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Date of meeting: 10 July 2019
Place of meeting: Male, Maldives
Joint Committee of the Joint Crediting Mechanism
between Maldives and Japan
Fourth Meeting
Meeting Report

Agenda item 1. Opening
Mr. Amjad Abdulla, Director General, Ministry of Environment, opened the fourth meeting ofthe Joint Committee (JC) of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) and gave opening
remarks.
Ms. Mihoko Kawamura, Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave opening remarks.
Table: Attendance
JC Members from Maldivian side
Mr. Amjad ABDULLA

Director General, Climate Change Department,
Ministry of Environment and Energy

Mr. Ajwad MUSTHAFA

Permeant Secretary, Ministry of Environment
and Energy

Mr. Ahmed WAHEEDDirector, Climate Change Department, Ministryof Environment and Energy

Mr. Ahmed ALI

Director General, Energy Department, Ministryof Environment and Energy

Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed (alternate)

DeputyDirector

General,Environment

Protection Agency
Mr. Ahmed NIYAZ (alternate)

Senior Policy Director, Ministry of Economic
Development

Ms. Zeema Mohammed Didi

Assistant Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

JC Members from Japanese side
Ms. Mihoko KAWAMURA (alternate)

Deputy Director, Climate Change Division,
International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry ofForeign Affairs

Mr. Toshiaki NAGATA

Director,

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Office, Industrial Science and Technology
Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry
Mr. Kazumasa NAGAMORI (alternate)

Senior

Negotiator,

Mechanisms,

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Bureau,Ministry of the Environment
Ms. Zeenath ZAKI (alternate)

Assistant, Culture and Information Section

Embassy of Japan in Maldives* The names of members present at the meeting are in bold print above. Mr. Toshiaki NAGATA
was absent.

Agenda item 2. Organizational matters
Agenda item 2.1. Adoption of the agenda
The JC adopted the agenda of the meeting.
Agenda item 2.2. Approval on attendance of observers
The Co-Chairs introduced the observers and the JC gave its consent to attendance of theobservers at this JC meeting.

Agenda item 3. Issuance of JCM credits
Agenda item 3.1. Solar Power on Rooftop of School Building Project (MV001)
The JC considered the draft notification form and decided notifying each side of the amountof credits to be issued for the project MV001 (Solar Power on Rooftop of School BuildingProject) using the notification form.

Agenda item 4. Other matters
Agenda item 4.1. Promoting development of JCM projects in Maldives
The Japanese side explained the financing programme for the JCM model projects and theJCM F-gas recovery and destruction model project and explained a seminar on the JCM
implementation which will be organized on the next day in the Maldives.
The Japanese side also explained the JCM cooperation measures, the JCM Feasibility Study,
the Capacity Building Program, as well as the Low Carbon Demonstration Program.
Asia Development Bank (ADB) explained the Japan Fund for the JCM and the project in theMaldives funded through its scheme.
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Maldives in terms of scale of emission reductions as well as ways to involve private sector.
The Maldivian side proposed keeping a 50% financing for the next and subsequent projects
funded by the Ministry of the Environment to be implemented through the JCM, given thesmall scale of the projects in the Maldives, compared to large scale projects in other countries,
to incentivize the private sector engagement and give an opportunity to attract more projects
from the private sector.

Agenda item 5. Conclusion of the meeting
The Co-Chairs gave closing remarks and closed the meeting.

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