2008
Japan International Cooperation System

The JICS Vision

JICS Code of Conduct

JICS is a public-service foundation working to ensure
appropriate and effective procurement of goods andservices required in developing countries, within theframework of the Japanese government's official development assistance and other support for developingcountries. JICS endeavors to carry out its operations inaccordance with the following precepts.

Based on the precepts of the JICS Vision, we pledge to act inaccordance with the ten principles shown below, with thegoal of promoting higher-quality international cooperation.

JICS plays a bridging role in assistance projects
JICS maintains an impartial stance toensure fairness and transparency
JICS puts its knowledge and experience towork in assistance projects

JICS endeavors to manage its operations
appropriately and to train capable personnel• We will meet our responsibilities as a public service
corporation• We will provide high-quality services• We will strictly observe laws and rules• We will exercise consideration for local conditions• We will practice information disclosure• We will manage information appropriately• We will respect human rights• We will act in a socially responsible manner• We will endeavor to preserve the environment• We will create a positive workplace atmosphere

Information on JICS
Name of Organization:
Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
Office: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/
President:
Takahisa Sasaki
Vice President:
Yukihisa Sakurada
Date of Establishment:
April 12, 1989. JICS was established as a public-service foundation authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Endowment:
387 million yen
Number of Employees:
185 (as of December 1, 2009)
Purposes:
The purposes of the Foundation are to promote higher quality
international cooperation by cooperating in the appropriate
and efficient implementation of Japan's Official Development
Assistance (ODA) and other international cooperation programs for developing countries and territories and thus to contribute to the economic and social development of the world
as well as the enhancement of friendly international relations

Business:
The Foundation shall conduct the following business while paying
due respect to the work of private enterprises in order to accomplish
the purposes described above:
1. Business which contributes to the promotion of the appropriate
and efficient implementation of grant aid programs, technicalcooperation programs and loan programs which are parts ofJapan's ODA;
2. Business which contributes to the promotion of the appropriate
and efficient implementation of international cooperation programs executed by international organizations, foreign governments or other entities engaged in international cooperation
activities;
3. Follow-up activities and after-care activities for such programs
mentioned above in items 1 and 2;
4. Research and studies on methods of efficient implementation ofinternational cooperation;
5. Education and support which promote international cooperation; and6. Other activities necessary to achieve the purposes of theFoundation.
Overseas Project Offices:
Afghanistan, Madagascar, Pakistan, Vietnam, Bhutan, Bangladesh,Senegal, Niger, Ethiopia, Benin, Lesotho, Nicaragua, Peru, Bolivia,Palestine, Laos, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Mali

Cover photos ｜①｜②｜③｜① Harvested crops grown with fertilizer provided by Grant Assistance for Underprivileged Farmers (Cambodia)② Children at Dhaka in Bangladesh③ School constructed by Grant Aid for Community Empowerment (Madagascar)

As of December 1, 2009

2Preface –– A Message on the 20th Anniversary ofthe Japan International Cooperation SystemIPart Main Activities in FY2008
Special Feature: Marking 20 Years
4 JICS and the New Japan’s ODA

8 Aiming to Become an International Procurement Agency
11 The Role of JICS in ODA
Various Projects
15 Iraq –– Emergency Grant Aid, Grant Aid for Conflict
Prevention and Peacebuilding
Afghanistan–– Road Sector Program Grant Aid
1616 Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives –– Reconstruction efforts
to cope with the damage caused by large-scale
earthquake off the coast of Sumatra and by Indian
Ocean Tsunami Disaster
17 Bangladesh –– Grant Aid for Disaster Prevention andReconstruction

17 Palestine –– Grant Aid for Conflict Prevention andPeacebuilding

18 Cambodia –– Grant Aid for Research
18 Guatemala –– Cultural Grant Aid
19 Niger –– Food aid (KR)19 Nicaragua –– Grant Assistance for Underprivileged
Farmers (2KR)

20 Tuvalu –– Non-Project Grant Aid20 Kenya –– Grant Aid for Infectious Diseases Preventionand Treatment

21 Sri Lanka –– Technical Cooperation
21 Yen Loans –– Japanese ODA Loans (Yen Loans)

Contents

22 JICS Recent Events
24 Social Activities of JICSPartII Description of Projects

26 Countries Targeted for JICS Projects (FY2008)
28 Revenue by Scheme (FY2008)
29 Revenue by Client (FY2008)
30 Revenue by Function (FY2008)
31 Change in Revenue by Type of ODA (FY1989-2008)
32 Project Results by Country in FY2008
List of Projects in FY2008

35 Grant Aid
40 Technical Cooperation
42 Loan Programs
42 Programs with International Organizations, etc.
43 Other Activities Related to International Cooperation
Reference Materials

44 Changes in Revenues and Expenditures by Fiscal Year
45 FY2008 Business Report
46 FY2008 Statement of Revenues and Expenditures
47 FY2008 Balance Sheet
48 FY2008 Statement of Net Equity Increase (Decrease)
49 FY2008 Cash Flow Statement
50 A Brief History of JICS
51 Executive Management/Board of Trustees
52 Organization Chart
53 The Articles of Foundation of Japan International
Cooperation System (JICS)

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Preface
aid within a limited budget.
To make this possible, new JICA
was born in October 2008 when
JICA and the yen loan division ofthe former Japan Bank forInternational Cooperation (JBIC)
were amalgamated into a single
organization for implementingODA. It is expected that this organizational change will strengthen
the aid implementation process and thatcoordination among assistance programs,
which consist of technical cooperation, grant
aid and loan aid, will generate a synergy
effect at the same time.
Against the backdrop of the major change
in the aid implementation process and of a
growing need to implement more effective
and efficient assistance, JICS actively makessuggestions to New JICA, based on its organization's experience and know-how as aprocurement agent over the past 20 years, toimprove the efficiency of implementationprocedures and to materialize system designfor new programs.
While working on a main business of
procuring equipment and materials, we havebeen engaged in the most challenging projects since our founding such as assistance toreconstruct public facilities in the countries
affected by the earthquake off the coast of
Sumatra and tsunami in the Indian Ocean of2004 and assistance to rehabilitate devastated facilities in Iraq and in Afghanistan.
In recent years the experience and knowhow accumulated in implementing suchprojects are being put to good use in new
projects for grant aid for disaster prevention
and reconstruction and grant aid for community empowerment, toward which we areworking wholeheartedly.
Additionally, JICS continues to serve as aprocurement agent for Japanese governments' other aid programs, such as environment program grant aid, food aid and grantassistance for underprivileged farmers. They
are all intended to alleviate the global-scale
problem of climate change and the consequent sharp increase in food prices which

A Message on
the 20th Anniversary of
the Japan International
Cooperation SystemThe Japan International Cooperation System(JICS) was established as a public-service
foundation in April 1989 upon authorizationby the Minister for Foreign Affairs. As part ofJapan's economic cooperation activities, JICS
aims to promote high-quality international
cooperation by providing appropriate andeffective assistance in implementing bilateral
grant activities. Over the years, JICS' operations have steadily expanded to yen loans
and to overall international cooperation projects in addition to those of Japan's Official
Development Assistance (ODA), and we now
marked the 20th anniversary of JICS' founding on April 12, 2009.
Over that time, JICS has been able to makea notablet contribution to Japan's international cooperation activities, with the guidance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, theJapan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) and others, and with the support ofvarious foreign government organizations
and ODA-related bodies. I wish to express mydeep gratitude for the support and cooperation these parties have extended to JICS.
Global conditions have markedly changedin the past 20 years, as has the environment
in which Japan's ODA operates. The
Japanese Government's allocation for ODA
out of the general account budget peaked at1.1687 trillion yen in FY1997 and has been
declining ever since. Examining the budgetfor FY2009 by category, the budgets for technical cooperation and grant aid haveincreased year-on-year for the first time innine years, but the overall ODA budget stoodat 672.2 billion yen, down 42.5% from thepeak figure. We are required now to work
harder to implement efficient and effective

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might cause a food crisis in developing countries.
JICS has also been actively involved ininternational assistance projects other thanJapan's ODA. In FY2008, JICS undertook newprojects as a procurement agent for avian flu
support measures for the World Organisation
for Animal Health (OIE) and for the AsiaEurope Foundation (ASEF).
Based on the JICS Vision and the JICS Codeof Conduct, JICS looks forward to your support and understanding as it strives to be areliable procurement organization in theeyes of both Japan and the world and contribute to efficient implementation of Japan'sODA. On the occasion of our 20th anniversary, all of us at JICS resolve anew to work
together to make this organization better,and we look forward to your continued support.

Takahisa Sasaki
President
Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
October 2009