future of theirrespective cities, through the friendships formed in this Environmental
Summit, can continue their exchanges also in the future, contribute to
the improvement of the environmental problems of the friendship cityof Tianjin, the sister city of Long Beach, and Yokkaichi City in the future,and play active roles as human resources who can serve as a bridge offriendship between these three cities.
(Akihiro Tsuchiguchi)

Effort for a recycling society at the port of Yokkaichi

In the presentations, participating students, touching upon the14

CTI•CTI PFAN

Climate Technology Initiative (CTI): Fostering international
cooperation in the accelerated development and diffusion ofclimate-friendly technologies and practices
The Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) is a multilateral initiative that was established at the first
Conference of Parties (COP1) to the UNFCCC in 1995 by IEA/OECD member countries and theEuropean Commission. Its mission is to bring countries together to foster international cooperation in
the accelerated development and diffusion of climate-friendly and environmentally sound technologies and practices.
In 2003, the CTI gained status as an IEA Implementing Agreement and ICETT has hosted its international secretariat
since then, gradually expanding its scope of activities.

Outline■Background and objective

15th CTI Workshop was held by the German government toFinancing development is one of the major topics in technology

coincide with the CTI Executive Committee Meeting. Over 70

transfer under UNFCCC. To facilitate fundraising for implementa-

experts from 27 countries participated in a workshop titledtion of climate change projects in developing countries, the CTI“Market Mechanisms for Climate Action at the Urban Level” andPrivate Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) has been establisheddiscussed measures for mitigating climate change problems inby CTI in cooperation with the UNFCCC secretariat and has beenurban areas.

making efforts to contribute to the goals of UNFCCC. CTI PFAN
has broadened opportunities for fundraising by project developers■Moving forwardand entrepreneurs of clean energy, renewable energy, and energy

The CTI held a side event at the 42nd Subsidiary Body of theefficiency projects, and fostered technology transfer in developing

UNFCCC in Bonn jointly with the Renewable Energy and Energy

countries and countries in transition.

Efficiency

Partnership(REEEP) and Kreditanstalt

fürWieder-aufbau (KfW). Since the
CTI PFAN’s mechanism
is a highly effective
programme to facilitate
private sector financing
by leveraging limited
public funds, CTI plans

CTI workshop in Berlin■Programme activities

to

The CTI Executive Committee’s 23rd Meeting was held in Berlin.

contribute to the UNFCCC objectives by linking the PFAN

Delegates from CTI member countries attended and have

Programme to technology transfer mechanisms under UNFCCC.

reported activities of CTI and CTI PFAN, and discussed further

The CTI PFAN website has been renewed to enable visitors to

expansion of activities. During the Executive Committee meeting,retrieve information on PFAN-supported projects based on eachDr. Barbara Hendricks, German

project’s location and technology sector. (http://www.cti-pfan.net)

Federal Minister for the Environ-(Akiko Naka)

ment,

NatureConservation,

Building and Nuclear Safety,
joinedthe

CTI

Executive

Committee, and welcomed CTI
members to the historical city of
Berlin and congratulated the
CTI on its 20th anniversary. The
CTI Workshop in Berlin

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continue

activelyICETTICETT Participants in Exhibition, Business Talks, etc.
in Harbin and Shenyang, China
In response to a request from the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Nagoya, fromthe end of June to early July in 2014, ICETT, together with three Japanese companies, participated in
the 5th China Harbin International Science and Technology Exhibition and Fair in Harbin, Heilongjiang
Province, which was held under the auspices of the China Science and Technology Exchange Center, and Northeastern
China International Science and Technology Conference held in Shenyang by the Liaoning Province Science andTechnology Agency. The purpose was to make presentations and join discussions in an international forum, as well as
participate in a matching meeting (business talks).

Outline■[Background of the program]■[Results]

At the biennial exhibition in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China,
which has provided a place for companies from Russia (including
former Soviet republics) to present their companies since 2006,
Japan and South Korea were allowed to showcase their advanced
technologies for the first time. In consultation with the Chinese
Consulate General, ICETT participated in this exhibition together
with three companies: an environmental material manufacturer
based in Osaka, a Gifu-based metal mold maker, and a
Niigata-based communications service provider.

For the forum in Shenyang, Liaoning Province had given
participating countries (the UK, Italy, South Korea, and Japan)
common discussion subjects beforehand and had requested theparticipants to openly provide information on various matters,
including the present situation regarding technology transfer toChina, conditions for facilitating technology transfer to China,
requests to the Chinese side for consideration, and theorganizations involved in technology transfer to China.
Through presentations and discussions, the participatingorganizations from multiple countries expressed their requests to
the Chinese side for properly evaluated compensation fortransferred technologies and enhancement of corporate
compliance. The Chinese participants, on the other hand, asked
their foreign counterparts to understand and respect Chinese
business practices and culture. The forum offered all participants
the opportunity to exchange honest views in a friendly
atmosphere.
Follow-up interviews with the companies participating in thebusiness talks confirmed the achievements and subsequent
progress of the meeting, including success in meeting target
companies, signs of the expansion of sales networks, and the
distribution of product samples.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to theConsulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Nagoya
and the China Science and Technology Exchange Center, Ministryof Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, foroffering us such a valuable opportunity to expand our personaland business links with China.
(Etsuko Minamikawa)■[Details of activities]
After paying a courtesy call to the China Science and Technology
Exchange Center, the organizer of this exhibition, in Beijing, andvisiting the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, with some members, thedelegation moved to Harbin and then Shenyang.
At the exhibition in Harbin, we held business talks mainly withvisitors to our exhibition booth. Additionally, ICETT and one
participating company visited Harbin Vocational and TechnicalCollege and the Harbin Institute of Technology to demonstrate

In front of our exhibition booth in Harbin

eco-friendly products and exchange views. At the Harbin Instituteof Technology, we were also able to meet a professor who hadcompleted training in ICETT.
The participating companies from Japan held individual
business talks according to arrangements made beforehand
based on requests for matching from companies and research
institutions in Liaoning Province. Meanwhile, ICETT mainly made apresentation and held discussions with other technology-transferorganizations invited from the UK, Italy, and South Korea, about
our common challenges concerning technology transfer to China.

Making a presentation in Shenyang, before participantsfrom Liaoning Province, the UK, Italy, South Korea, and Japan

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CTI PFAN

CTI PFAN Programmed Operation in Africa
The Climate Technology Initiative Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN) is a global, multilateral
initiative dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by bridging the gap between investors andclean energy projects in need of financing. CTI PFAN has developed regional networks covering Latin
America and the Caribbean, and Asia, Africa and CIS as well as in-country networks of developers, consultants andinvestors. By participating in the PFAN network, entrepreneurs and project developers gain access to investors andbankers interested in clean energy projects. A key aspect of the PFAN processes is to build and strengthen networks
of collaboration on clean energy financing, and to facilitate interaction between entrepreneurs and investors.

Outline■OBJECTIVES

Financing (AFRICEF-3) Business Plan Competition and 23
teams were selected as shortlisted projects.
In July 2014, Project Development and Financing Workshops
for eastern and southern Africa were organized in both Kampalaand Johannesburg, respectively.
There were 50 applicants for the West Africa Forum for
Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF-2) Business Plan Competition
and 20 teams were selected as shortlisted projects. In February
and March 2015, Project Development and Financing Workshops
for western Africa were organized in both Dakar (Francophone)and Accra (Anglophone), respectively.

CTI PFAN aims to achieve the following overall goals:• broaden access to private and publicfinancing for Clean Energy projects,• gain access to investors, and• facilitate interactions between
entrepreneurs and investors.
CTI PFAN will be launched with a request for proposals (RFP) for
clean and renewable energy projects. Shortlisted projects fromthe received proposals will attend project development &financing workshops. During the workshop, each project will be
required to make a presentation to show they are informed about
the development process and development framework.
Shortlisted projects will receive intensive one-on-one coachingfrom nominated CTI PFAN consultants to further develop theirproject and prepare their business plan for presentation toinvestors at the Forum. Based on the submitted business plans,
finalists will be selected. The finalists will have the opportunity topresent their projects in front of a group of investors.

■Results
The AFRICEF 3 Investor Forum was held in Johannesburg inNovember 2014. Ten finalists made presentations to investors,
and two of them have already been financed.

■Prospects
The project developers will receive coaching in finalizing theirbusiness plans to make them investor-ready, and among themaround 10 projects will be showcased to targeted investors at theWest Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF-2).
WAFCEF-2 which seeks to match promising clean energy
projects from West Africa with investment and financing isscheduled to take place on September 17, 2015 in Abidjan Côte
d'Ivoire.
(Tohru Hasegawa)

Bird's‐eye view of CTI PFAN subject area

The purpose of the workshops is to help them polish theirbusiness plans, develop convincing investment pitches, andformulate a commercially, financially and risk mitigating strategy
that in turn will significantly enhance the possibility of obtaining
financing.
There were 145 applicants for Africa Forum for Clean Energy

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ICETT

Information Dissemination and Awareness-raising Project
We conducted information dissemination and awareness raising inside and outside ICETT throughactivities related to environmental preservation conducted by the staff and experts of ICETT andcitizens, exhibiting at events, and visiting lectures. In fiscal 2014, we created a video that introduces
these activities, which are to be used at such occasions as international lectures on the environment.

Outline■Backgroundand awareness raising of knowledge related to environmental
preservation, and for fostering a global perspective among
them. Main visitors to the Museum were as follows:• Consul general of the Consulate-general of the People’s
Republic of China in Nagoya• Mission to Japan from the Sichuan Province Science andTechnology Agency• Mission to Japan from the Hong Kong Trade Development
Council, etc.
② Visiting lectures in the international and environmental fields
As part of Mie University’s beginner's lectures on International
Cooperation, former Executive Director Minami gave a lecture
under the title of “Environmental Problems in Developing
Countries and International Cooperation by Municipalities ofThose Countries―Using Cases of Mie Prefecture as
Examples.” Through his experience as an official of the Mie
prefectural government and his activities for ICETT, he said,“Resources are limited, and the earth will deteriorate,” and“Well-balanced economic growth and environmental
preservation are needed for a sustainable society.”
Furthermore, since many participating students showed a
deep interest in the occupation of public official, to encourage
those students who will become working members of society,he compared human characters to animals with humor―acharacter submissive to humans as a dog type, a character
submissive to an organization as a cat type, and a character
not applicable to either of these two types. In addition,
introducing his experience in overseas countries while he wasa public official, he explained that work for a public official is
not limited to work in Japan.
Listed below are examples of visiting lectures.
• Speech on “Special lectures on the environment” at
Yokkaichi University• Lecture in a round table meeting at Yokkaichi Rotary Club
• Lectures for the Faculty Meeting of the 11th Annual
International Symposium (organized by the Society ofChinese Professors in Japan), etc.

We created a video that introduces ICETT’s activities as anawareness-raising tool to be used by the staff of ICETT for theirexternal lectures, training in Japan, workshops, which are held
inside and outside ICETT, and opinion exchange session. With thisvideo, we have made ICETT’s activities easier to understand.
In March 2015, the Yokkaichi Pollution and Environmental
Museum for Future Awareness opened in front of Kintetsu
Yokkaichi Station. A visit to the museum will be scheduled intraining programs and study tours of ICETT in the future, and theMuseum, through its cooperation, can be utilized to more broadly
inform the residents of Mie Prefecture about the historicalbackground of the Yokkaichi pollution problem and ICETT’s
international activities.

Video that introduces ICETT’s activities■Details of the project① Responses to visitors
We introduced ICETT’s activities to administrators ofmunicipalities inside and outside the prefecture, residents andcitizens of the prefecture, persons with relevant knowledge
and experience, researchers, and students, for dissemination■Prospects
In fiscal 2014, we received many requests for visiting lectures in
addition to our information dissemination and awareness-raising
activities. Along with the opening of the Yokkaichi Pollution andEnvironmental Museum for Future Awareness, and with citizens’
growing concern for the global environment, ICETT has come to
be expected to play a role in providing related lectures.
(Hideto Mashita)
Yokkaichi Pollution and Environmental Museum for Future Awareness18

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

International Collaboration Program for the Global Environment
ICETT organized the 5th Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFCEF-5) which provided a unique
opportunity to match clean energy related project developers in developing countries and interested
investors by improving developer’s fund raising capacity in cooperation with the Climate Technology
Initiative’s PFAN programme, as well as other organizations. Additionally, with the aim of encouraging the creation of agreater number of clean energy projects, ICETT conducted research activities in Japan and developing countries in
Asia to establish a CTI CTBN program (hereinafter “CTBN”) to support project development.

Outline■Backgroundenable a larger number of clean energy projects to secure funds
and be implemented as businesses by connecting projects
developed in the CTI CTBN program to the CTI PFAN program.

In order to prepare clean energy entrepreneurs to take part in the
Financing Forum on 6th February 2015, ICETT organized Project
Development and Financing Workshop to enhance developer’s
project development ability and provided one-on-one coaching byfinancing professionals.
Short Project Description

Country

AllGreen Energy Pte. Ltd.

Team / Company Name

Biomass & Solar Power Production

India

Busiwind Park Energy Pvt. Ltd

50MW Wind Farm Project

India■Details of the projectThis fiscal year, ICETT conducted interviews with companies,
industry bodies, and governmental bodies in developing countries
in Asia, as well as Japanese small and medium companies withclean technologies, in order to identify effective support
frameworks that could be provided under CTBN. Topics discussed
in the interviews included the need for developing countries toadopt clean technologies, the seeds of technologies thatJapanese small and medium companies have, problems thatJapanese companies face while transferring their technologies todeveloping countries and creating projects, and the necessary
support for addressing such problems.
These research activities confirmed that for successful
matching of developing countries’ technological needs andJapanese companies’ technologies and encouragement of thecreation and implementation of projects, we are required toprovide efficient opportunities for matching, develop effective
business models, and appropriately bridge the gap between
projects and funds, and that collaborations with project
developers in developing countries, who play all of the aboveroles, were most important.

ALPS Maintaineering Services, INC. Energy Efficiency Project in Philippines Philippines
5 Star Stoves
Green Investment Holding LLC

Biomass Cook Stove Project inBangladesh
Investment platform for renewableenergy projects in Mongolia

Gham Power Nepal Private Limited 12MW Solar project in Nepal
Praj Industries Ltd

Mongolia
Nepal

2nd generation lignocellulosic bioethanol plant scale up project

IORA Ecological Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Biogas project in India
Water & Energy Nepal p. ltd

Bangladesh

India
India

6.6MW Hydroelectric Project inWestern Nepal

Nepal

Shortlisted projects

Out of 35 applicant projects, 10 best projects were selected
as listed above to present in front of potential investors at the
Financing Forum.
Owing to having coaches’ guidance on their respective
business plan and investor pitch, project developers’ ability to
speak to the audience improved significantly and caught attentionof both judges and investors.
CTI is planning to establish a CTI CTBN program in order toencourage small and medium companies with outstandinganti-global-warming technologies in CTI member countries,
including Japan, to transfer technologies and increase thenumber of clean energy projects. Furthermore, CTI is aiming to■Future vision
Based on these findings, we aim to further encourage thecreation of clean energy projects and their implementation as
businesses within the CNBT model framework, by providing
opportunities for project developers and Japanese small andmedium companies to collaborate with each other, and bypractically running the program into which we will incorporate
continued support by experts for Japanese companies
inexperienced in overseas operations.
(Yasuko Ozaki)

AFCEF-5 Winner19Remarks
The parent organization of our Center, which wasestablished as the International Center for Environmental
Technology Transfer (ETTC) on March 31, 1990, 25 years
ago, was able to develop into the present-day ICETT basedon contributions of 6.2 billion yen in total―1.5 billion yen
from Yokkaichi City, 1.5 billion yen from Mie Prefecture, and3.2 billion yen from companies―thanks to its strong
industry-academia-government collaboration and efforts in
those days.
In 2011, when changing to a public interest
incorporated foundation, we restructured our organization
into four types of businesses―“training and technicalguidance,” “surveys and research,” “exchanges andcollaboration,” and “information provision and dissemination& public awareness.” Among these four types, we haveespecially focused on the “training and technical guidance”
business since our establishment.
The first training in Japan was held from January 21 toMarch 15 in 1991, receiving nine training participants from
Mexico under the theme “Exhaust Gas Treatment and Heat
Utilization.” Thereafter, even if it was limited to long-term
training for more than a week, the number of people invited
to Japan for training amounted to 2,417 from 90 countries
by the end of March 2015. Furthermore, the number ofparticipants in training and seminars we have held outsideof Japan has amounted to 5,465 in 11 countries.
This ICETT newsletter, which is published once a year,
is marking its 23rd issue on this occasion. We have sent
2,300 copies of this newsletter in total to overseas
countries―1,800 copies of the English edition and 500
copies of the Chinese edition, 1,700 copies of which are
directed to people who have visited ICETT for our training
in Japan.
It would be great, if you recollect upon receiving thisnewsletter, your everlasting memory at ICETT where you
thought and learned about your own country from outsideit, engaged in solving problems, and had discussions under
the same theme with Japanese participants despite thedifference in their nationality, and after the training, if youreport on and let us know your country’s environmental
problem, what kind of issue you have made efforts for, andachievements from those efforts.
In recent years in Japan, the concept of a type of
education called “Education for Sustainable Development /ESD” has been spreading. “ESD” is a term that Japanproposed at the United Nations’ “World Summit on
Sustainable Development,” which was held in 2002 in
Johannesburg. ESD is learning and activities aimed atunderstanding issues in modern society, such as poverty,
human rights, peace, development, and environmental
problems, as our own problems; to create new values andactions by making efforts for an issue around us (thinkglobally, act locally); and to create a sustainable society
based on these values and actions.
It is important for not only inter-field activities, such as
ESD, but also efforts for the global environment to be
conducted beyond national borders. In the hope of creatinga happy environment for children around the world, who are
the bearers of the future, using the ties between readersand ICETT, I engaged in editing this commemorative issue
for the 25th anniversary of ICETT.
Also in the future, ICETT will convey the importance ofenvironmental preservation and energy, use our wits tohand an environment-friendly society and safe atmosphere& water to children, and make daily efforts forenvironmental preservation activities.
(Yuka Kanda)

Column: Pre-event for Ise-Shima Summit
On May 26 and 27 in 2016, the Group of Eightsummit meeting will be held in Shima City in Mie
Prefecture. In response to the summit, ICETT will holdthe “ASEAN Environment Forum in Mie,” an event tobe held 100 days before the Ise-Shima Summit and a
project to commemorate the 25th anniversary of thefounding of ICETT in February 2016.
Regarding striking a balance between economic
growth and environmental preservation as an urgent
issue, we would like to use this project, an opportunity
to collaborate with other countries and to transmit thepotentials of those countries, for ICETT’s activities in
the future.
(Reference) Website of Japanese National Commission
for UNESCO, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology
Website of Ise-Shima Summit & Mie prefectural
government

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