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2-2.  Education  [ Achieving MDGs-- Economic and Social dimension of human security ]

2-2-2．Post basic education and higher education/research

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
[2]Strengthen partnership among universities, colleges and research institutes through joint researches and the exchange of researchers and students to expand research and knowledge accumulation in science and technology.	● Dispatch the Japanese researchers to universities/research institutions in African countries and implement joint research with young local researchers in order to resolve the global issues facing African countries　 ● Based on the needs of developing countries, promotion of international joint research targeting global issues such as environment and energy, natural disaster prevention and infectious diseases control and envisaging future utilization of research outcomes	GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MEXT）/JICA/JSPS	Dispatch the most suitable Japanese researchers to developing countries incl. Africa
		GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MEXT）/JICA/JST	Promote science and technology cooperation between Japan and developing countries incl. Africa
[4]Others	● Expand the number of Japanese government scholarship students from Africa	GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MEXT）	GoJ (MEXT/MOFA): Expand the quota of Japanese government scholarship, to accept more than 500 students from Africa in next 5 years

2-3.  Health  [ Achieving MDGs-- Economic and Social dimension of human security ]

2-3-3．Measures against infectious diseases

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
[7]Others	● Further pursue the ’Program of Founding Research Centers for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases’ commenced in 2005 and strengthen the network between domestic and overseas research centers in countries at high risk of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases to minimize the potential threats to lives caused by these diseases	GoJ（MEXT）	(i) Create international research network on emerging and reemerging infections, (ii) Conduct collaborative research with research institutions in Africa, (iii) Strengthen the network between Japanese and overseas research centers, (iv) Human Resource Development
	● Send Japanese researchers to African universities and research institutions and promote joint research	GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MEXT）/JICA/JSPS	Dispatch the most suitable Japanese researchers to developing countries incl. Africa
		GoJ(MOFA)/GoJ（MEXT）/JICA/JST	Promote science and technology cooperation between Japan and developing countries incl. Africa

4.  Addressing Environmental/Climate Change issues

4-1. Mitigation

4-1.(1) Promotion of mitigation measures

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
[3]Support the development of and access to basic information on forest resources and land use to encourage sustainable forest management and promote conservation and reforestation projects in response to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD).	● Support the development of and access to basic information on forest resources to encourage sustainable forest management	GoJ（MEXT）	Provide ALOS/PALSAR data of Africa

4-4．Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Yokohama Action Plan	Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners	Implementing Partners	Potential Resources, Possible Contributions (Summary)
[1]Promote ESD through integration of ESD into policies and practices to realize a more sustainable society.	● Promote ESD through integration of ESD into policies and practices	GoJ（MOE）/GoJ（MEXT）/UNESCO/UNU	GoJ: Host an International Forum on ESD Dialogue 2008 in Tokyo
			GoJ (MEXT): Support UNESCO’s Teacher Education Programme on ESD in Sub-Saharan Africa through Japanese Funds-in-Trust for ESD
			GoJ (MEXT): Implement project of Education for Sustainable Development in Africa through UNU (¥30 million)
			GoJ (MOE): Support environmental conservation grass-roots activities in developing countries including Africa (min. ¥12 million to Africa)
		GoJ（MEXT）	Support for the formation of model ESD cooperation activities by applying a university’s knowledge

●Concrete projects will be selected through consultations between Japan/Implementing Partners and African countries.
●MDB projects are to be decided.
●$ = US dollars
●Assistance measures written on a yellow ground are those embodied in 2008 (JFY) after TICAD IV.
●Assistance measures written on a pink ground are those embodied in 2009 (JFY) after TICAD IV.