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2. Optimizecapacitybuildingforprojecthost.Forexample, improvetherole of project host to in equipment design and selection as well as supplier selection 3. Improve leadership of project host in the consortium, as the Japanese government requires Japanese entities to apply as head of consortium to apply for subsidy. PT Semen Indonesia also addresses a concern on how to share the JCM credits amongparticipants.To them, sharing thecredits “onapro ratabasis” mayrelate to ‘thebenefitearnedbyeachpartyalongtheMRVperiod’.Onthe other hand, under the JCMModel Project subsidy scheme, the Japanese government requires at least half of the credits to bedelivered to its govern- ment. This concernneeds to be clarifiedby the JointCommittee. 7.4.5 SustainableDevelopmentEvaluationFramework Environmental impact assessment, local stakeholder consultations, and capacity buildingaspart of the JCMMRVare important aspects inensuringcontribution to sustainable development.Requirement of an environmental impact assessment for each project refers to the partner country regulation. To date, only two registered projects were required to conduct environmental impact assessment, both for installationof highly efficient heat-onlyboilers inMongolia.23 The efforts by partner countries to enhance local stakeholders’ engagement could be replicated. For example,Mongolia has been promoting local perspective in developing JCMprojects by requiring project documents intoMongolian lan- guage in addition to Japanese. InVietnam, a circular on the JCM implementation guidelineswas distributed to governmental agencies.24Topromote common stan- dardandenhance theresultsof theJCMasamarketmechanism,25 theseeffortsand aguidelinefromtheJointCommitteeinconductinglocalstakeholders’consultation are useful. In the future, grievancemechanismcouldbe established. Public involvement in the public comment process also needs be further pro- moted, as the level of response for methodologies and projects are still low, receiving onlyup to three comments,with an averageof twocomments.26 23IGES JointCreditingMechanism (JCM)Database, January2016. 24MinistryofNaturalResources andEnvironment. 2015.Circularon regulationsof development andimplementationofJCMprojects intheframeworkofcooperationbetweenVietnamandJapan. http://en.jcmvietnam.vn/rules/circular-on-regulations-of-development-and-implementation-of- jcm-projects-in-the-framework-of-cooperation-between-vietnam-and-japan-a288.html 25O¨ko-Institut e.V. Institute for Applied Ecology. 2015. Delivering Results-Based Funding Through CreditingMechanisms: Assessment of Key Design Options. Berlin: O¨ko-Institut e. V. Institute forAppliedEcology. 26Ibid. 7 Enhancing the JointCreditingMechanismMRVtoContribute toSustainable. . . 125