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1. ASEAN Environmental Forum in Mie .................... 2&3(Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund, (JAIF))

2. Capacity Building on Climate Change ...................... 4−Greenhouse Gases Emission (GHG) Reduction for
Energy Intensive Industry in ASEAN−(Subsidized by JST)3. Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (China) ......... 5(Entrusted by Yokkaichi City Government)

4. Tianjin Seminar / Global Environmental
Workshop for High Schoolers .................................. 6(JICA Technical Cooperation Projects)

5. Project for Total Emission Control of Nitrogen
Oxide in the Atmosphere in China ........................... 7(Entrusted by the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry)

6. Projects to Support Entrance into New Business Fields .... 8(Subsidized by the Interchange Association, Japan)

7. Japan-Taiwan Industrial Cooperation Bridge Project .... 8&9“Environmental Business Seminar and Business Negotiation Meeting in Taiwan”(Entrusted by the Ministry of the Environment)

8. FY 2015 Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA) Project ..... 9(CTI PFAN Programs)

9. Support for Private Financing for the Clean Energy Project ..... 10(Entrusted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

10. International Cooperation Project on Global Environment
Clean Technology Business Network (CTBN) Construction Project .... 11(ICETT)

11. “Environmental Memorial Lecture” ......................... 12−ICETT 25th Anniversary Commemorative Project−Entrusted by Mie Prefectural Government

International Development Promotion
Project utilizing environmental technologies
ASEAN Environmental Forum in Mie
Prior to the Ise-Shima Summit, held on May 26 and 27, 2016, Mie Prefectural Government,
Yokkaichi City Government, and ICETT jointly held the ASEAN Environmental Forum in Mie,inviting guests, including ambassadors to Japan, from 10 ASEAN countries for opinion informationexchanges on environmental conservation technologies and sustainable development.

Outline■ Background and purpose

・Technological capabilities of companies in Mie
Prefecture enable us to contribute significantly to boththe environmental and economic development of
ASEAN countries.
・Mie Prefectural Government, ICETT, and Yokkaichi
City Government will make a strong cooperative effort
with economic organizations for the overseas
development of companies in Mie Prefecture concerning
the use of environmental technologies.
・I felt the strong cooperation among ASEAN countries.
As such, if we start exchanges with one such country, ourexchanges will expand to ASEAN as a whole.
・The first step for exchanges will be the gateway to
ASEAN’s international cooperation. Mie Prefectural
Government would like to deepen cooperation with
ASEAN countries more actively.

The “2016 Junior Summit in Mie” was held under thetheme of the “The planet for the next generations: The
environment and sustainable society” at the main venue in
Kuwana City, as an official event related to the Ise-Shima
Summit, the G7 summit meeting held in Mie Prefecture on
May 26 and 27, 2016. Meanwhile, with the 21st Session of
the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21, Paris,
France) having been held to discuss the legal framework forgreenhouse gas emissions reduction, environmental
problems have become universal problems. In addition,
among ASEAN countries, which are deeply related to Mie
Prefecture, with the ASEAN Economic Community
inaugurated on December 31, 2015, the movement for
wider-area cooperation has gained strength. Based on thisbackground,
Mie Prefectural
Government,
Yokkaichi City
Government,
and the ICETT,
aiming to create
an opportunity
for opinion andinformation
Full view of the Forumexchanges onenvironmental conservation technologies and sustainable
development, held the ASEAN Environmental Forum inMie, inviting guests, including ambassadors to Japan, fromASEAN countries.

Panelists:
H.E. Mr. Thurain Thant Zin
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of the Union of
MyanmarMr. Bansarn Bunnag
Ambassador, Royal Thai Embassy
HE. Haji Mahamud bin Haji Ahmad
Ambassador, Embassy of Brunei Darussalam
Mr. Lao Nguon Eng
Commercial Counselor, Royal Embassy of Cambodia
Ms. Retno Supeni
Minister Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
Ms. Somsanouk Vongsack
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Lao People’s
Democratic Republic
Mr. Hendy Assan
Deputy Chief of Mission / Minister Counselor, Embassyof Malaysia
H.E. Mr. Manuel M. Lopez
Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines
Mr. William Tan
Deputy Chief of Mission / Minister-Counselor, Embassyof the Republic of Singapore
Mr. Nguyen Truong Son
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam■ Content(1) “ASEAN Environmental Forum in Mie”
Date: February 12, 2016
Theme: Sustainable economic development in ASEAN
countries
Speakers and others:
Eikei Suzuki, Governor of Mie Prefecture (coordinator)
Ambassadors to Japan and others (panelists)
Number of participants: 363
The Forum was ended by Mie Prefecture Governor Eikei
Suzuki’s speech, with the key points as follows:❷Related to the Forum, we implemented a Study Tour
Program (2), an Exchange Program (3), and a Spouse Program(4) on the same day, and the Nansei Program (5) on thefollowing day. Through these programs, we were able to form
close relationships with the ambassadors to Japan andrepresentatives of ASEAN countries, by introducing them to
Mie Prefecture’s beautiful nature and rich culture andtradition, Yokkaichi Pollution, and Yokkaichi City’s
traditional culture, and by boosting the appeal of the openingof the Ise-Shima Summit to both inside and outside Japan.

(5) Nansei Program
Venue: Ise-Shima Area, including Mikimoto Pearl Island
Outline:Toward the openingofthe
Ise-Shima
Summit, we arranged
this program, so thatambassadors to Japanand representatives of
ASEAN countries wereNansei Program
able to learn about Mie
Prefecture’s charms, such as the beautiful nature and thevaried culture of the prefecture.

(2) Study Tour Program
Venue: Soranpo Yokkaichi
Outline:At Yokkaichi
Pollution andEnvironmental Museum
for Future Awareness,
we introduced
participants to thehistorical background of
Study Tour Program
Yokkaichi Pollution andefforts towards environmental improvement, and showed
the environment-friendly technologies that companies in
Mie Prefecture have been developing.
We then went on a study tour to Yokkaichi Municipal
Museum / Planetarium, and introduced participants to
Yokkaichi’s culture and the beauty of starry sky in the city.
This tour provided an opportunity both to introduce
environmental technologies and to encourage exchanges
through culture.

■ Results and prospects

Exchanges at ASEAN Environmental Forum in Mie
provided ICETT with the first step to international
cooperation, and an opportunity to deepen its ties withcompanies, universities, and research centers in ASEAN
countries when it developed in 10 ASEAN countries.
Furthermore, we were able to demonstrate to theambassadors to Japan and representatives of 10 ASEAN
countries our expertise to deal with pollution learned fromthe experience of Yokkaichi Pollution and theenvironment-friendly technologies owned by companies in
the prefecture, as well as the varied culture and local
products of which Mie Prefecture is justly proud.
(Hide Mashita)(Column) Junior Summit in Mie
From April 22 to 28, the “Junior Summit in Mie”
(organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an event
related to the G7 summit meeting & Ise-Shima Summit)
was held in Kuwana City, the main venue. In connection
with this event, ICETT also introduced its environmental
technology transfer at the Yokkaichi Pollution andEnvironmental Museum for Future Awareness.

(3) Exchange Program
Venue: Yokkaichi Miyako Hotel
Outline:Ambassadors to Japan and representatives of ASEAN
countries learned about Mie Prefecture’s charms throughbroad interactions with corporate engineers in Mie
Prefecture and by experiencing traditional performing artsand food ingredients produced in Mie Prefecture.

Furthermore, in the Junior Summit, we had adiscussion under the theme, “The planet for the next
generations: The environment and sustainable society,”
and announced the discussion results as the “Kuwana
Junior Communiqué.”(4) Spouse Program
Venue: Banko no Sato Hall
Outline:Through the hands-on activity of making Banko ware,
Yokkaichi City’s main
craftwork, participants
experienced theprefecture’s traditional
craft that uses
distinctive features of
local products.

Participantsininthe
theJunior
JuniorSummit
SummitParticipants

Spouse Program❸Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF)

Capacity Building on Climate Change
─Greenhouse Gases Emission (GHG) Reduction for Energy Intensive Industry in ASEAN─
Using Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) as a financial source, ICETT held human resource
development training related to greenhouse gas emissions reduction, inviting 14 administrative
officials and university researchers from eight ASEAN countries―2 from Brunei, 2 from
Cambodia, 2 from Indonesia, 1 from Malaysia, 2 from Myanmar, 2 from the Philippines, 1 from Singapore, and 2
from Thailand, as well as 1 joint proposer from the Philippines.

Outline■ Background and purpose

Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), which is expected to bea support for dissemination of energy saving in the ASEAN
region. Each training participant then made a presentationon their own countries’ problems and expectations forJapan. After that, under the theme of ASEAN’s limit,
Japan’s problems, and future possibility of cooperation
between ASEAN and Japan, all participants actively
exchanged their opinions, describing their beliefs and ideas.
In the future, we can expect the dissemination anddevelopment of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by using the knowledge and network that Japan and
ASEAN shared in this training.
Thanks to the good weather during the training period,
after every schedule was completed as planned, training
participants seemed to actively enjoy nature at ICETT
which is surrounded by greenery, and sightseeing in Tokyo
Metropolis, albeit only for a short period of time, and gave
us many comments that they found the training very
educational and meaningful.

This training program was jointly proposed by ICETTand the Sub-Committee on Sustainable Energy Research(SCSER), which is an organization under the ASEAN
Committee on Science and Technology (COST). The aim
was to develop human resources involved in energy in the
ASEAN region, to disseminate energy saving, and topromote exchanges in the ASEAN region and Japan.

■ Details

This training was initially proposed with the aim of
reducing greenhouse gas emissions from industries withmassive consumption of energy, and was implemented astraining focusing on energy saving.
Inthetraining,
following the keynote
speech, which wasintended to promoteawarenessoftheperspective of factory
managers on energy
saving,participants
Study tour at a factory
went on study tours at anelectric apparatus manufacturer in Aichi Prefecture, animplementation site of PDCA cycle that was originated in
the visualization of energy consumption measured by beer
brewers, and various implementation sites of energy-saving
activities that focus on the thermal energy process. After
that, they received technical guidance on the thermal energy
process and learned about examples of how to diagnose
energy-saving at a lecture venue in Tokyo. Training
participants showed great interest in the diagnostic method.
On the final day, we held a workshop inviting people
involved in energy, including both Japanese officials andnon-officials. The Japan side made presentations on its
experience of establishing the Energy Conservation Law
and energy conservation policies; ASEAN’s actual situationand problems from a perspective of its support activities for
ASEAN’s energy conservation; and the latest trend of the■ Prospects

Training participants
were quite impressive
when they actively
asked questions and held
discussions in an attempt
to learn from examples
of energy-saving efforts
in Japan and otherParticipants in a workshop
participants’ countries.
Through this training and interactions with otherparticipants they sought to identify what they should
improve by comparing such examples with theenergy-saving status of their own countries. In conclusion, I
would like to express my appreciation to all people who
received trainees, and to the instructors for their warm
welcome. (Akiko Kise)❹Subsidized by JST

Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (China)
OutlineBased on a subsidy from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), ICETT invited young
researchers from China, and implemented a training program to deepen exchanges between theseresearchers and enterprise employees from universities and various industries in Japan.
lectures related to consideration forsurrounding areas.

■ Background and purpose

The Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (Sakura
Science Plan) aims to deepen exchanges in the field of science andtechnology between outstanding young people who visit Japan fromother Asian countries and young people in Japan—both of whom will
become leaders in the future. This program was launched in fiscal 2014
by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) with the various
aims, such as to enhance interest of young people outside Japan inJapan’s state-of-the-art technologies, to develop excellent humanresources from overseas sought by universities, research institutes, andcompanies in Japan, and to contribute to the development of scienceand technology in Japan and other Asian countries.
Inviting researchers involved in the field of environmental
conservation from Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, and Sichuan
Province, China, to meet the requests from these two provinces,
ICETT implemented training programs under the themes of “Research
on Japan’s Environmental Management Technologies andEnvironmental Technology Transfer” and “Case Study on Regional
Environmental Management (such as environment-conscious
agriculture and recycling),” respectively.

(2) Case Study on Regional
Environmental Management (such asenvironment-conscious agriculture andrecycling)
Sichuan in China, which is well-known
for its world heritage sites, is anagricultural area with a mild climate andfertile soil despite its location in an inlandarea. In particular, Chengdu in thisStudy tour at a greenhouse province continues to develop as China’sthat uses waste heatleading high tech industrial city, which isconsidered to be a central city for China’s
national
project,“ChinaWestern
Development.” In recent years, while
industrialization intended for modernizationand the improvement of productivity has
also advanced in terms of agriculture in thisprovince, with some issues remaining inproper fertilization and pest control, there isa concern about the pollution of agricultural
irrigation water and of discharges into thedestination waters. Furthermore, matters
Practicing Japanese-stylesuch as waste disposal issues, improvement
separation of garbage
of energy efficiency, and raising residents’awareness, which accompany the commercial development andimproved standards of living, are considered as important tasks.
Three university lecturers invited from Sichuan Province, who are
specialists in agriculture and energy conservation, engaged in active
opinion exchanges on such matters as effective use of agricultural
waste, and Japan’s farming system that seeks multi-functional
effectiveness in agriculture for not only food production but also inmaintaining ecosystems and natural disaster control. Also, one
participant expressed the desire to introduce Japan’s high quality
vegetable cultivation in greenhouses that uses plant waste heat into
agriculture in China, a country with a growing demand for the safety ofagricultural products.

■ Details(1) Research on Japan’s Environmental Management Technologies
and Environmental Technology Transfer
Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, China is an industrial city located in
the southern part of thiscountry. Despite its
efforts in adopting
measuresagainstenvironmental pollution
by taking the initiative to
make all public buses
electricallypowered,Introducing research contents at
this city still has a highNagoya University
demand for technologies
to prevent pollution and to solve pollution problems suitable for its
rapidly-developing industries.
Thirteen representatives were invited from companies in Zhuzhou
City that play leading roles in advanced science and technology
transfer inside and outside the country, including environmental
conservation technologies, and from Hunan University of Technology,
which links to the city’s key industries. The participants could deepen
their understanding of environmental conservation technologies andtechnology transfer by learning about Japan’s efforts in the field ofenvironmental conservation and how the related technologies are usedthrough examples based on Japan’s experience of four major pollution
problems. Trainees showed great interest in Japan’s efforts based on
industry-government-and university cooperation concerning thecoexistence of industries and the lives of its residents. Presentations
were given with the aim of introducing respective research activities at
Nagoya University, measures for environmental conservation bychemical plants inside and outside Mie Prefecture, and study tours and■ Results and prospects

Through lectures in line with each theme and interactions withpeople concerned, 16 invited researchers learned about Japan’s efforts
in environmental conservation in each field, and differences between
Japan and China in those fields in a positive fashion. We received
comments from the invited researchers regarding their hope to sharethe information they gained from this program with people involved inrelated fields after they return to China, and to integrate the technicalmethods and new ideas they learned in Japan into their own research
and work. We can certainly expect that those invited, as well asJapanese companies and organizations, taking the opportunities given,
will advance their exchanges and cooperation in the future. (Ayako
Okuda)❺

Entrusted by Yokkaichi City Government

Tianjin Seminar / Global Environmental
Workshop for High Schoolers
As part of Yokkaichi City’s exchanges with its friendship cities, ICETT held the “Tianjin Seminar,” which combines
a local seminar and study tours in Japan, aiming to solve environmental problems in Tianjin City, the People's
Republic of China; and “Global Environmental Workshop for High Schoolers,” training, which targets high school
students in three countries―Japan, China, and the U.S.
In fiscal 2015, programs were implemented respectively in the Tianjin Seminar under the theme “Air Pollution Control Measures andTechnologies” and in the Global Environmental Workshop for High Schoolers under the theme “Symbiotic Relationship with Nature.”

Outline(Tianjin Seminar)■ Background and purpose■ Results and prospects

Although much still needs to be done to improve the environment in
Tianjin City, recognition of its necessity by participants from Tianjin
City side is changing. I feel that efforts are needed to tenaciously
continue our training activities so that we can contribute to Tianjin’s
environmental improvement as much as possible.
(Akihiro Tsuchiguchi)

Although Tianjin City is an area with rapid economic development,
the city has growing air pollution problems and is facing urgent
challenges to improving the situation. Thus, this training aims forofficers of the Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau and otherrelated agencies to understand Japan’s environmental technologies andmanagement methods, and to make effective use of theirunderstanding for Tianjin City’s environmental improvement.
Furthermore, using the “Co-benefit Type Environmental Pollution
Control Measure Promotion Project in the Asian Region,” for which
Yokkaichi City cooperates and collaborates with the Ministry of theEnvironment in this fiscal year as in the previous fiscal year, we
improved and strengthened the content of the Seminar.

(Global Environmental Workshop for High Schoolers)

Inviting high school students from Tianjin and Long Beach,
California, friendship city and sister city, respectively, of Yokkaichi
City during the summer vacation period every year, the Global
Environmental Workshop for High Schoolers aims to deepen mutual
understanding between these high school students and high school
students from Yokkaichi City through opinion exchanges on such
topics as environmental problems. This fiscal year, the Global
Environmental Workshop for High Schoolers was held for eight days
from July 27 to August 3, 2015 under the theme, “Symbiotic
Relationship with Nature.”■ Contents(1) Environmental Conservation Seminar held in Tianjin City
Over the two days of October 27 and 28, 2015, we held a local
seminar in Tianjin City. In the local seminar this fiscal year, specialists
from Japan and China madepresentations
on“Air
Pollution Control Measuresfrom Harbors and Ships,”“Air Pollution Control
Measures from Non-road
Mobile Machines,” and“Judging and Assessing
DamageCausedbyTianjin Seminar
Environmental Pollution.”With regard to “Judging and Assessing Damage Caused byEnvironmental Pollution,” we were able to successfully and safely end
the Seminar using a new style of an open-ended discussion in small
groups that enabled participants to deepen their understanding.

■ Contents

This fiscal year, participants visited the Yokkaichi Pollution andEnvironmental Museum for Future Awareness, which had just opened
on March 21, 2015, and learned about the history of Yokkaichi
Pollution from its development to conquest, and about theenvironmental improvement
activities
that
were
conducted
jointlybycitizens, businesses, andgovernments. Furthermore,trainees participated in an
eco tour to Toba and Ise
Shrine, as well as joined in
the
Great
Yokkaichi
Experience of wearing JapaneseFestival wearing Japanesesummer kimono
summer kimono.

(2) Training in Japan
In the Training in Japan, we held study tours in Japan for 16 days
from November 16 to December 1 for four members including officersof the Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau. After learning about
Yokkaichi City’s efforts from the outbreak of Yokkaichi Pollution to
implemented improvements via a study tour at the Yokkaichi Pollution
and Environmental Museum for Future Awareness, participants went
on a study tour in Isozu, a town that suffered significant damage from
Yokkaichi Pollution, and at industrial complexes in Yokkaichi City.
We also held a training session in Kobe, a city that has established afriendship city relationship with Tianjin City. In addition, withparticipants visiting an automobile examination field, a thermal power
plant, and a car body plant, the training contents offered practicalknowledge, which directly supported participants’ businesses.

■ Results and prospects

During the eight-day training period, participants, through theircommunal living in ICETT, deepened their insights into environmental
problems from an international perspective by reviewing andcomparing with their own countries. I hope that the experiences in the
Global Environmental Workshop for High Schoolers this time will
provide participating high school students with an opportunity to
expand into the world in the future.
(Kana Mizutani)❻

JICA Technical Cooperation Projects

Project for Total Emission Control of
Nitrogen Oxide in the Atmosphere in China
In recent years in China, serious air pollution has occurred accompanying activities for economic
development. Also, in the country’s 13th five-year plan, which has been in effect since 2016, after a severe
reduction target was set for air contaminants, various efforts have been implemented to achieve the targets.
Forming a JICA specialist team with Suuri-Keikaku Co., Ltd., ICETT implemented a JICA Technical Cooperation Project tosupport total emission control of NOx (nitrogen oxide), which is a major factor in air pollution, from both technical, political andinstitutional perspectives.

Outline■ Background and purpose② Training in Japan
We implemented an 11-day training course in Japan, inviting
administrators who engage in work to help prevent air pollution in
China. This training provided an opportunity to consider control
methods applicable in China. Trainees learned about legal systems,roles of local governments, and efforts by companies that areemissions sources, all of which were related to NOx emission
controls.
③ Holding seminars, etc.
During the approximately three-year implementation period of
this project, we held seminars and technological exchange
meetings mainly for administrators in China, companies belonging
to key industries for NOx emissions control, and manufacturers ofenvironmental conservation facilities. In the technologicalexchange meetings, through the participation of Japanesecompanies offering NOx control technologies, opinions wereactively exchanged regarding the actual situation of China’s
measures for NOx emissions control, and Japan’s control
technologies applicable in China.
④ Preparing technological guidelines
Based on the activities mentioned above, we described the NOxcontrol technologies applicable in China in the technological
guidelines. The guidelines target such fields as cement production,coal-fired power generation, industrial boilers, and coke ovens andsteel-making furnaces, all ofwhich are considered to be
key industries. In creating theguidelines, we tried to makethem easy to use in China, by
holding a study session
regarding details of thetechnological guidelines with
Workshop for Disseminating
Chinese specialists fromTechnological Guidelines
related fields. The completed
guidelines were distributed to corporate workers in charge ofenvironmental management and administrators from relevant
regions in the Workshop for Disseminating Technological
Guidelines, thereby helping the guidelines to become more widely
known in China.

Adding NOx as one of the targets for the total volume ofgreenhouse gas reduction during the 12th five-year plan by 2015,
China realized important improvements through achieving thetarget. Also, in the 13th five-year plan, which has been
implemented since fiscal 2016, measures toward achieving the set
targets will continue to be implemented in various industrial fields.
Following the request for support received by the Japanese
government from the Chinese government, this project has now
been implemented for three years from March 2013 to March 2016
in order to promote China’s measures to control overall NOx
emissions.

■ Details

Aiming to improve China’s NOx control methods, this project
set two targets: (1) Prepare technological guidelines related to thecontrol of NOx emissions, and utilize the guidelines; and (2) The
method to understand the effectiveness of NOx controls will be
improved through the Simulation of Spreading Air Pollutants.
ICETT was in charge of activities toward achieving the target (1).
Listed below are the main activities for which ICETT was
responsible:① Understanding the NOx emissions at a model company andproposing improvement measures
After selecting a modelcompany, which was related tothe target fields in thetechnological guidelines in
Xiangtan
City,
Hunan
Province, we measured air
pollutant emissions at all pointsof the production process that
Measuring emissions of pollutants
are considered to have a large
in a model company
amount of NOx emissions, andproposed effective NOx control measures based on themeasurements. In the model company, we have been discussing
specific measures that require large-scale improvement work withlocal engineering companies. Meanwhile, low-cost measures withsmaller improvement projects have already been launched andhave yielded results. Furthermore, related information is shared in
the same industry through methods such as announcing the results
in an industry paper in China.

■ Results and prospects

Although this project ended in March 2016, we can certainly expectthat the contents of the guidelines will be revised based on new rules
and regulations with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of thePeople’s Republic of China taking the lead, and further disseminated in
the future. (Ayako Okuda)❼

Entrusted by the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

Project for Support Entering into the Business for the Environment(Project to Support Entrance into New Business Fields)
ICETT, commissioned by the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, implemented various activities tofacilitate companies in the Chubu region of Japan to expand and enter the businesses for the environmental in
Japan and overseas countries. These activities intended to develop new environmental technology throughindustry-university, and industry-industry cooperation, to expand the business by fostering cooperation withJapanese companies inside and outside the region, and also with companies in Indonesia and Vietnam.

Outline■ Background and purpose

leading researchers introduced theirresearch seeking for cooperation withindustry.
(4) Seminar on Industry-Industry
Cooperation (Presentation of Technological
Needs by Large Corporations)
The Seminar was organized to support
environmental technology providers in the Region to start new businessand technology cooperation with large companies. At the Seminar,
those large companies explained their technology needs. After the
Seminar, technologies and solutions which could satisfy thesetechnology needs were proposed from the technology providers in the
Region to the large companies.
(5) Business Missions to Indonesia
A Business Mission was organized to Jakarta, West Java andBanten, Indonesia, where environmental problems has been becoming
more and more serious along with fast economic growth. Sevencompanies in the Region with water-related technologies participatedin the Mission and discussed with Indonesian companies aboutbusiness possibility.
(6) Business Missions to Vietnam
Vietnam is another country where environmental degradation has
been caused due to industrialization. A Business Mission to Southern
Vietnam as a cooperation project of METI Chubu, JETRO Nagoya,
and JICA Chubu, and ten companies participated had discussions withlocal governments and companies.

The Chubu region is characterized with a concentration of
manufacturing firms focusing on “arterial industries” (industries
involved in stage from resource to final product) such as the automobile
industry and aircraft industry. Advanced environmental technologies
have been developed to support these manufacturing industries, which
has made the Region also characterized with a concentration ofcompanies with environmental technologies such as waste utilization
technology and sewage and wastewater treatment technology.
With identified high potential in the Region of development ofbusiness with environmental technologies, various supporting
activities were implemented to facilitate companies in the Region to
expand and start business activities related to the environment.

■ Contents(1) The Environmental Business Alliance Matching Seminar
Companies in the Chubu region participated in the Environmental
Business Alliance Matching Seminarorganized by Kanto, Kansai andKyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade andIndustry to seek for the opportunity of
new business cooperation withcompanies outside the Chubu region.
ICETT supported those companies fortheir effective presentation.
(2) Group meetings on Environmental Technology Development
and Market Development
Study groups on development of new environmental technologies
and expansion of business for the environment were formed by the
Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2014. The projectprovided the existing and new group members with an opportunity of
discussion and information sharing.
(3) Seminar on Industry-University Cooperation
The Seminar was organized to facilitate cooperation between
industry and academia in the Region for the development of newenvironmental technology. The Seminar focused on ceramic
technology, which is a representing industry in the Region, and metal
recovery technology, which have been getting more required. The■ Prospects

ICETT believes that facilitating transfer of Japanese environmental
technology in business circumstances contributes to achieve our
mission to contribute to conservation of global environment and sounddevelopment of global economy while appropriately conserving global
environment. We also believe that the technology transfer has been
more and more required in various overseas countries with enhanced
consciousness to the environment. ICETT will support the business forthe environment in cooperation with METI Chubu and other Japanese,overseas and international organizations with the same mind.
(Naoko Kuroda, Eiichi Masuda)

Subsidized by the Interchange Association, Japan

Japan-Taiwan Industrial Cooperation Bridge Project“Environmental Business Seminar and Business Negotiation Meeting in Taiwan”

OutlineReceiving a subsidy from the “Japan-Taiwan Industrial Cooperation Bridge Project,”** implemented by theInterchange Association, Japan* in order to provide support for overseas market cultivation for Japan’s environmental
technologies and for Japanese companies to find their overseas partners, ICETT held an Environmental Business
Seminar, business negotiations with Taiwanese companies, and a factory tour in Taipei, Taiwan.

(* This is Japan’s contact organization for Taiwan intended to maintain a business relationship with Taiwan, a country with which Japan has no official diplomatic relationships. ** Led by the
Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs Industrial Development Bureau, this project promotes industrial cooperation between Japan and Taiwan focusing on 11 industries.)■ Background and purpose■ Contents of the implementation

Aiming to promote independent and active private sector–led
market cultivation by and business exchanges between Taiwanesecompanies and Japanese companies with competitive and excellent
products and/or technologies in the environmental field, ICETT held
the second environmental business negotiation meeting in Taipei in
October 2015. (*** The Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs is similar to Japan’s Ministry

As a result of concrete interviews and discussions on the needs forenvironmental technologies in Taiwan learned in past visits to relatedorganizations, universities, and companies with which we haveconnections, we have decided the theme of this project to be “Valuable
Recovery from and Recycling of Industrial and General Waste, andWastewater Treatment & Water Purification.”of Economy, Trade and Industry.)❽and “Management System to Recycle Industrial Waste in Taiwan.” On
the day after the business negotiation meeting, we offered study tours
at a sewage treatment facility and a resource recycling facility in anindustrial park in Taiwan.

This time, we decided to hold the meeting to coincide with the“Taiwan International Green Industry Show,” aiming for theparticipation of many morecompanies from broader areasin Taiwan by holding themeeting in a conference room of
the Taipei World Trade Center
Nangang
Exhibition
Hall(TWTC Nangang), the venue of
the Taiwan International Green
Industry Show in cooperation
with Taiwan Trade Center
Seminar in Taiwan(TAITRA).
This event was attended by 17 people from 10 Japanese companies
from the Chubu region as well as from Tokyo and Osaka, and 36
people from 26 Taiwanese companies. The business negotiation
meeting ended as a great success since we were able to feel theenthusiasm of Taiwanese companies—visitors from Taiwan to theShow unofficially joining the meeting in addition to companies that
had registered for the meeting in advance, and Taiwanese companies
that were unable to attend the meeting on that day directly contacting
Japanese companies to have an interview the following day.
On the day before the business negotiation meeting, we held
seminars under such themes as “Points for doing Business in Taiwan,”■ Results and prospects

A total of 65 businessnegotiations was held. Since
the end of all of the events,
participating
Japanesecompanies have madeefforts to capture business
opportunities while actively
deepening their exchanges
with Taiwanese companies
by holding interviews with
Taiwanese companies on
Business negotiation meeting
their next visit or by inviting
Taiwanese companies to their product presentations held in Japan.
Meeting the demands of participating companies, ICETT has
followed up on the business negotiation meeting. In the future, ICETT
will also help spread Japanese companies’ excellent environmental
technologies to Taiwan and other countries.
(Maki Tamura)

Entrusted by the Ministry of the Environment

FY 2015 Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA) Project
Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA) was proposed by the Ministry of the Environment in order tosolve water environment issues in the Asian region. First implemented in 2004, its purpose is to promote dialogs
and develop human resources toward solving water environment issues through a network of 13 partner countries*.
ICETT was entrusted with and implemented operations of the Secretariat for the Project in FY 2015. (* Cambodia,
China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam)

Outline■ Background and purpose

was previously implemented in Vietnam and still ongoing.
In the Workshop conducted the day before, participants engaged ina group discussion under the theme of “industrial waste water,” fromthe perspective of promoting companies’ compliance with laws andregulations, on such matters as “strengthening the enforceability oflaws and regulations by local
governments that are actually
responsible for regulations,”“strengthening support for
local governments,” and“measures for improving
incentives for companies.”
Furthermore, at the 7thWorld Water Forum held in
April 2015 in Daegu andAnnual meeting
Kyungpook, South Korea, weparticipated in the session on “Strengthening Frameworks for Water
Management and Governance” and transmitted information throughdistributed materials related to WEPA at the Ministry of theEnvironment’s booth within the Japan pavilion.

In the WEPA Project, now in its third period since fiscal 2014,
ICETT aims to formulate an action program (hereinafter, “AP”)
intended to solve issues for strengthening Water Environment
Governance, and to accumulate concrete knowledge by increasing andsharing support cases for the AP among WEPA partner countries.

■ Contents

In the AP regarding large-scale and intensive drainage of waste
water from pig farms, which was proposed by Vietnam, we
implemented
inventory
surveys for the drainage of
waste water from pig farms infour specified provinces,
reported on the results at the
Stakeholder Meeting held in
Hanoi, and shared actual
situations and problems of the
management and disposal of
livestock waste water in
Vietnam and other people
Stakeholder meeting
concerned.
With regard to the basic plan for “AP regarding undergroundwater,” which was submitted from Sri Lanka, we researched thecurrent situation in Colombo at the initial stage, and then provided
support for the AP for the period from the basic plan to the formulationof a rough draft.
The 11th WEPA Annual Meeting was held on January 26, 2016 in
Vientiane, Laos. At the meeting, attended by 46 people from 12
WEPA partner countries except Indonesia, in addition to WEPA’s
activity report and presentations on WEPA’s plan for the next fiscal
year, WEPA partner countries exchanged information on the“Management of Livestock Waste Water,” the theme of the AP, which■ Results and prospects
The WEPA will continue todo activities that aim toestablish a more favorable
water
environment
bystrengthening
capabilities
throughsharingofexperiences and knowledge
on water environment in
partner countries.
(Maki Tamura)❾WorkshopCTI PFAN Programs

Support for private financing for the
Clean Energy Project
The CTI Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN) aims to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by providing support through multilateral partnerships among public and privateorganizations on a global scale for clean energy business operators, who seek private financing,and by acting as a bridge between these business operators and investors/financiers.

Outline■ Background and purpose(Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency).
(Tohru Hasegawa)

Clean energy business operators generally suffer inacquiring business funds. To acquire funds, such business
operators need to prepare business plans with which theycan verify the validity of their business models from theviewpoint of an investor. For that purpose, receiving
guidance from specialists in business fund acquisition iseffective. As such, CTI PFAN seeks clean energy business
operators who wish to receive guidance on preparing abusiness plan through public invitation, and selects target
businesses for guidance based on their business proposals.
Selected clean energy business operators will receive
individual evaluations and guidance on formulating theirbusiness plans. Furthermore, the business operators cancreate improved business plans after receiving individual
guidance from specialists in business fund acquisition. The
clean energy business operators who have passed the second
screening by fund acquisition specialists based on theirbusiness plans, can then make presentations to investors andfinanciers at the Financing Forum.

West Africa Financing Forum(Governor of the African Development Bank and the winner)■ CTI PFAN’s Asia Program

In fiscal 2015, 43 applications were made for our
invitation to clean energy business opportunities in the
Asian region. Among these applications, we selected the 10
top ones and introduced them at the Financing Forum heldin Singapore on January 29, 2016. The forum was attended
by around 90 people, including investors andrepresentatives from financial institutions and investment
consulting firms. Following rigorous screening by four
judges, an energy-saving project at a public facility inIndonesia was selected for the Best Award (see the photo),
and the Award of Excellence was presented to threeprojects: a photovoltaic power generation project(Cambodia), a biomass project (India), and a biomass
cooking stove project (India).

■ CTI PFAN’s Africa Program

Energy shortage is the most serious problem that Africa iscurrently facing, with 65% of its population unable to use
energy. Since people rely on firewood as fuel, more than
600,000 women and children die every year due to theeffects of interior air contamination from cooking(announced by African Development Bank).
In 2015, targeting West Africa, following the workshops
held in Senegal and Ghana in February and March, and the
Financing Forum held at the African Development Bank in
Côte d'Ivoire in September, 10 presentations were thenmade in front of investors and financiers. After the end of
the Forum, we continued to give guidance to clean energy
business operators who aimed to acquire business funds.
The West Africa Program is operated with the support of
USAID (United States Agency for International
Development).
In fiscal 2016, we are engaging in support activities forbusiness operators in East Africa with a subsidy from Sida

Best Award winning project developer

At the end of the Forum, we received inquiries frominvestors from more than ten companies and investment andconsulting firms, and are still continuing our support for
those businesses’ fund-raising. (Hiroyuki Ueda)❿

Entrusted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

International Cooperation Project on Global Environment
Clean Technology Business Network (CTBN) Construction ProjectTechnological transfer and dissemination that can contribute to measures against global
warming in developing and emerging countries require proper matching between technologicalneeds and corresponding technologies, the development of effective and practical projects formeasures against global warming, and the commercialization of such projects through completion of financing.
Aiming to promote these efforts, we have been preparing for the construction of CTI’s Clean Technology BusinessNetwork (CTBN) since 2013.

Outline■ Background and purpose

Furthermore, in the course of constructing the CTBN, wepositioned consultants who offer information, knowledge,
and advice necessary to form and commercialize a project ina developing country to small and medium-size enterprises
in Japan as CTBN specialists.

The CTI (Climate Technology Initiative), in which theJapanese government participates, is planning to construct a
CTBN intended for small and medium-size enterprises in
CTI member countries to transfer technologies todeveloping countries, and to provide effective support for
promoting the development of projects as a new program.
This project aims to contribute to the construction of
CTBN by transferring effective technologies for against
global warming owned by small and medium-size
enterprises in Japan, by establishing a support scheme
intended to promote project development, and by proposing
the scheme as a model business plan originated in Japan.

■ Results and prospects

The entire series of support activities that we conducted
through this project have been confirmed to be effective fortechnological matching between Philippine companies andsmall and medium-size enterprises in Japan, as well as forthe actual development of such projects.
In particular, the Business Matching Forum, which washeld in the Philippines, was attended by 11 Japanesecompanies and 20 local companies (project developers) thatwere selected in advance, and achieved excellent results,
leading to the conclusion of business negotiations between
three Japanese companies and several local companies.
After providing an opportunity for business matching, wewere able to enhance the knowledge and expertise ofJapanese companies through individual follow-ups, such as
by offering advice from CTBN specialists, and by holding aworkshop under the theme of financing a project in Japan.

■ Details

Specifying the Philippines as the target developing
country, this project provided a series of support measures
for the development of projects and to match Japanese small
and medium-size enterprises that own technologies formeasures against global warming with project developers in
the Philippines, and then verified the effectiveness of the
support. Details of the provided support are as follows:・Identified and selected project developers and specified
technological needs in the developing country (thePhilippines).
・Extracted and selected Japanese small and medium-size
enterprises with high matching likelihood for specified
needs.
・Provided opportunities for match making between project
developers in the developing country and Japanese small
and medium-size enterprises; held a web seminar and CTI
CTBN Business Matching Forum in the Philippines.
・Provided individual based support for companies byspecialists.
・Provided information on technological needs owned byproject developers in the developing country; andtransferred technological and related information owned
by Japanese companies into database, and then made theinformation available.

Business Matching Forum in the Philippines (January 21)

Through these efforts, all 11 of the participating Japanesecompanies in the Forum were able to take the next step
toward the development of projects with local companies.
Based on the results described above, we are currently
formulating a CTBN model business plan originated inJapan. We are also preparing to make a proposal for the
CTI. (Yasuko Ozaki)⓫

ICETT“Environmental Memorial Lecture”
ICETT 25th Anniversary Commemorative Project
Since its founding in 1990 under the principle of the conservation of the global environment, ICETT had
implemented projects in approximately 90 countries to the time it marked its 25th Anniversary in 2015. Also, Mie
Prefecture had made an appeal at the ASEAN Environmental Forum in Mie to various foreign countries before
the opening of the Ise-Shima Summit in May 2016. As such, this time the Forum was held in the same prefecture as the venueof the Summit. The Forum expected to cause a ripple effect for the entire prefecture and transmit its information to other Asian
countries and across the world, making use of the network of ICETT, an organization that engages in environmental conservation
on an international scale. Furthermore, the Environmental Memorial Lecture, which was integrated into the program of the Forum
as ICETT’s 25th Anniversary Commemorative Project, welcomed the well-known Japanese astronaut, Mamoru Mohri.

Outline■ Background and purpose

The Environmental Lecture Meeting provides many people,
including the citizens and companies in Yokkaichi City, with anopportunity to learn about ICETT’s activities, and has been held
once every five years as an ICETT’s self-initiated project inYokkaichi City. By inviting prominent individuals who haveprecious experience and knowledge in environmental activities,
the meeting provides the opportunity for those attending to enjoy
thinking about what they can do to protect global environment .
This time, we warmly welcomed Mamoru Mohri, an astronautand the director of the National Museum of Emerging Science andInnovation, who presented a lecture titled “Perspective from the
Universe―Web of Life.”■ Details

Dr. Mohri has enabled many people to dream about the universe
as an astronaut who boarded the space shuttle for the first time
among Japanese people. During his missions, he transmitted
scenes of experiments in a gravity-free space and the beauty of theearth seen from the space shuttle to Japanese people. He still
continues to communicate how valuable the earth is, as the only
planet inhabitable for living things, as well as the influence ourhuman life is having on the earth, through the mass media and at
the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.
In his lecture, Dr. Mohri said as follows:“It was 10,000 years ago when human beings began to rapidly

only cities and towns where people live, but also the places where
petroleum and coal are burned. During my second voyage into
space in 2000, which was eight years after my first space travel in
1992, we saw even more environmental changes. However, theearth was still blue and beautiful, and allowed us to feel that theearth was the only habitable planet for creatures in the universe.
We are surely living in an age where we can see the web of life
with people always being stationed at the Space Station, and being
able to understand all the environmental variables in real time.
Let’s share not only national but also individual ideas, making fulluse of science and technology, such as the internet! Next year, theNational Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, to which I
belong, will hold the Science Centre World Summit, aninternational conference where representatives from science
centers in various regions in the world will gather. Under thetheme, “Connecting the World for a Sustainable Future,” I would
like to explain how Japanese science and technology cancontribute to the world.” (Excerpt from a summary of his lecture)■ Results and prospects

In the Q&A session at the end of his lecture, Dr. Mohri was able
to interact with the audience in a friendly atmosphere.
In response to one question, “In the Space Station, missions are
conducted through close cross-border cooperation. Can this also
give us a clue to making efforts to conserve the global
environment?” Dr. Mohri suggested “There were only six crew
members in the Space Station. We are in a state of great tension in
space because if only one of the crew members makes a mistake intheir operations, all of us may be unable to return to the earth.
Currently, however, countries around the world have yet to share asense of crisis in terms of environmental conservation. That’s why
information obtained by making full use of science and technology
and ties between countries are so important.” (Yuka Kanda)

Lectureincrease in number on the earth. As the earth’s climate fortunately
became stable, agriculture, the first scientific technology of humanbeings, began, and the human population increased explosively.
With the population having reached 7.3 billion after the Industrial
Revolution, human beings began to affect the atmosphere andwater environment purely for their own convenience. When seeing
the earth from the International Space Station, we can identify not

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