The 9th CEFIA Forum

The 9^th CEFIA （Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN） Forum to be held online on 22 April 2026.

The CEFIA Forum is the Government-private forum, which is held on an annual basis, serving as a platform to facilitate collaboration between public and private sectors for accelerating the development of cleaner energy and decarbonization technologies in the ASEAN region.

The 9th CEFIA Forum will be hosted by The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of the Government of Japan, with the support from the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE).

This year's forum continued to focus on practical solutions for advancing decarbonization, fostering innovation in clean energy technologies, and strengthening partnerships to achieve net-zero goals.

For decades, a wide variety of cooperative activities have been carried out in the energy field among ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and Korea) countries. Such activities have resulted in making significant contributions to enhancing energy efficiency and facilitating energy transitions. To further promote such efforts broadly in the ASEAN region, it is becoming increasingly important to deepen the knowledge, facilitate information exchange, and develop projects and programs with policy design among ASEAN+3 countries through various activities, such as capacity-building programs, international conferences and workshops, and joint feasibility studies and demonstration projects.

To achieve this, a new initiative named “Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN” or “CEFIA” was proposed by Japan and welcomed by the ASEAN+3 Ministers on Energy at the 16th ASEAN+3 Meeting of Energy Ministers in Bangkok, Thailand on 5th September 2019. CEFIA serves as a platform to facilitate collaboration between public and private sectors in deployment of cleaner energy and decarbonization technologies in the ASEAN region.

The CEFIA Forum was established under the ASEAN+3 New and Renewable Energy (NRE) and Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Forum.

Session	Time (JST)	Agenda (Presentation materials linked in blue)
Opening Plenary	14:00-14:15	Opening Remarks ・TBD, Vice Minister / Parliamentary Vice-Minister, METI ・Mr. Abdul Razib Dawood, Executive Director, ACE ・TBD, Director General, XXX of Philippines as Host Country
Opening Session	14:15-14:25	Overview of CEFIA TBD, Global Environmental Affairs Office, METI TBD, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)
Session I: Overview of Flagship Projects and Discussion	14:25-14:40	This session will focus on the key achievements of the existing CEFIA Flagship Projects, showcasing the latest decarbonization technologies being promoted in the ASEAN region. Activities of Zero Energy Building Jun Donomae, JASE-W (Japanese Business Alliance for Smart Energy Worldwide) Christopher de la Cruz, Chief Executive Officer, Philippine Green Building Council
	14:40-14:55	Activities for Biomass Power Generation ※Tentative Osamu Tsukamoto, JCOAL INA Q. GUILLERMO, President, Biomass Renewable Energy Alliance (BREA)
	14:55-15:10	Activities for Microgrid　※Tentative Kengo Shinomiya, General Manager, International Business Div., KRAFTIA Corporation QUINTIN JOSE V. PASTRANA, President, Sabang Renewable Energy Corporation (SREC)
	15:10-15:25	Activities for Hydrogen and Ammonia ※Tentative Yuichi Saotome, General Manager, JH2A Takanori Ueno, CFAA
	15:25-15:40	Transition Finance Maria Teresita Lacerna, Legal Advisor, ADFIAP
	15:40-15:45	Q&A
Session II: EXPLORING Potential New Flagships and Emerging Renewable Energy Technologies	15:45-15:55	This session will focus on proposed activities from new candidate CEFIA Flagship projects, showcasing the latest decarbonization technologies in the ASEAN region Activities of CCUS Reo Hayashi, Leader, Planning and International Collaboration Group, Carbon Recycling Fund
	15:55-16:05	Cooperation with ASEAN countries on Offshore Wind Power Noriyoshi Fukuoka, Director offshore wind projects promotion office, ANRE METI
	16:05-16:15	Sustainable fuel related Activities (Japan) Hitoshi Hayashi, JAMA
	16:15-16:25	ASEANS' Potential towards Sustainable Fuels (ASEAN energy companies) Jummy Bismar Martua Sinaga, Vice Chair for Research and Technical, APROBI
	16:25-16:30	Q&A
	16:30-16:40	Break
Session III:ASEAN Session	16:40-17:50	This session will provide an overview of the latest energy policy developments across ASEAN as a whole, as well as in individual member countries. Expectations for Next Phase of CEFIA *ASEAN 11 (6mins11 countries)** - 4 mins presentation, 2 mins comment by METI
Closing remarks	17:50-17:55	Closing Remarks Norihiro Kimura, Senior Negotiator for Climate Change, Global Environmental Affairs Office, METI

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The 9th CEFIA Forum will be holding April 2026 in Manila, Philippines

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