[Result] Seminar on Opportunities of Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Uzbekistan (27th Feb. 2025)

Data and time

27th Feb. 2025, 10:00-13:00 (14:00~17:00 Japan time)

※Participants' Networking Lunch: 13:00-14:30

 

Style and Venue

Style: In-person only

Venue: International Hotel Tashkent, Crystal Ballroom
(Access: Contacts information of International Hotel Tashkent)

※Basically, the event was held in person, but online participation was open to participants from Japan (and other countries except Uzbekistan) only.

 

Organizers

Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan (MOEF), Center for Green Economy Projects (CGEP), Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan (METI), and Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC)

 

This seminar was organized with the aim for disseminating JCM in Uzbekistan. In this seminar, the Government of Uzbekistan introduced the country's decarbonization targets, expectations for JCM, and the carbon market situation in Uzbekistan, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, other related organizations, private companies from Japan introduced the basic outline of JCM, best practices, technologies and financial schemes (For details, please refer to the program below). After the seminar, a business matching session (Networking Lunch) was held, during which participants actively interacted with each other.

 

 

Program

*The time in the program expresses Uzbek Time.

Moderator: Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan (MOEF)
Session1. Opening Remarks
10:00-10:10	- Mr. Umid Abidkhadjaev, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan (MOEF) - Mr. Takashi Hatori, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Uzbekistan
Session2. Information Sharing on the JCM
10:10-10:20	Uzbekistan’s Policy for Decarbonization and potential sectors for the JCM project development 資料 - Mr. Abdujalil Makhmudov, Specialist, Green Economy Development Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan (MOEF)
10:20-10:30	Works and projects implemented within the framework of the voluntary carbon market in Uzbekistan 資料 - Mr. Temur Malik Narzikulov, Center for Green Economy Projects (CGEP)
10:30-10:45	Q&A
10:45-10:55	Basic Scheme & Recent Developments of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) 資料 - Mr. Yojiro SUMITOMO, Officer (Joint Crediting Mechanism), Global Environmental Affairs Office GX Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
10:55-11:05	Financing Programme for JCM Projects and JCM Global Match 資料 - Ms. Kaoru YAMAGUCH, Manager, Financing Programme Group, Tokyo office, Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)
11:05-11:15	JCM Project Development Points for the Local Partners 資料 - Ms. Haruno TAKAGI, Researcher, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC)
11:15-11:30	Q&A
11:30-11:45	Coffee Break
Session3: Case Study of JCM Projects and Finance Scheme
11:45-12:00	Case Study 1: Leading Innovation in Agrivoltaics 資料 - Mr. Masayuki IWAI, President, Farmdo Co., Ltd, Farmdo Co., Ltd.
12:00-12:15	Case Study 2: Sojitz activities in Uzbekistan and report of our JCM-FS in FY2024 - Mr. Makoto IMABAYASHI, Manager, Energy and Healthcare Division Energy Solutions Business Dept.2 Middle East & Central Asia Section, Sojitz Corporation
12:15-12:30	Introduction of the Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM) 資料 - Mr. Takahiro MURAYAMA, Climate Change Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB) ※Online
12:30-12:45	Introduction to Japan's heat pump technology and business mode 資料 - Mr. Takahide TOKUDA, Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan ※Online
12:45-12:55	Q&A
Session4: Closing remarks
12:55-13:00	- Mr. Satoru IINO, Director, Office of International Carbon Market, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Business Matching
13:00-14:30	Networking lunch between Uzbekistan participants and Japanese company participants

 

*Language: Uzbek and Japanese (simultaneous translation)

 

Click here for a clip of the event (provided by Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan (MOEF))