Annual Report on Japan's ODA Evaluation 2019

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1 Japan conducts development cooperation for developing countries, using Official Development Assistance (ODA) in order to contribute to the peace, stability, and prosperity of the international community. ODA evaluation is a systematic assessment of the implementation and effects of ODA. ODA evaluation has two objectives: to improve ODA management and to strengthen public accountability. MOFA aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of ODA by investigating its implementation and effects and to gain public understanding and support by disseminating the evaluation results and improving transparency.What is ODA evaluation?Structure of the Implementation ProcessNext fiscal yearTwo fiscal years laterReleasing response action plansThis fiscal yearPublishing evaluation reportReflecting in assistance policiesImproving in overseas establishmentsImproving in implementing agenciesFormulating response action plans to recommendationsFollowing up on the implementation status of response measuresUtilization of ODA Evaluation Resultshe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is responsible for planning and formulating ODA policies, while the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is mainly responsible for implementing individual projects. MOFA and JICA collaborate on ODA evaluation by dividing their roles. Japan has steadily conducted ODA evaluation since 1975, prior to the implementation of the Government Policy Evaluations Act (GPEA) in 2002. Japan has developed an evaluation framework in collaboration with other international ODA institutions, including the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD-DAC). MOFA primarily evaluates ODA policy, commissioning to third parties, such as external experts and consultants from the private sector. Meanwhile, JICA evaluates individual projects which it is responsible for their implementation. MOFA also provides assistance aiming for evaluation capacity development in developing countries. This annual report presents MOFA’s ODA evaluations, aside from evaluations based on the GPEA.t is essential that evaluation results and recommendations obtained from ODA evaluations are utilized by MOFA and JICA. They must be reflected in future policy making and project implementation. Stakeholders in MOFA and JICA receive evaluation results and recommendations from evaluators and propose response action plans. One year later, MOFA checks the implementing status of the response actions and publicizes the results in MOFA’s ODA annual reports. Through this process, MOFA aims to improve ODA management and promote public accountability.IT