JICA-Net - Tokyo Development Learning Center

GDLN EAPA
Hanoi Meeting, 2005
July11, 2005
JICA-Net and Partnership
with GDLN
Japan International Cooperation Agency
TAMBOIchiro

Outline
JICA – Who are we?
JICA’s ICT Policy
JICA-Net
Collaboration with GDLN
Innovation and Possibilities
Personal Views

1. JICAWho are we?
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
= Government Independent Agency
for Technical Cooperation
Staff: 1,324 (end of fiscal 2003)
Overseas Offices and Representatives;
Domestic Offices: 19 offices
Overseas Offices: 56 offices
Annual Budget: JP \161.2 billion (2004)

ODA and JICA
(ODA: Official Development Assistance)

2. JICA’s ICTs for Development Policy
1Japanese Government
“Comprehensive Cooperation Package to
Address the International Digital Divide”
Prior to the Kyushu-
Okinawa Summit in 2000
Digital Divide

(2) Approaches for Systematic Planning
of ICT Development Project
Development Objectives

Objective 1
Strengthen Capacity for ICT Policy
Formulation
• Establishment of Telecommunications Policy
• Establishment of Policy to Foster ICT Industry
• Establishment of Policy to Eliminate Domestic
Digital Divides
• User Protection
Dispatching ICT Advisor,
Development Study

Objectives 2
Human Resources Development in
ICT
• ICT Analysts, Designers, Project
Managers and Instructors
• Policy Makers
Sri Lanka
Technical Cooperation Project
Technical Training in Japan
Volunteer Activities

Human Resources Development in ICT
Examples of Projects
Development of System Analyst, Designer,
Project Manager and Instructors
Technical Cooperation Project
Singapore, Malaysia,
Thailand,
Philippines, Vietnam,
China, Sri Lanka,
Argentina, Jordan
Jordan

Human Resources Development in ICT
Examples of Projects 2
Distance Education
Projects
• Fiji, Malaysia
Objectives
• ICT Higher Education to Rural
Area by Distance Education
One Solution to Education in Rural Area

Human Resources Development in ICT
Examples of Activities
E-learning / Multimedia Materials
Projects
• Sri Lanka, Thailand
Objectives
• Multimedia Production
Technique for e-Learning
(Sri Lanka)
• Secondary teachers‘ skill of
teaching ICT in rural area
(Thailand)

Objective 3
Improvement of Telecommunication
Infrastructure
• Provision of Telecommunication
Infrastructure
• Fostering Internet Service Provider
• Provision of Access Point
Grant Aid
Development Study

Objective 4
Improvement of Efficiency and
Effectiveness of Every Sector through
the Use of ICT
• Promotion of e-Government
• Promotion of the Use of ICT in Every Sector
Cooperation will be implemented by JICA
Department of Each Sector

Objective 5
Improvement of Efficiency and
Effectiveness of Development
Assistance through the Use of ICT
• Dissemination and Transfer of Existing
Knowledge
• Sharing and Creation of Knowledge and
Experience
• Use of ICT in Project Implementation
JICA-Net ;
Video Conference and Distance Education System

3. JICA-Net supports JICA’s Programs
(1) What is it?
Video conference and
Distance Education System
To improve JICA’s overall technical
cooperation programs through:
▶ effectiveness
▶ efficiency
by real time and two-way
communication tool

(2) What kind of services?
FourFeatures
Distance Training
– lectures and seminars
Multimedia Contents
WBT
Video conferencing

Framework of the
JICA-Net Program
Consultation
Discussion, Monitoring
Seminar, Lecture
JICA-
Net
Lecture,
Follow-up
RECIPIENT
COUNTRIES
3rd Country
Training
Participants
JAPAN
Acceptance of Trainees
Dispatch of Experts
Project-type Tech. Co-op.
Dispatch of JOCVs
RECIPIENT
COUNTRIES

Typical scenes on JICA-Net
Philippines
Malaysia
Indonesia
Lecture and materials
on two screens
Live lecture / seminar
Tokyo
Okinawa
Live lectures
Government officials,
counterparts, etc.
Q & A

Inauguration and Expansion
• Services started in April, 2002.
• Existing stations as of June, 2005.
JICA HDQ
Domestic18
Overseas35
• Additional stations to be established
by end March 2006
Overseas
23(8)
Total77 incl.
HDQ

JICA-Net Stations by Region
• JICA HDQ Tokyo
• Domestic18
• Overseas
ASIA=Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines,
Vietnam, Malaysia, Laos, China, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Uzbekistan,
(India), (Myanmar), (Mongolia)
PACIFIC=Fiji
AFRICA=Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Senegal,
South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, (Ethiopia),
AMERICA=Costa Rica, Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay,
Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador

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JICA-Net and GDLN Centers
Japan
East Asia & the Pacific
South Asia
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
North America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
JICA-Net
20
10
5
3
6
3
0
7
54
GDLN
1
13
3
21
20
9
3
10
80

Location Map

4. Collaboration with GDLN
(1) Presidents acknowledged
the importance of connecting the JICA-
Net and the GDLN and the need to build
even closer relations in order to deepen
knowledge sharing not only in Asia but
also around the world at the launch of the
TDLC in June 2004.
The TDLC has been playing a key role in
promoting the collaboration with the
GDLN.

4. Collaboration with GDLN
(2) MOU between VPs
Signed on Nov. 16, 2004.
The objectives are:
a. Enhancing distance learning
activities through the mutual use of the
JICA-Net and IBRD/GDLN facilities for
development and poverty reduction;
b. Undertaking collaborative distance
learning for capacity building activities;
and
c. Promoting and sharing Japan’s
knowledge and experience to
developing countries around the world.

4. Collaboration with GDLN
(3) On-going collaboration
Staff Secondment
Promoting mutual information exchange and
understanding through the staff secondment.
Program Exchange
Delivering available programs from the JICA-Net
to the GDLN and vice versa to increase the
outreach of beneficiaries or share readily available
contents for distance learning.
Program Development
Promoting program identification for joint
contents development and delivery it.

Example 1:
Collaboration with WBI and TDLC
WBI and JICA-Net trained JICA and Bank
counterpart project staff in AFR,SA,EAP through
jointly developed contents.
2004
Managing Project Monitoring and Evaluation
2005
Management Focused Monitoring and
Evaluation, Performance Indicators,
Qualitative Measures
Collaborators:
World Bank Institute, TDLC, JICA Tokyo

Example 2 :
Disaster Management
World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe
Collaborators:
The United Nations,
Japanese Government,
TDLC, JICA Indonesia Office
Tsunami Early Warning System
21 Government Representatives from 11
Tsunami-Affected Countries Work On Early
Warning System Via GDLN
Collaborators: TDLC, JICA Tokyo

Example 3 :
Kids Program through GDLN
JICA Okinawa joined “Kids Initiative” Program.
Mongolia & Japan May 18, 2005
Thailand & Japan Mar 28, 2004
Collaborators:
TDLC,
Sri Lanka DLC,
Mongolia DLC,
Thailand DLC,
JICA Okinawa

5. Win-Win Collaboration
Personal Views
GDLN
Linkage to the
Bank’s lending
operations
Contents with
broader
development issues
GDLN Centers
Innovations
TDLC
Possibilities
JICA-Net
Linkage to
JICA’s TA activities
Contents with emphasis
on engineering and
practicalities
JICA-Net Centers

Thank you !
For further information:
www.jica.go.jp
www.jica-net.com
Tambo.Ichiro@jica.go.jp