*1 Project for Creating the Cooperation Bases System

In 2006 participants are publicly sought to take on activities under the International Education Cooperation Initiative, which consists of three efforts with the objectives of: (1) enhancing support for the dispatch of JOCV in-service teachers, (2) improving education in Sub-Saharan African countries, and (3) utilizing Japan's experience regarding education. By expanding the participation of educa-tion-related entities such as universities, Japan intends to enrich the content of the project.