Japan's Official Development Assistance White Paper 2011
(3) Onsite ODA Experience
Providing as many people as possible with opportunities to experience development cooperation by visiting at actual sites where ODA projects are implemented is one of the most effective ways to deepen their understanding of ODA. Japan also promotes support for on-site ODA observation by university students, teachers and representatives from local governments. In addition, partnerships with travel agencies to conduct the experience tours and observation tours are being strengthened. A new program was launched in 2011, in which individuals observe actual ODA project sites and submit reports after their return to Japan; in August 2011, 20 members - ten to Kenya and ten to Vietnam - successfully completed the program.
International Cooperation Reporters inspect a sewage treatment facility that is part of the "Ho Chi Minh City Water Environment Improvement Project" in Vietnam (Photo: Hikaru Nagatake/JICA)