●Recommendations on the Policy Content of Japan’s Education CooperationRecommendation 1: Prioritizing Designated Priority Areas●Recommendations for the ProjectRecommendation 1: Early Implementation of On-site Monitoring by the Embassy of Japan in Sri Lankapriority areas. Recommendation 2: Setting Periods and Goals and the establishment of criterion and targets that should be achieved.Recommendation 3: Contents of the Policies (Purpose, specification of target fields, promoting collaboration with other situation and security, which have become more unstable due to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis.Recommendation 2: Study of Strategies to Support Development Around the Port of Trincomalee AreaEvaluation on Japan’s Education Cooperation Policy Evaluation of Japan’s Grant Aid to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Economic and Social Development Programme) in FY2017In the formulation of the next policy, Japan will consider if it is possible to prioritize assistance in fields designated as In the formulation of the next policy, Japan will review how to incorporate the implementation period of the policy, actors and entities, etc.)In the formulation of the next policy, a review will be carried out on the possibility of separately setting out elements such as the purposes of cooperation and the target fields. In this policy, many good practices have emerged in aspects such as information exchanges and mutual cooperation within the region, effective collaboration and cooperation with diverse actors, utilization of various assistance schemes to enhance effectiveness, and the incorporation of activities in other development sectors. Having been appraised for contributing to “Learning for All, All for Learning,” Japan will continue with these initiatives and continue to expand the impact of education cooperation while enhancing its sustainability. At the same time, Japan will put effort into building and maintaining long-term relationships of trust with beneficiary countries so as to secure the effectiveness of Japan’s assistance. Japan will also continue to work on maintaining diverse aid modalities. ●Recommendations on the Policy Formulation and Implementation Process of Japan’s Education CooperationRecommendation 4: Effective Use of Existing Platforms in Policy FormulationThe formulation of the education cooperation policy has been carried out while listening to the opinions of the relevant ministries and agencies, JICA, and experts. However, to enable discussions through more open and transparent processes, Japan will review the effective use of existing platforms. Recommendation 5: Effective Use of Existing Platforms in the Inspection of Policy ImplementationTo date, the implementation status of policies has been verified by the International Education Cooperation Liaison Council. However, as the Council only held a limited number of meetings, efforts will be made to hold meetings multiple times a year in order to increase the opportunities for verifying the implementation status of policies. In addition, reviews will be conducted on the establishment of implementation periods for policies to enable the implementation of third-party evaluations at suitable timings. Recommendation 6: Incorporation of MEXT’s Knowhow and CooperationThe International Education Cooperation Liaison Council is attended by representatives from MOFA, MEXT, and JICA, and engages in the sharing of information. As such, MOFA will consult with MEXT and JICA to consider the need to convene separate regular meetings for the three agencies only.Recommendation 7: Communication from Leaders and Continued Dissemination to ODA Implementing AgenciesTo date, Japanese leaders have taken advantage of appropriate opportunities to communicate Japan’s policies to the international community. With regard to the dissemination of the same policies, MOFA will conduct reviews on continued dissemination internally, and to overseas diplomatic missions and JICA. Recommendation 8: Diplomatic Perspective in the Monitoring of Individual ProjectsMOFA will verify the diplomatic importance of projects at the adoption stage, and exchange information with the local diplomatic mission and JICA’s overseas offices from the implementation stage of projects. It will conduct reviews on monitoring and various surveys on the impact of cooperation, while maintaining a diplomatic viewpoint. In the evaluation of projects, it will gather information on the diplomatic importance and diplomatic impact and conduct verification through hearings with partner governments, embassies, and consulate-generals, and JICA’s overseas offices, and other means. Based on these, it will consider including the relevant information, if available, in the reports.Coordination is ongoing with a view to early implementation, while giving full consideration to the socio-economic Economic development support is provided to the region around the Port of Trincomalee, including ODA loans (yen 25Annual Report on Japan’s ODA Evaluation 2022
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