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Open Seminar “Promoting the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Viet Nam” (Organizer: MOEJ, OECC)Tokyo, Japan

Open Seminar "Promoting the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Viet Nam" (Organizer: MOEJ, OECC)Tokyo, Japan

2014.03.04

Open Seminar
Promoting the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Viet Nam

The Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) and Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) co-organised the seminar “Promoting the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Viet Nam” on 4 March 2014 in Tokyo. The seminar aimed at sharing recent updates of the JCM scheme, which is an initiative promoted by the government of Japan. The seminar focused on JCM activities conducted in Viet Nam and invited Vietnamese representative of the JCM Secretariat, Mr. Le Ngoc Tuan.

The seminar venue was almost packed with participants who attended the seminar. In Session 1, Dr. Mizuno from MOEJ introduced the overview and the subsidy scheme of the JCM. In the opening of Session 2, Mr. Tuan from the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Viet Nam presented their activities to combat climate change, benefits to be gained through the JCM, and the overview of the JCM studies such as Feasibility Studies (FS) conducted in Viet Nam. Mr. Satoh from OECC, who is in charge of conducting capacity building for NAMAs and JCM studies in Viet Nam, introduced JCM support programmes. Then reports were made by private companies conducting JCM model projects and JCM project planning studies (PS) in Viet Nam: Namely, Renova, Inc.; Mayekawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Hitachi Zosen Corporation.

During the questions and answers session, speakers replied to several questions including technical ones related to JCM support programmes, JCM model projects and FS/PS.

The seminar was conducted as part of the “Carbon Market EXPO2014” organised by MOEJ and the Carbon Offset Forum. (Only Japanese language is available in the website.)

Date

4 March 2014, Tuesday 10:15-12:15 (Registration from 10:00-)

Venue

Seminar Room (in Exhibition Hall 1, at B2 Floor), Tokyo International Forum
Address: 3-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 105-0005 Japan

Organizer

The Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ),
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)

Language

English/Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)

Number of participants

Approx. 100

Participation Fees

Free

Agenda

10:00-10:15	Registration
Session 1: Overview of the JCM
10:15-10:25	Recent Development of the JCM by MOEJ [in Japanese] Dr. Yuji Mizuno, Senior Planning Officer, Office of Market Mechanisms, Climate Change Policy Division, MOEJ
10:25-10:30	Questions and Answers
Session 2: Actions taken in the JCM partner country
10:30-10:50	Potential of GHG Mitigation in Viet Nam: Proposed Projects and Programs Mr. Le Ngoc Tuan, Viet Nam side’s Chief of Secretariat for JCM (Director of the Science, Technology and International Cooperation Division, Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, Viet Nam)
10:50-11:00	JCM Support Programmes in Viet Nam under the MOEJ Initiative [in Japanese] Mr. Mizushi Satoh, Researcher, OECC
11:00-11:45	JCM Model Project and JCM Project Planning Studies (PS) in Viet Nam Model Project: Integrated Energy Efficiency Improvement at Beer Factories [in Japanese] Mr. Sotaro Noda, Manager, Climate and Energy Solutions, Renova, Inc. (Ex. Recycle One, Inc. ) Model Project: High Efficiency Heat Pump (NH3) for Seafood Processing [in Japanese] Mr. Ryohei Kise, General Manager, Global Project Sales Group, Mayekawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. PS: Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste for Cogeneration at Market [in Japanese] Mr. Masanori Tsukahara, Senior Manager, Global Business Promotion Department, Hitachi Zosen Corporation
11:45-12:15	Comments from the Panelist / Questions and Answers etc