Title, Date
JICA Clean City Initiative (JCCI) International Seminar 2026
~Co-creation and Innovation for a Circular Economy and Resilient Cities~
Date of Seminar
10:00-18:00(JST), Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Language of Seminar
Japanese, English and French (simultaneous interpretation available)
Period of Online Exhibition
Monday, 16th - Friday, 27th February
Organizer
JICA
Supporting Organization
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC)
Event Format
Hybrid (On-site or Online)
Venue
JA KYOSAI Building Conference Hall (2-7-9, Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
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.
The 5th JCCI International Seminar, to be held in 2026, will take place at a pivotal moment—five years before the 2030 target year of the SDGs—under the theme “Co-creation and Innovation for a Circular Economy and Resilient Cities.” This seminar aims to provide an interim review of JCCI’s achievements while focusing on key challenges such as the circular economy, climate change, and urban environmental management. Through in-depth discussions, it seeks to advance efforts toward a sustainable society and to serve as a platform for fostering new partnerships and innovation among industry, government, academia, and civil society.
Program
The seminar will be held simultaneously on February 25, 2026.
| Time | Program | Presenter |
| 10:00-10:20 | Opening Session |
Mr. YOSHIFUMI YOSHIKAWA
(Senior Vice President, JICA), Mr. TAKESHI SEKIYA (Director-General, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment) |
| 10:20-10:50 |
Keynote Address (Advancing Circular Economy through Co-creation and Innovation)
The keynote address will revisit SDG12, which is highly relevant to JCCI’s objectives and activities, and will reflect on emerging global issues since the adoption of the SDGs. It will then suggest core issues for JCCI’s activities toward 2030, illustrated with concrete examples on the ground. |
Mr. HIROSHI ONO (Executive Director, IGES) |
| 10:50-11:10 |
JCCI Interim Review
The presentation will review the achievements of JCCI at the midpoint of its target period (FY2021–FY2030) and highlight the significance of JCCI in realizing a circular economy, along with the prospective direction of environmental cooperation that fosters co-creation and innovation. |
Mr. KAZUNAO SHIBATA
(Deputy Director General/Group Director for Environmental Management and Climate Change, Global Environment Department, JICA) |
| 11:10-11:20 | Break | |
| 11:20-12:30 |
Urban Climate Resilience and Environmental Management
This session will examine how environmental management—including waste and sewage management—contributes to addressing disasters caused by torrential rain and enhancing urban climate change resilience, drawing on case studies from Japan and partner countries. |
Mr. SUPHAT PHENGPHAN (Environmentalist, Professional level., Department of Climate Change and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand) Mr. TOMONORI ISHIGAKI (Prime Senior Researcher, Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies) Mr. TOSHIKAZU YAZAWA (Director for Global Network Promotion Division, International Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama) <Facilitator> Dr. MASATO KAWANISHI (Senior Advisor, JICA) |
| 12:30-13:40 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:40-14:40 |
Developing Recycling Systems and Promoting Multi-stakeholder Collaboration toward a Circular Economy
This session will examine case studies on ELV and plastic recycling, including JICA’s cooperation in Thailand and initiatives in Sri Lanka and Japan promoting plastic resource circulation, highlighting industry–government–academia collaboration, upstream– downstream coordination, and the role of Japanese companies in advancing the circular economy. |
Professor EIJI HOSODA (Vice Chancellor, Department of Economics, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University) Mr. KOJI MAESHIMA (Senior Deputy Director, Environmental Management and Climate Change, Global Environment Department, JICA) Mr. CHAMMANA PATTARA (Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry, Thailand) Mr. G.N.L.M. RANASINGHE (Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka) Mr. KENTARO NAKAMURA (Manager, Secretariat, Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance: CLOMA) |
| 14:40-14:50 | Break | |
| 14:50-16:10 |
Achieving "Zero Waste" Toward a Circular Economy
This session will showcase “Zero Waste” initiatives in Japan and Bhutan, highlighting policy approaches and community participation to advance a circular economy through collaboration among local governments, citizens, and businesses. |
Ms. SONOE FUJII (Promoter, Zero Waste Initiatives, Kamikatsu-cho Town Hall) Mr. JIGME GEMBO (Assistant Environment Officer, Waste Management Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Bhutan) Ms. TSHERING LHAMO (Founder, Gross International Nature) |
| 16:10-16:20 | Break | |
| 16:20-17:30 |
Resource Recycling Businesses – Challenges & Opportunities
This session aims to promote the establishment of new partnerships and innovation among industry, government, academia, and citizens to solve social issues through resource recycling businesses. |
JAPANESE COMPANIES in the fields of Environment and Circular Economy <Facilitator> Mr. TADASHI SUZUKI (Senior Assistant Director, Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, Global Environment Department, JICA) |
| 17:30-17:50 |
Closing Session
Wrap-Up |
Dr. MITSUO YOSHIDA (Senior Advisor, Global Environment Department, JICA) |
| 17:50-18:00 | Closing Remarks | Mr. TERUYUKI ITO (Global Environment Department Manager, JICA) |
| 18:10- |
Networking Reception
*Pre-registration required |
Presenters, Participants and Companies |
* Videos of this seminar will be made available on YouTube (in Japanese, English, and French) at a later date.
Online Exhibition
The Japanese companies will exhibit online through the Japan Platform for Redesign: Sustainable Infrastructure (JPRSI) administrated by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan.
Various materials (videos, PDFs, etc.) will be displayed on the platform, as well as online communications between companies and participants will be available.
Period of Online Exhibition: Monday, 16th - Friday, 27th February
Participant Registration
Please register via the link below.
※The deadline for on-site registration is 17
th
February. Online registration will be accepted until the day of the event.
https://jcci.eventos.tokyo/web/portal/653/event/15481/users/register
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：jicage_env（@）jica.go.jp
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