September 2010
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SYSTEMSCHEME Emergency Grant Aid
Emergency Grant Aid provides funds urgently needed from a humanitarian perspective to aid refugees, internally displaced persons and other people affected by natural
disasters or conflicts. This aid’s core characteristic is prompt implementation.
Emergency Grant Aid also provides support for democratization to help hold elections in developing countries, and support for reconstruction and development to aid
the reconstruction process after conflicts end.

JICS’ Role
Since FY1998, in accordance with contracts
with the governments of developing countries,
JICS has been acting as a procurement agent
for food, medical equipment, medicines, andother urgently needed goods, as well as
ensuring proper management of the funds
provided.
Emergency grant aid literally requires
prompt action. In its role as a procurement
agent, JICS contributes to assisting affected
people by promptly procuring the necessary
goods.

Philippines: Emergency Grant Aid for the Mudslides Disaster caused by
Typhoon “Reming” in Southern Luzon Island (FY2006)

Indonesia: Emergency Grant Aid for the Area Affected by theEarthquake in Yogyakarta and Central Java (FY2006)

People unloading food packs procured using ODA funds from Japan. These foodpacks were used for the Food for Work Project implemented by the local government.

Children taking a class under a large tent provided by Japan

Affected family using a tent provided by Japan

Handover ceremony for food packs

SCHEME Emergency Grant Aid

Flow of Operations
Requests foraid from
developing
countries

Agreement
betweengovernments(Decision toprovide aid)

AgentAgreement
made withthe counterpart
country

Survey ofprices andspecificationsetc.

Contractswithsuppliers

Bidding

Confirmationof delivery

PaymentOperations handled by JICS

Procurement Activities (Up to May 2010)
Year
1997
1997
1998
1998
1998
2000
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004

Country
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Cuba
China
Mongolia
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Afghanistan
Iraq
China
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

2004

Iraq

2004

Iraq

Despcription
1st emergency grant aid
2nd emergency grant aid
Measures for drought disaster/Asian monetary crisis
Food aid
Measures for flood disaster
Measures for snow damage/droughtMedical and Health Care
Provision of official vehicles
Support for refugee measures
Provision of road repair equipment and materials
Maternal and child health care
Provision of water trucks
Support for people affected by earthquake
Kandahar Police Support
Provision of Police Vehicles
Preventing the spread of SARS
Mazar-i-Sharif Police Support
Provision of Fire Trucks
Provision of Armored Vehicles
Provision of Police Buses and Motorcycles
Provision of Ambulances
Provision of Equipment for Solid Waste and Sewage
Management (Baghdad Mayoralty)
Provision of Equipment for Solid Waste and Sewage
Management (MMPW)YearCountry

2004

Iraq

2004

Iraq

2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

2004

Iraq

2004

Iraq

2004

Iraq

2005
2005
2006

Iraq
PakistanIndonesia

2006

Philippines

2009
2009

MexicoTaiwan

2010

China

Despcription
Provision of Equipment for Solid Waste Managementin Samawah
Provision of Primary Health Centers in the Governorateof Al-Muthanna
Installation of Mobile Substations
Rehabilitation of Mosul Hydroelectric Power Station No.1
Rehabilitation of Mosul Gas Turbine Power Station
Rehabilitation of Taji Gas Turbine Power Station
Improvement of Trunk Communications Network
Improvement of Transit Switches
Improvement of Water Supply in Baghdad
Rehabilitation of main Hospitals in the Southern
Region of Iraq
Rehabilitation of main Hospitals in the Northern
Region of Iraq
Rehabilitation of main Hospitals in the Central Regionof Iraq
Construction of Diesel Power Station in Samawah
Disaster caused by a major earthquake
Earthquake in Yogyakarta and Central Java
Mudslides caoused by typhoon Reming in southern
Luzon
Measures against H1N1 influenza
Measures to respond to typhoon damage
Measures to respond to the earthquake damage inQinghai Province

Emergency Grant Aid (Mexico) FY2009
Project outline:
Procuring equipment needed to treat affected individuals and strengthen quarantine in order to help prevent thespread of H1N1 flu infection that occurred in Mexico in April 2009

Preventing the spread of infection
The H1N1 flu that occurred in Mexico in late April 2009 spread worldwide. The World HealthOrganization (WHO) raised its warning level to Phase 5 (widespread person-to-person infections
confirmed) and strengthened its appeal to each country to take preventive measures against
infection.
Under these circumstances, the Mexican government requested aid from Japan to prevent thespread of H1N1 flu infection. In accordance with this, a decision was made to provide emergency
grant aid that procured 25 thermographs and peripheral equipment to help boost quarantine at
airports and other places in Mexico.
JICS, after signing an Agent Agreement with the Mexican Embassy in Japan on May 3, 2009
regarding procurement of thermographs, implemented procurement procedures, managed thefunds provided, and delivered the thermographs and peripheral equipment to Mexico City
International Airport on May 7.

Thermographs and other equipment in use at
the North Bus Terminal in Mexico CityJapan International Cooperation System (JICS)
Shinjuku EAST Building, 10-5, Tomihisa-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0067 JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-5369-6960 Fax: +81-3-5369-6961 E-mail: jics@jics.or.jp
URL: http://www.jics.or.jp/