Japan International Cooperation System

JICS’ Mission, Vision and Values
ValuesMissionJICS will contribute to the peace and stability of theinternational community as a player in the international
cooperation field.

Impartiality, Fairness and Transparency
JICS will maintain an impartial stance to ensure fairness
and transparency.

VisionReliability
JICS will respect local input and build trust with its clients.

JICS aims to be the world’s best service provider
in the international cooperation field.

Maximizing the Impact of Aid
JICS will focus its efforts on maximizing the impact of aid.
Creation and Challenge
JICS will be unrestricted by conventional ideas, and take up
the challenge of creating and providing new services.

Outline of JICS

Licensed Business
Category
Acquired
Certifications, etc.

Access • Toei Subway Oedo Line Kachidoki Station (E-17)
Use Exit A2a or A2b, 10 minutes’ walk
• Toei Bus Route 03 (for Harumi Futo from Yotsuya Station via
Ginza) or 05 (for Harumi Futo from Tokyo Station via Ginza)
Use Harumi San-chome Bus Stop, 3 minutes’ walkKachidoki Station (E-17)

JICS ProﬁleToei Subway Oedo LineA2a, A2b exits

Kiyosumi-Dori Ave. To Tsukishima
StationMUFG BankAsashio Canal

Harumi-Dori Ave.

Businesses

Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
TAKEUCHI Kazuki
April 12, 1989
¥387 million
125 (as of March 1, 2022)
With the aim of contributing to peace and stability in the international
community, JICS’ purpose is to carry out procurement andmanagement operations related to international cooperation programs.
1. Procurement services in the field of international cooperation business
2. Management services in the field of international cooperation business3. Consultancy services in the field of international cooperation business
4. Research and studies in the field of international cooperation
business
5. Design and supervision of architecture and civil engineering work
concerning international cooperation
6. Support to NGOs, etc., relating to international cooperation activities
7. Dissemination and enlightenment of knowledge concerninginternational cooperation activities
8. Other businesses necessary to achieve the purpose of theFoundation
First Class Registered Architects Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Governor
License No. 59804
PrivacyMark

Reimei Bridge

Name of Organization
President
Date of Establishment
Endowment
Number of Employees
PurposeSeigetsu Bridge
Harumi Triton Square Bus Stop

Reimeibashi Park

Reimeibashi Park
Harumi Triton Square

Seigetsubashi Minami

Police Box
Harumi San-chome Bus Stop
Harumi 3
NTT Harumi Building
Harumi 4-chome
Building

Harumi-Dori Ave.
Harumi 1
N
Harumi Front Building

Harumi 2

JICS (5th Floor, Harumi Center Building)Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
5th Floor, Harumi Center Building,
5-24, Harumi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0053, JapanR e a l A i d i n Ac t i o n

TEL +81-3-6630-7870/ FAX +81-3-3534-6811
https://www.jics.or.jp/jics_html-e/

JICS supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

April 2022
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The Government of Japan provides Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a key policy to contribute to theinternational community, with the objective of helping resolve the global issues set out in the United Nations (UN)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and realizing “quality growth” in developing countries, among others. Japan
International Cooperation System (JICS) was established in April 1989 to help promote, in particular, bilateral grants suchas grant aid-related operations in ODA. As a “procurement expert” in international cooperation, JICS is engaged in various
international cooperation-related projects, in addition to providing procurement agent operations, which involve
procurement and management by fulfilling the role of procurement agent for the governments of recipient countries.
In order to contribute to the peace and stability of the international community, JICS—a neutral organizationthat possesses public procurement know-how—will make aid and international cooperation-related projects
tangible in a way that best suits the needs of the front line through the provision of services with even greater added
value, with the aim of becoming an international cooperation “integrator” that links various actors’ needs, policies
and partners.

The Role of JICS, Which Aims to Become an “Integrator” of International Cooperation

Targeting Approaches That Best Suit the Needs of the Front Line throughClose Cooperation between Various Actors“Quality growth”
and poverty eradication throughsuch growthPresident TAKEUCHI Kazuki
Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)

Sharing universal values
and realizing a peacefuland secure society

JICS’ Position within Japanese Government’s Grant Aid Projects
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Recipient-country
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Trading companies,
manufacturers,
construction companies,
consultants, etc.

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Multilateral Aid(Aid throughInternational
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From the position of agent of the recipient-country government, JICS carries out such services as procurement and project management

Procurement Agent Operational Flow

Decision to
executethe projectContract between
the recipientcountry
government
and JICS

Confirmation oftender conditions

Compilation oftechnical
specifications,preparationof tender
terms of reference(TOR)

Tender Contracts
Tender notice

Manufacture

Suppliers,
construction
companies, etc.

Shipping

HandoverConstruction Procurement offurnishings and equipment
Inspection Handover

Economic Cooperation
through Other
Government Agencies,
Private Funds, etc.

Project formulationand implementation

Government of Japan,
JICA, government agencies

Universities and research institutions

JICS’ Role
Procurement using ODA funds which are sourced from taxes requires
appropriate aid funds management, in addition to the purchase ofmaterials, equipment, facilities and services through tender and othersuch processes according to public procurement rules, in order to ensure
fairness and competitiveness. A procurement organization such as JICS,
which has expert knowledge and know-how on public procurement aswell as procurement in a wide range of fields, carries out these procedures
on behalf of the recipient-country government.

In procurement agent operations, JICS enters into a procurement
agent agreement under which JICS will serve as the recipient-country
government’s procurement agent, and after checking the specifications
for materials, equipment and facilities, as well as delivery and construction
conditions, JICS executes the tender process, selects suppliers andconstruction companies and enters into an agreement with them, andmanages the progress of the project and the aid funds up until thehandover of the materials, equipment and facilities.

International organizations

Linking needs, policies
and partners
Companies

Local
governments

Information provisionand proposal
Competitiveness

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Impartiality

Public procurement experience forover 150 countries / regions
worldwide spanning nearly 30 years▶ Track record covering adiverse array of procured
items▶

Services

Operations through JICS’ Procurement
Fairness

JICS

Procurement Agent Services
Procurement of products
Procurement and managementof construction
Grant Aid Projects under
Public–Private Partnership (PPP)

Studies (Consulting)
Screening and analysis
Facilitation of executing ODA projects
Overseas business development support
activity for Japanese enterprises• Accumulated knowledge

and information on
products, specifications andrecipient countries• High level of compliance awareness• Multilingual personnel able toconduct business in English, French,
Spanish and other languages• Network of contacts in eachcountry• Expertise in project management,
including procurement
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JICS’ Main Activities
JICS’ sphere of involvement in ODA-related programs
JICS is involved in a wide range of ODA-related activities. In particular,
within Japan’s Grant Aid program (a form of assistance whereby funds areprovided to developing countries without the obligation for repayment),
JICS’ main operations are procurement agent services. In these
operations, as the agent of a recipient-country government, JICS provides
procurement services and handles project management, including themanagement of aid funds.
JICS is also engaged in procurement-related operations and studies
within technical cooperation projects, loan aid (ODA loans) projects andinternational cooperation projects by international agencies andorganizations.
Utilizing the experience accumulated in these ODA programs, JICS
also provides support services to private-sector companies expanding
their operations overseas.

Grant Aid-Related Operations In addition to providing procurement agent services, JICS carries out document screening services and other operations.
Grant Aid••

The Economic and Social Development Programme, etc.
Support for quantity surveys and other studies carried out by
consultants within preparatory surveys for JICA-led cooperation projects

Grant Aid for
the Food Assistance
Programme (KR)Emergency
Grant Aid

Cultural Grant
Assistance

Grant Assistance forJapanese NGO Projects

Studies and procurement
management services

Screening of application
documentation

Projects for which JICS provides procurement agent services

Projects in which Japan’s outstanding technologies
contribute to the development of developing countries

Project management for a
grant aid project under
Public–Private Partnership (PPP)
focusing on the developmentof water supply infrastructure
by a Japanese enterprise

Removal of landmines

Development of
renewable-energy
infrastructure

Food Assistance (KR)Emergency Grant Aid

Construction of schools
and health centers

Construction of roads
and bridges

Grant Aid

GrantsProcurement of products manufactured by Japanese enterprises (e.g.,
medical equipment, products of small/medium-sized enterprises, disasterprevention equipment, next-generation vehicles)

Bilateral Aid

Technical
Cooperation
Development
Cooperation
Official
Development
Assistance (ODA)
Government
Loans

Aid throughInternational Agencies
and Organizations(Multilateral Aid)

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Loan Aid(ODA Loans)

Subscriptions andContributions toInternational
Agenciesand Organizations

Technical
CooperationRelated
Operations

JICS dispatches experts to provide
various specialized services. These
include: (1) capacity building forprocurement staff at the recipient
country’s project-executing agency, and(2) equipment studies, compilation of
specification documentation andprocurement operations.

• Formulating basic plans in the disaster

Loan Aid-Related
Operations

Based on services commissioned by JICA,JICS has experience principally in thethree types of support operations listed
below.
1. Primary checks of procurement-related
documents prepared by theborrowing country

2. Facilitation of executing ODA Loan
projects
3. Ex-post procurement audits
Furthermore, JICS is engaged in ODA
Loan project execution supervisionconsulting (The Project forModernization of Agricultural
Machines and Equipment (Moldova)).

JICS has experience in such procurement
International
operations as utilizing funds frominternational agencies and organizations:
Agencies andprocurement of research equipment,
Organizationsmaterials for dealing with infectious disease
Related Operations and animal health, disaster-reduction

clearance facilities; and development ofdisaster prevention systems, shipping routesystems, etc. Also, JICS has dispatched aprocurement specialist to the Japan Fundfor the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM),
which aims to spread low-carbon
technologies and is managed by the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB).

equipment and telecommunications
equipment; maintenance of customs

prevention field and raising awareness
relating to disaster prevention byholding seminars• Construction project execution
supervision in collaboration with
consultants in a test well drilling projectfor geothermal development“J-Partner” Overseas Business
Development Support Activity
JICS, as a partner, supports
Japanese private-sector
enterprises in their overseas
business development
activities with their excellent
technologies, products andknow-how.
• Joint planning of in-country
studies• Joint preparation and implementation of business plans• Business support through secondment forcommercialization assistance and business expansionof small companies

CSR Activities: NGO Support Activities
In an ongoing program, each year JICS provides financial
assistance to several Japanese NGOs involved ininternational cooperation-related activities.
(Grant amount)
Capped at ¥1 million or ¥1.6 million per fiscal year,
approximately 7 to 10 organizations each year05

Countries Targeted for JICS’ Main Projects(FY2018–FY2020 New Projects)
Coordinators: 20 people in 19 countries(As of March 1, 2022)

Europe Including
New Independent States (NIS)

Latin America
and the Caribbean

Middle East
(2 projects)
Jordan(3 projects)
Armenia / Moldova

Moldova(41 projects)
Antigua and Barbuda / Bolivia / Brazil /Chile / Costa Rica / Cuba /Dominica (Rep.) / Ecuador / El Salvador /Grenada / Guatemala / Guyana / Haiti /Honduras / Jamaica / Panama /Paraguay / Peru /Saint Christopher and Nevis / Saint Lucia /Saint Vincent and the Grenadines /Suriname

Mongolia

Oceania
JordanSenegalPakistan

Bangladesh
Laos

Mali
Burkina Faso

GuineaGhana

Philippines

Myanmar(51 projects)
Cook Islands / Fiji / Kiribati /Marshall Islands / Micronesia /Nauru / Niue / Palau /Papua New Guinea / Samoa /Solomon Islands / Tonga /Tuvalu / Vanuatu

Djibouti

Cameroon
Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Two or more countries
across regions
9.2%

Indonesia

Africa(84 projects)
Benin / Burkina Faso / Burundi /Cabo Verde / Cameroon / Chad / Comoros /Congo (Dem. Rep.) / Congo (Rep.) /Cote d’Ivoire / Djibouti / Egypt / Eritrea /Gabon / Gambia / Ghana / Guinea /Kenya / Lesotho / Liberia / Madagascar /Mali / Mauritania / Morocco / Niger /Sao Tome and Principe / Senegal /Sierra Leone / Togo

Domestic operations
1.3%

Asia
14.2%

Europe / NIS
1.3%

Asia

Madagascar

Latin America
and the Caribbean
17.0%(34 projects)
Bangladesh / Bhutan / Cambodia /India / Indonesia / Laos / Malaysia /Maldives / Mongolia / Myanmar /Nepal / Pakistan / Philippines /Timor-Leste / Viet Nam

Middle East
0.8%

Breakdownof Number of Projects
by Region

Peru

Africa35.0%

Oceania21.2%

Number of New Projects by Region and Scheme, FY2018–FY2020
Grant Aid-Related Operations
Products
Procurement*1

Others:Public–Private
Facility
Screening
2 Partnership
Construction*and Studies,(PPP) Type
etc.*3

Technical
CooperationRelated
Operations

International
Agencies and
Loan
Aid-Related OrganizationsRelated
Operations
Operations

Others

Total

Asia

28

1

1

2

0

0

0

2

34

Africa

76

1

0

2

2

1

0

2

84

Oceania

49

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

51

Middle East

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Latin America
and the Caribbean

35

0

0

3

0

0

0

3

41

Europe / NIS

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

3

Two or more countries
across regions

0

0

0

10

1

5

2

4

22

Domestic operations

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

3

190

4

1

21

3

7

2

12

240

Total

*4

*1 Schemes mainly involving products procurement: Food Assistance Programme (KR), Grant Aid for the Economic and Social Development Programme, Emergency Grant Aid, Grant Aid
for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding and Grant Aid for Procurement of Products (by procurement agent)*2 Schemes mainly involving facility construction: Grant Aid Project for Construction (by procurement agent)*3 Others (Screening and Studies, etc.): Cultural Grant Assistance, etc.
*4 Countries where experts are dispatched are excluded

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Japan International Cooperation System

JICS’ Mission, Vision and Values
ValuesMissionJICS will contribute to the peace and stability of theinternational community as a player in the international
cooperation field.

Impartiality, Fairness and Transparency
JICS will maintain an impartial stance to ensure fairness
and transparency.

VisionReliability
JICS will respect local input and build trust with its clients.

JICS aims to be the world’s best service provider
in the international cooperation field.

Maximizing the Impact of Aid
JICS will focus its efforts on maximizing the impact of aid.
Creation and Challenge
JICS will be unrestricted by conventional ideas, and take up
the challenge of creating and providing new services.

Outline of JICS

Licensed Business
Category
Acquired
Certifications, etc.

Access • Toei Subway Oedo Line Kachidoki Station (E-17)
Use Exit A2a or A2b, 10 minutes’ walk
• Toei Bus Route 03 (for Harumi Futo from Yotsuya Station via
Ginza) or 05 (for Harumi Futo from Tokyo Station via Ginza)
Use Harumi San-chome Bus Stop, 3 minutes’ walkKachidoki Station (E-17)

JICS ProﬁleToei Subway Oedo LineA2a, A2b exits

Kiyosumi-Dori Ave. To Tsukishima
StationMUFG BankAsashio Canal

Harumi-Dori Ave.

Businesses

Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
TAKEUCHI Kazuki
April 12, 1989
¥387 million
125 (as of March 1, 2022)
With the aim of contributing to peace and stability in the international
community, JICS’ purpose is to carry out procurement andmanagement operations related to international cooperation programs.
1. Procurement services in the field of international cooperation business
2. Management services in the field of international cooperation business3. Consultancy services in the field of international cooperation business
4. Research and studies in the field of international cooperation
business
5. Design and supervision of architecture and civil engineering work
concerning international cooperation
6. Support to NGOs, etc., relating to international cooperation activities
7. Dissemination and enlightenment of knowledge concerninginternational cooperation activities
8. Other businesses necessary to achieve the purpose of theFoundation
First Class Registered Architects Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Governor
License No. 59804
PrivacyMark

Reimei Bridge

Name of Organization
President
Date of Establishment
Endowment
Number of Employees
PurposeSeigetsu Bridge
Harumi Triton Square Bus Stop

Reimeibashi Park

Reimeibashi Park
Harumi Triton Square

Seigetsubashi Minami

Police Box
Harumi San-chome Bus Stop
Harumi 3
NTT Harumi Building
Harumi 4-chome
Building

Harumi-Dori Ave.
Harumi 1
N
Harumi Front Building

Harumi 2

JICS (5th Floor, Harumi Center Building)Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
5th Floor, Harumi Center Building,
5-24, Harumi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0053, JapanR e a l A i d i n Ac t i o n

TEL +81-3-6630-7870/ FAX +81-3-3534-6811
https://www.jics.or.jp/jics_html-e/

JICS supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

April 2022
Printed Japan