## Chart 1-8 Progress of 50 Years of Japan's ODA

1954.	10	Japan participates in the Colombo Plan. Technical cooperation starts.
11	Reparations begin (Burma: Myanmar at present).
1956.	12	Japan is granted membership to the United Nations.
1958.	2	Yen loans begin (India).
1960.	9	International Development Association (IDA, "Second World Bank") is founded.
12	Japan joins the IDA.
1961.	3	Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) is founded.
10	Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is established (Japan is a founding member country).
1962.	6	Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency (OTCA) is founded.
1964.	3	First United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is held.
4	Japan joins the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
1965.	4	Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) program is inaugurated.
1966.	8	Asian Development Bank (ADB) is founded.
1969.	General Grant Aid starts.
1972.	10	The Japan Foundation is established.
1974.	8	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is founded (OTCA and Japan Emigration Service are integrated).
1976.	7	Japan completes reparations to Philippines.
1978.	7	First Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced.
1981.	1	Second Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced.
1982.	9	Ministry of Foreign Affairs starts to compile and publish the "Annual Evaluation Report on Japan's Economic Cooperation."
1984.	3	Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues the first edition of "Japan's Official Development Assistance."
1985.	9	Third Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced.
1987.	9	Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Team is founded.
10	International Cooperation Day (October 6th) is established.
1988.	6	Fourth Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced.
1989.	4	Grant Aid for Grassroots Projects start (Grant Assistance-Grassroots and Human Security Project at present).
4	NGO Project Subsidies start.
11	OECF Environmental Guideline is announced.
12	Japan becomes the top ODA donor (continues until 2000 except 1990).
1991.	4	The four key principles for implementing ODA are formulated.
1992.	6	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) is held.
6	Japan's Official Development Charter is approved by the cabinet.
1993.	6	Fifth Medium-Term Target of ODA is announced.
10	Japan co-hosts the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD).
1994.	6	Non-Governmental Organization Assistance Division is established in MOF.
1995.	8	Grant Aid to China is suspended in principle because of China's nuclear testing (until Mar. 1997).
9	Fourth World Conference on Women is held (Japan's Initiative on Women in Development (WID) is announced).
1996.	5	DAC Development Partnership Strategy is adapted at the DAC High-Level Meeting.
1997.	6	Special Session of the UN General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21 is held (Initiative for Sustainable Development toward the 21st Century (ISD) is announced).
12	Third Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held (The Kyoto Initiative is announced).
1998.	1	Council on ODA Reform presents its final report.
2	Emergency Economic Stabilization Measures for Southeast Asia are announced.
5	Japan imposes economic measures on India and Pakistan's nuclear testing (suspension of new grant aid and Yen loans in principle until Oct. 2001).
6	Foreign Economic Cooperation Council presents its report entitled "On Promotional Measures for Future Economic Cooperation."
10	Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD II) is held (Japan's comprehensive measures for assistance to Africa is announced).
1999.	6	The Cologne Debt Initiative (Enhanced HIPC Initiative) is announced.
8	Medium-Term Policy on Official Development Assistance is announced.
10	Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is established (the Export-Import Bank of Japan (EIB) and OECF are integrated).
2000.	7	Kyushu-Okinawa G8 Summit is held (Okinawa Infectious Diseases Initiative and other initiatives are announced.)
9	UN Millennium Summit is held.
2001.	8	ODA Town Meetings start.
2002.	3	Second Consultative Committee on ODA Reform issues its final report.
7	Fifteen Specific Measures for ODA Reform is announced.
8	Initiative for Development in East Asia (IDEA) Ministerial Meeting is held.
8	World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Summit) is held (Koizumi Initiative: Concrete Actions of Japanese Government to be taken for Sustainable Development - Towards Global Sharing, Environmental Conservation Initiative for Sustainable Development (Eco ISD) and other initiatives are announced.)
2003.	8	Japan's Official Development Assistance Charter is revised.
9	Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD III) is held (Japan's Initiative for Assistance to Africa is announced.)
10	JICA becomes an Independent Administrative Institution.
12	Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit is held (Japan's New Initiatives is announced.)