3 List of Current Sector-Specific Development Policies and Initiatives

Sector	Initiative	Outline
Gender	The Initiative on Gender and Development (GAD), announced at the 49th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (2005)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/oda/bunya/gender/initiative.html	(1) Strengthening integration of gender equality perspective in ODA policies
(2) Strengthening gender analysis and promoting women's participation in society
(3) Support for policies and systems that promote gender equality
(4) Strengthening cooperation with the international community and NGOs
(5) Organizational and administrative capacity building
Education	The Japan's Education Cooperation Policy 2011-2015, announced at the UN Summit on the MDGs (2010)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/oda/bunya/education/initiative.html	In order to contribute to the attainment of the Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as to realize human security, Japan will provide US$3.5 billion over five years from 2011 to 2015 and will help to create a quality educational environment for at least 7 million (a cumulative total of 25 million) children.
(1) Assistance for basic education (Under the "School for All" model, aim to provide a quality education environment for all children and youth by improving the learning environment comprehensively, working together with schools, communities, and government)
(2) Assistance for post-basic education (e.g., secondary education following the completion of primary education, vocational training, and tertiary education)
(3) Assistance for marginalized children and children in vulnerable countries where assistance is hard to reach
Healthcare	The Japan's Global Health Policy 2011-2015, announced at the UN Summit on the MDGs (2010)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/oda/doukou/mdgs/pdfs/hea_pol_ful_jp.pdf	In order to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through realizing human security, Japan will mobilize US$5 billion over five years from 2011 to 2015.
(1) Maternal, newborn, and child health (Under the "EMBRACE (Ensure Mothers and Babies Regular Access to Care)" model, ensure the continuum of care from before to after birth. Save 430,000 lives of mothers and 11.3 million lives of babies in cooperation with other development partners.)
(2) Three major infectious diseases (Strengthen assistance through the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GATFM) [Global Fund], step up complementarity between the Global Fund's activities and Japan's bilateral assistance.)
(3) Response to global public health emergencies, etc.
Water and Sanitation	The Water and Sanitation Broad Partnership Initiative (WASABI), announced at the 4th World Water Forum
Ministerial Conference (2006)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/oda/bunya/archive/wasabi_gai.html	(1) Promotion of integrated water resource management (IWRM)
(2) Support of safe drinking water and sanitation
(3) Support for water use for food production and other purposes
(4) Water pollution prevention and ecosystem conservation
(5) Mitigation of damage from water-related disasters
Environment	The Kyoto Initiative (Assistance to Developing Countries for Combating Global Warming), announced at the 3rd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP3, Kyoto Conference) (1997)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/kankyo/kiko/cop3/kyoto2.html	Japan announced the "Initiatives for Sustainable Development Toward the 21st Century" (ISD) as its comprehensive medium- and long-term plan for environmental cooperation, with ODA playing the central role. Based on this plan, the Kyoto Initiative sets forth assistance measures to further strengthen aid for developing countries to cope with global warming.
(1) Cooperation in Capacity Development (Assistance for a total of 3,000 people over the five-year period from FY1998)
(2) ODA loans with the most concessional terms
(3) Effective use and transfer of Japanese technology and know-how
The Environmental Conservation Initiative for Sustainable Development (EcoSD), announced prior to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) (2002)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/oda/bunya/archive/wssd_gai.html	(1) Human resources development totaling 5,000 in environmental fields over a five-year period from FY2002
(2) Provision of yen loans with the most concessional terms for projects in environmental fields
(3) Enhancement of Japan's grant aid for global environment to promote cooperation for resolving the issue
(4) Promotion of wide-ranging collaboration with international organizations
(5) Further improvement of evaluation methods in order to make the ex-post evaluation of Japan's environmental ODA more effective
The Japan's support for developing countries until 2012 on climate change measures, announced as part of the "Hatoyama Initiative" at the 15th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) (December 2009)
http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/kankyo/kiko/pdfs/2012.tojokoku.pdf	Japan will provide public and private financial assistance in the total amount of approximately ¥1.75 trillion (about US$15 billion) over the next three years until the end of 2012 (of which, public financial assistance is approximately ¥1.3 trillion [about US$11 billion]) in order to support a broad range of developing countries that are taking greenhouse gas mitigation measures, and those which are vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change.