JBIC Holds JBIC Project Finance Seminar for Regional Bank Employees | JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) held the “JBIC Project Finance Seminar” for employees of regional banks over two days, February 27 and 28, 2025, at its headquarters.

This is the sixth time the seminar, which started in 2015, has been held. It aims to help participants deepen their understanding of the fundamentals of project financing (PF). Over the course of the seminar, seven JBIC staff members gave lectures. On the first day, they outlined the features of PF, key points of loan screening, related contracts, project management, and the liquidation of receivables scheme. On the second day, they introduced case studies based on examples from JBIC.

Seminar Summary (The names of lecturers and their titles at that time are indicated in parentheses.)
Thursday, February 27, 9:20 AM–6:00 PM
Overview of PF (by SHIRAHAMA Manabu, Deputy Director, New Energy and Power Finance Department I) Introduction to PF Screening (by WATANABE Ayuri, Deputy Director, Credit Department) Practice of Risk Control - Related Contracts (by ITO Yuki, Deputy Director, New Energy and Power Finance Department I) - Project Management and Loan Participation (by HOSOI Keisuke, Director, Division 1, Energy Solutions Finance Department, and NAKAMURA Jin, Deputy Director, Division 1, Energy Solutions Finance Department)
Friday, February 28, 9:30 AM–11:55 AM
A Case Study of a Wind Farm Project (by TAKEUCHI Kanae, Deputy Director, New Energy and Power Finance Department I) A Case Study of a Railway Project (by KAWAMOTO Hiroki, Deputy Director, Social Infrastructure Finance Department)

JBIC has been involved in co-financing projects to support the overseas business deployment of Japanese companies, including mid-tier enterprises (MTEs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and also actively promotes collaboration with regional banks by holding seminars and providing information on overseas investment environments and legal and tax accounting advisory services. In addition to these efforts, in recent years, JBIC has been required to fulfill the diverse needs of the business models of regional banks, such as by providing new investment opportunities through its schemes, including the liquidation of receivables.

In his opening remarks, Mr. SUZUKI, JBIC’s Executive Officer for Osaka, expressed gratitude to regional banks for their ongoing cooperation in the overseas expansion of MTEs and SMEs. He stated, “I would like to further expand and deepen the collaboration with regional banks through co-financing in PF projects, as well as liquidation of receivables in our PF projects. Additionally, I hope participants use this seminar as a platform for mutual information exchange.”

The seminar attendees provided the following feedback: “The lecture content, along with the materials and supplementary information, was very comprehensible." “The seminar structure was easy to follow, progressing from an overview of PF to individual case studies.” “The practical points to keep in mind were realistic and easy to imagine.”

JBIC continues to support the overseas business deployment of Japanese companies and promote new investment opportunities for private financial institutions by holding seminars and lectures.