JICAs approaches and strategies for EFA Regional Seminar for the Technical and Financial Partners of

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JICAs approaches and strategies for EFA-
Regional Seminar for the Technical and Financial
Partners of Education, Dakar 26th-28th Sept.2005 -

• 27/09/2005
• JICA Senegal

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1. Japans cooperation in the education sector
Bilateral Aid
Technical cooperation
Bilateral loan
Economic cooperation
Source JICA annual report
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2. Framework of Cooperation

• International goals for EFA and MDGs
• TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on African
  Development) Process (I - III) 1993-2003
• Human-Centered Development
• Partnership with NEPAD (New Partnership for
  Africas Development)
• BEGIN (Basic Education for Growth Initiative)
  June, 2002
• Japanese initiative announced at Kananaskis
  Summit
• Support for improving access, quality and
  management in basic education addressed by the
  Prime Minister Koizumi

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3. JICAs approaches and strategies
Japanese Initiatives

• JICA Guidelines
• JICA Thematic Guidelines on Basic Education (May
  2005)
• Strategies for Cooperation in the Field of Basic
  Education in Sab-Saharan Africa (December 2004)
• JICAs Strategies for Cooperation in the field of
  Nonformal Education (2004)

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4. The priority areas for cooperation

• Improvement of enrolment in primary and lower
  secondary education
• Improvement of quality in primary and
  lower-secondary education
• Reducing gender disparity
• Promotion of non-formal education
• Improvement of education management
• in SSA

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5. Guiding principles

• Respecting ownership of recipient countries
• Strengthening cooperation at the community level
• Adopting strategic implementation of activities
• Participating in the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp)
  and strengthening partnership with international
  community
• Making effective use of local resources
• Compiling knowledge on education development in
  developing countries and applying Japanese
  experiences ()

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6. JICAs participation in the FTI process

• At the central level
• Participate in the global dialogue as observer
  (harmonization WG, financing WG)
• Support FTI through its existing aid modalities
• At the field level
• Participate in local donor coordination
• Develop projects in line with the education
  sector programme
• Ensure flexibility in project implementation

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Contact

• Takahashi.Akiko_at_jica.go.jp