G/SPS/GEN/1160/Add.7  
 
3 July 2019 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
TECHNICAL ASS ISTANCE TO DEVELOPIN G COUNTRIES  
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN  
Addendum  
The followi ng communication, received on 28 June 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan . 
 
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1.  Japan would like to provide the following information regardi ng the provision of SPS -related 
technical assistanc e from Japanese fiscal year 2018 in response to the Secretar iat's request in 
G/SPS/W/101.  
2.  SPS-related technical assistance from Japan has been provided to developing countries in 
accordance with Article 9 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary  (SPS) 
Measures with a primary aim to facilita te the enhancement and implementation of sanitary and 
phytosanitary measures in developing countries based on sound science.  
3.  The attached table shows Japan's SPS -related technical assistance from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 
2019. The total value of the SPS -related technical assistance provided by Japan for the period 
amounted to approximately 630 million Japanese yen. The accumulated amount of Japanese 
assistance since 1 April 2009 is approximately 6.8 billion Japanese yen.  
4.  The number of programmes provided by  Japan since 1 April 2009  has amounted to 81 and 
assistance has been provided to more than 50 countries in Asia, the Pacific region, Central America, 
South America, Central Asia, and Africa. Technical assistance has been directed not only to individual 
countr ies but also to groups of countries, regions and the whole world.  
5.  Japan's overseas aid pro gramme is managed primarily by the Japan International Cooperation 
Agency (JICA). JICA was established as an Incorporated Administrative Agency under the Act of the 
Incorporated Administrative Agency. The Government of Japan as well has implemented SPS-related 
technical assistance for the Asia and Pacific region through Official Development Assistance (ODA).  
6.  Japan's assistance covered all four broad categories listed in G/SPS/GEN/206: information; 
training; "soft" infrastructure development and "hard" infra structure development. Japan's 
assistance covered most of the "typical areas of competence" listed under the headings of food 
safety, animal health and plant protection, in the Annex of G/SPS/GEN/206.  G/SPS/GEN/1160/Add.7  
 
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  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED BY JAPAN T O MEMBERS, OBS ERVERS  
AND OTHER COUNTRIES  
IN FY 2018 (APRIL 2018 TO MARCH 2019) 
Sector  Description of Programme 
(Date)  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety, Animal 
Health and Plant 
Health  Project of general support for 
SPS-related measure s and 
transboundary animal disease 
measure s in Asia  
1. Contribution to FAO on SPS-
related  technical assistance for 
ASEAN developing countries  
- Dispatch of two  experts 
(RAP and IPPC secretariat)  
- Workshops, training courses 
and information exchange 
meetings on international 
standards  
(2015-2019) 
 
2. Contribution to OIE on SPS-
related  technical assistance for 
Asian developing countries  
- Development of roadmap for 
controlling transboundary 
diseases such as FMD in the 
Asian region  
- Promotion of disea se 
surveillance  
- Workshop on FMD  
(2015-2019) Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(ODA project)  Asian developing 
countries (ASEAN 
countries)  
Food Safety  Project for reinforcement of 
sesame production  
(Mar. 2014 –Sep. 2019)  Training  and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Burkina Faso  
Food Safety  Project for Ensuring Drug and 
Food Safety  
(1 July 2016 –30 Jun e 2021)  Training  and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Indonesia  
Food Safety  Project for Improving Safety of 
Agricultural Exports for Small -
Scale Farmers  
(Dec. 2017 –Dec. 2022)  Training  and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Paraguay  
Food Safety  Food safety administration  
- Training  
- Study tour  
(29 Sep. – 1 Nov . 2018)  Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  China, Indonesia, 
Iraq, Lebanese 
Republic , Malaysia, 
Mongolia,  
Myanmar, Nigeria, 
Peru, Palau , Papua 
New Guinea , 
Samoa, Thailand, 
Tonga  
Food Safety  The Training Course on 
"Salmonella isolation, 
identification, and serotyping"  
(Oct. 2018)  Training  
(ODA  project)  Indonesia, 
Malaysia  G/SPS/GEN/1160/Add.7  
 
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  Sector  Description of Programme 
(Date)  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  The Training Program on MRL 
Setting and import food safety 
regulations  
- Lecture  
- Study tour  
(17-20 December 2018)  Training  (ODA 
project)  Viet Nam 
Food Safety  The training course o n 
aflatoxin  
(Mar. 2019)  Training  (ODA 
project)  Thailand, Viet  Nam 
Animal Health  OIE/JTF Project for Controlling 
Zoonosis in Asia under One 
Health Concept  
1. One Health and Veterinary 
Services  
To prevent and control 
Zoonosis under One Health 
approach  
- Expert meeting and workshop  
To strengthen capacity of 
Veterinary Services  
- Training courses co -organised 
with OIE Reference Centres  
 
2. Good Governance  
To strengthen good 
governance of Veterinary 
Services and animal welfare  
- Regional seminar  
(2012 -2021)  Training and 
Soft 
Infrastructure  
(ODA project)  Developing 
Countri es in Asia 
Pacific region  
Animal Health  Project for Surveillance of Viral 
Zoonoses in Africa  
(1 June 2013 -31 May 2018)  Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA)  Zambia  
Animal Health  The Project on Sustainable 
Livestock Development for 
Rural Sindh  
- Dispatch of experts  
- Provision of equipment  
- Training  
(24 Feb. 2014 -23 Feb. 2019)  Training, Soft 
infrastructure 
and Hard 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Pakistan  
Animal Health  The Project for Epidemiological 
Studies on Animal Protozoan 
Diseases in Mongolia and 
Development of Effective 
Diagnostics Measures  
- Dispatch of experts  
- Provision of equipment  
- Training  
(1 Jun. 2014 -31 May 2019)  Training, Soft 
infrastructure 
and Hard 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Mongolia  
Animal Health Research on Veterinary 
Technology  
(Mar. 2015 -Oct.2018)  Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA)  Afghanistan , 
Cambodia , Ghana, 
Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Mongolia, 
Uganda  
Animal Health  Project for improvement of 
institutional capacity for Foot -
and-Mouth Disease control  
(11 June 2017 -8 July 2018)  Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA)  Myanmar  G/SPS/GEN/1160/Add.7  
 
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  Sector  Description of Programme 
(Date)  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health  The Training course on 
diagnosis of animal diseases  
(Feb. 2018)  Training  (ODA 
project)  Viet Nam 
Plant Health Practical Plant Quarantine 
Techniques for Export of 
Agricultural Products 
(Treatment for Disinfestation of 
Fruit Flies)  
(2018 - 2019)  Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA)  Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic , Malaysia, 
Philippines,  
Sri Lanka Thailand, 
Viet Nam 
Plant Health The training program on plant 
quara ntine techniques for 
international movement of 
seeds  
(Oct. 2018)  Training and 
Soft 
Infrastructure  
(ODA project)  Thailand, Viet  Nam 
 
 
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