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CONTENTS

1. MESSAGE from the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ............... 2
2. ICETT Projects and Results for FY2013 ...................... 3
3. Indonesia Urban Environmental Management Course ..... 4
4. Seminar in Tianjin .................................................. 5
5. The project for total emission control of nitrogenoxide in atomosphere in china ................................. 6
6. “Model verification survey in the measures toexpand industrial pollution prevention
technologies in the Chubu Region” ........................... 7
7. Project to support energy saving in India’s steel
rolling industry .................................................... 8

8. Overseas Development Model Construction Urgent Job
Creation Program Project to Support the Development of
Water Environment Business in Thailand ....................... 9
9. “Environmental Business Seminar and Business Meetings in
Taiwan” a subsidy project to bridge industrial cooperation
between Japan and Taiwan by the Interchange
Association, Japan .................................................... 9
10. CTI Activities at COP19........................................ 10
11. International cooperation project on the global environment ... 11..................... 12
12. Information Dissemination and Awareness-Raising

MESSAGE from the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
On the occasion of the 61st issue of the ICETT newsletter

It has been 24 years, since the establishment of
the International Center for Environmental
Technology Transfer, ICETT, and this issue of thenewsletter will be the 61st of its publication.
Throughout these years, ICETT has beenpromoting the transfer of industrial pollution
control technologies by accepting participants invarious fields from a number of developing
countries and then further developing their skills
and capacities. We have also contributed toconserving the global, living, and naturalenvironment and to overcoming environmental
issues through research and technology jointly
developed with various enterprises.
However, in recent years, ICETT has beenchanging its business in accordance with thediversification of environmental issues, such ascountermeasures against global warming, cyclicaluse of resources, and the conservation of
biodiversity. Along with activities conducted sofar, ICETT has implemented further projects
relating to Climate Technology Initiative (CTI),
which promotes transfer of climate change
mitigation technology and supports theenvironmental
business
of
small
and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In theseprojects, ICETT staff, together with experts, visit
sites in overseas countries, identify problems, andpresent solution options. They also aim to matchthe local environmental requirements and needsof enterprises in Japan.

Based on our newly drafted medium-term
management plan for the period FY2014 toFY2018, we are aiming to focus more on projects
to improve the living environment, including
waste management, such as the promotion of the“Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” initiative for waste
and global warming prevention projects.
It is important for ICETT to develop projects
based on the ICETT’s fundamental principles, as
it adapts to the surrounding physical environment.
ICETT will continue with public bidding projects,
as previously, but will also positively involve
itself in the development of new projects, working
in close partnership with a range of stakeholders.
For example, not only will it wait for
public-bidding from municipal, prefectural, andnational government offices and related
institutions, but will aim to comprehend theactivities of institutions and their directions, andpropose new project plans in a proactive mannerin cooperation with entrusters.
ICETT will thus implement environmental
conservation projects in a proactive manner bylooking ahead to the trends and environmental
needs and play a significant role in environmental
conservation and the sustainable development of
the global economy.
Kiyoshi Minami❷

ICETT Projects and Results for FY2013
In order to deal with environmental issues in Japan and overseas, ICETT implements a variety ofconservation activities, and carries out effective environmental technology transfers, appropriate to
the nature and conditions of each country. In FY2013, in addition to training projects, we held business meetings in Taiwan and in Thailand between local enterprises and Japanese companies interested in environmental business. Moreover, as one of our international cooperation projects, ICETT
continues work to encourage investments in global warming mitigation projects. An outline of ICETT
projects in FY2013 is provided below.

WORKSHOP AND TRAINING:
ICETT implemented environmental training courses in Japan, such as those commissioned by JICA, Mie
Prefecture, and Yokkaichi City governments, etc., and accepted government officials, researchers, and engineers as training participants from 11 countries, including the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Indonesia,
and countries in Central and South America.
These training courses covered comprehensive waste management, industrial pollution control technologies, environmental impact assessment, and awareness-raising, among others. Through such training
courses, ICETT aims at technology transfer and human resource development towards the establishment ofa sustainable socio-economic system.

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS:ICETT conducted comprehensive research projects on the current status of environmental conservationin Japan and overseas countries to identify problems and make proposals or give advice on future countermeasures. In addition, further training, seminars, and information provision will be implemented in future.
In FY2013, ICETT set up business meetings between local companies and Japanese companies in Taiwan
and Thailand.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:ICETT held an international conference on global environmental conservation, environmental project
promotion and an international forum. In addition, ICETT conducted an international exchange project inwhich senior high school students in Japan, PRC, and the USA. learned about environmental conservation.

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND AWARENESS-RAISING:ICETT disseminated information utilizing its website and an e-mail newsletter. ICETT also took part ina number of environmental exhibitions.

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JICA: Training Program for Young Leaders

Indonesia Urban Environmental Management Course
This Training Program for Young Leaders features a 14-day training period from June 18 in which
15 persons aged 35 or younger from the Indonesian central and regional governments and privatecompanies in charge of waste management participated. The aim was to help them to understandthe Japanese government’s environmental administration, local governments’ environmental management
methods, and Japan’s related experience and technologies, such as environmental education, aiming to use suchknowledge as a reference for their own country’s environmental improvement.

Outline■ Background and purposes

2) Introduction to disposal systems, especially organic
waste disposal techniques
Under this theme, participants learned about various
methods known as the “3Rs” toward a recycling society,and concrete efforts in 3R initiatives; and confirmed thesystems and methods of resource recovery and recycling
automobiles used in the tourism industry based on the
Recycling Law. Furthermore, they learned about
composting methods for organic waste that accounts for
60% of general waste in Indonesia, especially home-based
methods that are closely related.
3) Raising local residents’ awareness, environmental
education, recognition of the role as an administrator
Participants visited the sites of environmental volunteer
activities by citizens and sites of environmental education atelementary schools, and learned the methods that have beenutilized there. In their meetings with Japanese local
government officials, participants discussed and deepened
their understanding of the importance, direction, andsuccessful
examplesofawareness-raisingandenvironmental education.
In this Training Program for Young Leaders, which also
aimed to deepen understanding and forge friendly
relationship between both countries, during their stay inJapan, trainees actively tried Japanese foods; experienced
tea ceremony at Shisui-an, a tea house in Yokkaichi City;and enjoyed a photo session at ICETT, wearing kimono.

In the Republic of Indonesia, the amount of waste has
been increasing year on year along with economic growth,
the amount of waste generated per person per day is
expected to reach 0.91 kg by 2020. Especially in large cities,
although the government’s waste transport and collection
rates are on an increase, they are still low. Collected waste isdisposed through sanitary land-fills through an open
dumping system. Furthermore, environmental pollution
caused by waste unlawfully dumped into rivers and lakes
has become a major problem. By raising awareness of local
governments’ functions for proper waste management inIndonesia, and promoting recognition and awareness of
responsibilities by local government officials and persons incharge of waste management, this training focused on theenhancement of participants’ capabilities.

■ Training content
After the basic orientation, training was conducted under
three main themes: 1) Japan’s management systems for
waste management, such as legislative systems,
administrative framework, and ordinances; 2) introduction
to disposal systems, especially organic waste disposal
techniques; 3) raising local residents’ awareness,environmental education, recognition of the role as
government officials.
1) Japan’s management systems for waste management,such as legislative systems, administrative framework, andordinances
With regard to the transition of Japan’s environmental
administration and waste disposal, trainees learned about
Japan’s policies and Recycling Law, as well as the
management systems ofwaste in general in thenational
andlocal
governments, and exploredthe direction of solving the
problems that trainees are
currently facing.

■ In conclusion
In this training program,we were impressed by thetraining participants actively
asking questions and having
discussions in order tounderstand
their
own
Kimono photo shootcountries’ or regions’ waste
management stages through this program and through theirinteractions with each other, and to learn from related cases
in Japan about what they should improve in the future. In
conclusion, we would like to express our sincere
appreciation to all the people who gave us a warm reception.
(Tomoko Uchida, Akiko Kise, Shinji Ideta)

Study tour at a disposal facility
in Nagoya City❹

Yokkaichi City’s entrusted project

Seminar in Tianjin
Yokkaichi City and Tianjin City in the People’s Republic of China have continued theirexchanges in various fields since they established a friendship city relationship in 1980. As part oftheir 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, 108
people have visited Japan to date and received training (594 people have received training at local seminars in
Tianjin City.) In this fiscal year, under the theme “Environmental Impact Assessment” continued from the previous
fiscal year, a seminar was held in Tianjin City, and training in Yokkaichi City.

Outlineof a chemical plant from multilateral and multifaceted
perspectives regarding urban development.

■ Environmental Preservation Seminar
was held in Tianjin City
Before the training in Yokkaichi City, upon request from
Tianjin City, and under the principal theme, “Theory andPractice of Environmental Assessment” covering
sub-themes of “measures to reduce agricultural waste” and“technologies to restore ocean ecosystem,” a local seminar
was held for two days from October 17 and 18, 2013.
In the local seminar, the latest theories and cases wereintroduced from both sides on the presupposition of various
differences of social systems, cultures, and customs
between Japan and China, and related opinions wereactively exchanged.

Japan-South Korea-China EIA workshop

In addition, with regard to the sub-theme, “environmental
impact assessment in the offshore and agricultural sectors,”
participants learned about the relationships between civil
activities and development activities in the study tour at the
Fujimae Tidal Flat.
Participants comments about this training include: “I wasable to learn and think about the latest information on
environmental assessments”; “I was able to recognize that
all countries have the same aim for environmental
protection and the same assessment standards for related
efforts despite the gaps between their environmental
assessment systems”; “This program make me think that I
had to further raise my own awareness of environmental
protection”; “Although I have already engaged inenvironmental assessment works, I was able to learn about
new related technologies and ideas in this training. I want tolearn more after returning to my country, and use myknowledge in my work.”
In closing, I would like to express my appreciation to all
those who cooperated with this training program.
(Shinji Ideta)

A local seminar■ Details and results of training in JapanThe training in Japan was held for 16 days from
November 4 to 19 at venues such as ICETT, welcoming
four officials and staff members who visited Japan from the
Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau and Tianjin
Environmental Impact Assessment Center, under the theme“Environmental Impact Assessment.”
After learning about the Yokkaichi pollution problem andYokkaichi
City’senvironmental
administration,
participants joined in the “Japan-Korea-China Tripartite
EIA Workshop,” and learned about the latest knowledge
related to environmental assessment through presentations
by researchers from Japan, China, and South Korea.
Also, participants attended special lectures by specialists
in the Japanese environmental assessment field on Japan’s
legal system and new methods of strategic environmental
assessment and environmental impact assessment.
Furthermore, in the related training they had an
opportunity to consider the construction of a waste
incineration plant and the environmental impact assessment

Commemorative photo shoot in front of ICETT❺JICA Technical Cooperation Project

The project for total emission control ofnitrogen oxide in atomosphere in China
With 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. Entrusted by JICA, a joint venture that we formed with Suuri Keikaku Co., Ltd. hasconducted this project by forming a JICA expert team.

Outlineunderstanding of NOx emissions control technologies andpolicies in Japan.
② Preparation of technical guidelines related to NOx control
Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning and a
JICA expert team are jointly preparing technical guidelines
intended to be used when local governments in China give
advice to companies on the introduction of technologies tocontrol NOx emissions. In preparation of the technicalguidelines, while the JICA expert team summarized
technologies to control NOx emissions elsewhere in theworld, including in Japan, the Chinese side is preparing
technical guidelines that can be used at related sites in China
by considering optimal
application
technologies
based on the current
situation of measures against
NOx and related needs in
China. In the first year, theguidelines mainly target
cement and steel sintering Expert meeting toward the preparationof technical guidelines
furnace fields.

1. Background of the Project
In China, along with the development of economic
activities and an increase in the number of automobiles,
NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions continue to increase.
Therefore, the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011 – 2015), which
added NOx as one of the indexes in the total emissions
reduction target of major pollutants, has a target to reduce
total emissions in 2010 by 10%.
Based on Japan’s experiences in the reduction in NOx, thisproject has been conducted by the Japanese Government,
upon request from the Chinese Government to provide
support, in order to promote China’s measures to control
total NOx emissions.

2. Outline of the project① Project name:

The project for total emission control of nitrogen oxide in
atomosphere in China② Project aims:
Output I (ICETT’s field): The preparation for the
introduction of NOx control techniques to facilities will beadvanced, and the technical guidelines will be utilized.
Output II (Suuri Keikaku’s field): Through implementation of a simulation of air pollutant diffusion, methods tounderstand the NOx control effect will be improved.
③ Period of the project:
March 2013 – February 2016
④ Major counterparts:
Department of Pollution emission control of the Ministryof Environmental Protection, the People’s Republic ofChina; Environmental Protection Bureau, Xiangtan City,
Hunan Province③ Technical advice to model companies

In Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, the target cities of thefirst-year project, the JICA expert team gave selected modelcompanies (cement, sintering furnaces for steel, etc.) fromthe Chinese side technical advice in the preparation of EPC(Engineering design, Procurement, Construction) related tocontrolling NOx. At the model cement company, the project
found that, as a result of thefield survey, the company had
room to control the generation of NOx by reviewing theoperating conditions of the calcination furnace. With regard
to the steel sintering furnaces, the project will monitor the
NOx emissions status during the process, and will consider
the basic requirements for the introduction of technologies
to control NOx in the future.
(Masayuki Deguchi)

3. Outline of activities:
Among the activities by a JICA expert team in the firstyear (March 2013 – March 2014) of the project, ICETT’s
main activities were as follows:① Training in JapanThe training in Japan was held from September to
October 2013, and provided central and local government
officials from China with an opportunity to deepen theirField survey at the cement company❻

Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

FY2013 small and medium-sized businesses Industrial pollution prevention survey“Model“Md l verification
ifi ti survey ini theth measures tot expandd iindustrial
d ti lpollution prevention technologies in the Chubu Region”
Aiming to create demands of 50 trillion yen in environmental business in general by 2020 and to create
employment for 1.4 million people in the “New Growth Strategy” (by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industryin June 2010), the role of the environmental industry for economic growth is quite large. Moreover, there is ahigh potential in overseas development of environmental business for developing countries.
To promote environmental business in the Chubu Region, we engaged in concrete measures to develop environmental
business in this fiscal year’s survey. Under the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry’s guidance, we verified how
efficient these measures for development are for collaboration among environmental business companies in the Chubu Region,and for the creation of new businesses. (http://www.chubu.meti.go.jp/kankyo/data/2603report.pdf in Japanese)

Outline■ Details of the project

sessions provided information on local needs, the national characterand business practices of the relevant local country, and how to utilize
related measures. In a relaxed atmosphere, with a mood for
information-sharing and opinion exchanges among participatingcompanies beginning to be formed, the importance of continued
implementation of the study session was recognized.
[Seminar and Matching Session]
A seminar was held under thetheme of market expansion
through collaboration between
companies. We were able toconfirm and verify from theparticipants’reactionsthenecessityofprovidinginformation
relatedtoindustry-academia collaboration
cases and technical seeds fromuniversities
andresearch
institutes, etc.
On the same day, we held aMatching Session from aperspective of purchasing andpackaging, welcoming five core
participating companies. After thesession, participants expressed
their satisfaction with the session, but at the same time we confirmed
their requests for another matching session related to further technicaldevelopment and markets and for the necessary related infrastructuredevelopment.
[Technical and Market Cultivation Workshops]
While the Technical Workshop
was set up under the theme of
disclosure of needs by open
innovation companies, the Market
Cultivation
Workshopwasoffered, under the theme of the
proposal of clues for market
cultivation based on surveys inJapan and cases of supporting
overseas development of environmental business companies by local
governments. This enabled an increase in momentum to take action,with matching sessions with open innovation by industry-academia
system and large companies, study tours at laboratories, and theestablishment of projects related to the export of infrastructural
know-how in collaboration with local governments. In considerationof the verification results of these elements, the Chubu Bureau of
Economy, Trade and Industry will hold full-fledged workshops. We
look forward to the participation of many companies. (Eiichi Masuda)

In this project, after implementing an interview survey that included
a questionnaire for companies in five prefectures ― Aichi, Gifu, Mie,
Toyama, and Ishikawa, and possible markets as the foundation, we set
up the “Conference to Support the Development of Environmental
Business”; held a “Study Sessions for Overseas Development” and“Seminar and Matching Session”; and set up a “Technical Workshop”
and a “Market Cultivation Workshop” as measures to promote
environmental business in the Chubu Region; and verified theeffectiveness of those measures. In addition, we successfully expanded
the corporate database of 41 companies, and data concerning technicalseed collection of 15 companies.

■ Outline of the survey results[Questionnaire]
We distributed the questionnaire to about 930 companies thatengage in environmental business in the Chubu Region, and conducteda detailed survey of 183 valid respondent companies in November.
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business was related to markets. The major measure to resolve them
was to search for partners (40% of the responses were to directly search
for markets, and 30% to search for technical support partners).
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resources and costs are recognized along with problems related tomarkets.
6XSSRUWUHTXLUHGIRUEXVLQHVVGHYHORSPHQWLQ-DSDQAccessible subsidies (40%), information on technologies and needs(30%), identifying and collaborating with partners (more than 25%)
[Interview survey result]
As a result of the interview survey of 10 companies with seeking
overseas development, it was confirmed that every company hoped toobtain information and exchange opinions concerning environmental
needs mainly in Southeast Asia, support measures by public agencies,and experiences with entering overseas countries.
Meanwhile, as a result of interviews on the intentions andpossibilities of collaboration with other companies, for 10 companies
which are considered to be potential markets, the responses weredivided into two patterns: starting transactions after general screeningof the potential partners’ transaction results and business conditions,and actively collaborating with seed companies through open
innovation. It was confirmed that specialized trading companies
appeared to eagerly explore products to deal in, and small andmedium-size businesses with seeds had room to enter this field.

■ Verification of support measures[Study Sessions for Overseas Development]
Three study sessions on overseas development were held during the
project period, inviting external lecturers. Upon prior request, the study❼

“Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program”

Project to support energy saving in India’s
steel rolling industry
After receiving the Toyota Environmental Activities Grant, ICETT has engaged in a project toestablish 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 ofenergy-saving in manufacturing process in this cluster as its target, with each local factory and organizationacquiring appropriate capabilities, tools, and networks.

Outline■ Background and purposes
Although India has addressed the challenge of climatechange by measures such as improving energy efficiency after
becoming the world’s third largest producer of greenhousegases, the main target of those measures has been large
companies, while small and medium-size businesses’
energy-saving measures have not progressed due to lacks ofskills at the sites and for financial reasons.
With ICETT having realized energy-saving improvementswith heating furnaces for the rolling industry cluster in the
Bhavnagar District in the Gujarat State since 2008, an
increasing number of local companies hope for improvement
by replacing old equipment with energy-saving-type heating
furnaces. To introduce a highly energy-efficient manufacturing
process through voluntary efforts in the cluster, mechanisms toprovide the necessary technologies and expertise for the
improvement and fund-raising mechanisms are needed.

In mid September of 2013, we visited India again, together
with Japanese specialists, visiting candidate plants to givetechnical guidance, including rolling processes, and conductedsurveys on energy-saving improvement items, such as surveys
on present issues and future needs.
In addition, we haveestablished a support systemwith an eye on not only ourcounterpart (C/P) but also
local engineering companies(LEC) so that we were able
to present improvement
plans and to provide
follow-ups in line with thelocal situation and to bridge
technical gaps between
Japan and the local site
during our stay.

New Delhi

Bhavnagar

ICETT has promoted activities to disseminate energy-saving
in India’s rolling industry cluster, including the establishmentof a mechanism to implement sustainably expanding
energy-saving improvements based on voluntary efforts.

■ Future development
In the future, we will select around two model plants for the
next project from five candidate plants; support their efforts for
improvement; establish a delivery chain for improvement
efforts through energy-saving by holding workshops anddeveloping campaign activities in cooperation with local
industrial parks and industry federations; and promote thecreation of frameworks for energy-saving improvements basedon local voluntary efforts. (Eiichi Masuda)■ Activities at the local site
In late April in 2013, we visited India together with Japanese
specialists and held a workshop for the dissemination ofenergy-saving improvements that mainly consisted of the“introduction to cases of two rolling plants that engaged inheating furnace improvement works” and “lectures by Japaneseexperts on rolling technologies” in the Bhavnagar District in
the Gujarat State.

❽Mie Prefecture

Overseas Development Model Construction Urgent Job Creation Program
Project to Support the Development of Water Environment Business in Thailand
OutlineIn Thailand, there have long been strong needs for environmental improvement in the water environment field, and various Official Development
Assistance (ODA) programs have been conducted over many years. The country is now at the stage of assessing how each company in the country
should take their own water environment preservation measures. Against this backdrop, we held business meetings and a field survey in Bangkok,
aiming to promote business development by small and medium-size businesses from Mie Prefecture in Thailand’s water environment field.

■ Background and aims

Support Desk, with cooperation from the Thai Board of Investment (BOI),
we held a business matching and meeting session between companies fromMie Prefecture and Thai companies at the Bangkok International Trade &Exhibition Center in Thailand on November 21, 2013. Six companies fromMie Prefecture and 10 companies from.
Thailand participated in this session. On November 22, the day after thesession, we conducted a tour around two water treatment plants in Bangkok
City and in the suburbs, in order to learn about the actual situation of water
treatment sites in Thailand.

In the trend of global manufacturing centers shifting to Asian countries,
despite its industrial wastewater standards, Thailand still has a situation
where water environment problems are regarded as major problems insome industries. With people’s awareness of the environment growing,social demands for companies to strengthen their environmental
preservation efforts have become stricter year by year.
On the other hand, Mie Prefecture has small and medium-size businesses
with excellent water treatment technologies. Potential demand for thesecompanies’ services and products are considered to be high in Thailand.
However, small and medium-size businesses’ independent overseas
development is known to face large obstacles, such as finding business
partners, understanding related regulations, avoiding risks, and differencesin culture and business practices.
Therefore, in this project, a businessmatching and meeting session was held in
Bangkok, Thailand, aiming to support
companies in Mie Prefecture by establishingbusiness matching know-how between water
environment companies in the prefecture andoverseas companies, and to develop thisBusiness matching andsupport model in other countries in the future.
meeting session■ Details of the project
Participating companies from the Thai side provided a wide range of
information, such as the water treatment situation in industrial parks,
information on receiving orders for public works in Thailand, and the Thai
economy. Also, several business meetings were held that could lead tofuture concrete business development.
The tour around water treatment facilities seems not only to have letparticipants strongly recognize environmental problems in Thailand, butalso to provide participating companies with a moment to realize business
opportunities.
Lastly, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all thosefrom related companies and organizations who helpfully cooperated with
us to implement this project, the first case for ICETT to hold a businessmeeting event overseas. (Takao Okumura & Hirohito Nakamaru)■ Details of the projectThrough the introduction from Mie Prefectural ASEAN Business

Interchange Association promotion services“Environmental Business Seminar and Business Meetings in
Taiwan” a subsidy project to bridge industrial cooperation between
Japan and Taiwan by the Interchange Association, Japan
OutlineBased on subsidies from the Interchange Association, Japan, we provided an opportunity for business matching (seminarand business meetings) with Taiwanese companies in Taipei City, the Republic of China (Taiwan) to make a foothold forJapanese companies’ overseas market development and overseas partner development.

■ Background and purposesparticipated in the Environmental Business Seminar and Meetings held in
Taipei, and each held 30-minute business meeting per company after
introducing their own strong technologies and products in sectional meetings.
On the day before the business meetings, we held an advance study
session regarding information on the Project to Bridge Industrial
Cooperation between Japan and Taiwan,
cases of collaboration between JapaneseandTaiwanesecompanies,
andenvironmental needs in Taiwan. On the
day following the business meetings,
participants went on a study tour of joint
wastewater treatment equipment and at aresource recycling facility (wastewater Study tour at a wastewater treatment
facility in a science park
treatment) in an industrial park in Taiwan.
** Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan (similar to the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry): General contact established in March 2011
for industrial collaboration between Taiwan and Japan.

In November 2012, the Interchange Association (contact on the Japaneseside) and the East Asia Relations Commission (contact on the Taiwaneseside) signed a “Memorandum on the Strengthening of Cooperation for the
Project to Bridge Industrial Cooperation Between Japan and Taiwan”
during the Japan-Taiwan Economic Conference, and agreed on industrial
cooperation through business-matching events in a wide range of fields,from manufacturing to service sectors, in cooperation with both Japaneseand Taiwanese authorities and the private sector, which further contributes
to industrial cooperation between Japan and Taiwan.
Against this backdrop, we held a business-matching seminar andbusiness meetings with Taiwanese companies for small and medium-size
Japanese businesses with competitive and excellent products andtechnologies, aiming for mutual understanding, private sector-led active
market cultivation, and the promotion of business exchanges between
Japan and Taiwan in the environmental field.
* Japan’s contact organization for Taiwan was certified by the Ministry ofForeign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan,
aiming to carry out practical business with Taiwan, a country with no
diplomatic relations with Japan.

■ Results and effectivenessWe made an effort to promote Taiwanese companies’ participation byplacing materials related to technologies and products of relatedcompanies, and information on participating Japanese companies on theofficial website of ICETT before this project. As a result, 38 Taiwanesecompanies gathered for business meetings, and more than 100 businessmeetings were held.
After returning to their home countries, each company has continued
their business meetings by sending written estimates and product samples
to Taiwanese companies. ICETT has provided follow-ups by setting up
further individual business meetings in order to meet demands fromparticipating companies.
We expect that this project will serve as a true bridge between Japaneseand Taiwanese companies. (Maki Tamura)■ Content of the project
Before holding a business matching session, in an advance survey wevisited Taipei in July 2013, and had detailed discussion on their needs atvarious Taiwanese companies. As a result, with our counterpart, theTaiwan-Japan Industrial Collaboration Promotion Office (TJPO)**, we
decided to hold a seminar and business meeting session under the themes“Resource Recovery from Sludge Reduction and Waste” and “Effluent
Treatment & Soil Cleanup.” We invited Japanese companies through the
public relations section of ICETT’s official website and by directly visiting
the companies.
On November 18, 2013, 12 Japanese companies from the Chubu Region❾

CTI Activities at COP19
November 2013 Warsaw, Poland
The 19th United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Warsaw, Poland on 11–23
November 2013. At the Conference, the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19), the 9th Sessionof the Conference of the Parties serving as a meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP9),
was held, as well as meetings of three Subsidiary Bodies: Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI); Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA); and the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform
for Enhanced Action (ADP). Among others, the parties adopted a decision establishing the Warsaw international
mechanism on loss and damages. ICETT participated in the Conference as the CTI Programme Secretariat,
holding side events and setting up an information booth to facilitate better understanding of its activities.

Outlinetechnologies and practices in developing countries. In 2003,
the CTI was reformed as an Implementing Agreement
under the IEA, establishing its international secretariat at
ICETT, and further expanding the scope of its activities.
■ At the UNFCCC, financing has been one of the major

issues under discussion concerning technology transfer,and the CTI has implemented a broad range of cooperative
activities in partnership with developing countries and the
UNFCCC. In order to contribute to the achievement of the
UNFCCC’s technology transfer objectives, the CTI
launched the CTI Private Financing Advisory Network(CTI PFAN) program in an effort to secure the financing
access indispensable for projects addressing climate change
issues. Through public-private partnerships, CTI PFAN has
expanded financing opportunities for project developers
and entrepreneurs engaged in clean energy, renewableenergy, and energy efficiency projects, thereby facilitating
technology transfers under the Convention.

■ International efforts to combat global climate change began

in 1992 with the adoption of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This
Convention provides an action framework for stabilizing
atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses, aiming
to avoid “dangerous anthropogenic interference with theclimate system.” The UNFCCC went into effect on March
21, 1994, and has been ratified by 194 countries to date.

■ CTI regards the PFAN program as the core of its activities,■ The Climate Technology Initiative (CTI), which wasand at two side events reported on the results, progress, andfuture prospects of the program. Because CTI PFAN ishighly effective in leveraging limited public resources tofacilitate private sector financing, CTI plans on enhancing
the linkages between CTI PFAN and a new technology
transfer mechanism under the UNFCCC, thereby
contributing to the technology transfer goals of theConvention.

established by the International Energy Agency(IEA)/OECD member countries and the European
Commission at the 1st Conference of the Parties (COP1) to
UNFCCC in 1995, is a multilateral project based oninternational cooperation. Its mission is to establish aninternational cooperation framework to facilitate thediffusion of climate-friendly and environmentally sound

CTI Side Event at the Japan Pavilion

CTI side Event at the US Center

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FY 2013 Project Commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

International cooperation project on the
global environment
ICETT organized the “CTI PFAN 4th Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFCEF-4),” which
provided a unique opportunity to match clean energy related project developers in developing countries
and interested investors by improving developers' fund raising capacities in cooperation with the
Climate Technology Initiative’s PFAN program, and other organizations. Furthermore, in a new initiative to promote theformation of clean energy projects, ICETT investigated a possible scheme to run under the CTI Clean Technology
Business Network (CTBN) program, which supports business matching and project development.

Outline■ In order to prepare clean energy entrepreneurs to take partin the Financing Forum on 28 February 2014, ICETT
organized a Project Development and Financing Workshop
to enhance developer’s project development ability andprovided one-on-one coaching by financing professionals.
Out of 50 applicant projects (including 3 Japanese
projects), ICETT selected the 10 projects listed below topresent in front of potential investors at the Financing
Forum.
Team/Company Name

Short Project Description■

Country

TMB-Energietechnik

Construction and operation of a biomass power plantusing gasification of briquetted biomass

Nepal

VinaForest

Wood pellet factory

Vietnam

Energy Guru Sharper Sun

Concentrating solar thermal solar boiler

India

Tipawat Corporation Limited

Limited Production of biomass feedstock from plantation

ThailandOnergy (Punam Energy Pvt.
Ltd.)

Access to energy for East India

India

Gram Laxmi Biofuel Pvt Ltd

Development and operation of a cookstoves and biomass
fuel distribution business

India

Petrovietnam Power
Corporation

Hoa Thang 1 wind farm

Vietnam

MJBJ Renewable Energy
Company

Generation of electricity from biogas produced from poultry waste
Philippines
and production of organic fertiliser from biomass / agricultural waste.

CleanTech Global
Renewables Inc.

Rangas mini-hydro project

Philippines

Invictus Solar Power Pvt Ltd

Invictus 5MW solar project

India

Trial in India■ CTI plans on establishing the CTI CTBN program, asupport scheme to enable small and medium-sizedenterprises in CTI member countries to transfer theiradvanced technologies to developing countries. It aims tobring more projects to implementation by feeding moreclean energy projects into the CTI PFAN program tosecure the necessary financing.
■ This year, Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises
conducted pilot projects in solar and biomass power
generation technologies in Asia, which helped shed lighton both prospects and issues concerning effective
technology transfers.
■ Through these pilot projects, we reconfirmed therequirement to identify information on specific technology
needs in developing countries and pass such information totechnology providers through the most appropriate
avenues. We also learned the importance of making
proposals that integrate technologies with viable businessmodels that respond to the market of the receiving side.

■ Through the coaches’ guidance on their respective businessplans and investor pitches, project developers’ presentation
skills in front of their audience improved significantly anddrew the attention of both judges and investors.
While the CTI PFAN program has successfully supported
project developers
accesstothefinancing necessary
to implement theirprojects, there arecases where further
support is requiredfor
project
Financing Forum (AFCEF-4)
realization.

■ Based on the above, we plan on establishing a scheme toprovide useful information on technology needs indeveloping countries to small and medium-sized enterprisein CTI member countries as a part of the CTI CTBN
program, and build a network of professionals who can
propose appropriate business models that effectively apply
related climate change technologies.

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INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND
AWARENESS-RAISING■ Information dissemination was achieved through ourColumn: Yokkaichi Port Authority

website and our e-mail newsletter. ICETT provided a range
of information concerning global environmental
conservation technology and concepts, as well as ICETT’s
activities. In addition, ICETT issued a regular Japanesee-mail newsletter 2–3 times per month, with the aim ofstrengthening the network of information exchange,
sharing environmental information, and suggesting
environmental protection technologies. Seasonally, ICETT
participated in exhibitions and symposiums held at ICETT
and at environment-related institutions in Mie Prefecture,
Japan. An outline of exhibitions in FY2013 is provided
below.

As a part of the FY2013 Global Environmental
Workshop, high school students from Tiānjīn City,
PRC, Long Beach City, USA, and Yokkaichi City,
stayed together at ICETT to promote a mutual
understanding through discussing shared environmental
problems.

① Mie Kids’ Eco Fair 2013, July 20 – 21, held at Suzuka
Foothills Research Park;

Field-study on board the ship,“Yurikamome” (Seagull)■ The training courses we provided to participants in

Mongolia and Indonesia were introduced by NHK
broadcast news. The training courses for Chineseparticipants, on efforts concerning pollution control in
Yokkaichi and PM2.5 were introduced in newspapers andNHK broadcast news. Mr. Minami, Executive Director,featured in a live appearance on a Mie TV programme in
December 2013, describing the activities of ICETT.

Mie Kid’ s Eco Fair 2013

② Yokkaichi City Environmental Symposium, September
29, held at Yokkaichi Cultural Hall;③ Leading Industries of Mie Exhibition 2013, November 7– 8, held at Yokkaichi Dome;④ Mie Environmental Fair 2013, December 1, held at
Messe Wing Mie, Japan■ Editorial Notes:

We have substantially reviewed and expanded the contentsof our newsletters. Our aim is to ensure that ICETT’s
activities are more widely understood and appreciated. We
welcome your comments and suggestions for future issues.
Public Relations Division■ In FY2013, there were 215 visitors and participants to learn

about ICETT’s activities. In particular, 52 “senior students”
of Yokkaichi Adult Education of “Yokkaichi Citizens
College” studied environmental conservation and ICETT’s
activities.

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