The 8th CEFIA Forum

17 October 2025 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (In-person only)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 
 

    The 8th CEFIA Forum is going be held on 17 October 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    The 8th CEFIA (Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN) Forum was held on 17 October 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

     

    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 8th CEFIA Forum was 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.

     

    Description

    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.

     

    Schedule

    Friday, 17 October 2024

    14:45 –18:15 Kuala Lumpur Time (GMT +8)

     

     

    Venue

    Plenary Theatre, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

     

    Agenda (Tentative)

    Session Time (JST)

    Agenda

    (Presentation materials linked in blue)
    Opening Plenary 14:45-15:00

    Opening Remarks

    ・TBD
    15:00-15:10

    Japanese Approach for Transition Finance※Tentative

    ・TBD

    15:10 – 15:15

    Overview of CEFIA

    ・TBD

    Session I: 

    Overview of Flagship Projects (FP)

    		 15:15-16:55 

    This session will present the key achievements of the existing CEFIA Flagship Projects, showcasing support in promoting decarbonization technologies for renewable energy and energy efficiency in the ASEAN region and outlining future support plans

    Overview of CEFIA

     

    ・Activities of Zero Energy Building※Tentative

    Mr. Jun Donomae, ZEB Solution Working Group Leader, JASE-W(Japanese Business Alliance for Smart Energy Worldwide), ZEB Solution Working Group Leader and Manager, AGC Inc. Architectural Glass Asia Pacific Company

     

    ・Energy Efficient Technologies in ASEAN Iron and Steel Industry (SteelEcosol) ※Tentative

    Dr. Fumitaka Kato, The Committee member for International Environmental Strategic Committee, Japan Iron and Steel Federation 

     

    ・Activities for Biomass Energy　※Tentative

    Mr. Shu Tsukamoto, Board Chairman, Japan Carbon Frontier Organization 

     

    ・Activities for Hydrogen ※Tentative

    Mr. Yu Kashiwagi, General Manager, Japan Hydrogen Association (JH2A) 

    Activities for Ammonia ※Tentative

    Mr. Shuichiro Ueno, Deputy Secretary-General, Clean Fuel Ammonia Association (CFAA)

     

    ・Distributed by Renewable Energy ※Tentative

    TBD

     

    Accelerating Project Formulation through Financing Flagship Project:
    ・Accelerate Financing of Green Initiatives - Advisory of Energy Efficiency Savings Financing Program of ADFIAP ※Tentative

    Ms. Maria Teresita Lacerna, Legal Adviser and Lead, Sustainable Finance & Green Development, ADFIAP

     

    ・Activities related to BPMB ※Tentative

     Mr. Muhammad Azraini Bin Abdul Hamid, Group Head, Private Equity and Strategic Investments, BPMB

     

    Session II: EXPLORING EXISTING AND FUTURE DECARBONISATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ASEAN 

    		 16:55-17:15　

    This session will focus on proposed activities from new candidate CEFIA Flagship projects, showcasing the latest decarbonization technologies in the ASEAN region 

    Session III: ASEAN Policy Trends

    		 17:15-18:05

     This session will provide an overview of the latest energy policy developments across ASEAN as a whole, as well as in individual member countries. 
    Forum Wrap-Up and Closing 18:05-18:15

    Closing Remarks

    ・TBD

     

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