Since fiscal 1999, we have also been implementing a special country-specific training program on regional educational administration aimed at enhancing the managerial and supervisory abilities of administrators in line with the needs of South Africa, where decentralization is well under way. The key type of cooperation in this connection is third-country group training, which is carried out in developing countries having a relatively advanced level of development. Use is made of people from these countries trained through Japanese technical cooperation who now themselves train technicians invited from neighboring developing countries. Under the partnership program, JICA provides support for developing countries attempting to implement and expand South-South cooperation. It takes place at the final stage of support for countries wishing to become donors in their own right.
Japan is involved in partnership programs with various countries.
The details are shown in Table 3-3. Waterworks technology, dermatology, telecommunications, training of teachers at Laos National University, dissemination of afforestation technology for administrators in Laos. Egypt 1998 Welding, construction machinery, nursing education, etc. Tunisia 1999 Population and family planning, debt management seminar, etc. Chile 1999 Optical fiber transmission systems, shellfish breeding techniques, etc.