The Knowledge Co-Creation Program

What is KCCP ?

The Knowledge Co-Creation Program(KCCP) is a human resource development program that JICA carries out in Japan for developing countries. It plays an essential role of the technical cooperation under the Japan’s Official Development Assistance(ODA).

JICA accepts approximately 8,000 participants from about 140 countries every year and KCCP covers a wide range of areas such as governance, urban and regional development, health and medicine, education, environment management, peacebuilding and social security, natural resources and energy, disaster management and so on.

This Program began in 1954, the same year JICA’s international cooperation activities were launched. To reflect Japan’s “co-creating” approach, the program was renamed “The Knowledge Co-Creation Program” in 2015. The term “co-creation” refers to building reciprocal relationships between Japan and the participating countries in where both sides learn from each other and develop together.

What aims for?

1. To contribute to solving issues in developing countries through human resource development by KCCP.
2. To contribute to the promotion of mutual understanding and friendship to achieve a better world together.

The knowledge and expertise that the participants acquire in Japan strengthen societies, economies and improve the lives of individuals in our partner countries. Furthermore, participants with knowledge of and affinity for Japan are expected to bridge Japan and partner countries.

Why Japan?

Japanese society has developed uniquely by fusing its national characteristics with foreign knowledge and technology through the process of trial and error. Most of these experiences accumulated in Japanese society can be understood by actual visit of Japan.

KCCP receives nearly 8 thousands participants each year. The majority of the participants is affiliated with a governmental or public organization, though the number of people from NGOs has been increasing in recent years. Japan has enlisted cooperation from a wide range of levels including national and local governments, universities, non-profit organizations, private companies and NGOs, creating a system capable of responding to any sort of need from advanced technology to expertise in vitalizing villages. In terms of scale and available resources, there is no other program in the world that can compare to JICA's KCCP have become one of the cornerstones of Japan's international cooperation

Video on KCCP

JICA’s Knowledge Co-Creation Program(KCCP)
（70th Anniversary of the JICA Training Program in Japan)
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