Foreword

Considering the recent abnormal heat wave and localised heavy rainfalls, we have notbeen short of subjects to talk about related to the weather. Quite a few years have passed
since global warming has been identified as one of the causes for these abnormal weather
conditions. Globally, a new post-2020 framework to address this issue has been agreed
upon at COP18 and is about to come into effect. Furthermore, although the Japanese
government has expressed a wish for non-participation in the second phase of the Kyoto
Protocol, they made it clear that they would contribute to countermeasures against
global warming by establishing the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in order to reducegreenhouse gas emissions in developing countries.
In order to support the establishment of the JCM by the Japanese government, theGlobal Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) has been taking on various projects such as
subsidy schemes, feasibility studies and the promotion of low carbon cities in Asia, witha view to expanding Japan’s environmental technologies to overseas countries on a fullyfledged scale.
On the other hand, with regards to the situation revolving around the GEC, we areexperiencing a time of great change as we become independent starting in the fiscal year
2014, when we will leave our position as an extra-governmental organisation for the cityof Osaka. As we look forward, GEC has formulated a business improvement plan basedon short and long term viewpoints, in order to provide smooth and appropriate support
to international environmental cooperation (such as supporting the UNEP International
Environmental Technology Centre). Starting at the beginning of the fiscal year 2013, webegan operating the organisation based on that business improvement plan.
20 years have passed since the establishment of the GEC. If the organisation were to
be compared to a person, it has reached the age for making international contributions asa mature adult. GEC staff members have a strong sense of unity in fulfilling our mission,
which is to preserve the global environment and the regional environments in developing
countries, as well as to expand the excellent environmental technologies, owned bycompanies in Osaka and the Kansai region, to overseas countries. We will strive to realise
the smooth operation of the organisation without forgetting its fundamental spirit ofinnovation and improvement.
In any case, a great number of issues lie ahead of us, that we will need to deal with assoon as possible. All of the GEC staff members intend to overcome these difficulties byrecognising our individual responsibilities and making our utmost efforts to resolve them.
Your continued understanding and cooperation will be much appreciated.

September 2013

MIYAHARA, Hideo
President
Global Environment Centre Foundation

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Supporting IETC’s Activities of Information Dissemination andTechnology Transfer on ESTs*

ESTs
Environmentally Sound
Technologies, as definedin Agenda 21, should
protect the environment,
are less contaminative,use various resources in amore sustainable manner,recycle more of their wastes
and products and handle
residual waste in a more
acceptable manner than thetechnologies for which they
were substitutes.

Our Support and Participation in the Workshop Led by IETC on Waste Management• Asia Pacific Workshop on Global Partnership on Waste Management and Integrated
Solid Waste Management
With regard to the two workshops that IETC held in Osaka from 16 to 20 April 2012, we
provided support and assistance in holding the workshops, and also gave presentations
on how GEC is sharing information about Japan’s technologies for waste management, as
well as demonstrating how waste recycling is being promoted in eco-towns within Japan.
Furthermore, in cooperation with the city of Osaka, we conducted a guided tour of theMaishima waste treatment centre and the Hokko solid
waste disposal site in Osaka.
Workshop Overview
16–18 April

Workshop on global partnership in waste
management.

19–20 April

Workshop on integrated waste management.

20 April, Afternoon

Guided tour of the waste treatment centre andthe landfill site of the city of Osaka.

The workshops were attended by 79 people in total, from government bodies and frominternational organisations and companies related to waste management. Participants camefrom 12 countries, namely Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal,
Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as Japan including the
Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry, the National Institute for Environmental Studies, the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Osaka
University, Osaka City, Kawasaki City, and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology. Also present were international cooperative organisations and 9 privatecompanies.
Presentations were given about the current situation of each developing country who
attended the workshop, including the activities and pilot projects carried out by variousorganisations, projects initiated by private companies in Japan, and activities organised by IETC
and other international organisations. The workshops provided a useful opportunity to find out
first-hand information about the situations and needs in each country, as well as to explore
technological options and provide an opportunity for networking among the participants.
Participants who attended the guided tour commented that the tour gave them a good
opportunity to learn more about Japan’s technologies for waste treatment and the landfill
process, and its high standard of operations, as well as its efforts to help local residents accept
the facilities.
• Support for the holding of the Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue Addressing
E-waste Challenges and Opportunities through Public-private Sector Cooperation
The GEC offered support for the holding of the above
conference, which was held in Osaka by IETC from18 to 20 July 2012. With support from the Panasonic
Corporation, we organised a tour, mainly for participantsfrom overseas countries, at a designated collection
facility for electrical and electronic equipment waste anda home appliance recycling plant.
71 people in total attended the dialogue. This included participants from government
agencies, private companies, international organisations and research institutions based in
19 countries, namely Argentina, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria,
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Kingdom, the United States, Vietnam and Zambia, as well as Japan including the Ministry of
the Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry, Osaka City, the National Institute for Environmental Studies, the National Instituteof Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and the Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES). Also present were 13 private companies and organisations, including
electronics suppliers and recycling companies.
At the conference, a panel discussion was held to discuss what is needed in each sector,
and the role that each sector is expected to play. This was followed by group discussions
based on this topic. The conference concluded with a wrap-up consisting of presentations on
the ‘Call for Action’, which summarised the results of the conference.
• Support for the Global Partnership on Waste Management Biennium Conference
The GEC offered support for the above conference that the IETC held in Osaka from 5 to 6
November 2012.
Conference Overview
5 November

Waste and climate change, marine litter, agricultural
biomass waste, reduction and minimisation of waste,
E-waste, integrated waste management.

6 November

Waste management as an excellent business opportunity,studies and research on waste and technology needs,
disaster waste, waste management and eco-towns.

The conference was attended by 184 people in total, from government agencies,
international organisations, private companies, research institutions, universities and NGOs.
Participants came from 40 countries, namely Australia, Austria, Argentina, Bangladesh,
Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Greece,
Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria,
Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland,
Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, Yemen andZambia, as well as Japan including the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, international cooperative
organisations, research institutes, universities, and 26 private companies.
At the conference, presentations were given on the topic of waste management which
has been an issue at the forefront in developing countries, as well as presentations on otherimportant fields for the future. The conference offered the opportunity for participants to
exchange their views. Participants from Japan, including business enterprises, commented
that the conference enabled them to gain greater knowledge of waste issues from different
views and broader perspectives, beyond that of mere technology and business.
• Co-hosting the Review and Planning Workshop on Eco-town
The GEC and the IETC co-organized the above workshop
in Penang, Malaysia from 11 to 13 December 2012. The
workshop was attended by 140 participants in total, fromthe local government, private companies, citizens’ groups,
NGOs, schools and universities in Malaysia, as well as
16 participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Pakistan, thePhilippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
Presentations were given on the following subjects: waste management and thedevelopment of eco-towns in Asia; the current situation regarding recycling activities;
an introduction to environmental technologies in developed by companies in Japan; an
introduction to GEC’s environmental technology database; and the IETC’s Strategy Paper on
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eco-towns and its plan for the eco-town project Phase 2.
On the second day, participants visited current activities for garbage separation, compostingand e-waste recycling as well as the programme developed with new environmental
technology to convert food waste into fertiliser. Participants learned that the local governmentof Penang is actively carrying out environmental events and projects in which local citizens canparticipate, and is offering incentives to citizens who have contributed to recycling activities
which have helped to keep those activities going. Local companies are also participating inthese activities, as well as providing funding as part of their CSR activities. Through the site
visit, the actual situation where the local government, citizens and companies are playing
respective roles and effectively working together, was introduced for the development of theeco-town.
• Participation in The 9th Asia-Pacific Eco-Business Forum co-hosted by Kawasaki
City and IETC
The GEC attended the above forum co-hosted by
Kawasaki City and the IETC which was held in Kawasaki
from 30 to 31 January 2013. We gave presentations on
our support activities for the IETC’s waste management
project and the results of the eco-town workshop cohosted by the GEC and the IETC in Penang, Malaysia
from 11 to 13 December 2012. We also attended asession on the UNEP project as a panel member, where we offered various opinions and had adiscussion with participants from Penang about future cooperation.
Prior to the above forum, we attended a forum for the overseas development of a major
Japanese waste management business and also attended the 5th 3R Conference for Asian
Local Governments, which were held on the 28 and 29 January 2012. We were able togather information about the current situation of waste management in Asian countries andinternational cooperation in the field of waste in other cities in Japan. We also expanded ourawareness of these issues through interactions with participants from overseas countries, andparticipants from Japan that included companies, local governments and research institutions.

Taking on Assessment Study on Waste Management from the IETC
• Supporting the IETC in its Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to Reduce ShortLived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) - Municipal Solid Waste Initiative
As part of the activities for the above coalition, which was attended by UNEP and 25 or morecountries, we offered our support for the activities regarding municipal solid waste in which
the IETC is taking part by carrying out a general assesment of the current situation for waste
management in Dacca (Bangladesh), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Penang (Malaysia). We
also attended a networking event held in Vancouver, Canada from 11 to 12 March 2013.

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International Cooperation in Developing Countries
JICA Grassroots Project for Environmental Protection in Ha Long Bay Area, Vietnam

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years between October 2009 and September 2012 as the JICA Grassroots Project on support
for building a community-based recycle-oriented system in Ha Long Bay area, with a view to
reducing the discharge into the bay from people who live on the water and from tourist boats.
In the fiscal year 2012, which was the final year of the project, we carried out the following
activities centring around mangrove planting and measures for garbage management infloating villages. On 29 August, we concluded all project activities with a final evaluation

A floating community in HaLong Bayworkshop, which was attended by the all stakeholders involved. At the workshop, people
involved in the project expressed their appreciation for the project and their intention tocontinue to carry out local activities, even after the project ended. The People’s Committeeof Quang Ninh Province presented a certificate of appreciation to the GEC and to Osaka
Prefecture University.
The final workshop in August, and other project activities in floating villages, were reported
on nationwide TV stations and in newspapers. Mangrove planting was also reported by local
TV stations and newspapers.
May(on-site activities)• Held a seminar on compost in one village located on the water. Residents began the activities.
• Provided the education department of Quang Ninh Province with booklets on mangrove
planting to be distributed to primary schools.
• Held meetings on mangrove planting and the distribution of waste separation boxes.

July(on-site activities)• Checked the situation of composting in one village located on the water and establishedfollow-up measures.
• Held a meeting with residents about the contract tomake and distribute waste separation boxes.
• Held a meeting and a briefing session on mangrove
planting.
• Held a meeting on the workshop for the final
evaluation of the project.

August – First Half
(on-site activities)• Checked how the mangroves planted in the fiscal year
2009 and 2010 were growing.
• Had a briefing session on the objectives and themethods of mangrove planting.
• 3,000 mangroves were planted (*1) by 63 Vietnameseand 14 Japanese people.
• Checked the situation of composting in one floating
village and initiated follow-up measures.
• Held a meeting with residents in one village locatedon the water to explain waste separation boxes (*2)
and distributed the boxes.

August – Second Half
(on-site activities)• Held a workshop for the final evaluation of the project.
• Checked the situation of composting in one floating
village and initiated follow-up measures.
• Made a visit to a classroom where environmental
subjects are taught in one primary school in a floating
village.

September(on-site activities)• Closed the on-site office. Checked that equipment
was transferred to the relevant local people.

Mangrove planting

Waste separation boxes*1
Donated funds from thehome appliance ecopoint system were used
for mangrove planting andthe creation of booklets on
mangrove planting.
*2
Waste separation boxes weremade by using the surplus
amount from the donation of
the committee for the Osaka
Pavilion at Expo 2010 inShanghai, China.

Final evaluation workshop

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Support Activities for Integrated Waste Management and 3R Strategies in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam
In July 2011, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee of Vietnam and Osaka City of Japansigned a memorandum to promote bilateral cooperation in some major fields. The GEC
provided support for the establishment of a cooperative relationship between the two cities
in the field of waste management and 3R strategies, while liaising with related counterpart
organisations such as the Osaka City Environment Bureau and the Ho Chi Minh City
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (DONRE), as well as the designers ofenvironmental plants in the Kansai region.
We carried out various activities in the fiscal year 2012, particularly in the following threefields aimed at strengthening cooperation. These fields were presented at the seminar for
integrated waste management in Ho Chi Minh City, held in the city in February 2012: 1)
Providing support in formulating measures for waste management and 3R in Ho Chi Minh City;
2) Fostering capable staff for managing waste and 3R in Ho Chi Minh City; and 3) Sending
a basic investigative team to explore waste management and 3R technologies. Specifically,
GEC took on and executed the tasks detailed below for the Ministry of the Environment, incooperation with related operators. In the fiscal year 2013, we will continue to carry out similar
activities in the above-mentioned three fields of cooperation.
Study Regarding the Integrated Solid Waste Management System (including energy recovery) in
Ho Chi Minh City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Operators

Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Osaka City Environment Bureau, EX Research Institute Ltd., and GEC.

GEC’s role

• Investigated activities involving waste management and 3R strategies in Ho Chi Minh City.
• Held a workshop in the city (twice).

Content of activities• The 1st field investigation (18–22 June 2012)
We gave an outline of the activities to be carried out to the local people involved. This included
DONRE, the HCMC Waste Recycling Fund (REFU) and the Ho Chi Minh City Environmental
Company (CITENCO). We also checked theircurrent waste management situation by visiting
the landfill site, composting facilities and thewaste treatment centre in the city.
• The 1st workshop in the city (27 August 2012)
The 1st workshop was held with a view todeepening the understanding of both parties
on operations, and to establish the direction of
those operations. It was attended by 60 people
in total (30 people from Japan and 30 people
The 1st workshop in the cityfrom Vietnam).
• The 2nd workshop in the city (1 March 2013)
The 2nd workshop was held in order to report
the results of the operations in the fiscal year
2012, and to discuss the activity plan for the
next fiscal year. Based on the results from thisfiscal year, we had a lively exchange of views
with Ho Chi Minh City and discussed the planfor next year’s operations. 100 people in total(30 people from Japan and 70 people fromThe 2nd workshop in the city
Vietnam) attended the workshop.

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Operators

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Yachiyo Engineering Co. Ltd., and GEC.

GEC’s role

Suggested elements for an action plan on waste management and a 3R programme in Ho Chi
Minh City, as a model for cooperation between cities in the national strategy of Vietnam.

Content of activities

We offered support for the formulation of a specific action plan to execute a 3R and garbage
separation programme, where waste occurs as shown in the master plan of Ho Chi Minh City.
Elements for the action plan were suggested based on the needs of the city, after correctly
understanding those needs through a bibliographic survey of various nations’ regulations andmaster plans related to waste management and 3R, in addition to hearings within the city.

Surveys Concerning Global Environmental Problems

Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation

In order to deal with the issue of global warming, the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)* was established in 1992. The protocol which sets out thecommitments to tackle global warming was adopted at the COP3 to the UNFCCC held in Kyoto
in 1997, and came into force in 2005. The Kyoto Protocol also defines flexibility measurescalled Kyoto Mechanisms. These mechanisms are: the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)*
which is carried out through cooperation between developed countries and developing
countries; the Joint Implementation (JI)* strategy which is carried out through cooperation
among developed countries; and an International Emissions Trading where emission quotas
and carbon credits are traded among developed countries.
After the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period (i.e. after 2013), it was decided at
COP17/CMP7* in 2011, and at COP18/CMP8 in 2012, that the second commitment period
would apply to emissions between 2013 and 2020. International negotiation for a new legal
framework to be effective in 2020 has also started, to be adopted at COP by 2015.
As Japan does not join the second commitment period, no reduction target has been set
for the second commitment period in Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol, and Japan does not have
any international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Nevertheless, taking
into consideration Japan’s participation in the new framework agreement from 2020 onwards,

United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC)
Also called the Climate
Change Framework
Convention. The ultimate
objective of this Convention
is to achieve the stabilisationof GHG concentrations in theatmosphere at a level thatwould prevent dangerous
anthropogenic interferencewith the climate system.
It imposes various obligations
on the contracting parties,
such as the compilationof GHG emission andabsorption inventories
and the formulation andimplementation of national
plans for global warming
countermeasures.

it is thought to be important to proceed with activities from now based on a comprehensive
perspective of contributing to measures against climate change.
From that viewpoint, and with the institutional issues of the existing Kyoto Mechanisms(especially the CDM), it is now required for Japan to promote its contributions to theworld by spreading Japan’s advanced technologies, and through the improvement of the
CDM and a new mechanism. It has been suggested that this new mechanism, the Joint
Crediting Mechanism (JCM), be established and promoted in order to contribute more to
the sustainable development of developing countries, with lower GHG emissions and in amore environmentally friendly way. Under the JCM, the advanced environmentally soundtechnologies are promoted to be introduced in developing countries, by reflecting the national
circumstances of each developing country. The bilateral document to implement the JCM wassigned by Japan and Mongolia in January 2013, Bangladesh in March, and Ethiopia, Kenya,
the Maldives, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Costa Rica, and Palau after that. We are now moving
to the stage of the implementation of real JCM projects.
Since FY 1999, GEC has been commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan(MOEJ) to conduct the CDM/JI Feasibility Study Programme. As the secretariat for the
programme, GEC has endeavoured to encourage more business operators in Japan to join themarket mechanism for global warming countermeasures, by disseminating information that
contributes to the promising CDM/JI project development.
Since almost all the large scale CDM/JI projects (those which can significantly reduce
GHG emissions) were exhausted at the early stages, the current situation is often occurring
where small scale projects cannot achieve profitability through private investments. Moreover,particularly in the case of the CDM, projects are implemented in developing countries that do
not have any targets for reducing GHG emissions, and the difference between the amountwhich would have been emitted without the project (the baseline) and the amount of actual
emissions after the project can be used as carbon credits to achieve the reduction targets ofdeveloped countries. Therefore, it is required to prove that the project would not have been
carried out without the CDM (i.e. without additional earnings from trading in the Certified
Emission Reduction (CER)). This approach is based on the concept of ‘additionality’ in which

CDM (Clean Development
Mechanism)
When a developed
country (investor country)
provides funds andtechnical assistance for the
implementation of a project
which leads to a reduction
in greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions in a developing
country (host country),
credits (CER) are issued
for the amount of reduced
emissions. A developed
country can then use these
credits to achieve its own
emission reduction target.
JI (Joint Implementation)
Joint Implementation is a
Joint Implementation is asystem whereby developed
nations cooperate toimplement projects to
reduce GHGs, with one
developed nation (the hostnation) issuing credits called
Emission Reduction Units(ERUs) after converting acorresponding amount of
Assigned Amount Units(AAUs), and the otherdeveloped nation (investor
nation) able to use those
ERUs to achieve their own
emission reduction targets.

credits are only given for GHG reductions that are ‘additional’ to those that would have beenachieved in the absence of the CDM. The CDM project participants are required to demonstrate
this additionality and the system incorporates a process that involves multiple checks of theappropriateness thereof, which is an obstacle to the CDM implementation. Furthermore, since
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CMP (Conference of theParties serving as themeeting of the Parties tothe Kyoto Protocol)
The supreme decisionmaking body of the Kyoto
Protocol. Held annually.

the projects are driven by the private sector, the project owners in the host countries (which

COP (Conference of theParties to the UNFCCC)
The supreme decisionmaking body of the UNFCCC.
Held annually.

Japan’s contribution to global climate change mitigation. This new mechanism was officiallyare developing countries) often ask for a reduction in the initial investment, which makes it
harder to adopt Japan’s expensive yet high quality equipment.
Although Japan is contributing to the global reduction of GHG emissions using advanced
technologies, such expensive technologies cannot be adopted by many CDM projects. Then,
Japan has proposed the establishment of a new mechanism which will correctly evaluate
proposed to UNFCCC as the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) and has been accepted by
COP as one of the activities to be carried out jointly by parties, as stated in the COPs objectivefor ‘Various approaches, including opportunities for using markets, to enhance the costeffectiveness’.
Given the above situation, the number of feasibility studies for the new mechanism wasincreased from 3 in the fiscal year 2010, to 29 in the fiscal year 2011. In the fiscal year 2012,
specific JCM projects became the target of feasibility studies and 25 studies were carried out
to develop a methodology to quantify the reduction of GHG emissions. By developing thismethodology, GEC contributed to the establishment of a foundation for JCM projects, which
are to be officially carried out from now.
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Studies on the JCM
The Bilateral Offset Credit
Mechanism (BOCM)
This was called the Bilateral
Offset Credit Mechanism in
the fiscal year 2012, but thetitle was simplified in thefiscal year 2013 and is now
called the Joint Crediting
Mechanism (JCM).

In the fiscal year 2012, in order to develop methodologies required to measure, report andverify (MRV) GHG emissions to correctly see the effects of a project, we advertised for ideas.
We selected two types of studies (the MRV Demonstration Studies (DS) of the JCM projects
and the Feasibility Studies (FS) of the JCM projects), managed the progress of those studies,and make the study reports publicly available.
MRV Demonstration Studies are studies designed to develop methodologies toquantitatively determine the amount of GHG emissions that have been reduced by JCM
projects. This involves taking actual measurements from some existing projects which aresimilar to the types of projects expected to be carried out for the JCM.
JCM Feasibility Studies are studies designed to evaluate the feasibility of projects at theplanning stage, and to develop methodologies to quantify the amount of GHG emissions
expected to be reduced when a project is implemented.
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suitable JCM methodologies applicable to JCM projects in the near future. Another objective
is to help Japanese entities find and develop the cases to mitigate GHG emissions across theglobe, through projects which utilise Japan’s advanced low-carbon technologies.
GEC started to advertise to private entities in Japan for ideas regarding the above studies on
12 April 2012, and qualified and adopted 25 project studies in total (13 for the MRV DS and 12
for the JCM FS).
MRV Demonstration Studies (DS) Using Model Projects
Host Country

Project Category

Title of Feasibility Studies

Cambodia

Waste Management

Methane Recovery and Utilisation from Livestock Manure by using
Bio-digesters

India

Biomass Utilisation

Bagasse-based Power Generation including Waste Heat Utilisation

Lao PDR

Transport

Transportation Improvement through introduction of Efficient Buses
and Provision of Good Services

MexicoRenewable Energy

Small-scale Wind Power Generation with Remote Monitoring System

Moldova

Biomass Utilisation

Biomass Boiler Heating using Agricultural Waste as FuelMongolia

Renewable Energy

Replacement of Coal-Fired Boiler by Geo-Thermal Heat Pump for
Heating

Mongolia

Energy Efficiency Improvement

Upgrading and Installation of High-Efficiency Heat Only Boilers (HOBs)

Sri Lanka

Biomass Utilisation

Biomass-based Thermal Energy Generation to Displace Fossil Fuels

ThailandBiomass Utilisation

Bagasse-based Cogeneration at Sugar Mill

ThailandTransport

Transport Modal Shift through Construction of Mass Rapid Transit(MRT) System

ThailandEnergy Efficiency Improvement

Energy Savings through Building Energy Management System(BEMS)

Thailand

Others (Waste Heat Utilisation)

Waste Heat Recovery System with Cogeneration

Viet Nam

Energy Efficiency

Integrated Energy Efficiency Improvement at Beer Factory

New buses for public
transport in LaosJCM Feasibility Studies
Host Country

Project Category

Cambodia

Biomass Utilisation

Title of Feasibility Studies
Small-scale Biomass Power Generation with Stirling Engine

Cambodia

Land Use Management

REDD+ in Tropical Lowland Forest

Colombia

Renewable Energy

Geothermal Power Generation in a Country with Suppressed DemandIndonesia

Renewable Energy

Solar-Diesel Hybrid Power Generation to Stabilise Photovoltaic Power
Generation

Indonesia

Land Use Management, andBiomass Utilisation

Prevention of Peat Degradation through Groundwater Management,
and Rice Husk-based Power Generation

Indonesia

Land Use Management, andBiomass Utilisation

REDD+ for Conservation of Peat Swamp Forest, and Biomass-based
Power Generation using Timber Mill Waste to Process Indigenous
Trees derived from Conserved Forest

Lao PDR

Waste Management

Introduction of Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) of Municipal
Solid Waste, and Landfill Gas (LFG) Capture, Flaring and Utilisation

ThailandTransport

Introduction of Electronic Gate to International Trade Port to Improve
Port-related Traffic Jam

Viet Nam

Waste Management

Biogas-based Cogeneration with Digestion of Methane from Food/
Beverage Factory Wastewater

Viet Nam

Transport

Improvement of Vehicle Fuel Efficiency through Introduction of EcoDrive Management System

Viet Nam

Land Use Management, andBiomass Utilisation

REDD+ through Forest Management Scheme, and Biomass-based
Power Generation using Timber Industry Waste

Viet Nam, andIndonesia

Transport

Promotion of Modal Shift from Road-based Transport to Mass Rapid
Transit (MRT) System

Wastewater treatment facility
in Vietnam

The targets of the studies to develop JCM methodologies were as follows:- to establish the criteria to judge if a project is eligible for the JCM;
- to prepare scenarios to be referenced for the situation regarding GHG emissions when aproject has not been executed, and a calculation formula for estimating GHG emissions
in those cases;
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Surveys Concerning Global Environmental Problems- to develop a calculation formula for determining GHG emissions in cases when aproject has been executed;- to set a value for the parameters required to calculate GHG emissions in each case,- to devise appropriate monitoring techniques; and- to quantify the amount of the reduction in GHG emissions, which is calculated as thedifference between the reference emissions and the project emissions.
Taking into consideration the difficulties faced to in the CDM scheme that the monitoring
activities required to quantify GHG emissions were placing an excessive burden on the project
participants, under the JCM default values applied to certain parameters should be set to
avoid actual monitoring activities by project participants. In addition, to promote the increaseof reductions in GHG emissions by using advanced low-carbon technologies, we considered
measures to better promote the introduction of advanced technologies, and aimed to set a
standard for objectively evaluating the superiority of Japan’s technologies. However, in cases
where a project uses advanced low-carbon technologies, we need to avoid the situation
where that project is valued higher than the actual amount of the reduction in GHG emissions.
Therefore, we devised a conservative method to quantify the amount of GHG emission
reductions by adopting a simple monitoring method, which should prevent overvaluations.
With these activities, we contributed to the establishment of a scheme for the global net
reduction of GHG emissions, while contributing to the further promotion of sustainable
development in developing countries, and contributed
to the promotion of measures against environmental
pollution by expanding the use of Japan’s advanced
technologies.
Since the success of the JCM greatly depends on the
progress of bilateral discussions between Japan and its
host countries, we held committee meetings with 5 hostcountries, namely Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
and Indonesia, with a view to helping them deepen their

The 1st Host Country Committee Meetingwith Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

understanding of the JCM and of sharing information
about the specific content of the projects expected to be
carried out with the JCM. The FS entities also attended
the committee meetings where they gave presentations
on the content of the studies, their progress and theirresults. This served to deepen mutual understanding andpromoted the establishment of cooperative relationships
between the governments of the host countries and the
FS entities (i.e. future project proponents).

The 1st Host Country Committee Meetingwith Laos (Vientiane)

CDM Feasibility Studies
One of the projects adopted for the CDM FS aims to contribute to the rectification of ageographical imbalance. The project was carried out with a view to resolving the issue of a
gap where CDM projects account for 75% of the total number of projects registered in China,
India and Brazil, yet the number of registered projects in other developing countries is 10 orless. This is especially true for the least developed countries (LDCs) and developing countries
on small islands. An increase in the number of CDM projects in LDCs and in African countries
has been discussed as a challenge for the CDM since CMP2 was held in Nairobi, Kenya, but
no noteworthy improvement has yet been made. All of the projects adopted for CDM FS in
the fiscal year 2012 were studies on projects in LDCs in Asia such as Bangladesh, Bhutan,
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Myanmar and Nepal. It is said that LDCs have a higher barrier in realising projects as they tend
to have high national risks. However, by providing support through feasibility studies, it should
become possible to raise awareness of the need for a reduction in GHG emissions in thesehost countries, while still promoting their sustainable development.
List of 2012 CDM Feasibility Studies
Host Country

Project Category

Title of Feasibility Studies

Bangladesh

Energy Efficiency Improvement

Programme for Integrated Energy Efficiency Improvement of Dyeing
Process

BhutanRenewable Energy

Rural Electrification through Expansion of Electric Grid mainlycomposed of Hydropower

MyanmarWaste Management

Landfill Gas (LFG) Recovery and Utilisation for Electric Power
Generation

Nepal

Energy Efficiency Improvement

Programme to Reduce Non-Renewable Biomass Consumptions
through Introduction of High-Efficiency Cook Stoves

Dissemination of Information on the Climate Change Countermeasures
GEC transmitted information through our websites, and at side events at international
conferences as well as holding symposiums in Japan. Our aim was to widely disseminate
information on measures being taken against climate change, and to take part in discussions
at international conferences on climate change including sharing the content and the results ofstudies on the JCM and CDM projects.
• Hosting of the Global Warming Countermeasures Symposium 2013: ‘Towards theEstablishment of a MRV Methodology for the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism’
In cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment,
Japan, GEC widely distributed the latest informationon the negotiations and decisions about the newmechanism established at COP18. Furthermore, in orderto report the result of the studies carried out in the fiscal
year 2012, we held a symposium 2013 on the measures
being taken against global warming. The symposium
was held in Tokyo on 26 February 2013, and was attended by about 200 people. In order topromote activities to improve the quality and quantity of feasibility studies from the next fiscal
year onwards, and to realise specific JCM projects, at the symposium we introduced the latest
trends and the results of international negotiations on the new mechanism and the CDM.
Furthermore, we made suggestions for improvements to the FS programme, based on thelessons learned from the secretariat task of the programme.
• Information Dissemination at UNFCCC Sessions
In cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment,
Japan, the Overseas Environmental Cooperation Centre,
Japan (OECC) and the Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES), GEC held an official side event ‘Toward
the Establishment the JCM—Utilisation to Support the
NAMA Implementation’ at UNFCCC SB36. At the event,
we introduced the outline of our studies to develop JCM
methodologies and gave an explanation of how JCM

The side event at SB36 (Bonn, Germany)methodologies will maintain environmental integrity while adopting simplified monitoring
techniques. Further lectures were given by the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism
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Surveys Concerning Global Environmental Problems(MNET) from Mongolia and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) from
Laos. Together with presentations given by our co-organisers the OECC and the IGES, we wereable to call attention to JCM activities and the progress of our international discussions.
GEC held another side event on the occasion of COP18 in cooperation with the Governmentof Vietnam, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, the OECC, and the JICA. This side event
was attended by about 100 people including government officials and various experts, giving
them an opportunity for lively discussions. GEC gave the outline of the studies on the JCM(MRV DS and JCM FS), and the JCM methodologies. GEC also ran an official booth, where
endeavoured to transmit our information widely and internationally by introducing the MRV DS
and JCM FS from the fiscal year 2012 through posters and by distributing the booklets whichsummarise the result of those studies. Moreover, we expressed our belief that the heart of theJCM lies in our contribution to the prevention of global warming through transferring Japan’s
advanced technologies to other countries by distributing at the booth the catalogue on thetechnologies of Japanese companies in the Kansai region, which was created by the Kansai
Economic Federation.
• Other Activities for the Dissemination of Information
On 16 June 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)—
better known as Rio+20—held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
In partnership with the Ministry of the Environment,
Japan, the OECC and the IGES, GEC held a side event
titled, ‘For Achieving a Low Carbon Society supported by
New Market Mechanisms’ at the Japan Pavilion, which
was adjacent to the venue of Rio+20. At the event, GEC
gave an outline of the MRV DS from the fiscal year 2012,
and a presentation on the JCM methodologies.

The side event at Rio+20 (Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil)Osaka CDM Network
GEC has of the responsibility for running the secretariat of the Osaka CDM Network (O-CDM)
which is supported by a membership of private companies, and has launched activities topromote carbon offsets titled, ‘the Osaka Carbon Offset
Concierge (OCONOMI)’. In the fiscal year 2012, aspart of its activities, the O-CDM published a book as atool to help find demands for these offsets. The booktells of actual cases of carbon offsets carried out invarious regions in Japan, and can be used in creating
opportunities to apply carbon offsets within other local
communities.

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Training of Environmental Technology

Human Resource Development in Developing Countries
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Group Training Project
As commissioned by JICA, we carried out 7 training courses for engineers and administrative
officers in developing countries. In response to the requests for training in waste management,
which have been increasing in recent years, we agreed to hold a training course on urban solid
waste management by local governments twice a year. We also held a preliminary session (tounderstand the needs) and a training course for the JICA’s new project ‘Wastewater Control
for the Industrial Parks in Vietnam’, which has been newly set up to support private companies
in expanding their work in Vietnam.
At the start of each training course, a ‘Country Report*’ was given to share the issues facedby each country. At the end of the course, an ‘Action Plan*’ was given to clarify the specificactivities to be carried out after the participants go back to their home countries. Some courses
in high demand from developing countries will continue to be carried out, in close contact
with the related organisations, in order to respond to changes in needs. We will strengthen
our collaboration with research institutions and related organisations, in order to meet thedemands of the new training courses which we expect to expand from now on.
Training
periodNationality ofparticipants

Main course
contents

Japan-Mexico Training Programme for the Strategic Global Partnership: Total Environmental
Contamination Control*
7 May–
16 November
2012

1 participantfrom Mexico

PurposeTo develop the participants’ capacity in the field of comprehensive environmental
contamination control by providing a broad range of relevant expertise andexperience through participation in multiple JICA group training
Cooperating bodies• Osaka City University • Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental
Sciences • Japan BioPlastics Association, etc.
Lectures• Environmental policy frameworks• Urban solid waste management• Countermeasure against automobile pollution• Bio-plastic technology, etc.
Facility tours• Seashore sanitary landfill site
• Water quality analysis at a public research institute, etc.

Mega-City Environmental Policy & Environmental Management System*
25 May–12 July
2012

4 participantsfromIndonesia (2),Mexico (2)PurposeTo master pragmatic and practical methodologies, such as the framing ofenvironmental policies, techniques of the environmental assessment, guiding
corporation policies, Environmental Management Systems and methods ofenlightening citizens.
Cooperating bodies• Osaka City Environment Bureau • Kyoto City
• United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)• United Nations University • Osaka City Meiji Elementary School• Sunny Metal Corporation, etc.
Lectures• Environmental administration in Osaka, Japan• Environmental Management System• Environmental impact assessment• Environmental policy and socioeconomic systems• Countermeasures against climate change, etc.
Facility tours• Incineration plant• Recycling and sorting centre• Sewage treatment plant• Biodiesel fuel plant from waste edible oil• Environmental education activities at a primary school, etc.

Country Report
A report prepared by eachparticipant describing theenvironmental administration
system, environmental
situation and other related
issues in his/her country.
These Country Reports arepresented at the start of the
training course to minimize
the gap in issue awarenessbetween participants andinstructors.
Action Plan
A plan prepared by each of
the participants to improvethe environment in their own
country based on knowledge
acquired during the training.
Participants present their
Action Plan and receive
advice from audience (mainly
from course instructors andadvisers) on how to improve
its feasibility.

Japan-Mexico Training
Programme for theStrategic Global Partnership:
Total Environmental
Contamination Control

Practical exercise at a publicresearch instituteMega-City Environmental
Policy & Environmental
Management System

Visit to a continuous ambient
air monitoring station

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Training of Environmental Technology

Training
periodUrban Solid Waste
Management by Local
Government (A, B)

Participating in a town
beautification activity(in course A)

Practical exercise forconstructing the sanitary
landfill (in course B)

NAMA/MRV Capacity
Building Course (B)Nationality ofparticipants

Urban Solid Waste Management by Local Government (A, B)*(A)
26 July–21 September 201212 participants from Albania (1),Cote d’Ivoire (1), Djibouti (1),
Lao P.D.R. (2), Mongolia (2),Myanmar (1), Nepal (2),Sudan (1),Viet Nam (1)(B)
12 October–7 December 201213 participants from Argentina (2),Cuba (1), Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (1),
Honduras (1), Malawi (1),
Mozambique (1), Serbia (1),South Sudan (1), Tanzania (2),Zimbabwe (2),Field trip to a sewage plant

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PurposeTo develop leaders and core people who can play a major role in making solid waste
treatment plans and in implementing treatment businesses in their countries.
Cooperating bodies• Osaka City Environment Bureau • Suita City • Kobe City • Fukuoka City
• Toyo University • Jpec Co. Ltd. • Kawase Co. Ltd. • Plantec Inc.
• Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. • EX Research Institute Ltd., etc.
Lectures• Outline of waste treatment• Sanitary landfill technology• Industrial waste treatment planning etc.
Facility tours / Practices• Sanitary landfill• Waste incineration plant• Onsite composting (TAKAKURA Method)• Industrial waste treatment facility• Participation in volunteer beautification activities, etc.

NAMA/MRV Capacity Building Course (B)*
23 August–
7 September
2012

8 participantsfrom Benin (2),Cameroon (1),Guinea (1),Kenya (1),
Mozambique (1),
Tanzania (2)Field trip to a Mega-solar
power plant

Wastewater Control for the
Industrial Parks in Vietnam(preliminary session andtraining course)

Main course
contents

PurposeTo improve the capacity of the governmental officers in charge of measures against
climate change in the target country by setting ‘Nationally Appropriate Mitigation
Actions (NAMA)’.
Cooperating bodies• Osaka Prefecture • Osaka City
• Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)• The Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc., etc.
Lectures• International Regime to Combat Climate Change: its History and Points• Case Study of NAMAs (Energy-saving appliances, proper waste management,
urban traffic control), etc.
Facility tours• Mega-solar power plant, etc.

Wastewater Control for the Industrial Parks in Vietnam (preliminary session and training
course)*(Preliminary session)
29 August–1 September 2012
3 participants from Viet Nam(Training course)
26 November–8 December 201211 participants from Viet Nam

PurposeWith regard to the measures being taken to address the sharp increase in polluted
water from industrial parks in Vietnam, the participants will learn: 1) The necessity of
appropriate management procedures and technologies; 2) The roles and the dutiesof the people concerned in industrial parks for water discharge management;
3) Appropriate skills for water discharge management in industrial parks.
Cooperating bodies• Shiga Prefecture • Kobe City • Ikaruga Milk Co. Ltd. • OM Industry Co. Ltd.
• Sanicon Co. Ltd. • Toyo Screen Kogyo Co., Ltd. • Fujiwara Industry Co. Ltd.
• Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co. Ltd. • Takahashi Metal Industries Co. Ltd.
• Hanshin Engineering Co. Ltd, etc.
Lectures• Wastewater treatment technologies in Japan• Water pollution control laws and ordinances• Regulations and instructions to the factory
Facility tours• Hazardous substances treatment system by electrolytic removal agent• Solid-liquid separation system by wire screen• Wastewater treatment by porous iron hydroxide adsorbent• Wastewater treatment by aeration stirring device

Training
periodNationality ofparticipants

Main course
contents

Countermeasure against Automobile Pollution in Urban Area*
28 September–
14 November
2012

8 participantsfrom
Botswana (1),Ghana (2),Kosovo (2),Mongolia (2),Philippines (1)PurposeTo formulate & implement automobile pollution prevention plans etc. in target
countries to resolve air pollution problems caused by city-based vehicles from thedual perspectives of environmental countermeasure technologies & urban transport
policies.
Cooperating bodies• Osaka City University • Osaka City
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism• Hyogo Prefectural Police • Japan Automobile Federation (JAF)• Japan Vehicle Inspection Association (VIA) • Hanshin Expressway Co. Ltd.
• Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation • Osaka Toyota Motor Corporation• Kimoto Electric Co. Ltd. • Suuri-Keikaku Co., Ltd. etc.
• Osaka Environmental Technology and Research Co. Ltd.
Lectures / Practices• Countermeasures against automobile pollution• Physico-chemical characteristics of particulate matter (PM2.5 etc.)• Urban transport & the environment• Traffic noise measurement and analysis• Simplified passive sampling measurement• Atmospheric dispersion simulation• Drivers’ education (practical exercise in eco-driving), etc.
Facility tours• Atmospheric continuous monitoring station• Automobile inspection centre• Chassis dynamometer• Traffic control centre• Case study of a traffic demand management (TDM), etc.

Waste Effluent Pollution Control Caused by Mining and Manufacturing Industries for Central
and South America*
15 November–
14 December
2012

16 participants,
fromArgentina (3),Columbia (3),Cuba (3),Peru (3),Venezuela (4)PurposeTo draw up effective solutions and policies to mitigate environmental destruction
and pollution in relevant countries, caused by hazardous substances contained in
effluent from mining and manufacturing industries.
Cooperating bodies• Osaka City Environment Bureau • Osaka City Public Works Bureau• National Institute for Minamata Disease• Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC)• International Institute for Mining Technology (MINETEC)• Kwansei Gakuin University • Taiyo Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
• Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd. • Mitsubishi Materials Techno Co. Ltd.
• Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. • Mitsui Kushikino Kozan Co. Ltd.
• Kanden Geo-Re Inc, etc.
Lectures• Pollution control for hazardous materials• Soil contamination control measures• Industrial wastewater control• Mine safety laws, etc.
Facility tours• Former Matsuo Mine effluent neutralizing plant• Wastewater treatment in the metal plating factory• Sewage treatment plant• Contaminated soil purification and regeneration plant• Hishikari mine, Kushikino mine, etc.

Countermeasure against
Automobile Pollution in
Urban Area

Study tour of a traffic control
centreWaste Effluent Pollution
Control Caused by Mining
and Manufacturing
Industries for Central andSouth America

Field trip to Kushikino Mine

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Training of Environmental Technology

Follow-up Seminar
Held in countries where
Network membership is high,the theme of each seminar isintended to reflect the specificneeds of that country. Theseseminars were previously
known as ‘One Day Seminars’
until 2008.
• Thailand & Philippines(March 1999)• Malaysia & Viet Nam(January 2000)• Indonesia (February 2001)• Egypt (March 2002)• Thailand (March 2005)• Cuba (March 2007)• Philippines (March 2008)• Indonesia (March 2009)• Peru (February 2010)• Viet Nam (March 2011)• Mongolia (March 2012)• Mexico (March 2013)

GEC Networking Project for Former Training Course Participants
Since 1998, GEC has established GEC network ofoverseas trainees to follow up on JICA training and toaccurately understand the needs of developing countries.
We have strengthened this network by exchanging
information through an email newsletter ‘Connect theWorld’ for our members (individuals who have completed
our training) as well as by holding follow-up seminars*.

Follow-up Seminar in Mexico City

With regard to the fiscal year 2012, we held a followup seminar in Mexico in March 2013 with support from
JICA. Centring on the activities of former participants
who returned to Mexico after receiving the Japan-Mexico
Training Programme for the Strategic Global Partnership,
the seminar focussed on the overall measures against
environmental pollution which have been carried out inthe three years since 2010.

Official Presentation of Puebla City Climate
Action Plan

The seminar, held in Mexico City on 6 March, was attended by 34 people from Mexico. At
the seminar, the former participants gave reports on their activities and members from Japan
provided topics related to the recycling system of automobiles which is emerging as a newchallenge in waste management. We also had an opportunity to visit Puebla and Querétaro,
as well as Mexico City. In Puebla, we visited a sanitary landfill site where the most advanced
technologies across Mexico are applied. Thanks to arrangements made by our former
participants, we were also able to attend an official press conference (as an investigation teamfrom Japan) on the action plan for measures against climate change in the city of Puebla. We
confirmed that our former participants are playing an important role as the city’s officials incharge of environment. In Querétaro, we learned that a programme to change over automobile
fuel, by using natural gas resources, is expected to be utilised from now on in Mexico. Also,
the project to collect methane gas by using organic waste was proceeding well. In the city, wewere given the opportunity to meet the president of JICA Alumni Association in Mexico, whosuggested that Mexico has great expectations from its joint work with Japan.
GEC will continue to support the sustainable development of developing countries throughthe above type of follow-up activities.
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PR Activities

In the fiscal year 2012, with help from the IETC and concerned people from Osaka City, we
carried out PR activities to let citizens in Osaka know of the existence of the GEC and the IETC,
and the content of our work.
Date

Event

Content

Notes

2–3 June2012

Eco Festival Day 2012
Venue: Tsurumi Park (Osaka)

Introduced activities by the GEC andthe IETC, collected and posted up
environmental messages.

Joint
Exhibition

2 July2012

JICA overseas trainees andprimary school pupils jointly
carried out a water quality
analysis.
Venue: Meiji Primary School (Osaka)

An exchange between the primary school
pupils and JICA overseas trainees throughthe water quality analysis.
Introduction to environmental water issues
faced in overseas countries.

Environmental
Education

1 August
2012

Sumiyoshi Eco Festival
Venue: Sumiyoshi Ward Community
Centre (Osaka)

Introduced activities by the GEC andthe IETC, collected and posted up
environmental messages.

Joint
Exhibition

9 September
2012

Tsurumi Ward Festival
Venue: Tsurumi Park (Osaka)

Introduced activities by the GEC andthe IETC, collected and posted up
environmental messages.

Joint
Exhibition

13 October
2012

ECO Festival ‘Garage Sale in
OSAKA TOWN’
Venue: Osaka Castle Park

Introduced activities by the GEC and the
IETC

Joint
Exhibition

2–3 February
2013

One World Festival
Venue: International House Osaka

Introduced activities by the GEC and the
IETC

Joint
Exhibition*‘Joint’ in the notes means our joint activities with the IETC.

Publications List

Publications List

Publication Name

Content

FormatSize/pages/
date of publication

Findings of New Mechanisms
Feasibility Studies 2011—based on
MOEJ/GEC BOCM FS Programme

The outline of the results of the feasibility
studies on the new mechanism from the
FY2011.

BookletPDF

A4/62 pages
May 2012

MOEJ/GEC MRV Demonstration
Study & Feasibility Study Programme
on GHG Mitigation Projects in 2012
—for CDM and New Mechanism

The outline of the studies on the JCM andfeasibility studies on the CDM, from the
FY2012.

BookletPDF

A4/25 pages
November 2012

GEC Annual Report 2011

Report on project of GEC for fiscal year 2011

BookletPDF

A4/28 pages
March 2013

GEC Annual Report 2011

*Publications in PDF format are available on the GEC’s website.

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Overview of the Global Environment Centre Foundation

Background of the Establishment
Establishment of the UNEP/DTIE/International Environmental Technology Centre
Beginning in the 1960s, Osaka City experienced a series of acute socio-environmental
issues on the back of rapid industrialization, such as air, noise and water pollution and land
subsidence. The city succeeded in substantially mitigating these problems, however, throughthe combined efforts of government and industry. Seeking to leverage these experiences forthe benefit of others, the Osaka City Government actively cooperated with developing nations
to help resolve their environmental problems, such as the formulation of a master plan toaddress air pollution in Shanghai, China.
In 1990, the International Garden and Greenery Exposition was held in Osaka based on thetheme of ‘harmonious coexistence between nature and mankind’. In anticipation of this event,
Osaka City announced its intention in August of 1989 to invite an international environmentalorganization to the city as a way of carrying on the spirit of the exposition and taking
advantage of Osaka’s experience in environmental conservation. The announcement was
followed by moves to attract relevant organizations, including an official invitation from Osaka
Mayor Masaya Nishio handed to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) Dr. Mostafa K. Tolba during his visit to Japan.
These efforts culminated in July 1990 with a proposal by Japan's then Prime Minister
Toshiki Kaifu at the G7 Summit in Houston to establish a UNEP facility in Japan. In August of
the same year, Japan’s Ambassador to Kenya Mr. Naohiro Kumagai made a proposal to the
2nd Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council to set up the International Environmental
Technology Centre (IETC). In May of the following year, a resolution to establish IETC withthe mandate of promoting the adoption, application and operation of Environmentally Sound
Technologies (ESTs) in developing countries and countries with economies in transition was
unanimously approved at the 16th Session of the UNEP Governing Council. In October 1992,
UNEP Executive Director Tolba and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Koji
Kakizawa signed an agreement in Osaka on the founding of IETC in Osaka, which officiallycommenced operations in April 1994. Since April 2011, IETC operates in Osaka after its two
offices were merged into one office.
Note: official positions listed above were current at the dates listed.

Establishment of the Global Environment Centre Foundation
Following the UNEP Governing Council’s official decision to establish IETC in Japan, the Osaka
City Government set up the UNEP/IETC Osaka Planning Office on 3 July 1991 to investigate
IETC’s operations and to facilitate the establishment of a support foundation to be launched at
the start of 1992.
Following initial preparations by the Planning Office, the Global Environment Centre
Foundation (GEC) was launched as a UNEP support entity on 28 January 1992 with a capitalendowment from the Osaka prefectural and city governments.
In 2008, GEC subsequently filed an application for change of legal entity from anincorporated foundation to a public interest incorporated foundation on 27 October 2009 in
response to the 2008 enforcement of the three laws relating to reform of the public interest
corporation system. After receiving the approval of the Prime Minister, GEC made a new start
as a public interest incorporated foundation on 1 April 2010.
GEC was founded with the aim of contributing to the conservation of the environment
in developing nations and around the world by leveraging Japan’s wealth of conservation
knowledge and experience in support of UNEP’s urban environment conservation activities indeveloping nations, and undertaking activities to promote international cooperation to protect
the global environment.

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GEC’s Activities

In addition to providing various types of support to IETC such as facility sharing and project
collaboration, GEC also acts as an intermediary between IETC and its affiliated institutions inJapan to help ensure that its activities proceed smoothly and efficiently. Through activities
to protect the global environment including surveys & research, collection & disseminationof information, and hosting of training & seminars, GEC contributes to Japan's international
efforts on the environment.
Name
Date of Establishment
Supervisory Authorities
Office Location
Endowments
Activities

Number of Staff

Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)
28 January 1992
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
2-110 Ryokuchi-koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka 538-0036 Japan
Telephone: +81-6-6915-4121 Facsimile: +81-6-6915-0181
1,754,160,000 yen(1) Projects in support of UNEP/DTIE/IETC stated aims of technical transfers and spreading
information on environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) to promote environmental
conservation in major urban areas of developing nations.
(2) Collection, dissemination, surveying & research of information on environmental
conservation in developing nations & the world as well as global warming countermeasures
to promote technical cooperation and foster human resources in developing nations.
(3) Other projects required to achieve GEC’s stated aims.
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Board Members of the Global Environment Centre Foundation

Councilors

INOUE, Yuichi
KADO, Yoshihiro

Corporate Auditor, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Senior Executive Director - Environmental Management, Department ofEnvironment, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Osaka Prefectural Government

KANEKO, Kumao
KATAOKA, Shigehiro
KATAYAMA, Toru
KUWAHARA,Chika
MIZUNO, Minoru
MORIOKA, Toru

Chairperson, Japan Council on Energy & Security
Attorney
Executive Managing Director, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center
General Manager, CSR and Environment Department, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering,Kansai University (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)

SUZUKI, Yutaka

Director, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies,
Kansai Research Centre (Professor Emeritus, Osaka University)

TSUNO, Motonori

Director General, Kansai International Centre of the Japan International
Cooperation Agency

YAMAMOTO, Hitoshi

Director General, Environment Bureau, Osaka City Government

President

MIYAHARA, Hideo

Professor Emeritus, Osaka University

Executive
Director

TAKATA, Hiromu

Former General Manager, Technical Development Department,

Directors

FUJIWARA, Yukinori

Osaka Centre, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
General Manager, Economic Research Department,
Kansai Economic Federation

HARADA, Tomoyo
Lecturer, Kyoto Seika University
NAKAGAWA, Masataka Director, Economy and Industry Division,
The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Auditors

OTSUKI, Yoshinobu
SOURI, Norio

Senior Reseracher, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth

IWAMOTO, Kenichi
IWATANI, Motoi

Certified Tax Accountant

Professor Emeritus, Osaka City University

Attorney(as of 1 August 2013, honorific omitted; name in alphabetical order <Surname>)

Overview of the UNEP/DTIE/IETC

Name

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE)
International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC)

Agreement

The agreement between Japanese Government and UNEP was signed on 30 October 1992.

MandatePromoting the application of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) in developing
countries and countries in transition. Currently IETC focuses on waste management issues.

Contacts

Osaka Office: 2-110 Ryokuchi-koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka 538-0036 Japan
tel: +81-6-6915-4581 fax: +81-6-6915-0304 e-mail: ietc@unep.org
IETC homepage: http://www.unep.org/ietc

Staff

Matthew Gubb, Director
Surya Prakash Chandak, Senior Programme Officer
Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, Programme Officer
Ryuichi Fukuhara, Programme Officer
Ainhoa Carpintero, Associate Programme Officer
John Peter Oosterhoff, Administrative/Fund Management Officer(As of 31 March
2013)

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Activity Report of the UNEP/DTIE/IETC (January–December 2012)

Introduction
In a year of change for IETC, 2011 saw the consolidation of operations in a single office in Osaka, thearrival of a new Director and the refocusing of our work to concentrate on waste management issues.
In 2012, IETC forged ahead in its 20th anniversary year with a revitalized programme that builds on its
established strengths and anticipates new activities to reflect its leading role within UNEP on waste
management. In February 2012, a review of IETC was concluded following extensive consultation withstakeholders, including Japanese Ministries. The resulting ‘road map for the future’ recommends a rangeof new activities and measures to improve the effectiveness of IETC, which are now being implemented.
A reconstituted IETC International Advisory Board met in Osaka on 7 November for the first time since 2006.
The Board provides strategic advice to IETC on its programme and comprises a geographically balanced
group of senior policy and technical experts, including ex officio representatives of the host Government.
The report is structured thematically and covers the following activity areas:
Integrated Solid Waste Management
In 2012, IETC has organized an Asia-Pacific regional workshop on ISWM, held in Osaka from 19 to 20
April, and undertaken capacity-building in Cambodia and Vietnam.
The ISWM workshop, and a preceding workshop on the Global Partnership on Waste Management,
were attended by around 80 representatives from governments, intergovernmental organizations,research institutes, academia, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector. A number of highlevel Japanese experts attended representing the following organizations: Ministry of the Environment,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, JICA, Kawasaki City Government,
Osaka City Government, Osaka and Kwansei Gakuin Universities, National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science & Technology (AIST), IGES, a-Socca Inc. Japan, Environmental Strategies Inc., National Institutefor Environmental Studies (NIES), Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC), EX Research InstituteLtd, MITSUI & CO. (Thailand) Ltd, ORIX Environmental Resources Management Corporation, Panasonic
Corporation, Plantec Inc., Hitachi Zosen Corporation, BGCT Co., Ltd., and Rematec Corporation.
IETC’s capacity-building work with Cambodia and Vietnam was funded by the Korea International
Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and has assisted the cities of Kampot, Cambodia and Danang, Vietnam,with ISWM planning. Local project teams were trained in tasks relating to waste data, assessment of
current waste management systems and gaps, target setting and identification of stakeholders’ concerns.
IETC’s partners for the project were the Cambodian Ministry of Environment and Vietnam Environmental
Agency. The final national and dissemination workshops were held on 14 and 16 August 2012 in Phnom
Penh and Hanoi respectively.
IETC participated in an ISWM workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 16 and 17 February,organized by the City of Osaka. The workshop was attended by major private sector companies fromJapan and senior level officials and other stakeholders from Ho Chi Minh City. IETC also provided a
resource person to assist with two workshops organized by the United Nations Training and ResearchInstitute (UNITAR) under its local development programme at the ‘CIFAL’ centre in Jeju, Korea. The firstworkshop, held from 2 to 4 May addressed ‘green growth for local governments’ and the second, heldfrom 27 to 29 September IETC will continue to cooperate with UNITAR’s CIFAL centre on ISWM trainings
and e-learning for eco towns in 2013.
Eco-towns
Closely related to IETC’s core work on ISWM, are activities to promote the concept of ‘eco-towns’ in the
Asia-Pacific region, which IETC has undertaken in collaboration with the City of Kawasaki and the Global
Environment Centre (Osaka). To date, the focus of IETC’s contributions has been in relation to the cities
of Bandung, Indonesia, and Penang, Malaysia. IETC co-organized the annual Eco-Business Forum with
Kawasaki City, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment and the National Institute for Environmental
Sciences in Kawasaki on 8 and 9 February. A workshop to review IETC’s eco-town activities to date andprepare a strategy for the next phase was held from 11 to 13 December in Penang, with participation by
Japanese partners.
Waste Agricultural Biomass
The conversion of waste agricultural biomass to energy is another priority topic for IETC, established byGovernments via UNEP Governing Council decision 26/3. In 2012, IETC initiated a new project in thisfield in Cambodia and India, which are funded by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main
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assessment in selected local areas, identification and assessment of appropriate technologies to convert
waste agricultural biomass into energy, implementation of pilot demonstration projects, and sub-regional
dissemination of results and experience gained. The project started in mid-2012 and will be completed byMarch 2013.
Initial capacity building workshops were held in Cambodia and India, from 2 to 4 October and 1 to 3
December, respectively. Over 30 participants in each workshop were trained in applying technologies
for converting waste agricultural biomass into energy and in methodologies to assess the sustainabilityof technologies. The workshop in Cambodia was co-organized by the local project partners, the United
National Industrial Development Organization and the Cambodian National Cleaner Production Centre,
the Ministry of Industry and Mines, and the Ministry of Environment. The training in India was organizedin cooperation with the Birla Institute of Management Technology, the Ministry of Renewable Energy,
and the Ministry of Environment. Representatives of industry and academic institutions attended both
workshops.
In addition, a regional workshop on the use of waste agricultural biomass took place from 11 to 13
December in Costa Rica. This event was organized by IETC in collaboration with the UNEP Regional Officefor Latin America and the Caribbean, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa
Rica, and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The aim of this workshop was
to exchange information and case studies at regional level on potential use of waste agricultural biomass,and to identify common priorities for the region and future actions. IETC guidelines on this topic weretranslated to Spanish and presented during the event. Another outcome of this workshop was a proposal
to undertake a new demonstration project in Costa Rica, which will be initiated in 2013.
In September 2012, IETC published a study on the use of waste palm oil trees in Malaysia, which iscomposed of a baseline study on the quantity, characteristics and current uses of waste palm trees (WPT)
in Malaysia and a techno-economic feasibility study for converting WPT into an energy resource. The
results of the study were presented at the International Conference on Biomass for Biofuels and ValueAdded Products in Kuala Lumpur, which took place on 23 and 24 October 2012.
Electronic Waste
The major IETC activity on electronic or ‘e-waste’ in 2012 has been an international multi-stakeholder
policy dialogue in Osaka from 18 to 20 July. The focus was public-private sector collaboration to ensure
effective management of rapidly growing quantities of e-waste in order to protect the environment andhuman health and to recover valuable resources. The meeting agreed on a ‘call for action’ outcome
document that was later presented to the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment. There wasstrong participation from the Japanese private sector, including from Dell Japan Incorporated, DOWA
Eco-System Company Limited, EX Research Institute Limited, Hewlett-Packard Japan Limited, Kokusai
Kogyo Company Limited, Mitsui and Company (Thailand) Limited, ORIX Eco Services Corporation,
ORIX Environmental Resources Management Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Sharp Corporation,
Sustainable System Design Institute, Takase Corporation. In addition, the dialogue was attended by
Japanese Government Ministries and by organizations including the National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, the Japan
Environmental Sanitation Centre, Kyoto University/United Nations University (StEP Initiative), the National
Institute for Environmental Studies and Osaka Sangyo University.
Global Partnership on Waste Management
The activities related to Global Partnership on Waste Management (GPWM) continued in 2012. IETC
in March 2012 initiated a new GPWM website and newsletter, two major outreach products that will
enhance the visibility of the GPWM and help in broadening its participants’ base. The GPWM webpage
can be accessed at: http://www.unep.org/gpwm/ and the newsletter. The fourth edition of the newsletter
was issued in December. During 2012, the secretariat continued to develop a web-based information
platform to support the GPWM and to map international activities and developing country needs on waste
management. From 16 to 18 April, IETC organized an Asia-Pacific regional workshop on the GPWM in
Osaka in conjunction with the above mentioned ISWM regional workshop.
Two years after the launch of the GPWM, the GPWM held its first biennium conference on 5 and 6
November, in Osaka, Japan. The conference convened around 180 participants from over 40 countries,
providing a platform for a growing network in waste management, encouraging exchange of experienceand synergies, and creating new momentum to address waste management issues around the world.

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Plastics Waste
Implementation of the final activities for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs-funded project ‘Converting
Waste Plastics into Fuel’ was completed in June. Under the project three technologies for refuse
derived fuel, plastic pelletizing and liquid fuel have been implemented and are being monitored in Cebu,
Philippines, and in Nakhon Ratchasima and Phitsanulok, Thailand. On 19 April, a dissemination session
and panel discussion on the project outcomes was held during the above mentioned Asia-Pacific regional
workshop on ISWM.
A proposal for a substantial project supporting the recovery and recycling of packaging waste in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia was prepared in late 2012 and iscurrently under consultation with potential donors.
Disaster Debris
At the request of and under the sponsorship of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IETC and its
colleagues in the UNEP Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, organized an international
experience sharing mission to the Tohuku region of Japan from 27 February to 6 March. The mission
focused on Japan’s management of debris management following the 2011 tsunami and sharedexperience between local and international experts. The UNEP team comprised nine experts from eight
countries including one Japanese expert, with experience spanning the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami,
earthquakes in China and Haiti, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States, Cyclone Nargis in
Myanmar, and the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The mission visited five cities (Miyako, Ofunato,
Ishinomaki, Sendai and Soma) and was presented to Foreign Minister Gemba in Fukushima. The mission
also visited a Tokyo waste processing facility that is accepting materials from the Tohuku region and met
with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and held a press briefing in Tokyo and a seminar in Osaka. The
visit was fully documented in a professional video and still photographs. A report on the mission waspresented at the ‘Rio+20’ conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 20 June.
At the request of the Government of Thailand, IETC and the UNEP Regional Office for Asia andthe Pacific assisted the Thai Pollution Control Department to develop guidelines for disaster waste
management focusing on flooding. IETC worked with local experts in May to develop a draft of theguidelines and provided on-site technical inputs at a landfill demonstration site in Pathum Thani province.
IETC assisted Thailand to organize a national workshop in Bangkok on 30 May and 1 June, based on
the draft guidelines (now finalized). The second phase of this project will focus on demonstration of theguidelines, training and development of manuals for pilot cities. This UNEP work with Thailand on disastermanagement has been funded by KOICA.
Technology Compendiums
IETC’s technology compendium series was supplemented in September by publications on the recycling
and destruction of waste oils and on destruction of healthcare waste. The waste oils publication was
reviewed by experts in a workshop in New Delhi at the end of 2011. The healthcare waste technology
compendium was the subject of an international experts’ workshop in Osaka on 19 and 20 July where it
was peer reviewed prior to publication and launched in Seoul on 6 September at the 2012 Global Forumof the International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA).
Associated products such as technology assessment software and possible follow-up activities are also
under development.
In addition, a guidance manual on the application of the sustainability assessment of technologies
methodology (SAT) was published in November 2012.
National Waste Management Strategies
IETC, in collaboration with UNITAR, is working on a new initiative to develop guidelines for national
waste management strategies. It responds to UNEP Governing Council decisions 25/8 and 26/3 callingon UNEP to support national implementation of integrated waste management and to the Rio+20 call fordevelopment of comprehensive national waste management strategies (paragraph 218 of the outcome
document, ‘The Future We Want’). The guidelines are intended to foster a holistic and overarchingapproach to national waste management planning. They build upon and cross reference the many valuable
materials that have previously been developed to provide technical support for management of individual
waste streams or parts of the waste life-cycle, and to support planning in related fields such as chemicals
management. The strategy guidelines also take account of recent policy emphases relating, for example,
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potential for greater resource recovery from waste.
Private Sector Participation in Waste Management
There is increasing policy support for waste prevention and resource recovery options that protect
the environment and human health while generating green business opportunities and green jobs.
Recognizing the importance of private sector involvement in promoting this approach, IETC has initiatedthe development of guidelines for private sector participation in waste management through a multistakeholder process.
Global Waste Management Outlook
IETC, in collaboration with ISWA, is currently developing a project proposal for a ‘Global Waste
Management Outlook’. This publication would complement and add value to previous publications by
establishing standardized policy indicators and benchmarks to allow better comparative analyses ofthe state of waste management around the world, particularly in relation to policy and resource gaps;
engaging a full range of stakeholders using the convening strengths of the United Nations; covering abroader range of waste streams; and presenting data, analyses and recommendations in a form readily
accessible for decision makers.
Water and Sanitation
Drawing on its previous water and sanitation programme, IETC will continue activities in this area inconnection with the waste management agenda. IETC contributed to a Philippines national workshop
on water accounting and efficiency measures in Manila on 27 January. The workshop was organizedas part of a project on water management and resource efficiency for green growth in East Asia fundedby KOICA and followed up on IETC’s 2010 report, ‘Water footprint assessment, policy and practicalmeasures in a specific geographical setting.’ The workshop was attended by 30 senior officials from key
water institutions in the Philippines, including the National Water Resources Board, Manila Water, and theMaynilad Water Academy.
Other Activities• IETC co-organized the annual Kawasaki Eco-Business Forum and participated in the opening of
Kawasaki’s eco-tech fair on 10 February.
• IETC participated in the public segment of a trilateral European Union-Japan-United States conferenceon critical materials, such as rare earths, organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry inTokyo on 28 March.
• IETC participated in a conference on ‘fuelling the future with energy efficiency’ organized by theInternational Energy Agency and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on 10
May. The conference was organized to assist in preparation of the annual World Energy Outlook report.
• The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited IETC to organize a waste management side event on
14 June in the Japan Pavilion at the ‘Rio+20’ conference in Rio de Janeiro and also, as noted above,
to present on 20 June the outcomes of the UNEP international experts’ mission to Tohuku. The waste
management side event focused on the potential of waste as a resource and the greater engagement of
the private sector in waste management in developing countries.
• IETC participated in the 2012 Congress of the International Solid Waste Association in Florence, Italy,
from 17 to 19 September. It moderated a session on developing country issues, presented its work onnational waste management strategies and private sector engagement and served on the president’s
panel to conclude the conference.
• On 27 September, IETC presented its work to the eighth meeting of the Basel Convention Open-ended
Working Group in Geneva, Switzerland. The aim was to raise the awareness of Basel Parties to thecontribution made by IETC to implementation of the Convention.
• UNITAR invited IETC to assist in a training for diplomats in Tokyo on 9 November. IETC presented on theoutcomes of Rio+20 from a UNEP perspective.
• From 20 to 23 November, IETC was invited to attend and make a presentation during a workshop of the
Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste and during thefirst workshop of the Regional Network for Chemicals and Waste (Project REN). IETC presented its workon e-waste and its support for the training resource package on hazardous waste.
• In June 2012 a general budget committee examined the Japanese Ministry of Environment’s support to
UNEP As a result, a new committee was formed to review the Ministry’s contributions, particularly to
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IETC. It met for the first time on 29 October in Tokyo. The UNEP Executive Director and IETC presented
its work programme and answered the committee’s questions. The second meeting of the review
committee was held in Osaka on 17 December. A further four meetings will be held in 2013, concludingin May.
Information and Outreach
Public Outreach
IETC continued to collaborate with its partners, in particular with Osaka City and its supporting foundation,
the Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC). To increase its visibility in Japan, IETC was represented
at a series of events in 2012, which are highlighted below.
• IETC participated in the One World Festival in Osaka on 4 and 5 February 2012.
• During the Environment Month in Osaka in June 2012, IETC exhibited panels on its activities at the EcoMuseum Osaka.
• IETC participated in the Eco-Festival Osaka at the Eco-Museum Osaka on 2 and 3 June.
• IETC attended the NTV’s eco2012 event from 8 to 10 June 2012.
• IETC attended Osaka Sumiyoshi ward’s Eco Festa on 1 August 2012 to introduce IETC’s activities.
• IETC attended the Osaka Tsurumi ward’s 38th Tsurumi Kumin Festival on 9 September 2012.
• IETC supported an event organized by UNIC for the first-ever International Day of the Girl Child in Tokyo
on 8 October.
• IETC participated in the Eco-Festival on 13 October 2012 that was organized by Osaka city at the Osaka
Castle.
• IETC attended the UN Day 2012 Public Forum on the topic of ‘Post Rio+20—Achieving the future wewant’, which took place in Tokyo on 24 October 2012.
• Under a new collaboration with Nikon Tokyo in 2012, IETC promoted the UNEP international children’s
painting competition on the environment.
Information Materials• The first issue of IETC’s new electronic newsletter was published in May 2012 at http://www.unep.org/
ietc/IETCNewsletterFebruary2012Short/tabid/79381/Default.aspx• Policy briefs on IETC’s main activity areas are available on the new website at http://www.unep.org/
ietc/OurWork/Policybriefs/tabid/104251/Default.aspx on ISWN, Waste Agricultural Biomass, E-waste,
Healthcare waste, Waste Oils, Waste Plastic, and GPWM.
• As noted above, a website and newsletter for the GPWM were launched in March, including througha direct e-mailing to over 1,900 recipients. To view these products, please visit http://www.unep.org/
gpwm.
• IETC information materials available in Japanese include:
東北の地震と津波による瓦礫の処理に関する知見共有のための国際専門家ミッション (International Experience
Sharing ‘Management of Debris Created by the Tohoku Tsunami’)
http://www.unep.or.jp/japanese/spc/news-Mar12.asp• ワン・ワールド・フェスティバル2012への参加：(One world festival in Osaka) 2012年2月4・5日
（土・日）
：大阪国
際交流センター http://www.unep.or.jp/japanese/ws/news-Feb04-2012-rpt.asp

Global Environment Centre Foundation
Annual Report 2012

Date of issue: March 2014
Issued by Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)
2-110 Ryokuchi-koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka 538-0036 Japan Tel: +81-6-6915-4121 Fax: +81-6-6915-0181
Web page address (URL): http://gec.jp ©Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC), 2014
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