Title, Date
JICA Clean City Initiative (JCCI) International Seminar 2023
Date of Seminar
Thursday, February 7, 2024
Language of Seminar
- 1 . Blue Stage; Japanese, English and Spanish (simultaneous interpretation available)
- 2 . Green Stage; Japanese and English (simultaneous interpretation available)
Date of Online Exhibition
Monday, January 22 - Friday February 9, 2024
Number of participants
855 participants (397participants from 86 countries)
Organizer
JICA
Venue
Seminar Outline
The “JICA Clean City Initiative (JCCI)” contributes to building a sustainable society that can realize a healthy environment and protect the health and living environment of people in partner countries by promoting environmental measures such as waste management and water and air pollution control. JCCI also enhance the transition to a Net Zero society in partner countries.
In this seminar, we invited several speakers including the Japanese central government, local governments, universities, private sector, research institutions, as well as governmental agencies of partner countries, organizations and institutions involved in development cooperation, to share examples of "clean cities" realized through support from Japan. The seminar included discussions on science, technology, international cooperation, and sustainable development towards the realization of Net Zero societies, and sound material-cycle societies. Japanese companies‘ business pitches were presented at the Green Stage. In addition, for future collaboration and networking, the seminar included online exhibits to provide an opportunity for Japanese companies to introduce their outstanding products and technologies related to environmental management and climate change.
Program
The seminar was held simultaneously in the Blue Stage and the Green Stage on February 7, 2024.
Blue Stage
| 10:00-10:20 | Opening Remarks | - Mr. YAMADA JUNICHI, Executive Senior Vice President, JICA - Mr. HATA YASUYUKI, Director-General, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of Environment, Japan |
| 10:20-10:50 | Achievements to date and future developments of JCCI | - Mr. MIYAZAKI AKIHIRO, Deputy Director General, Global Environment Department, JICA |
| 11:00-12:30 | Cooperation on waste management and climate change in Oceania | - Mr. AKATSUKA SHINPEI, Deputy Director Southeast Asia 6, Pacific Division, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department, JICA - Mr. SOEDA SHUNGO, Senior Specialist, NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD. Circular Economy Dept. - Ms. KAISAMY OFA, Manager, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme（SPREP） Pacific Climate Change Centre -【Facilitator】Ms. ONUMA YOKO, Advisor (Waste Management), Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, Global Environment Department |
| 13:30-15:00 | Cooperation in Ukraine（debris management, environmental management support） | -Mr. KOBAYAKAWA TORU, Senior Deputy Director General, Office for Ukraine Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction, Middle East and Europe Department - Ms. KIMURA YUMI, Senior Director, Environmental Management and Climate Change Team 2, Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, Global Environment Department, JICA - Mr. KOSTROV ILLIA, Chief Specialist, Division of Regulatory Support for the Development of Project Documentation and Operational Safety, MCTID, Ukraine - Mr. NANBA KENJI, Director, Institute of Environmental Radioactivity at Fukushima University |
| 15:00-17:00 | (Business Pitch at Green Stage) | |
| 17:00-17:15 | Closing Remarks | - Mr. KAWAMURA KENICHI, Senior Vice President, JICA |
* Videos of this seminar are available on YouTube (in Japanese, English, and Spanish).
Green Stage
| 11:00-12:40 | Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration：local government unit (private sector) collaboration” | - Mr. SUGA YOSHINORI, Director for Sustainable Infrastructure, Ministry of Environment, Japan - Mr. YOKOUCHI NORIAKI, Director, Development Cooperation Department, International Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama - Ms. MURAKAMI EMIKO, Director, International Environmental Strategies Division, City of Kitakyushu |
| 13:20-14:50 | DX, innovation, and introduction of Japan’s technologies and expectations | - Mr. MIYAZAKI AKIHIRO, Deputy Director General, JICA - Mr. OKIGUCHI RYOTA, Associate Expert, JICA: Japan International Cooperation Agency - Mr. MAESHIMA KOJI, Deputy Director, Global Environment Department, JICA - Mr. ADACHI ICHIRO, Expert, JICA - Mr. HISAHIRO TAKAHAGI, General Manager, Recycling Business Development, FUJIFILM |
| 14:50-17:00 | Presentation on products and technologies by Japanese Companies | Introduction of products, technologies and services from from 16 private companies (ex. Environmental Pollution Control Technology with Climate Change Measures, Advanced Technology using DX/Innovation) by Japanese companies. |
* Videos of this seminar are available on YouTube (in Japanese and English).
Online Exhibition
21 private companies, including those made presentation at Business Pitch, exhibited online on a special website (via online platform Eventos). Various materials (videos, PDFs, etc.) were displayed on the platform, as well as online communications (chats) between companies and participants were held (January 22-February 9).
Background/Purpose
The JICA Global Agenda (JGA) is a business strategy in 20 thematic areas carried by JICA to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs in 2030 and to realize the principles that Japan aims to achieve through development cooperation such as “human security”, “quality growth” and “addressing global issues”. JGA on Environmental Management is called the “JICA Clean City Initiative (JCCI)”, an initiative to support capacity building of governmental organizations in partner countries to prevent environmental pollution in order to create clean cities for the healthy lives of its people by promoting environmental measures such as waste management and prevention of water and air pollution.
The JCCI international seminar is used as a platform to disseminate and share information on Japan's experiences and technologies to effectively promote "clean cities" in partner countries.
Related Information
Contact
If you have any inquiries, please contact the JCCI Secretariat, via email with an email title “Inquiry for JCCI event”.
E-mail：gegem@jica.go.jp
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