July 2015
Disaster Reconstruction Unit, JICA Tohoku
Kamada Midori

Japan International Cooperation Agency
 Established in 1954
 Assistance for developing countries
JICAODA

Bilateral
AssiatanceTechnical Cooperation
ODA Loan(OfficialDevelopmentAssistance)

Grant Aid
Multilateral
AssiatanceJICA

Technical Cooperation

ODA Loan
Grant Aid

- Group and region/countryfocused training- Training program for young
leaders- Private sector partnership- JICA partnership program- JICA Volunteers- Development education
support- Great East Japan Earthquake
reconstruction assistanceJICA reconstruction
assistance1.

Basic Concept2.

Collation of Reconstruction Know-How

3.

Transmitting and Sharing of Lessons Learnt
from Reconstruction Work

4.

Promotion of Collaborative Reconstruction
Projects

5.

Dispatching of Community Reconstruction
Facilitators

6.

Human Resource Development for
Reconstruction AssistanceResilience through Resonance among diversified societies
Social differences

Disaster

Food shortages

Recession



Disputes

Environmentalpollution

Rediscovery of needfor sustainable
societies in the wakeof the Great East
Japan Earthquake
Search for spiritualrichness, notmonetary andphysical richness
Provision ofhorizontal assistanceinstead of verticalassistance“Co-creation”

Two investigations;
1.Collation and verification of knowhow with respect to reconstruction in
the wake of a major disaster
http://www.jica.go.jp/activities/issues/urban/ku57pq000019fbsv-att/reconstruction_report.pdf

2. Investigation of assistance approachfor reconstruction in the wake of anearthquake
http://www.jica.go.jp/tohoku/enterprise/shinsai/ku57pq000005o5olatt/The_Study_on_the_Assistance_Approach_for_Disaster_Reconstruction_Final_Report.pdf

3. Transmitting and Sharing of Lessons
Learnt from Reconstruction Work
1. Training programs(training courses, etc. offered bydomestic institutions in Japan)

Indonesia

2. Development Education Study
Tour for Teachers (from 2011 to2013)

3, “Musubi Juku” workshop inIndonesia (April 2013) and Chile(December 2013)

Sri Lanka

Reconstruction Assistance for Areas Affected by Typhoon
No. 30 in the Philippines
Assistance provided by Higashimatsushima City
First investigation for operational instruction (January 20 to 25, 2014):
JICA asked Higashimatsushima City, with which JICA has established a
deep relationship through reconstruction assistance projects, toparticipate in an investigation in the Philippines to leverage the lessons it
learnt in the disaster reconstruction it conducted after the Great East
Japan Earthquake

Presentation at the seminar (by team leader Takahashi)

Mayor of Tacloban City

First support committee meeting in Japan (May 22, 2014):
JICA temporarily employed two persons from Higashimatsushima City (the general managerof the Reconstruction Policy Department and the chairman of the Contractors Association)
to obtain technical advice for the assistance project being undertaken for the reconstructionof areas affected by Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines

Second investigation for operational instruction (June 23 to 26, 2014):
Advice was provided with regard to the identifying of reconstruction needs. Lessons learnt
from the Great East Japan Earthquake were shared through the holding of reconstruction
seminars in the disaster areas

Training in Japan: Training was held in Higashimatsushima City in December 2014 (throughthe Forum for Eco-future City) and January 2015
9Assistance for infrastructure in Latin America
Assistance provided by Sendai City
In response to a request from the government of Peru, JICA dispatched two Sendai City
officials as lecturers to give a presentation on the lessons learnt from the Great EastJapan Earthquake. (This event was hosted by the Ministry of Economic and Fiscal
Policy in Peru and held in Lima on July 3 and 4, 2014.)
The two officials explained the present situation with regard to the urgent temporary
reconstruction of the Minamigamou wastewater treatment center, which had been
destroyed by the tsunami that struck after the earthquake, and the progress that has
been made in terms of full-scale reconstruction through what is known as the Sendai
method. They also explained to participants from Mexico, Colombia and Chile that nodamage had been suffered by the earthquake-resistant sewerage pipes.
One matter that received considerable attention was the concept of conducting disastermitigation to minimize damage at little cost through preparation of the reconstruction
equipment that would be required when disaster struck and the prioritization of facilities
to be restored.

Sendai City hosted the “2015 Sendai Symposium on Sewerage Works
Disaster Risk Reduction” as a public forum at the UN World Conference
on Disaster Reduction in March 2015. Representatives from Peru andTurkey were invited.

JICA and Sendai City plan to undertake training programs and grass-roots technicalcooperation projects to build a stronger relationship in FY2015 and later.
104. Promotion of Collaborative Reconstruction Projects
through JICA
Kesennuma
CityHigashimatsus
hima City

1. Project for enhancing
environmental awareness of theneed for coexistence among
forests, human beings and the sea

2. A resident-driven promotion
program in Banda Aceh City forcollaborative reconstruction
through the use of local resources

Tagajo City

3. Project to develop a businessmodel based on employing people
with disabilities

Focusing on Higashimatsushima City andJICA
KesennumaCityHigashimatsus
hima CityTagajo CityJICA
Indonesian trainees learning from residentsof Higashimatsushima City

The trainees learning how to do fixednet fishing in Higashimatsushima City
where fishing industry is active

Trainees listening to an explanation
about the aftereffects of the earthquake
during a site visit to JR Nobiru station,
which was struck by the tsunami

JICA
Higashimatsushima City officials learning fromIndonesian trainees
An Indonesian trainee giving feedback
to city officials about lessons learnt
from experiences in Indonesia andtraining in Higashimatsushima City.

JICATwo officials from Bandar Aceh, Indonesia,
visit Higashimatsushima City

Learning from theexperiences of Sumatra

Training workshop for town developmentin Higashimatsushima City

Presentation by Aceh City officials about
earthquake disaster reconstruction

JICA
Strengthening of relationships and mutual
understanding between trainees and local residentsChildren being shown how to brew
Indonesian coffee

Cultural exchanges through theexhibition of a traditional Indonesian tent
at the UN World Conference on DisasterReduction

Higashimatsushima CityPromotion of Reconstruction throughInternational Cooperation
Public administration

Territory-based organizations
Residents’association

Neighborhood
association

Fire department
Farming system

Community center(former community hall)

PTA
Women’s groups
Senior citizen groups

Tourism association
Sporting activities and hobbies

Attribute-basedorganizations

Education andwelfare task force

Regionalplanning

Environmental taskforce

Administration taskforce

Security prevention
task force

Upland relocation
task force

Town development council

Reconstruction
task force

Community business activities

Transition

Purpose-orientedorganizations

JICA Community Reconstruction Facilitators (personswith experience as Japan Overseas Cooperation
Volunteers)

SubsidiesCollaboration

Financialresources andservices

Organizations such as NPOs
and universities
Volunteers(Parties offering theme-orientedassistance)

Assistance for autonomous activities
undertaken by residents
Promotion of reconstruction throughinternational cooperation

Residents’ Round-table
Conference Acts as a
Facilitator
Relationshipbuilding Assessment of
the situation
 Cooperation for
execution ofprojects
Identification of Issues throughQuestionnaires for Local
Residents
Identification of disastervictims’ needs
 Demand for commercial
and medical facilities,etc.
 Sharing of issues
among publicadministrations andresidentsTrainees learning from local residents about thedisaster and the lessons they learnt from itResidents of Higashimatsushima City
visiting Aceh to deepen theirunderstanding of the disaster throughdiscussions with local people

A debrief session about a businesstrip to Aceh. Residents listen to thereports to apply lessons from Acehin their own reconstruction work

6. Human Resource
Development for
Reconstruction AssistanceTraining to Develop Human
Resource for Reconstruction(Nov. 2014)

“Reconstruction × Regional Economic Development ×International Cooperation” Workshop (Jan. 2015)

Present post

No. of participants

Reconstruction assistant (with experience ininternational cooperation)
Reconstruction assistant (without experience ininternational cooperation)
Regional economic development assistant (withexperience in international cooperation)
Regional economic development assistant (withoutexperience in international cooperation)
Total

112
13127

Third UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction
Public Forum (Mar. 2015)“Reconstruction × Regional Economic Development ×International Cooperation: A Vehicle to Transferring Relationships”

Part 1

Third UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction
Public Forum (Mar. 2015)“Reconstruction × Regional Economic Development ×International Cooperation: A Vehicle to Transferring Relationships”
Part 2

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