Project Activities

Outline of activities

Short-Term Experts have made five visits to Vietnam during October 2015 to March 2016.

Visit 1: 7 October ~ 16 October 2015

• Kickoff meeting with MONRE, CCB, and JICA Long-Term Experts
• Preparation to select local consultants etc.

Visit 2: 4 November ~ 6 November 2015

• Presentation of outline of project in "International Symposium on Low-Carbon Mega City Development Programme under City-to-City Cooperation between HCMC and Osaka City"

Visit 3: 30 November ~ 4 December 2015

• Kickoff meeting with local consultants
• Joint meeting with relevant departments and organizations

Visit 4: 4 January ~ 8 January 2016

• Meeting with relevant departments and organizations of HCMC
• First Regular Seminar targeting HCMC

Visit 5: 14 March ~ 18 March 2016

• Meeting with relevant departments and organizations of HCMC
• Site visit to waste treatment facility
• Second Regular Seminar targeting HCMC

Activity 1) : MRV of NAMAs

A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) has been developed. Eleven milestones are set and work items and　schedule to achieve the milestones are indicated. Discussions are ongoing with organizations in the energy, transport and waste sectors to collect information on planned and ongoing NAMAs in HCMC.

Activity 2) : Preparing GHG inventory

A WBS has also been developed for GHG inventory. CCB determined the year for preparing the inventory. The GHG inventory of HCMC will be prepared following the international guideline, GPC. In addition, an inventory following the ten sectors in the CCAP of HCMC will be prepared. The ten sectors are land use, energy, industry, water management, waste management, transport, construction, public health, agriculture and tourism. A preliminary investigation on the data availability is ongoing. Spreadsheets to organize data is under construction.

Target year of GHG inventory

Year	2013	2014	2015
Inventory format	Same format of excel file
Data request	o	o	o
Compilation of inventory (GPC)	o	o	Optional
Compilation of inventory (10 sectors)	o	Optional	Optional

Other activities

Photo of first Regular Seminar

On 6 January 2016, a seminar on the project, and basics on GHG inventory and NAMA/MRV was held at the DONRE meeting hall. This is the first of the six Regular Seminars targeting HCMC officials planned under Component 2. The goal of the Regular Seminars is to enhance the capacity of HCMC regarding planning and implementation of NAMAs. Thirteen people from organizations relevant to the project such as CCB, DOT, DOIT, Environment Company (CITENCO), and Power Corporation (EVN) of HCMC participated. Local consultants and JICA Short-Term Experts explained the basic concept and meaning of NAMA/MRV and GHG inventory. Questions were raised on the project and data collection activities. The participants actively engaged in the discussions.