ODA Manifesto        

By the Group for Renovating Japanese ODA

—30 Proposals for Enhanced International Cooperation—

October 2007

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CONTENTS

• IN PREPARING THE MANIFESTO                                             1

• OVERVIEW OF THE “30 PROPOSALS”                                     2

• CURRENT JAPANESE ODA                                                  　 4

• NEW JAPANESE ODA                                                             5

• FOREWORD                                                                            6

1. Clarify the vision and strategies                                                   8

2. Satisfy the needs of developing countries and strengthen             10
   the field-level functions of ODA implementation

3. Lead the global development trends                                            12

4. Promote the understanding and participation of citizens               14

5. Restructure and strengthen the system for ODA policy                16
   implementation

6. Reform and improve the administrative systems and procedures   18

7. Increase the ODA budget and reform its funding mechanisms       20

8. Develop international cooperation-related career paths and            22
   improve the human resources development system

9. Enhance collaboration with the private sector and form                 24
   public-private alliances                                                                

10. Clarify the vision and sharpen the focus of Japan’s aid to Africa    26

• ISSUE RAISERS                                                                     28

• MANIFESTO AT A GLANCE                                                   30-33