Ethio-Japan Partnership Seminar Proceeding - CRDA Ethiopia

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II. Japan's ODA in EthiopiaSecond secretary to the Japan Embassy, Mr. Masuda, made a brief presentationon the Japanese ODA Program to Ethiopia. In his presentation, he elaboratedthe two ways the Japanese government offers assistance, which are a Bilateralassistance and through International Organization like the United Nations andthe World bank. In the Bilateral Assistance Program, in which his area ofpresentation addresses, there are Grants that are delivered to assistdevelopment activities in Ethiopia through a program designed as EconomicDevelopment Assistance that include grant aid for general projects, structuraladjustment support, emergency aid, Japanese NGO projects, and for grass rootsand human security projects. As part of the Grants, the Technical Cooperation,which is part of the Grants, focuses on the Training Programs, dispatch oftechnical experts, making development surveys, Japanese Overseas CooperationProgram, and senior Overseas Volunteers Program. In the aid it delivers throughInternational organization, it offers loans, to which the Ethiopian Government isnot currently entitled to it.He further explained on the many activities that the Japanese government iscurrently involved which includes the New Abay Bridge Construction, which isexpected to be completed at the end of August 2008, whose opening ceremonywill coincide with the end of the Ethiopian Millennium. Further describing theactivities of Japanese Implementation Cooperative Agency (JICA), which focuseson rural infrastructure and water supply project, he outlined the regions andareas like Afar and Tigray where economic cooperation activities in Ethiopia iscurrently underway, and five main priority sectors in which different projects arebeing carried on, and these are: Agricultural, Education, Water Supply, Healthsector, and Infrastructure projects.In his deliberation, Mr. Masuda further elaborated on the works targeting onhuman resource development, which targets on developing skilled manpower –technicians and mechanics. It was also disclosed that there is a required need ofhuman resources, which is numbered to 49,176. The need for strengthening5
partnership with civil society was underlined by Mr. Masuda. As per hisexplanation, he said, one way is through international organization, where JapanSocial Development Fund (JSDF), is channeled through the World Bank, which isgranted to support pastoral community. The amount of funding for thisparticular activity was 1,877,660 USD in 2004. This was arranged to support acapacity building process aimed at facilitating direct and demand-driveninvestment to poor and vulnerable pastoralist communities in the lowland ofEthiopia. Explaining on Bilateral assistance, he mentioned the two type of grantassistance available and these are aids for grassroots and human securityprojects, and general projects, which are categorized under time and costframeworks.For projects that take few years and more than 880,000 USD, which requiresexchange of notes with the government of Japan are categorized under GrantAid for General Projects. Those grass root grants that require few weeks ormonths, grant contract with the Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia, and costs lessthan 88,000 USD are categorized under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots andHuman Security projects, according to Mr. Masuda from the view point of BasicHuman Needs and Human Security, he said, priority sectors were identified.These are Agriculture (irrigation), Water Supply (Digging Wells), PrimaryEducation (school construction), Basic Medical care (Health Post Construction),etc. To make the Grant assistance for Grassroots more strategic, the synergismof value added approach projects, collaboration with other related projects, postconflict areas where there is no other related project, new issues beyond thecountry assistant plan, civic problems, environmental problems, etc. werediscussed.On conclusion, he said, there are 25 projects in 40 components assisted in 2007.These components are one on governance, one on infrastructure, two onbusiness, two on environment, three on agriculture, nine on water, nine onhealth and thirteen on education. He asked the participants to submit anyproposal filling the form, which he was already distributed, to the Japan6
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