G/SPS/GEN/1160/Add.8  
 
16 October  2020 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
TECHNICAL ASS ISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN  
Addendum  
The followi ng communication, received on 15 October  2020, 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 2019 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 2019 to 
31 March  2020. The total value of the SPS -related technical assistance provided by Japan for the 
period amounted to approximately 601 million Japanese yen. The accumulated amount of Japanese 
assistance since 1 April 2009 is approximately 9 billion Japanese yen.  
4.  The number of programmes provided by J apan since 1 April 2009  has amounted to 94 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 
count ries but also to groups of countries, regions and the whole world.  
5.  Japan's overseas aid program me 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 Ass istance (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.8  
 
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  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY JAPAN TO MEMBERS, OBSERVERS  
AND OTHER COUNTRIES  
IN FY 2019 (APRIL 2019 TO MARCH 2020) 
Sector  Descripti on 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  technica l 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  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  
(Sep. – Oct. 2019) Training and Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Cambodia, China, 
Indonesia, Lebanese 
Republic , Marshall 
Islands, Myanmar, 
North Macedonia, 
Paraguay , Tajikistan  
Food Safety  Information exchange program on 
MRL setting and import food safety 
regulations  
- Lecture  
- Study tour  
(Oct. 2019)  Information 
exchange  
(ODA project)  Philippines  
Food Safety  The Training Course on 
"Salmonella isolation, 
identification, and serotyping"  
(Oct. 2019)  Training  
(ODA project)  Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, 
Philippines  
Food Safety  The training Course on Risk 
Management of Contaminants  
(Nov. 2019)  Training  
(ODA project)  ASEAN Countries  
Food Safety  The Project for Market Oriented 
Milk Production  
(July 2017 –June 2022)  Training and Soft 
Infrastructure 
(JICA project)  Kyrgyz Republic  
Food Safety  The training course on aflatoxin  
(Mar. 2019)  Training  
(ODA project)  Thailand, Viet Nam  G/SPS/GEN/1160/Add.8  
 
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  Sector  Descripti on of Programme 
(Date)  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
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 Countries 
in Asia Pacific region  
Animal Health  The Project on Sustainable 
Livestock Development for Rural 
Sindh  
- Dispatch of experts  
- Provision of equipment  
- Training  
(Feb. 2014 -June 2021) 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  
(June 2014-May 2019)  Training, Soft 
infrastructure and 
Hard 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Mongolia  
Animal Health  Project for improvement of 
institutional capacity for Foot -and-
Mouth Disease control  
(June 2017 -June 2021) Training and Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA  project ) Myanmar  
Animal Health  The Training course on diagnosis of 
animal diseases  
(Jan. - Feb. 2020) Training  
(ODA project)  Myanmar, Thailand  
Animal Health  Technical Advisor for the 
Strengthening of the Laboratory for 
the Diagnosis of Livestock Disease  
(July 2019 –July 2021)  Training and Soft 
Infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Paraguay  
Plant Health  Practical Plant Quarantine 
Techniques for Export of 
Agricultural Products (Treatment 
for Disinfestation of Fruit Flies)  
(2018 -2020)  Training and Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA  project ) Developing countries  
Plant Health  Enhancing the capacity of plant 
quarantine staff aiming at 
promoting the export of 
agricultural products  
- Training  
(Dec. 2019 –Mar. 2022)  Training and Soft 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Kyrgyz Republic  
Animal  Health  Project for the epidemiological 
research on zoonotic virus 
infections in Africa  
(June 2019 –June 2024)  Training, Soft 
infrastructure and 
Hard 
infrastructure  
(JICA project)  Democratic Republic 
of the Congo , Zambia  
 
 
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