Report: Awareness-raising seminar was held in the Philiipines to accerelate energy recovery from waste

1.Summary
　ASEAN countries are attracting attention as business partners of Japan. The Republic of the Philippines, one of the ASEAN member states, is expected to achieve further economic development in the future, with a GDP growth rate of 5.2% in 2024 and strong exports of industrial products. It has also set a target of a renewable energy rate of 50% by 2030, and is actively attracting foreign investment while promoting green and clean development with an eye to the future.

In FY2025, ICETT held the "Philippines Business Development Promotion Seminar in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture. In addition, "Seminar for Promotion and Awareness of Energy Recovery from Food Waste in the Philippines" in Pampanga, the Philippines was implemented with the aim of contributing to the promotion of resource recycling and decarbonization in the Philippines.

2. Contents
(1) Philippines Business Development Promotion Seminar
　In this seminar, ICETT invited experts and business executives who have been engaged in the Philippines as key-persons. They introduced the recent business environment and business trends in the Philippines regarding the resource recovery and decarbonization policies and technologies promoted by the Philippine government. The invitation program was attended by 20 participants from companies and organizations in the Chubu region including Mie Prefecture that have an interest in or desire to expand their business to the Philippines.
　Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 13:30-17:30
　Location: Humanitech Plaza (1-4-28 Unomori, Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture)

Flyer for the Philippines Business Development Promotion Seminar

　(2) Awareness-raising seminar on energy recovery from food waste

　Pampanga Province in Region III of the Philippines is located in the suburbs of Metro Manila and has a thriving manufacturing industry, including the Clark Special Economic Zone. New Clark City is under construction as a national GX and IT city projects, and the food processing industry based on rich agricultural resources is developing. The population is increasing by 2% per year and is expected to reach 3.5 million by 2030, and as a result, urbanization is underway.

　Against this background, waste is expected to increase, while final disposal sites are under pressure, making the conversion of waste into resources an urgent issue. In addition, the costs of price of energy has increased and interest in the recovery of energy from waste is high. Food waste accounts for about half of all waste, making it an important target for effective utilization, and ICETT held a "Public Awareness Seminar on Energy Recovery from Food Waste" in the province of Pampanga at the request of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology. This seminar was also supported by the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnership (AOTS) as part of the "Human Resource Development Project for the Field of Advanced Technology Deployment (Green Growth Strategy)" subsidized ICETT under the guidance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

　This 3-day seminar was held with the cooperation of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST), targeting DOST Regional Offices III, the Pampanga Provincial Government, corporate executives and engineers, industrial organizations, and academics. In the seminar, resource persons from the company engineers and organization of Mie Prefecture as well as Chubu Region, delivered lectures on their technologies and business experiences in energy recovery from food waste. While the Philippines local experts shared the current status of energy recovery from food waste in the Philippines. 50 participants listened attentively to the lectures and actively asked questions to the lecturers. To deepen their ideas about the applicability of the technology to their own organizations and the challenges are discussed.

• 　Period: Tuesday, November 25 - Thursday, November 27, 2025
• 　Location: EL VISTRA HOTEL (142 Narciso St, Angeles City, Pampanga, the Philippines)

(3) Follow-up meetings

　Follow-up seminars were held online to review the results and issues from the domestic and international seminars mentioned above.

　Date: Monday, March 9, 2026
　Participants: 4 members of the Department of Science and Technology and Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) of the Philippines
　　　　　　 ICETT 4 persons