Annual Report on Japan’s ODA Evaluation 202220Furthermore, in other interviews, positive feedbacks were also given on Japan’s approach, in that Japan focuses on human resource development in a sincere manner, which means Japan does not put top-down pressures on partner countries with mandatory orders but rather takes the same standpoint and engages in discussion with its counterparts on the same level to support the direction that encourages partner countries to make their own decisions on the development of their country. Japan’s longstanding approach is the very definition of “teaching a man to fish” instead of “giving a man a fish,” and the feedback received reflects how this approach has been successfully communicated to partner countries.President Hasegawa, the Chief Evaluator of the evaluation team, supported the sustainable development of Timor-Leste on the ground immediately after its independence as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, and has continued to devote himself to promoting its development and bilateral relations with Japan even after he left the position. Waseda University, to which Professor YAMADA Mitsuru, Professor DAIMON Takeshi, and Professor UESUGI Yuji of the evaluation team belong, has long been accepting international students from Timor-Leste and dispatched faculty and students to the National University of Timor-Leste, thereby contributing to the human resource development of the country. Mr. HIGUCHI Yohei and Ms. NIWA Chihiro, who joined the evaluation team as local consultants, have also been engaged in efforts to support the development of Timor-Leste or involved in NGO activities in the field for long years. This evaluation also provided me with the opportunity to witness the unwavering trust that local residents have toward the long-standing efforts by NGOs, JICA experts and volunteers, or members of Japanese corporations. This is the result of the cumulative hard work that these people have put in over many years, toiling with sweat and tears as they immersed themselves into the local life. Perhaps these steady endeavors by Japan’s “Timor-Leste cheer squad,” comprising of those engaged in ODA projects, private companies, and academia, or the gratitude and trust that the local residents have toward these people are something that cannot be described in numerical form in the Evaluation Report. However, it is what I conclude from participating in the evaluation process that this gratitude and trust from the people of Timor-Leste represent the very impact of Japan’s ODA that has spilt over from the consistent efforts of Japanese people over the years. Professor Hasegawa, handing the Evaluation Report to H.E. President Ramos-Horta(Courtesy of Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan)
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