G/SPS/GEN/1160/Add.5  
 
29 June 2017 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  TO DEVELOPING COUNTR IES  
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN  
Addendum  
The follow ing communication, received on 28 June 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Japan . 
 
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1.  Japan would like to provide the followi ng information regarding the provision of SPS -related 
technical assistance from Japanese fiscal year 2016 in response to the Secretariat'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 facilitate 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 2016 to 
31 March 2017. The total value of the SPS -related technical assistance provided by Japan for the 
period amounted to approximately 470 million Japanese yen. The accumul ated amount of 
Japanese assistance since 1 April 2009 is approximately 5.5 billion Japanese yen.  
4.  The number of programmes provided by Japan since 1 April 2009 has amounted to 62 and 
assistance has been provided to more than 50 countries in Asia, the Pacifi c region, Central 
America, South America, Central Asia, and Africa. Technical assistance has been directed not only 
to individual country but also to groups of countries, regions and the whole world.  
5.  Japan's overseas aid programme is managed primarily by t he 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 th e 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" infrastructure 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.5  
 
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  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED BY JAPAN  TO MEMBERS, OBSERVER S 
AND OTHER COUNTRIES  
IN FY 2016 (APRIL 201 6 TO MARCH 201 7) 
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. Con tribution 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 disease surveillance  
- Workshop on FMD  
(2015-2019) Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(ODA project)  Asian developing 
countries (ASEAN 
Countries)  
Food Safety  The project for Strengthening of 
Agricultural Pesticide Residue 
Analysis System  
- Dispatch of experts  
- Training  
(13 Nov.  2011–12 Nov.  2016)  Training  and 
Soft 
infrastruc ture 
(JICA project)  Ethiopia  
Food Safety  Project of Strengthening and 
consolidation of production and 
use of improved sesame seeds for 
small -scale farmers  
- Dispatch of experts  
- Training  
(17 Dec.  2012–16 Dec.  2016)  Training  and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Paraguay  
Food Safety  Adviser on Safety of Agricultural 
Exports  
(Dec.  2016–Dec. 2017)  Training  and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Paraguay  
Food Safety  Project for reinforcement of 
sesame production  
(Mar.  2014–Sep. 2019) Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Burkina  Faso 
Food Safety  Strengthening the Capacity of the 
Quality Control Company limited 
on Pesticide Residue Analysis  
(PRA)  
- Dispatch of experts  
- Training  
- Provision of equipment  
(15 Feb. 2014 -31 Mar.  2017)  Training  and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Ghana  G/SPS/GEN/1160/Add.5  
 
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  Sector  Description of Programme  
(Date)  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  The Training Course on   
"Analysis of Inorganic Arsenic in 
Rice (LC -ICP-MS method) " 
- Lecture  
- Laboratory Training  
(24-28 Oct. 2016)  Training  (ODA 
project)  Indonesia  
Food Safety  The Project for Master Pla n on 
inspection of quality and safety on 
milk and daily products  
(10 Aug. 2015 -30 Sep.  2016)  Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA Project)  Kyrgyz Republic  
Food Safety  Project for Ensuring Drug and 
Food Safety  
(1 Jul . 2016–30 Jun . 2021)  Training and 
Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA Project)  Indonesia  
Food Safety  Workshop to Promote the 
Harmonization of MRL Setting 
Process in the Asian Region  
(6-10 Feb. 2017)  Training (ODA 
project)  Cambodia, 
Indonesia, 
Malaysia, 
Philippines, 
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 c ourses co -organised 
with OIE Reference Centres  
 
2. Good Governance  
To strengthen good governance of 
Veterinary Services and animal 
welfare  
- Regional seminar  
(2013 -2017)  Training and 
Soft 
Infrastructure  
(ODA project)  Developing 
Countries in Asia 
Pacific re gion 
Animal Health  The Project on Sustainable 
Livestock Development for Rural 
Sindh  
- Dispatch of experts  
- Provision of equipment  
- Training  
(15 Jan. 2014 -15 Jan. 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  
 
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