Bilateral Relations » Policy Making Process (ODA Task Force)

1. Field level
The Country-based ODA Task Force which is made up of the Embassy, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) attempt to strengthen their function for research and analysis of socio-economic situations of recipient countries in order to help them meet their development needs in the field level.  Through exchanging opinions with external human resources and the local aid community, including major donor countries, international organizations, NGOs and academia, ODA Task Forces acknowledge the development needs of recipient countries while taking into account the development efforts by the government themselves.

2. Activities in Fiji
The ODA task force which consists of Embassy and JICA in Fiji has a regular meeting twice a month. The annual survey of the Grant Aid and Technical Cooperation program is conducted once a year.

3. New JICA
JICA was reborn on October 1, 2008, as an aid donor agency providing technical cooperation, concessionary loans (ODA loans), and grant aid in a more integrated fashion. The government of Japan has implemented the organizational reforms to improve the quality of ODA operations, enabling it to conduct ODA policy in a more strategic manner and strengthen its implementation regime.
As part of this realignment, the overseas economic cooperation operations of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and part of the grant aid provided by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) have been integrated with the technical cooperation offered by JICA. New JICA thus provides comprehensive assistance for developing countries by making the most of a broader range of aid instruments in an effective and efficient manner and a network of 100 overseas offices around the world.