About OECC
Towards a Sustainable Future
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC), established in 1990, has been active as acore organization in driving overseas environmental development cooperation through practical actions.

－ Towards a Sustainable Future －Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan（OECC）

OECC plays a role as a bridge connecting developing countries to the Japanese government, localgovernments, businesses, and stakeholders. We engage in various environmental consulting services
and the identiﬁcation and formation of environmental development cooperation projects based on theneeds of partners and clients, and market dynamics.
OECC promotes high-quality environmental development cooperation, collaborating with various
partner countries, as well as diverse players such as consultants, manufacturers, local public entities,
research institutions, and government agencies including the Ministry of the Environment and Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This also includes international institutions such as the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Green Climate Fund (GCF), theUnited Nations University (UNU), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) Secretariat, and private enterprises.
Leveraging these abundant national, international, and intellectual networks to a maximum degree,
OECC is aiming to create a better society by improving environmental challenges in developingcountries.

Activity Areas and Strengths
Building upon global agenda, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement,
and the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, OECC is actively engaged in facilitating the smooth
implementation of international agreements towards realizing a sustainable global society.
OECC sets out three pillars for our activities to be dealt with preferentially: Climate Change,
Environmental Management and Resource Circularity, and Biodiversity, within which ten major themes
are established. Based on these areas, OECC takes detailed action supporting environmental
development cooperation from various perspectives.
Furthermore, OECC is committed to solving problems in developing countries by adopting anintegrated, cross-sectoral approach. OECC dynamically expands its activities which tackles various
challenges regarding environmental development and cooperation in developing countries, taking
advantage of our myriad strengths.

Strengths

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Contribution to Inter-Governmental Policy Dialogues and International
Consensus Building２

Support for Policymaking and Plannig and institutional development

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Development of Investment Projects and Business Expansion inDeveloping Countries

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Supporting comprehensive action from upstream policy throughdownstream project５

Leveraging the Potential of Stakeholders Involved in International
Cooperation Projects

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Capacity Building Support

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Strategic Outreach and Information Dissmination

OECCʼs contributions in 10 major themes
Fluorocarbons Management

Climate Change Mitigation

・Disseminating information, building regulatory frameworks, andformulating technical manuals on emission reduction of refrigerants (HFCsetc.) in developing countries, under the Initiative on Life Cycle
Management of Fluorocarbons (IFL) of the Ministry of the Environment
Japan.

・Planning and implementing emission reduction targets forGreenhouse Gases (GHG) in developing countries.
・Measurement, Reporting and Veriﬁcation (MRV) of GHG.
・Establishment and operation of systems regarding transparent
reporting of GHG emissions.

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A Study Tour on Air Pollution
by the Mongolian Research Team・Transition from coal-ﬁred boilers to gas boilers
by focusing on regional heat supplysystems in Mongolia.
・Business expansion in Mongolia aiming at generating heat sources
without emitting air pollutants.

Joint Crediting Mechanism（JCM）
Fluorocarbons
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Mitigation
JCM

Air Pollution Control

・Promoting activities related to measures against air pollution andsand and dust storms caused by suspended particulate matter(PM2.5, etc.) and photochemical oxidants or other similar
pollutants in collaboration with China, Korea, and Mongolia.

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Adaptation

ClimateChangeChemical Management

・International harmonization of chemical management systems.
・Enhancing companies’ capacity to deal with chemical andmanagement issues.
・Disseminating information, technical cooperation, and raisingawareness on mercury management in collaboration with theUnited Nations, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan and localauthorities.

Waste Management

Participating in a Japanese・Introducing decarbonization technologies into
Government-Sponsor Event at COP26
developing countries and JCM project
development.
・Research and collection of information on trends of decarbonization.
・Disseminating information on the website "Carbon Market Express."・Third-party veriﬁcation of JCM project.

Climate Change Adaptation

・Contribution to establishment of the Asia-Pacific Climate
Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT).
・Capacity building for government officials and donors toimplement climate change adaptation measures.

Nature-based Solutions

Air Pollution
Control・Building sound material-cycle society
and circular economy in developing
countries by dealing with everything fromon-site operation, management, and instruction
to developing institutions to the introduction ofenvironmental technologies and infrastructure.

EnvironmentalManagement

Biodiversity

・Conducting research and project development related to carbon

Nature-basedSolutions

credits based on nature, such as reforestation, REDD+, and bluecarbon.
・Contributing to the policymaking of the Japanese government atevents such as the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD-COP).

ChemicalManagement

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Management

OceanProtection

Ocean Protection・Organizing and holding events onmarine environmental protection indeveloping countries, as well as seminars inJapan.

Waste Collection Survey in Zambia, Africa

Research on carbon credits for Mangrove
Reforestation Projects

Integrated Approach
Japan Platform for Redesign：
Sustainable Infrastructure（JPRSI）

Environment Week

Ministry of the Environment, Japan to encourage private

OECC supports the organization of "Environment Week," an annual event conducted by the Ministry of theEnvironment, Japan as part of its "Basic Strategy to Promote Japanese Environmental Infrastructure Overseas." This
support contributes to the international dissemination of Japanese environmental technology tailored to local needs.

enterprises to deploy their environmental, Japan andTripartite Environment Ministers Meeting（TEMM）

Serving as the secretariat of the JPRSI, established by theinfrastructure and technologies overseas, OECC contributes
to creating business opportunities by facilitating smooth
access to information on local needs and coordinating
among stakeholders.

Through our support for the organization of the "Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting (TEMM) among
Japan, China, and South Korea," held to address environmental issues in Northeast Asia, we contribute tostrengthening cooperation among the three countries.

JICA Clean City Initiative（JCCI）

OECC contributes to the promotion of JICA's eﬀorts to realize "clean cities" in partner countries by supporting
public relations activities such as organizing international seminars and building websites. The initiative,
known as "JCCI," aims to promote clean urban development and build sustainable societies.

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