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Date of meeting: 30 January 2018
Place of meeting: Koror, Palau

Joint Committee of the Joint Crediting Mechanism
between the Republic of Palau and Japan
Fifth Meeting
Meeting Report
Agenda item 1. Opening
Mr. Greg Decherong, Director, Palau Energy Administration, Ministry of Public
Infrastructure, Industries and Commerce opened the fifth meeting of the Joint Committee (JC)of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) and gave opening remarks.
Mr. Takeshi Ogino, First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Palau gave opening
remarks.
Table: Attendance
JC Members from Palauan side
Mr. Greg DECHERONG

Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Industries andCommerce

Mr. Brian MELAIREI

Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Industries andCommerce

Mr. Calvin IKESIIL

Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Industries andCommerce

Mr. Tutii CHILTON

Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Industries andCommerce

Mr. Gustav AITARO

Ministry of State

Mr. Darren FRITZ

Ministry of Finance

Mr. Xavier Erbai MATSUTARO

Office of Climate Change/Bureau of Budget andPlanning /Ministry of Finance

Ms. Lorraine RIVERA

Office of Climate Change/ Bureau of Budget andPlanning /Ministry of Finance

Mr. Ken SUGIYAMA

Palau Public Utilities Corporation

JC Members from Japanese side
Mr. Takeshi OGINO

Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Palau1

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Ms. Hitomi MURAKAMI

Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Palau

Ms. Mihoko KAWAMURA (alternate)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Wataru MATSUMURA

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Ministry of the Environment
Mr. Kazuhisa KOAKUTSU* The names of members present at the meeting are in bold print above.

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 Attendance
No observers attended the JC meeting.

Agenda item 3. Rules and guidelines
Agenda item 3.1 Revisions related to editorial matters
Agenda item 3.1.1 JCM Project Cycle Procedure
The JC considered the draft revisions on “JCM Project Cycle Procedure” and adopted it, ascontained in Annex 1 to this meeting report.
Agenda item 3.1.2 JCM Guidelines for Developing Project Design Document andMonitoring Report
The JC considered the draft revisions on “JCM Guidelines for Developing Project DesignDocument and Monitoring Report” and adopted it, as contained in Annex 2 to this meeting
report.
Agenda item 3.1.3 JCM Verification Report FormThe JC considered the draft revisions on “JCM Verification Report Form” and adopted it, ascontained in Annex 3 to this meeting report.
Agenda item 3.1.4 JCM Credits Issuance Request FormThe JC considered the draft revisions on “JCM Credits Issuance Request Form” and adopted it,
as contained in Annex 4 to this meeting report.

Agenda item 4. Issuance of JCM credits
Agenda item 4.1 PW002 “Small Scale Solar Power Plants for Schools in Island States”
The JC considered the draft “Notification Form for JCM Credits to be Issued” and accepted2

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notifying each side of the amount of credits to be issued for the project PW002 “Small Scale
Solar Power Plants for Schools in Island States.” using the notification form.
Agenda item 4.2. PW003 “Small Scale Solar Power Plants for Commercial Facilities inIsland States II”
The JC considered the draft “Notification Form for JCM Credits to be Issued” and accepted
notifying each side of the amount of credits to be issued for the project PW003 “Small Scale
Solar Power Plants for Commercial Facilities in Island States II.” using the notification form.

Agenda item 5. Third-Party Entity
Agenda item 5.1 Addition of new sectoral scopes (Japan Management Association)
The JC designated Japan Management Association (JMA) for the additional sectoral scopesof 1, 2 and 3 for verification based on the scopes of accreditation under ISO 14064-2.

Agenda item 6. Other matters
Agenda item 6.1 Progress of the JCM model projects and development of the JCM
projects in Palau
The Japanese side explained the updated information on the JCM model projects which arecurrently implemented in Palau and the financing programme for the JCM.
The Japanese side also explained the JCM promotion scheme, JCM Demonstration Project,
MRV Application Study and JCM Feasibility Study.
The JC discussed possible ways forward for promoting the JCM in Palau including
enhancement of cooperation between both sides taking into consideration, inter alia, theutilization of other supporting schemes such as the Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting
Mechanism managed by the Asian Development Bank and further development of projects inthe sector of waste, transport and biofuels in Palau. The JC also took note of the importanceof enhancing not only renewable energy projects but also energy efficiency projects.
The Palauan side noted with appreciation the support Japan is providing to Palau through theJCM partnership towards meeting its NDC targets. Similarly, it is with great pleasure for
Palau to showcase and promote Japan’s leading technologies on low carbon technology. In
due consideration, it is imperative that emission reduction projects implemented in Palau arearranged to effectively meet its NDC targets. As it stands, the proportion of credit allocation
may be an essential factor towards achieving such targets. Accordingly, the Palauan side seeks
Japanese side’s consideration in its support towards equitable distribution of allocation ofcredits for both Japan and Palau side, resulting in a win-win allocation of credits, as perceived3

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by both parties in the next round of JCM projects.

Agenda item 7. Conclusion of the meeting
The Co-Chairs gave closing remarks and closed the meeting.

Annexes to the report
Annex 1 Joint Crediting Mechanism Project Cycle Procedure (version 04.0)
Annex 2 Joint Crediting Mechanism Guidelines for Developing Project Design Document andMonitoring Report (version 02.1)
Annex 3 JCM Verification Report Form (version 02.1)
Annex 4 JCM Credits Issuance Request Form (version 03.0)4