Japan's Official Development Assistance White Paper 2010
(2) International Cooperation Reporters
In order to provide opportunities for as many people as possible to experience and observe the situation in developing countries, Japan plans to implement a new program called International Cooperation Reporters, which has higher cost-effectiveness than the ODA Citizen Monitoring Program that was implemented until FY2008. Through this program, citizens will visit ODA sites as international cooperation reporters, and afterwards report on the situation of developing countries and the significance of and need for international cooperation through a variety of Japanese media outlets.