3. List of Current Sector-Specific Initiatives

Sectors	Sector-Specific Initiatives	Outline of the Initiative
Gender	Initiative on Gender and Development (GAD): Announced at the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (2005) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/category/wid/gad_o.html	(1) Strengthening integration of gender equality perspective in ODA policies
(2) Strengthening gender analysis and promoting women's participation
(3) Assistance for policies and institutions that promote gender equality
(4) Strengthening cooperation with the international community and NGOs
(5) Organizational and institutional capacity building
Education	Basic Education for Growth Initiative (BEGIN): Announced at G8 Kananaskis Summit (2002) http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/education3.html	In achieving Education For All (EFA), Japan strengthens its support for the efforts of developing countries to promote basic education, with three pillars of "access", "quality," and "management of education".
(1) Assistance for ensuring access to education
(2) Assistance for improving quality of education
(3) improvement of management of education
Healthcare	Health and Development Initiative (HDI): Announced at the High-level Forum on Health MDGs in Asia and the Pacific (2005) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/health_c/forum0506/hdi.pdf	Comprehensive cooperation with projected worth US $5 billion for five years from 2005 to 2009 to contribute to the achievement of health-related MDGs by means of improving maternal and child health, combating infectious diseases, and strengthening health systems.
(1) Assistance for strengthening institutional capacity development in the health sector
(2) Assistance in areas that reinforce the health sector and cross-cutting actions
(3) Actions toward achieving MDGs
(4) Strengthening Japan's aid implementation capacity
Water and Sanitation	Water and Sanitation Broad Partnership Initiative (WASABI): Announced at the 4th World Water Forum Ministerial Conference (2006) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/category/water/wasabi0603.html	(1) Promotion of integrated water resource management (IWRM)
(2) Supply 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 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP3, Kyoto Conference) (1997) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/environment/warm/kyoto_init/kyoto_full.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 persons over the five-year period from FY1998)
(2) ODA loans at the most concessional conditions
(3) Exploitation and transfer of Japanese technology and know-how
Environmental Conservation Initiative for Sustainable Development (EcoISD): Announced prior to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) (2002) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/environment/wssd/2002/initiative3-2.html	(1) Human resources development totaling 5,000 persons in the environmental field 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
Support for developing countries under the "Hatoyama Initiative": Announced at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) (December, 2009) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/environment/warm/cop/index.html Cabinet Secretariat website: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html	In order to support a broad range of developing countries which are taking mitigation measures, as well as those which are vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, up to 2012 in accordance with the progress of the international negotiations, Japan will provide financial assistance to developing countries of approximately 1.75 trillion yen (about US$15 billion) including public and private finance, of which public finance comprises approximately 1.3 trillion yen (about US$11 billion).
Governance	Partnership for Democratic Development (PDD): Announced at G8 Lyon Summit (1996) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/category/democratiz/1999/partner.html	(1) Assistance for building various institutions
(2) Assistance for elections
(3) Intellectual assistance
(4) Strengthening of civil society
(5) Enhancement of the status of women
Trade and Investment	Development Initiative for Trade 2009: Announced at the Second Global Review Meeting on Aid for Trade (2009) http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/svm/remark0907.html	As Aid for Trade, Japan will:
(1) Provide US$12 billion through bilateral assistance for trade-related projects and technical assistance for 40,000 persons in total including dispatching specialists and accepting research fellows, from 2009 to 2011.
(2) Initiate an overall review of the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) in consideration of the current situation of trade with developing countries.
(3) Make proactive contributions to trade related fields, including efforts to make Aid for trade more effective, fight against protectionism, and trade finance.
Disaster Risk Reduction	Initiative for Disaster Reduction through ODA: Announced at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (2005) http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/un/conf0501-2.pdf	(1) Raising the priority attached to disaster reduction
(2) Perspective of human security
(3) Gender perspective
(4) Importance of assistance regarding software
(5) Mobilization of Japan's experience, expertise and technology
(6) Mobilization and dissemination of locally available and suitable technology
(7) Promoting partnerships with various stakeholders