Ethio-Japan Partnership Seminar Proceeding - CRDA Ethiopia

Afternoon SessionMr. Shiratori welcomed the participants of the afternoon session and he briefedabout the program to the afternoon session. The afternoon session wasdedicated basically for group discussion. Before the group discussion began Mr.Shiratori called up on Ms. Kulwuha Tesfaye, to make brief presentation of herstudy on Japanese Aid effectiveness in Ethiopia.OUTLINE to ODI STUDY on JAPANESE AID EFFECTIVENESS in ETHIOPIAPresenter: Ms. Kulwuha TesfayeMs. Kulwuha presented a brief outline of the ODI funded study on Japanese AidEffectiveness, in which her organization. She described that the organization isconducting a research in five countries taking part in the study, Ghana,Bangladesh, Malawi, Vietnam and Zambia. The study uses evidence basedapproach with the context of Ethiopian government policy, and aims atgenerating and synthesizing research based evidence on Japanese assistancefrom the six plot countries with a view to influencing pro-poor policies, and theissues that are being dealt with are compliance with the Paris Declaration on AidEffectiveness, thus assessing the extent to which Japanese Aid supportsprinciples of mutual interest and accountability. The research will center aroundon Japan’s development approach and priority sector in Ethiopia, whether theseare in alignment with the priority areas set by the Government of Ethiopia, onmutual interest and accountability, through identifying who the stakeholders areand how they are involved. The study will be finalized towards mid February,and will be sharing the findings with all stakeholders involved, she concluded.Introduction to the Group Discussion by Mr Shiratori,The afternoon session began at 1:40 p.m. Mr. Shiratori, the facilitator for theafternoon session briefed participants about the session. As also indicated in theschedule the afternoon was dedicated for group discussion. The group discussionwas advised to pursue the following three discussion points in addressing theissues in their respective group;20