Preparing Strategic Commitment to Help Africa Grow For TICAD V~To Build Rewarding Japan-Africa Relationships~
Announcing Japan’s Commitment at TICAD V[Contributing[Contributing toto Human
Human Resource
Resource Development
Development andand Nation
Nation Building
Buildinginin Africa]
Africa]DispatchingDispatching JapaneseJapanese specialists
specialists inin administrative
administrative services
services toto Africa
Africa toto
helpestablish
adequate
economicandsocialsystems.
help establish adequate economic and social systems.
Dispatch
Dispatch specialists
specialists fromfrom Japan,Japan, andand receive
receive trainees
trainees fromfrom Africa
Africa ininordertodevelopHRwithbusinessknowledgeandskills.
order to develop HR with business knowledge and skills.

[Strategic[Strategic andand Flexible
Flexible Approach
Approach toto Japan’sJapan’s ODA]
ODA]IncreasingIncreasing thethe ODA
ODA budget,budget, especially
especially its
its aid
aid toto Africa.
Africa.
Makethefullandflexible
useofODA
tohelpMake the full and flexible use of ODA to help JapaneseJapanese businessbusinessdevelopdevelop inin Africa.
Africa.

[Support[Support forfor thethe Development
Development ofof Regional
Regional Economic
Economic Communities]
Communities]
Promoting
Promoting regional
regional economic
economic partnerships
partnerships oror economic
economic integration
integration inin
AfricathroughaidtoRECs.
Africa through aid to RECs.
Reinforcing
Reinforcing thethe functions
functions ofof RECs
RECs byby directly
directly aiding
aiding them
them (financial(financial ++personnel).
personnel).
Holding
Holding high-levelhigh-level policy
policy dialogues
dialogues withwith RECs.
RECs.

[Effective[Effective Use
Use ofof DiverseDiverse Financial
Financial Schemes]
Schemes]EffectiveEffective use
use ofof investment
investment schemes
schemes involving
involving JBICJBIC andand JICA.
JICA.
Promoting
Promoting partnershippartnership withwith thethe African
African Development
Development Bank
Bank (AfDB),(AfDB),
etc.,etc., soso as
as toto offer
offer “visible”“visible” aid
aid andand promote
promote investments
investments byby private
privatecompanies.
companies.

To increase the effectiveness of the respective measures

Preparing for the Implementation of New African Strategies[Promoting[Promoting Personnel
Personnel Exchange
Exchange toto Build
Build aa Solid
Solid Base
Base forfor Japan-Africa
Japan-Africa
Relationships]
Relationships]
Promoting
Promoting thethe exchange
exchange ofof people
people ofof aa wide
wide variety
variety ofof socialsocial classes,
classes, ranging
rangingfrom
national
leaders
tograssrootspeople(settingtheannualgoal
from national leaders to grassroots people (setting the annual goal ofof receiving
receiving
10,00010,000 African
African students
students andand trainees).
trainees).
Disseminating
Disseminating information
information aboutabout JapanJapan andand promoting
promoting intellectual
intellectual exchange.
exchange.
BuildingBuilding aa network
network ofof people
people inin Japan
Japan who
who have
have firsthandfirsthand knowledge,knowledge,experience,experience, andand interest
interest concerning
concerning Africa.
Africa.
BuildingBuilding ofof aa network
network ofof African
African people
people who
who have
have studiedstudied oror worked
worked inin Japan.
Japan.

[Building[Building aa Cross-Governmental
Cross-Governmental System
System towards
towards thetheImplementationofaNew
AfricanStrategy]
Implementation of a New African Strategy]BuildingBuilding aa cross-governmental
cross-governmental system,
system, transcendingtranscending
existing
barriers
betweenministries
existing barriers between ministries andand agencies.
agencies.
BuildingBuilding anan appropriate
appropriate systemsystem toto exert
exert its
its politicalpolitical
leadershipleadership byby taking
taking measures
measures such
such asas appointing
appointing aa minister
minister
responsible
responsible forfor TICAD.
TICAD.

[Reinforcing[Reinforcing Security
Security Measures]
Measures]Reinforcing
information
Reinforcing information channels
channels with
with African
African countries
countries andand other
other donor
donor countries,
countries, collecting
collecting risk
risk information
information on
on aa daily
daily andand regular
regular basis,
basis, andandconducting
studiesofinternationalsituationstranscending
nationalborders.
conducting studies of international situations transcending national borders.

Contributing to sustainable and self-reliant growth of Africa