The Development Cooperation Charter (2015) de‑ned development policy as one of the most import‑ant tools for pursuing diplomacy proactively. Since then, all of MOFA's ODA evaluations have been con‑ducted from diplomatic viewpoints to measure their impact on Japan's national interests.This evaluation is intended to further fulll account‑ability to the public by clarifying the following.Why is the ODA in question important for Japan's national interests (diplomatic importance)?How has the ODA in question contributed to Japan's national interests (diplomatic impact)?During the planning phase of the evaluation for FY 2019, MOFA's policy makers provided evaluators with briengs on ODA's diplomatic importance and its contributions to national interests. In addition, policy makers also provided the data necessary for evaluators to analyze target policies. MOFA continu‑ously provides an environment that allows evaluators to conduct high-quality ODA evaluations.2Signicant diplomatic impacts have been con‑rmed in several evaluations. The evaluation of ODA to the Philippines found that improved trust in Japan Brand for ODA projects and recognition of Japan's ODA by the public through high-prole media cov‑erage resulted in an enhanced bilateral relationship. The evaluation of ODA for the Promotion of Women's Empowerment found that the training projects for fe‑male entrepreneurs resulted in capacity building for not only African women but also Japanese women through interactions and peer-learning.While international methods for conducting evalua‑tions from diplomatic viewpoints have yet to be es‑tablished and a process of trial and error continues, interest in how ODA contributes to national interests is growing globally. In December 2019, the OECD-DAC revised the evaluation criteria and added "Co‑herence" as a new criterion to assess how well target policies are linked to other policies in a country. This new criterion is consistent with Japan's concept of "evaluations from diplomatic viewpoints." MOFA con‑tinues to make efforts to further improve its evalua‑tions in order to obtain the public's understanding of ODA.Evaluations from Diplomatic Viewpoints06
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