Month/Year	Major Developments in Japanese Aid	Month/Year	International Developments in Aid
Aug. 2001	Second Consultative Committee on ODA Reform issues its interim report.	Jun. 2001	UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS is held. Genoa G8 Summit is held and the Foundation of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is agreed upon. Ceremonies are held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Colombo Plan.
Aug. 2001	ODA Town Meeting is commenced.	Jul. 2001	United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects is held in New York (the Programme of Action adopted).
Oct. 2001	Economic Cooperation Program for China is formulated and announced.	Sep. 2001	Terrorist attacks in the United States. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are announced by the UN Secretary General.
Oct. 2001	Japan decides to lift economic sanctions imposed in response to the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan.	Sep. 2001	New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is established.
Nov. 2001	1st Tokyo Workshop on ODA Evaluation is held.	Nov. 2001	4th WTO Ministerial Conference is held in Doha (Doha Development Agenda is adopted).
Dec. 2001	TICAD ministerial-level meeting is held in Tokyo.	Jan. 2002	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is founded.
Jan. 2002	International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan is held in Tokyo. Assistance of up to US$500 million over the next two and a half years is announced.	Mar. 2002	International Conference on Financing for Development is held in Monterrey.
Mar. 2002	Second Consultative Committee on ODA Reform issues its final report.	May 2002	UN General Assembly Special Session on Children is held in New York.
Apr. 2002	JBIC announces its Guidelines for Confirmation of Environmental and Social Considerations.	Jun. 2002	World Food Summit: Five Years Later is held in Rome. G8 Kananaskis Summit is held and the G8 Africa Action Plan is announced.
Jun. 2002	Board on Comprehensive ODA Strategy holds its first meeting. Basic Education for Growth Initiative (BEGIN) is announced.	Jun. 2002	African Union (AU) is formed (reorganization from OAU). World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is held in Johannesburg.
Jun. 2002	Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects is launched. Special Terms for Economic Partnership (STEP) introduced into yen loans.	Jun. 2002
Jun. 2002	USAID-Japan Partnership for Global Health is issued. Fifteen Specific Measures for ODA Reform are announced.	Jun. 2002
Jun. 2002	Final Report of the Advisory Board for the reform of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is announced.	Jun. 2002
Jul. 2002	Task Force on Foreign Relations for the Prime Minister (chaired by Special Advisor to the Cabinet Yukio Okamoto) issues "Japan's ODA Strategy".	Aug. 2002
Aug. 2002	Initiative for Development in East Asia (IDEA) Ministerial Meeting is held in Tokyo.	Aug. 2002
Aug. 2002	Japan decides to provide Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects for the procurement of anti-personnel landmine removers and detectors.	Aug. 2002
Aug. 2002	Environmental Conservation Initiative for Sustainable Development (EcoSD) is announced.	Feb. 2003	High Level Forum on Harmonization is held in Rome.
Sep. 2002	Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GAGP) starts. NGO-MOFA Regular Meeting, "partnership promotion committee" is commenced.	Feb. 2003
Dec. 2002	"ODA Reform: Implementation of Three Measures" is announced.	May 2003	Final Report of the Commission on Human Security is announced.
Dec. 2002	NGO-MOFA Regular Meeting "ODA Policy Council" is commenced.
Dec. 2002	Suspension of grant aid for debt relief and conversion to implementing debt waivers.
Feb. 2003	Tokyo Conference on 'Consolidation of Peace' in Afghanistan (DDR Conference) is held.	Aug. 2003	International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and the Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation is held in Almaty. Advisory Board on Human Security established.
Mar. 2003	Cabinet-level World Water Forum is held in Tokyo and announced "Japan Water Cooperative Initiative."	Aug. 2003
Apr. 2003	"Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Projects" is renamed "Grassroots Human Security Grant Aid."	Sep. 2003
May 2003	Japan's Initiative for Cooperation for Africa is announced.	Sep. 2003
May 2003	3rd Japan-Pacific Islands Forum Summit Meeting is held in Okinawa (Pacific Islands Summit.)
Jun. 2003	Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka is held.
Aug. 2003	Cabinet adopts Revised ODA Charter.
Sep. 2003	3rd Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD III) is held in Tokyo. TICAD 10th Anniversary Declaration is adopted.