A joint AIT-MOEJ-IRENA five-day 'training program to support renewable energy deployment through developing project proposals to access climate finance' was held in Tokyo and Kobe, Japan from 23-27 October 2017. The intensive hands-on training which was led by the trainer, Mr. Juerg Klarer, provided the platform for participants to start moving from project ideas to Green Climate Fund (GCF) concept notes. National designated authorities, accredited entities, and project developers from Fiji, Maldives, Mozambique, Palau, and Samoa brought renewable energy project ideas to Japan and went home with an initial draft concept note for the GCF. The training program was fortunate to have three representatives from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat. Mr. Urvaksh Patel and Mr. Alastair Morrison gave a comprehensive overview of GCF's operational policies and enlightened everyone on the meaning of paradigm shift and investments for transformational impact. Mr. Adria Llach presented GCF's project cycle in detail and worked side by side with participants in group exercises throughout the training program.