Update:December 17, 2010

JICA Training Course Closes on “Promotion of Project Formulation of Clean Development Mechanism in Central Asia and Caucasus Region”

A JICA-commissioned training course on “Promotion of Project Formulation of Clean Development Mechanism in Central Asia and Caucasus Region” was held from November 9 (Tue) to December 7 (Tue). A small group of four officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan took the one-month course.

Opening Ceremony

Lecture scene

The course was intended for the participants to learn about projects regarding the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which can be pursued by both developed and developing countries to cope with global warming. ICETT carried out the course to have the participants from probable project host countries acquire knowledge and skills necessary for formulating a system leading to more effective projects in their government organizations, and for providing investors with useful information on projects through websites and brochures.

With participants at beach clean-up

With a lecturer

In the course, the participants took lectures on the Kyoto Mechanisms and methods for drawing up the Project Design Documents (PDD) for CDM projects, They also visited the sites like the wind power generation, Solar Power generation and biomass to learn about renewable energy addition to the electric power station and the cement plant for an energy- and resource-saving viewpoint. On holidays, they enjoyed the Japanese culture by experiencing the tea ceremony at Shisui-an, a Japanese tea house, in Yokkaichi. In addition, there were opportunities for them, such as clean-up activities on the beach in Meiwa, to deepen exchanges with local Japanese residents for a short time. The participants deepened their friendship with each other through a surprise birthday party for 2 participants, secretly planned by another course along with them.

Birthday party

At Shisui-an

The participants were quite satisfied with the interesting and copious content of the lectures and impressed to see the achievements reached by the Japanese advanced technologies at sites they had visited. As for Japan itself, they had an impression that the country is endowed with a lot of nature. They felt that it is the country they should use as a model because they admired the Japanese for their patterns of cultural behavior, the way they maintain relationships with each other, their hardworking attitudes, and the clean and orderly society. (Kise)