Ethio-Japan Partnership Seminar Proceeding - CRDA Ethiopia

Integrate indigenous knowledge of the community Community level management planning. Advocacy Local community government linkage Economic culture mapping Raise awareness Capacity building facilitate community mobilization - food securityWhat Japan ODA can assist?1. Provide Assistance in terms of Financing projects Strengthening institutional capacity Technical assistance2. Support integrated watershed management projects3. Popularize problems of environment and their solutions at internationallevel; e.g.G8 submit4. Assist Ethiopian leadership to be more environment conscious5. promote further inter - agency collaboration (like JICA)Discussions Comments and QuestionsOne of the participants raise question on how the issue of environmentis related with ODA.In response to the question the representative form the Japanese Embassy Mr.Omoto shared the point that there is no clear relationship to see the issue ofenvironment in this sense. He further informed the group the new developmentin the Japanese government involvement to the environment protection thatthey are working into creating new approaches to support the developingcountries in the environment protection.Comment from participants:One participant shared the direct relationship of environment degradation in thecountry to the challenge of the economic growth. In his sharing he add that28