Annual Activity Report(From April 2020 to March 2021)

Asia PPP Institute (APPPI)TOYO University

Organization of Asia PPP Institute (APPPI)

Honorary Advisors
Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, the fourth and the seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia
His Excellency Yasuo Fukuda, the ninety-first Prime Minister of Japan

Evaluation Committee Members
Dr. Frank Schnidman, the former professor at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in the
United States
Professor Sr. Dr. Khairuddin Abdul Rashid, Center of Studies in Quantity Surveying
Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Staff
Director: Prof. Sam Tabuchi, Professor of Toyo University, Chair of Working Party on
PPP under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Senior Staff: Mr. Yoji Ishii

APPPI Members (FY2020)<In Japan>-

Chodai Co., Ltd.

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Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd.

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Fukuyama Consultants Co., Ltd.

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Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc.

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Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture

<Overseas>-

Butuan City, the Philippines-

Iriga City, the Philippines2

Table of Contents
I.

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 1II.

APPPI Activities from April 2020 to March 2021 ................................................................... 3
1. Regional Development Advisory Program (RDAP) / PPP Applicability Study.................... 3
1) RDAP in the Caraga region of Mindanao, Philippines: ..................................................... 32) RDAP in the province of Capiz,Philippines ....................................................................... 3
3)JICA`s project "SDGs Business Model Formulation Study for Earthquake-Resilient
Houses for Low Income Communities .................................................................................. 44)Vehicle Management Project for UNHCR .......................................................................... 5
2. PPP short-term seminars .................................................................................................... 6
1) The follow-up seminar for RDAP in the city of Iriga, Philippinens..................................... 62) RDAP seminars for local officials in Capiz, Philippines…………………………………….6
3. Other Activities ..................................................................................................................... 7
1) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Renewable energy for climate change mitigation Workshop ................................................ 72) Joint research on earthquake-resistant housing projects for low-income communities inIndonesia ............................................................................................................................... 73) Consulting for private companies .................................................................................... 74) Interview from the mass media ......................................................................................... 75) APPPI Open Seminar ........................................................................................................ 9III. APPPI Evaluation Committee Members and APPPI Visiting Researchers ........................ 10
IV. APPPI Activity Plan for 2021 ............................................................................................... 11
Appendix 1: Major Activities from September 2011 to March 2021 ........................................... 12
Appendix 2: APPPI’s Network..................................................................................................... 16

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I.

Executive Summary
Since its establishment in 2011, APPPI has been continuing to grow as a global driver topromote PPP frameworks and PPP-based business development across Asia. Its activities
have been broadening steadily among APPPI targeted countries. In 2020, due to theworldwide spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, several field surveys as originallyplanned in the Philippines, Indonesia and the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva have been canceled. Although this caused a serious delay
for the progress of our research, we made efforts to contact with related organizations
through the online to collect significant information and to exchange opinions as much as
possible. The main activities in FY2020 are as follows.

A study on UNHCR vehicle management was conducted. We connected Tokyo with
Geneva and Budapest via online, where UNHCR vehicle management offices arelocated, and exchanged opinions on UNHCR vehicle management in June, August,and October. An interim report (evaluation report) was prepared that analyzed thecurrent situation of vehicle management for UNHCR, and a final draft related to thevehicle management for UNHCR was prepared.

The director Sam Tabuchi presented as a panelist at the workshop on “Renewable
Energy for Climate Change Mitigation” via online hosted by United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.



The minutes of a meeting for joint research for Earthquake-Resistant Housing projects
for Low-income Communities in Indonesia" with the Bandung Institute of Technology(ITB) and Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd. was signed.

The province of Capiz, Philippines was selected as a candidate site for Regional
Development Advisory Program (RDAP), and several online meetings were held withthe provincial officials and advisors of the governor's office, and the RDAP seminarusing PPP for the provincial officials was held via online. We have prepared a draft that1

includes the economic and industrial information related to the province and thestrategic industries that should be targeted in RDAP. When things return to normal, afield survey will be conducted to complete the final report.
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The open seminars hosted by APPPI were held four times. At the most recent open
seminar in February, Dr. Frank Schnidman, APPPI's evaluation committee member
gave a keynote speech "Challenges and Opportunities for PPP in the U.S. under the
New President Biden Administration".



A follow-up seminar for RDAP conducted in 2018 was held via online for the city of
Iriga, Philippines. In addition, a draft for position paper for economic development of
the city based on exchanges of opinions was prepared and submitted to the city.

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II.

APPPI Activities from April 2020 to March 2021

1. Regional Development Advisory Program (RDAP) / PPP Applicability Study
1) RDAP in the Caraga region of Mindanao, Philippines
A draft for economic development in the Caraga region of Mindanao was preparedbased on materials provided by the city of Butuan. First, we focused on the energy
business, which is one of regional infrastructures. In this regard, the importance ofeffective use of contribution funds (about 1 billion yen / year) that contribute to regional
development, which is obliged to mining companies by the mining business law of theregion, was recognized. However, it was also confirmed that it is important to leverage
the bank loan and use it as the initial fund. Another proposal was to shift the power
consumption of mining companies from coal-fired power generation to hydroelectric
power generation. Possible future projects mentioned that the glass eel aquacultureindustry, tourism-related projects (utilization of gold mines in the region), and biomass
projects including the production of wood pellets using tropical early-maturing tree
species.
2) RDAP in the province of Capiz, Philippines
The province of Capiz in the Philippines was chosen as the target of the newly RDAP
site. We have had several online meetings to discuss the provincial economic situationand economic development goals for the province. The main industries are primaryindustries such as agriculture and fisheries, and the main source of income for theprovince depends on these primary industries. First, we paid attention to the High Value
Commercial Crops (HVCC) listed in the Agriculture and Fisheries Strategic Plan
Province of Capiz (2018-2022). Especially, we paid attention to the international trade
products such as coffee, cocoa, and banana, which were also considered for overseas
export. Regarding coffee, some mountainous areas of the province have been identified3

to be suitable for coffee cultivation in terms of climate and soil, and the provincial
government has been promoting coffee cultivation as part of official agricultural
promotion. It was also found that it is suitable for cocoa cultivation in some agriculturallands in the province.
It was also found that the provincial government would like to commercialize cacao
based on cacaos originated from Capiz and strongly desire investment from inside andoutside of the country. Regarding the fisheries industry, fisheries infrastructure in theprovince is inefficient due to the large number of small landings are scattered over awide area in the province. Normally, all related facilities to a fishing port are centralized
to manage the port efficiently. It was speculated that the current situation where thelanding sites are dispersed causes many issues. The catching amount of milkfish isoutstanding in the province of Capiz, which accounts for about 67% of the total amount.
However, there is a problem of reducing seed stock for milkfish and lacking of the seeds.
It is necessary to develop a stable and sustainable seedling production system in order
to continue to keep milkfish as one of the main fish species for local foods.

3) JICA`s project "SDGs Business Model Formulation Study for Earthquake-Resilient
Houses for Low Income Communities”
The study has been conducting with Daiwa Leasing Co., Ltd. under a contract with JICA
from May 17, 2019 to the end of February, 2022 (The contract period has been extended
to the end of February 2022 due to the impact of the Coronavirus diseases). The purposeof the study is to understand the necessity to develop the housing more secure andreliable by the governments and the relevant parties involved in the housing projects inIndonesia. The aim is to develop housing products for low-income communities and todevelop PPP business model for housing for low-income communities, which includes
the development of public housing by local governments. The role of Toyo University in4this current project is to (1) examine a proposed PPP business model, (2) develop a
logic to contribute to the SDGs, and (3) check consistency with our ideas proposed forexisting disaster recovery policies in Indonesia. Although we could not go to the fieldstudy this year due to the global coronavirus disease, we prepared a draft related toabove (1) and (2) based on the existing materials and data.

4) Vehicle Management Project for UNHCR
Online meetings for Vehicle Management Project for UNHCR were held with the sectionof Vehicle Management in UNHCR in June (Geneva), August (Geneva and Budapest)
and October (Geneva and Budapest). Those meetings included a wide range of topics
associated with operational implementation system in order to grasp the details of thecurrent status of UNHCR's Vehicle Management. Based on the results of those meetings,
an interim report (Assessment report) and a final draft on Vehicle Management Projectfor UNHCR were prepared.
(1) Significant points that should be improved in terms of Vehicle Management
Optimizing the transportation cost from the location of vehicles production, optimalvehicle allocation management using ICT to reveal required number of vehicles andappropriate vehicle allocation, appropriate fuel consumption, optimal maintenance ofvehicles to improve the maintenance system including storage of sufficient stock of theparts in Africa, optimization of vehicle selection (selection of vehicle type according toworking conditions) were proposed. Currently, the vehicles are retired after 5 years ofuse or beyond the mileage of 150,000 km. It is supposed to reduce the cost throughoptimization of this retirement timing. There are similar organizations to UNHCR in the
United Nations and one of them is World Food Program (WFP), and there could be apossibility that similar vehicle operational management are being carried out in WFP.
Therefore, there could be a possibility for UNHCR to share the owned vehicles with WFP.

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(2) Advantages of leasing vehicles using PPP in the Vehicle Management for UNHCR
There could be some advantages of leasing vehicles in Vehicle Management for UNHCR.
The leased vehicle cannot be easily sold to a third party because it is "owned by theleasing company" until the leasing contract ends. Therefore, the leased vehicle user isobliged to take good care of the vehicle. Furthermore, since the management underleasing contract is effective, the condition of the vehicle can be relatively good, and it
can be expected that the selling price may increase at the time of resale. Other meritsof leasing may include the possibility of reducing personnel and welfare costs for central
management by improving the efficiency of Vehicle Management Operations.
2. PPP short-term seminars
1) Follow-up seminar for RDAP in the city of Iriga, Philippines
We had a follow-up seminar for RDAP conducted at Iriga city in 2018 to exchange
opinions on the future economic development of the city. Based on those exchanges of
opinions, a short draft for future economic development was submitted to the city of Iriga.

2) RDAP seminars for local officials in Capiz, Philippines
RDAP seminars were held via online in November 2020, December 2020 and March
2021 to introduce previously proposed RDAP and PPP schemes. We also exchanged
opinions on the future development in the province of Capiz based on “Agriculture andFisheries Strategic Plan” for the province of Capiz（2018-2022）.

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3. Other Activities
1) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Renewable Energy for Climate Change Mitigation Workshop (held online on September
24th and 25th, 2020)
Director Sam Tabuchi presented the current status and future prospects of PPP in Asia,
including examples of PPP in Japan as a panelist.

2) Joint research on earthquake-resistant housing projects for low-income communities
in Indonesia :11 online meetings with Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd.
have been held from July 2020 to March 2021 and the minutes of a meeting for joint
research was signed.
Currently, we are in the process of concluding MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)for our joint research among concerned parties. We plan to construct test houses on
campus of ITB after concluding this MOU.

3)

Consulting for private companies
APPPI advised several Japanese companies how to expand overseas by taking
advantage of PPP scheme.

4) Interviews from mass media(1) An interview offered from “TV Saitama”
The director Sam Tabuchi lectured the concept of PPP and the future prospects of PPP
in the world.

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The director Sam Tabuchi to be interviewed with TV Saitama(2) An interview offered from the magazine "The Liberty"
The director Sam Tabuchi lectured the concept of PPP and the future prospects of PPP
in the world.

The director Sam Tabuchi lectured the concept of PPP.

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5) APPPI Open Seminar
APPPI Open seminars were held in June and October 2020 and February 2021. 1st Open
Seminar on "RDAP for Luang Namtha Province, Laos" was held. The 2nd Open Seminaron "UNHCR Vehicle Management Project" and "JICA`s project for Earthquake-Resilient
Houses for Low Income Communities in Indonesia" were held in Japanese and English. The
latest seminar in February was held under the theme of “Next challenges and opportunities
for PPP in the USA under the New President Biden Administration”. More than 30 people
concerned actively participated in this seminar.

President Joe Biden
46th President of the United States (January 2021)

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III.

APPPI Evaluation Committee Members and APPPI Visiting Researchers

1) APPPI Evaluation Committee Members
The following two experts kindly accepted to become members of the APPPI Evaluation
Committee, which provided advice and suggestions on APPPI's activities.
-Dr. Frank Schnidman, the former professor at Florida Atlantic University in the UnitedStates-Dr. Khairuddin Abdul Rashid, Center of Studies in Quantity Surveying Faculty ofArchitecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia2) APPPI Visiting Researcher
In order to promote APPPI's activities, the following five people have been appointed as
APPPI visiting researchers. Dr. Kato, Mr. Oura and Mr. Minobe have been involved in
the development projects in Butuan City, Philippines, which conducted RDAP in 2011.
Mr. Fujiki is an expert for financial analysis of the PPP business. Mr. Aono has hadbusiness experiences in the Surigao region in the Mindanao, and is expected to give
influential advice about development in the Mindanao, Philippines.
-Dr. Satoshi Kato (6th graduate of PPP School at Toyo University, Visiting professor of
PPP school at Toyo University, Chodai Co., Ltd.)-Mr. Masayuki Ohura (6th graduate of PPP School at Toyo University, President,
CHODAI Philippines Corporation, Chodai Co., Ltd.)-Mr. Hideaki Fujiki (3rd graduate of PPP School at Toyo University, Visiting professor of
PPP School at Toyo University)-Mr. Junichiro Minobe (10th graduate of PPP School at Toyo University, Head of Manila
Representative Office, Chodai Co., Ltd.)-Mr. Fuminori Aono (9th graduate of PPP School at Toyo University, Kiso-Jiban
Consultants Co., Ltd.)

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IV.

APPPI Activity Plan for 2021

The table below shows the tentative plans from April 2021 to March 2022.
Date
April

APPPI Research/Study-

2021

APPPI Activity-

Drafting of a final report on
Vehicle Management Project for
UNHCR

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1st APPPI open seminar(Online)
RDAP seminar to introduce
Butuan projects to Capiz,
Philippines (Online)

May-

Drafting of SDGs business modelfor high value-added commercial
crops in Capiz, Philippines-

RDAP seminar for theprovince of Capiz in thePhilippines (Online)

June

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Research on housing on PPP in
Indonesia
Research on local zoo in Chiba
prefecture-

2nd APPPI Open Seminar(Online)-

3rd APPPI Open Seminar(Online)-International PPP Forum-

4th APPPI Open Seminar-

UNECE PPP Working Party

July

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Field survey in Mindanao andCapiz in the Philippines

September-Business trip to report a final
report on Vehicle Management
Project for UNHCR (Geneva andBudapest)

OctoberNovember-Field research on PPP

December(Geneva)
January-

5th APPPI Open Seminar-

6th APPPI Open Seminar

2022
February-

Submission of a final report of“SDGs

businessmodel

formulation survey for earthquake
resilient houses for Low income
communities in Indonesia” to JICA
March

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Appendix 1: Major Activities from September 2011 to March 2021
Date

APPPI Activity
2011

September

RDAP/PPP Applicability Study in Butuan City, the Philippines

November- Establishment of APPPI- Dr. Mahathir and Chancellor Shiokawa inaugurated as APPPI honorable
advisors
2012

January

PPP seminar held in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) andKarjasama Awam Swasta (UKAS) in Malaysia

February

Prof. Tabuchi named Vice Chair of the Executive Board to UN PPP Team ofSpecialists

March

PPP seminar held in Butuan, the Philippnes

August

RDAP/PPP Applicability Study in the Republic of Kyrgyz

September

RDAP/PPP Applicability Study in Mandaue City, the Philippines
2013

February

PPP seminar held in Manila, the Philippines

April

PPP research conducted for rehabilitation of Palais des Nation (PdN)

September

PPP seminars held in the MPI and NUCE in Hanoi, Vietnam

November

PPP seminars held in Bandung and Surabaya, Indonesia
2014

February

TOYO PPP held International Academic Competition for TOUHOKU recovery

September

PPP seminar held in Japan for government officials from the Republic ofKyrgyz2015

February

RDAP/PPP Applicability Study in Cebu Province, the Philippines

March

PPP seminar held in Hanoi, Vietnam (MPI and NUCE)

August

RDAP/PPP Applicability Study in Surigao del Norte, the Philippines

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2016
February- RDAP/PPP Applicability Study in the State of Kedah, Malaysia- PPP seminar held in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

May

PPP seminar held for the officials of the Ministry of Finance, South Africa

June

RDAP/PPP Applicability Study findings reported to the State of Kedah officials
at the 34th JAMECA-MAJECA Joint Conference

AugustThe 1st field visit to Indonesia on JICA Policy Recommendation Research2017

February

PPP seminar held in Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa

March- RDAP/PPP Applicability Study in Iriga City in the Philippines- The 2nd field visit to Indonesia on JICA Policy Recommendation Research

June- Meeting between Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad and Mr. Yasuko Fukuda,
APPPI Honorary Advisors

September- The 3rd field visit to Indonesia on JICA Policy Recommendation Research

December- PPP training and site visits for the government officials from Indonesia in
Japan
2018

February- The 4th field visit to Indonesia on JICA Policy Recommendation Research

March- Follow up visit of RDAP/PPP Applicability Study in Cebu province andMandaue city, the PhilippinesMay- The 5th field visit to Indonesia on JICA Policy Recommendation Research

June- PPP seminar held for South African central government officials in Tokyo

August- PPP seminar held for local government officials in Cebu, the Philippines

September- The 6th field visit to Indonesia on JICA Policy Recommendation Research

November- The director of APPPI, Prof. Sam Tabuchi, became the co-chair of UNECE
PPP Working Party- The 7th field visit to Indonesia on JICA Policy Recommendation Research2019

February

The 8th field visit to Indonesia on JICA Policy Recommendation Research

13MarchSubmission of the final report for JICA Policy Recommendation ResearchMay

Attendance for the International PPP Forum (Geneva) by the UNECE PPPTechnical committee

June- Preliminary study on local regeneration support program in Luang Namtha
Province, Laos
- 1st field survey on JICA`s project “SDGs Business Model Formulation Survey
with the Private Sector for Earthquake Resilient Houses with JapanesePrefabrication System for Low Income Communities in Indonesia”

AugustStudy tour for PPP in South Korea

SeptemberStudy tour for PPP in the United States

November- Implementation of field survey on local revitalization support program in Luang
Namtha Province, Laos
- Conducted PPP seminars for the officials of Central Government of South
AfricaDecember

Attended for the International PPP Forum (Geneva) by the UNECE PPPWorking party

2020
February-PPP seminar (National PPP Conference) was held in Butuan City, Philippines,
and the inspection tour for local pilot sites was conducted.
-The debrief meeting on development plan for the public land and Luang
Namtha Province.
-Study tour for Miyako City and Shiwa Town in Iwate Prefecture.
-APPPI Open seminar (The relationship between RDAP projects by Toyo
University and SDGs in the United Nation).
-2nd field survey on JICA`s project “SDGs business model formulation survey
for earthquake resilient houses for Low income communities in Indonesia”.

June-Discussions on Vehicle Management Project for UNHCR (Online).
-APPPI Open Seminar “RDAP for Luang Namtha Province in Laos”.

July

Discussions on Joint research for “SDGs business model formulation survey
for earthquake resilient houses for Low income communities in Indonesia”.

AugustDiscussions on Vehicle Management Project for UNHCR (Online).

October-Discussions on Vehicle Management Project for UNHCR (Online).

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-APPPI Open Seminar “Vehicle Management Project for UNHCR” and ”SDGs
business model formulation survey for earthquake resilient houses for Low
income communities in Indonesia”(Online).

November-Follow-up RDAP and PPP seminar for local government officials in Iriga,
Philippines (Online).
-1st RDAP and PPP seminars for local government officials in Capiz, Philippines(Online).
-Signed Minutes of a Meeting with Bandung Institute of Technology regarding
joint research related to “SDGs business model formulation survey forearthquake resilient houses for Low income communities in Indonesia”.

December

2nd RDAP and PPP seminars for local government officials in Capiz, Philippines(Online).

January

Discussions on the procedure regarding joint research related to “SDGs

2021

business model formulation survey for earthquake resilient houses for Low
income communities in Indonesia” (Online).

February

APPPI Open Seminar” Next challenges and opportunities for PPP in the USA
under the New President Biden Administration” (Online).

March

3rd RDAP and PPP seminars for local government officials in Capiz, Philippines(Online).

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Appendix 2: APPPI’s Network

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