January 2009
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SYSTEMSCHEME Grant Aid for Community Empowerment
Grant Aid for Community Empowerment is a grant aid program begun in fiscal 2006 forsupporting comprehensive capacity development of communities facing threats like poverty, hunger and disease. It is implemented by encouraging the use of local businesses,
equipment and materials based on local specifications and design, in order to reduce
costs. Beginning with projects for building schools in Senegal, Niger and Madagascar, thisprogram plans to provide all-round assistance for building roads, water supply facilities
and other infrastructure components needed for community development in the future.

JICS’ Role
Since fiscal 2006, when thisgrant aid program began, JICS
has conducted procurement
management of this assistance,
based on contracts with thegovernments of developing
countries. Grant aid for community empowerment makes it
possible to carry out assistance
flexibly in accordance with local
conditions but also demands
attention to quality, thus
requiring strong procurement
management capabilities. As a
procurement management
agency, JICS supports thesmooth and effective implementation of this grant aid.
Niger Children at a community empowerment project site

Senegal Temporary classrooms made from broken branches and othermaterials. During summer vacation, they are disassembled

Lesotho Building a school

SCHEME Grant Aid for Community Empowerment

Flow of Operations
Requests
for aid fromdeveloping
countries

Preliminary
screening

Preparatory
screening

Finalscreening
by Ministryof Foreign
Affairs

Outlinedesignstudy

Agreement
betweengovernments

Cabinetdecision

Procurement
management
service(procurementagent system)

Completion

Operations handled by JICS

No. of Projects (FY2006-7)
No. of projects, by regionAfricaAsia

2Latin America

6Total:102

Project for Construction of Classrooms for Elementary and Junior HighSchools（Senegal）FY2006
Project outline:
Construction of 314 classrooms, 56 headmaster offices, and 288 toilet buildings for 68 elementary and junior highschools (maximum figures) in the five Regions in Western Senegal

Building 314 classrooms for elementary and junior highschools
The government of Senegal had set goals to achieve an increase of 50% in junior highschool enrolment by 2007 and 100% primary school enrolment by 2015. For thesetargets, the government has allocated more than 30% of the national budget toeducation to build 2,500 classrooms for elementary schools and 500 classrooms forjunior high schools annually.
However, since executing the plan had met with financial problems, the Japanese
government decided to provide Senegal with the Grant Aid for Community Empowerment. The Grant will be used to construct 314 classrooms, 56 (maximum figures)
headmaster offices, and 288 toilet buildings for 68 elementary and junior high schools in
the five Regions of Kaolack, Louga, Fatick, Dakar, and Thies in Western Senegal, andmakes it possible to improve the learning environment of 16,000 school children.

Constructing a school (Completion of wall construction)

Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
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