(3) Promoting the “Co-Creation for Common Agenda Initiative”
Prime Minister Kishida holding a ceremony for the exchanges of notes related to Japan-Cambodia bilateral cooperation with Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia in December (Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
In September, to promote the newly launched “Co-creation for common agenda initiative,” Japan released the strategic document “Co-creation for common agenda initiative,”Note 1 which shows strategically important areas to be addressed and how to proceed with cooperation in line with Japan’s foreign policy. This strategic document identifies (i) Climate change response and GX (Green Transformation), (ii) Economic resilience, and (iii) Promotion of digitalization and DX (Digital Transformation) as areas of strategic importance on which Japan should focus its resources and human capital based on its foreign policies. Going forward, in accordance with this strategic document, Japan will jointly formulate development cooperation goals, development scenarios, and cooperation menus for respective areas through policy dialogues with each country. With regard to the cooperation menu, while presenting the medium- to long-term resource inputs from Japan (guidelines in terms of financial and human resources, outline of Japan’s technical and financial cooperation, etc.), the content of policy initiatives on the part of the partner country will also be discussed, and a comprehensive agreement will be reached in accordance with the needs. A platform for dialogue with relevant stakeholders from both Japan and developing countries will be established in each country. Through these efforts, Japan will work to realize the development cooperation goals set through co-creation with various stakeholders, and thereby seek to address challenges facing developing countries as well as its own challenges and economic growth.
In December, at the Japan-Cambodia Summit Meeting with Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia, Prime Minister Kishida agreed on the list of cooperation items of the “Co-creation for common agenda initiative” to support the development of Cambodia’s digital economy and society,Note 2 and the two leaders agreed that they will continue to strengthen cooperation in the digital area.
Japan will continuously strive to improve the system in order to evolve ODA in line with the direction indicated in the Charter, including the promotion of the “Co-creation for common agenda initiative.”
- Note 1: “Co-creation for common agenda initiative” Strategically important areas to be addressed through the co-creation for common agenda initiative and how to proceed with cooperation
https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100568059.pdf - Note 2: See MOFA’s website (https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100597093.pdf) for details on the list of cooperation items of the “Co-creation for common agenda initiative” in the digital area for Cambodia.