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For an overview of
Japan's
Official Development Assistance, please click here.
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Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) is the implementing agency of Japan's Official Development
Assistance, especially responsible for technical
cooperation and grant-aid studies. On 1 October 2003 on JICA
turned into an independent administrative institution, and is
no longer a "special public institution" of the
Government as it was since 1974. The agency commits itself to
autonomous and flexible operations.[1] |
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Japan has programmes for the
following regions: Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and
Caucasia, Southwest Asia, Oceania, Central America and the
Caribbean, South America, Africa, Middle East, Europe. Please
find these programmes here: http://www.jica.go.jp
> English > Regions & Countries. |
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JICA names the following
development priorities: women in development/ gender equality,
environment, population/AIDS, trade, education, disability,
poverty, efforts pertaining to peace-building.[2] |
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JICA's priority sectors are
health, education, poverty, rural development, small-scale
industry. |
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Japan uses the term "Sector
Wide Approach". Due to Japan's definition, SWAps should
be completely owned by the host country.
The shift from project to programme assistance is in debate.
A condition to be supported by Japanese Official Development Assistance is that it is not being used for military purposes
or as a means to enhance international conflicts. |
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Education is one of JICA's
priority sectors. The following measures are of interest
concerning TVET:
- Dispatch of experts to education-related agencies;
- training programs on vocational training in Japan and
developing countries;
- project-type technical cooperation directed at
universities (agricultural, engineering, medical
departments, etc.) and vocational training schools;
- dispatch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCVs);
- exchange program for young people in education;
- grant aid (including construction of education-related
facilities such as school buildings, expansion of
broadcast education services, and training and retraining
of educators)[3] ;
- promotion of Public Private Partnerships.
Japan intends to support the promotion of TVET when promoting
basic education/ general education, so that skills relevant
for employment can be developed in relation to the local
demand structure.[4]
JICA understands the concept of "skills" in a
holistic way, comprising technical, social, spiritual and
intellectual components of skills and training.[5] |
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JICA provides technical
assistance in the following forms: technical training to
overseas participants, dispatch of technical cooperation
experts, provision of equipment, project-type technical
cooperation, dispatch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
(JOCVs).
http://www.jica.go.jp >
English > Outline of JICA Activities > What is JICA's
Role |
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Information not identified yet. |
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Information not identified yet. |
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Project
evaluations, annual evaluation reports, country-program
evaluations and thematic evaluations: http://www.jica.go.jp
> English > Evaluation.
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| Name |
Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
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Headquarters |
| Street
Address |
6-13F,
Shinjuku Maynds Tower
1-1, Yoyogi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 151-8558 |
| Phone |
[+81] (3) 5352
5311/5312/5313/5314 |
| E-mail |
E-Mail
form on website |
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Hiroo
Training Centre |
| Street
Address |
2-24,
Hiroo 4-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0012 |
| Phone |
[+81] (3) 3400 7717 |
| Website
(languages) |
http://www.jica.go.jp
(English, Japanese) |
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JICA
Domestic Offices |
| Website |
http://www.jica.go.jp
> English> Domestic Offices |
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Overseas
Offices |
| Website |
http://www.jica.go.jp
> English > Overseas Office |
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| [1] |
http://www.jica.go.jp
> English > A New JICA Appearing October 2003. |
<back> |
| [2] |
http://www.jica.go.jp
> English > Global Issues [select a global issue]. |
<back> |
| [3] |
http://www.jica.go.jp
> English > Education > What we do, and http://www.jica.go.jp/english
> Education > Japan's Educational Support Policy,
access: 02 March 2003. |
<back> |
| [4] |
http://www.jica.go.jp
> English > Education > Japan's Educational
Support Policy, access: 02 March 2003. |
<back> |
| [5] |
Working
Group for International Cooperation in Skills
Development, Donor Policies in TVET and Skills
Development: a review (1996-2000), January 2001, http://www.vetnet.ch/wg/papers.htm,
access: 10 December 2002, pp. 45/46. Information
concerning JICA from year 2000.
Please find more information about JICA education
projects, cases by countries and regions, here: http://www.jica.go.jp
> English > Education. |
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If not indicated otherwise the
information provided in this chapter is taken from the
following sources:
JICA's website, http://www.jica.go.jp
> English, access: 03 March 2003;
Riddell 2002, p. 26. |
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