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Agency’s Two-Step Loan Project for Small and Medium-Scaled Enterprises (SMEs)
Development and Environmental Protection. The author mostly works with SMEs
to promote long-term business loans and to help them develop and design good and
bankable projects. As well, the author assesses the environmental impact and socioeconomic benefi ts of the projects.
Another valuable opportunity provided to her because of her APIEL experience
was an internship at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in Tokyo.
During the 2-month internship at the ADBI, she joined the Climate Change and
Green Asia Flagship project team and has completed a country report on climate
change mitigation for Mongolia. Thanks to this internship and helpful guidance
from her supervisor, the author was able to learn about climate change issues in
Mongolia, a topic that she was not so familiar with. Through reviewing and analyzing offi cial documents and literature on climate change mitigation in Mongolia, as
well as the development trajectory and emissions, the author has assessed the correlation between CO 2 emissions and economic growth by analyzing the factors
shaping the current emission scenario profi les, projected emissions, and economic
growth in 2020. The author has developed recommendations for further policy
action. Overall, her experience has deepened her understanding of climate change
issues with a special focus on climate change mitigation in Mongolia.
A recent opportunity because of her APIEL experience, which was grown from
the internship opportunity at ADBI, was participation in one of the ADBI jointly
organized events, a sub-regional workshop on Millennium Development Goals and
Post-2015 Development Agenda in the Central and East Asian countries in Almaty,
Kazakhstan, in September 2012. The author had a chance to join the discussion on
regional socio-economic and environmental development issues.
APIEL has given her a lot of opportunity, and it still does in fact. After such
benefi cial experience and all the lessons the author has received through APIEL
programs, it became obvious that her future work and career would be related to
environmental leadership. The author feels that she owes a lot to APIEL for contributing to the sustainable development of Mongolia and the region. All in all, APIEL
has helped to form her ambition and vision to work in the environmental sustainability fi eld, while keeping a good balance between academic and practical views.
As time goes by, “apples” will be growing even tastier.
8.5.2 APIEL Experience and Its Relevance to One Student’s
Subsequent Activities
10
In this account, an alumnus discusses how his experiences in APIEL fed into his
current career and future career plans. The author is currently training as an
10 This subchapter was written by one of authors, John Stuart Blakeney, graduated from Department
of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in Year 2011.
N. Baromey et al.
Agency’s Two-Step Loan Project for Small and Medium-Scaled Enterprises (SMEs)
Development and Environmental Protection. The author mostly works with SMEs
to promote long-term business loans and to help them develop and design good and
bankable projects. As well, the author assesses the environmental impact and socioeconomic benefi ts of the projects.
Another valuable opportunity provided to her because of her APIEL experience
was an internship at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in Tokyo.
During the 2-month internship at the ADBI, she joined the Climate Change and
Green Asia Flagship project team and has completed a country report on climate
change mitigation for Mongolia. Thanks to this internship and helpful guidance
from her supervisor, the author was able to learn about climate change issues in
Mongolia, a topic that she was not so familiar with. Through reviewing and analyzing offi cial documents and literature on climate change mitigation in Mongolia, as
well as the development trajectory and emissions, the author has assessed the correlation between CO 2 emissions and economic growth by analyzing the factors
shaping the current emission scenario profi les, projected emissions, and economic
growth in 2020. The author has developed recommendations for further policy
action. Overall, her experience has deepened her understanding of climate change
issues with a special focus on climate change mitigation in Mongolia.
A recent opportunity because of her APIEL experience, which was grown from
the internship opportunity at ADBI, was participation in one of the ADBI jointly
organized events, a sub-regional workshop on Millennium Development Goals and
Post-2015 Development Agenda in the Central and East Asian countries in Almaty,
Kazakhstan, in September 2012. The author had a chance to join the discussion on
regional socio-economic and environmental development issues.
APIEL has given her a lot of opportunity, and it still does in fact. After such
benefi cial experience and all the lessons the author has received through APIEL
programs, it became obvious that her future work and career would be related to
environmental leadership. The author feels that she owes a lot to APIEL for contributing to the sustainable development of Mongolia and the region. All in all, APIEL
has helped to form her ambition and vision to work in the environmental sustainability fi eld, while keeping a good balance between academic and practical views.
As time goes by, “apples” will be growing even tastier.
8.5.2 APIEL Experience and Its Relevance to One Student’s
Subsequent Activities
10
In this account, an alumnus discusses how his experiences in APIEL fed into his
current career and future career plans. The author is currently training as an
10 This subchapter was written by one of authors, John Stuart Blakeney, graduated from Department
of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in Year 2011.
N. Baromey et al.