NOTE: The course period has

been changed because of the

COVID-19 pandemic (original
period was from Nov.17 to

【Online】
Dec.16, 2020 ).

Knowledge Co-Creation
Program
(Group & Region Focus)
General Information on

Power Distribution Grid (B)

課題別研修 配電網整備 (B)

JFY 2020
Course No. 201905858J001
Online Course Period: From January 18, 2021 to February 12, 2021

This information pertains to one of the JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Programs (Group
& Region Focus) of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) implemented as
part of the Official Development Assistance of the Government of Japan based on
bilateral agreement between both Governments.

JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program (KCCP)

The Japanese Cabinet released the Development Cooperation Charter in February
2015, stated that “In its development cooperation, Japan has maintained the spirit of
jointly creating things that suit partner countries while respecting ownership,
intentions and intrinsic characteristics of the country concerned based on a
field-oriented approach through dialogue and collaboration. It has also maintained
the approach of building reciprocal relationships with developing countries in which
both sides learn from each other and grow and develop together.” We believe that
this ‘Knowledge Co-Creation Program’ will serve as a foundation of mutual learning
process.

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I. Concept
Background
Our everyday lives depend on stable power supply, which supports growth in all sectors
as well as human and economic development. In some developing countries, the power
sector has already started to develop to meet rapidly growing power demand. However,
some countries still have room for improvement in terms of the quality of power supply,
which represents stability, efficiency, optimization of power distribution, as well as
reliable customer service.

For what?
This program aims to support the organizations in their attempt to tackle their quality
issues in power distribution. In this course, participants will be able to learn power
distribution planning, designing, operation, and maintenance, through Japan's
experience in power grid distribution, which is regarded as one of the most stable and
efficient systems in the world. The course provides lectures, practical training, and site
visits. It is also expected that participants will be able to build a network between them.

For whom?
This program is designed for electrical power engineers in electric power distribution
sector or department of the governmental power utilities. In some countries,
non-governmental institutions can be included.
Engineers in charge of training are also encouraged to participate in the program, so
that they can disseminate knowledge and skills acquired in Japan.

How?
Through self-study and online interactive Q&A sessions, participants shall gain insight to
the principle of planning of reliable power distribution network and tips of efficient
operation from experiences of Japan. Participants are expected to formulate an “Action
Plan” with ideas to address related issues of each country.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

JICA is committed to achieving the SDGs. This program is to contribute to following
goals.

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Reference: Snapshot from the KCCP Power Distribution Grid, 2019.

II. Description
1. Title (Course No.)
Power Distribution Grid (B)
(201905858J001)

2. Course Period
From January 18, 2021 to February 12, 2021

During the period, online interactive sessions (web conference by Zoom) will be
organized 6 times at JST (Japan Standard Time) 13:00 - 15:00 (UTC/GMT 04:00 -
06:00).

Tentative Program: Fixed schedule will be shared to the accepted participants with
the Notice of Acceptance.
Date Time
December, 25 (Fri) - Submission & sharing of
2020 Inception Report
January, 15 (Fri) – 27 - Downloading & Reading
(Wed) Lecture Materials
January, 18 (Mon) UTC/GMT 04:00 - 06:00 Orientation (Homeroom),
Q&A session
January, 19 (Tue) UTC/GMT 04:00 - 06:00 Discussion on Inception
Reports
January, 22 (Fri) UTC/GMT 04:00 - 06:00 Q&A session
January, 27 (Wed) UTC/GMT 04:00 - 06:00 Homeroom, Q&A session
February, 1 (Mon) UTC/GMT 04:00 - 06:00 Q&A session
February, 4 (Thurs) UTC/GMT 04:00 - 06:00 Homeroom
February, 8 (Mon) - Submission of Action Plan

<Important Note>
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, please note that there is a possibility the
course period may be changed, shortened, or the course itself cancelled.

3. Target Regions or Countries

Laos, Sri Lanka, Palau, Afghanistan, Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Ethiopia,

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 Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique,
Azerbaijan

4. Eligible / Target Organization

This program is offered to senior electrical engineers in:

- Electric power distribution sector/department of the governmental power
utilities
- Private Power Utilities which own power distribution grid

5. Capacity (Upper limit of Participants)

16 participants

6. Language
English

7. Objective(s)
Participants obtain knowledge related to efficient and stable electric power
distribution.
Participants formulate an action plan to address relevant issues in each
country.

8. Overall Goal
Comprehensive knowledge for the development of a power distribution
system (planning, design, operation, and maintenance) is promoted in
participating organizations.

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9. Output and Contents
This course consists of the following components. (Subject to minor change.)

Expected Module
Subjects/Agendas Methodology
Output

To clarify issues and

opportunities  Writing Inception
Inception Report preparation,
concerning the power Report
sharing and discussion
distribution in home  Online discussion
country.

To be able to share
Overview of electric power
the knowledge on the
industry and power
distribution system in
distribution system in Japan
Japan.

To understand
planning/designing of The planning & designing of
low-loss distribution distribution systems  Reading Lecture
grid in Japan Materials

 Online Q&A
Consultation

To understand
operation &
The operation & maintenance
maintenance for
of distribution systems
reliable distribution
grid in Japan

To formulate Action Guidance & Workshop for

 Online guidance
Plan formulation on creating the Action Plan
planning, designing,
operation and
maintenance of
power system in each  Writing Action Plan
Presentation of the Action
home country  Feedback via
Plan
E-mail

 During the program, about 4 weeks, you are supposed to:

- read 13 sets of lecture material,
- join online discussion / Q&A sessions 6 times (1-2 hours each)
- write 1 Action Plan, and
- (write 1 Inception Report before the program starts.)
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You are responsible for time management. Please make sure that you discuss
this with your supervisor in your organization, so that you have enough time to
focus on your course work.

 Participants who have successfully completed the program will be awarded

a certificate by JICA.

III. Eligibility and Procedures

1. Expectations to the Applying Organizations
(1) This course is designed primarily for organizations that intend to address
specific issues or problems identified in their operation. Applying organizations
are expected to use the program for those specific purposes.
(2) This program is enriched with contents and facilitation schemes specially
developed in collaboration with relevant prominent organizations in Japan.
These special features enable the program to meet specific requirements of
applying organizations and effectively facilitate them toward solutions for the
issues and problems.

2. Nominee Qualifications
Applying organizations are expected to select nominees who meet the following
qualifications.
(1) Essential Qualifications
1) Current Duties: Senior officers/ engineers working for government
ministry or agency in charge of electric power.
2) Experience in the relevant field: More than 5 years’ experience in the
field of electric power distribution.
3) Educational Background: Graduates of engineering faculty of
university or equivalent.
4) Language: Smooth communication in English.
5) Technical Requirements for the Online Course (Computer)

Technology Proficiency:
-Basic computer skills such as, sending/receiving email with attachments, and
using a web browser.
-Online course may be delivered using the following services, Web Conferences
(Zoom) and Cloud Storage (JICA-GIGAPOD).
*Online tutorial and support by JICA will be limited. The ability to be self-directed
in learning new technology skills are required.

Internet Connection:
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 -High Speed Broadband Connection (at least 2Mbps).
* Internet access charge incurred for this course shall be borne by you/your
organization.

Hardware (Minimum Requirement):

- Regular access to a computer, either from your home or from your office.
- Operating System: Windows or Mac OS (Updated version is preferred).
-Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or higher; 2GHz or higher
- Memory: 4GB of RAM or higher
- Hard Drive Space: 5GB free disk space
- Browser: Google Chrome is preferred browser. (Edge, Firefox, Safari can be
used)
- Others: Webcam Microphone, and Audio output Device (Speaker or Headset)

Software (which may be required):

-Zoom Client for Meeting (https://zoom.us/download)
*In case you are using your office computer and use of Zoom is not authorized
by your IT administrator, please notify JICA at the time of application.

6) Health: must be in good health to participate in the program.

7) Attendance Requirement: Participation in the program and submission of

reports are essential requirements for the completion of the course.

(2) Recommended Qualifications

1) Age: Between the ages of thirty (30) and fifty (50) years
2) Gender Consideration: JICA promotes gender equality. Women are
encouraged to apply for the program.

3. Required Documents for Application

(1) Application Form: The Application Form is available at the JICA overseas
office (or the Embassy of Japan)

(2) Photocopy of Passport or ID:

Photocopy should include Name, Date of Birth, Nationality, Sex, ID number and
Expire date.

(3) English Score Sheet: to be submitted with the application form, if the
nominees have any official English examination scores. (e.g., TOEFL, TOEIC,
IELTS)

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 (4) Country Report (V. ANNEX): To be submitted with the Application Form.
Typewritten in English in double spacing (about 6 to 9 pages of A-4 size). The
latest annual report published by the applicant’s organization should also be
attached, only if and when available in English.
* Note: Applicants are strongly expected to typewrite the documents. There are
many applications disqualified from the selection because of the illegible letter
in those documents.

4. Procedures for Application and Selection

(1) Submission of the Application Documents
Closing date for applications: Please confirm the local deadline with JICA
overseas office (or the Embassy of Japan).
（All required material must arrive at JICA Center in JAPAN by December 4,
2020）

(2) Selection
Primary screening is conducted at JICA office (or the embassy of Japan) after
receiving official documents from your government. JICA Center will consult
with concerned organizations in Japan in the process of final selection. Applying
organizations with the best intentions to utilize the opportunity will be highly
valued.
The Government of Japan will examine applicants who belong to the military or
other military-related organizations and/or who are enlisted in the military, taking
into consideration of their duties, positions in the organization, and other
relevant information in a comprehensive manner to be consistent with the
Development Cooperation Charter of Japan.

(3) Notice of Acceptance

JICA overseas office (or the Embassy of Japan) will notify the results not later
than December 11, 2020.

5. Additional Document(s) for Accepted Participants

(1) Inception Report -- to be submitted by December 25, 2020.
Before beginning of this course, only accepted participants are required to prepare
an Inception Report. The Report should be uploaded to dedicated GIGAPOD of
JICA Kansai Center by December 25th, 2020. The URL of the GIGAPOD will be
notified with acceptance notice.

The Report should be prepared using the Microsoft Power Point (PPT) and consists
of the following points. Since you will not actually do presentation, it is important
that your presentation has to be self-explanatory. To this end, please make sure that

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 you supplement the contents with additional information using the note function.

1) Outline of your country (Statistical Data)

2) The organization of the electric power sector and role of your organization and your
duty
3) Current situation of electric power and distribution facilities (Summary of the
information in your Country Report)
4) Current issues and the possible causes in electric power distribution
5) Your expectation to join this program

(2) Action Plan: Participants are expected to submit Action Plan towards the end of the
program. Online guidance is organized during the program and lecturers will provide
feedback and advice on your Action Plan.

6. Conditions for Participation

Participants of KCCP are required
(1) to strictly observe the course schedule
(2) not to change the program topics
(3) not to record or share the online contents without JICA’s permission

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IV. Administrative Arrangements
1. Organizer (JICA Center in Japan)
JICA Kansai Center (JICA Kansai)
Programme Officer
Ms. OI Yoshiko (Oi.Yoshiko@jica.go.jp)
Ms. KONO Yukiko (Kono.Yukiko@jica.go.jp)

2. Implementing Partners
● Japan Electric Power Information Center (JEPIC)
https://www.jepic.or.jp/en/

Mr. KATO Shun

Electric Power Cooperation Department

● Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.(KEPCO)

https://www.kepco.co.jp/english/

Mr. SHIRO Masato, Lecturer

Kansai Transmission and Distribution Inc.
Kansai Electric Power Group

Mr. MATSUSHITA Kazunori, Lecturer

Kansai Electric Power Co. Ltd.
International Business and Cooperation Division

Mr. KAJIKAWA Miles, Lecturer

Kansai Electric Power Co. Ltd.
International Business and Cooperation Division

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V. Annex

Country Report
Information and Data on Basic Energy and Power of your Country

All applicants are expected to fill the form and submit it with the Application
Form to JICA office in your country.

Country:

Name:

1. Current situation of electric power distribution facilities

(a) Service voltage level for the respective contract categories
(Example)
Contract capacity Service voltage
less than 50 kW 100/200 V
50 kW - less than 2,000 kW 6.6 kV
Over 2,000 kW 22 kV

(b) Standard substation bank capacity for distribution and standard number of
feeders
(Example)
Area Bank capacity Number of feeders
City
Rural

(c) Distribution system

(Example)
6.6 kV: ungrounded-neutral three-phase three-wire system

(d) Standard capacity of distribution feeder (both overhead and underground)

(Example)
Description Max. operating capacity Max. operating current
Overhead
Underground

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(e) Main distribution facilities
(Example)
Pole Type Reinforced Concrete Pole
Length [m]
Wire Material
Size
Transformer Phase
Capacity [kVA]
Switch gear Phase
Capacity [kVA]

(f) Picture of distribution pole framing

(Example)

(g) Faults
Number of distribution line faults (number of cases: during the latest 2 Fiscal
Years like 2013, and 2014)
Descriptions FY 2018 FY 2019
Total number of faults (unit cases)
Causes detail Lightning
Bird and beast
Wind / Rainstorm
Old facilities
Human causes
Unknown
Others
SAIDI *1
SAIFI *2
*1 SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) unit: minutes / year*customer
*2 SAIDI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index) unit: times / year*customer

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2. General Data
Descriptions 2016 2017 2018 2019
Electric Household
Power Agriculture
Demand Commercial
(GWh) Industries
Others
Total
Max. Peak Load (MV) [Date]
Annual Load Factor (%)
Transmission / Distribution Loss (%)
Power Supply Reserve Margin (%)
Generating Hydro-electric Conventional
Capacity Pumped
(MW) Storage
Sub-total
Thermal Coal
Oil-based
Gas Turbine
Combined
Diesel
Sub-total
Nuclear Power
Wind Power
Geothermal
Other
Total
Rural Electrification (%)
Number of Customers
Number of Employees
Average Power Rate (Yen / kWh)*
*US Dollar 1 = Japanese Yen 120

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3. System Diagram of Electric Power Industry and Company Organization Chart

System Diagram of Electric Power Industry

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Company Organization Chart

4. Power Grid Map

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Legend:
Thermal Power Station
Hydroelectric Power Station
500 kV Transmission Line
220 kV Transmission Line
110 kV Transmission Line
Substation

5. Generation Capacity of IPPs

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 Descriptions 2016 2017 2018 2019
Electric Power Conventional
Demand Pumped
(GWh) Storage
Sub-total
Thermal Coal
(MW) Oil-based
Gas Turbine
Combined
Diesel
Sub-total

6. Future Plan (Demand Forecasting)

Descriptions 2016 2017 2018 2019

Electric Power Demand (GWh)
Max. Daily Load (MV)
Power Supply Reserve Margin (%)
Generatin Hydro- Conventional
g electri Pumped
Capacity c Storage
(MW) Sub-total
Therm Coal
al Oil-based
Gas Turbine
Combined
Diesel
Sub-total
Nuclear Power
Wind Power
Geothermal
Other
Total

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7. Condition on Distribution Automation System (DAS) installation

A) Do you regularly monitor the condition of distribution system?

If yes, how do you monitor it? (DAS or Relay?)

B) Do you install the section switch for your system? (Automatic or Manual?)

C) Do you control circuit breaker remotely?

D) Do you separate the fault point automatically? How do you operate it?
(DAS or Relay?)

E) After separates the fault point, to provide a power distribution system for
allowing only a section where a trouble occurs, do you continuously feed
power to a sound section?

F) skeleton diagram of DAS

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8. Smart Meter

A) Installation condition of Smart Meter and future plans

B) Purpose of Smart Meter installation and utilization of the data

9. Electricity Tariff

Please attach an electricity tariff of your company.

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VI. ANNEX:
Inception Report
Accepted participants are requested to prepare an Inception Report, referring
to the following format (Microsoft Power Point) as an example.
 Detailed explanation for each slide should be written on the NOTE of PPT.
 The Report should be uploaded to dedicated GIGAPOD of JICA Kansai
Center by December 25th, 2020. The URL of the GIGAPOD will be notified
with acceptance notice.
 Online discussion (Zoom) will be organized on January 15th, 2021, in order
to discuss the issues of each country.

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Issue

Causes 1.

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3.

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Issue

Causes 1.

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 For Your Reference

JICA and Capacity Development

Technical cooperation is people-to-people cooperation that supports partner (developing)
countries in enhancing their comprehensive capacities to address development challenges
by their own efforts. Instead of applying Japanese technology per se to developing countries,
JICA’s technical cooperation provides solutions that best fit their needs by working with
people living there. In the process, consideration is given to factors such as their regional
characteristics, historical background, and languages. JICA does not limit its technical
cooperation to human resources development; it offers multi-tiered assistance that also
involves organizational strengthening, policy formulation, and institution building.
Implementation methods of JICA’s technical cooperation can be divided into two
approaches. One is overseas cooperation by dispatching experts and volunteers in various
development sectors to developing countries; the other is domestic cooperation by inviting
participants from developing countries to Japan. The latter method is the Knowledge
Co-Creation Program, formerly called a Training Program, and it is one of the core programs
carried out in Japan. By inviting officials from developing countries and with cooperation
from domestic partners, the Knowledge Co-Creation Program provides technical knowledge
and practical solutions for development issues in participating countries.
The Knowledge Co-Creation Program (Group & Region Focus) has long occupied an
important place in JICA operations. About 400 pre-organized programs cover a wide range
of professional fields, ranging from education, health, infrastructure, energy, trade and
finance, to agriculture, rural development, gender mainstreaming, and environmental
protection. A variety of programs is being customized by the different target organizations to
address the specific needs, such as policy-making organizations, service provision
organizations, as well as research and academic institutions. Some programs are organized
to target a certain group of countries with similar developmental challenges.

Japanese Development Experience

Japan, as the first non-Western nation to become a developed country, built itself into a
country that is free, peaceful, prosperous and democratic while preserving the tradition.
Japan will serve as one of the best examples for our partner countries to follow in their own
development.
From engineering technology to production management methods, most of the know-how
that has enabled Japan to become what it is today has emanated, of course, has been
accompanied by countless failures and errors behind the success stories.
Through Japan’s progressive adaptation and application of systems, methods and
technologies from the West in a way that is suited to its own circumstances, Japan has
developed a storehouse of knowledge not found elsewhere from unique systems of
organization, administration and personnel management to such social systems as the
livelihood improvement approach and governmental organization. It is not easy to apply

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such experiences to developing countries where the circumstances differ, but the
experiences can provide ideas and clues useful when devising measures to solve problems
in developing countries.
JICA, therefore, would like to invite as many leaders of partner countries as possible to
come and visit us, to mingle with the Japanese people, and witness the advantages as well
as the disadvantages of Japanese systems, so that integration of their findings might help
them reach their developmental objectives.

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 Contact Information for Inquiries
For enquiries and further information, please contact the JICA overseas office or the
Embassy of Japan. Further, address correspondence to:

JICA Kansai Center (JICA Kansai)

Address: 1-5-2, Wakinohama-kaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073, Japan
TEL: +81-78-261-0388/0341 FAX: +81-78-261-0465

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