Outline of Activities

Activities

1. Outline of Activities

2. Activities of JICA

3.Achievement

1. Outline of Activities

(1) Our History

We:
Agreed the dispatch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in 1969. Started Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in 1970. Opened the office for Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers coordinators in 1979. Arranged the technical cooperation, signed in 1985 and made it effective in 1987. Opened Japan International Cooperation Agency Syria Office in 1990.

(2) Trend of Official Development Assistance for Syria

Official Development Assistance unit: Million Yen
Term Technical
Cooperation		 Grant
Aid		 Technical Cooperation and
Grant Aid		 Yen-Denominated
Government Credit		 Sum
Total
1988 812 48 860 0 860
1989 416 25 441 0 441
1990 463 0 463 0 463
1991 404 6 450 64,868 65,318
1992 526 811 1,337 0 1,337
1993 425 1,818 2,243 0 2,243
1994 1,015 2,391 3,406 0 3,406
1995 1,745 2,398 4,143 46,199 50,342
1996 2,085 2,359 4,444 0 4,444
1997 2,209 2,482 4,691 0 4,691
1998 1,439 1,254 2,693 0 2,693
1999 1,287 2,497 3,784 0 3,784
2000 1,288 1,779 3,067 0 3,067
2001 1,302 2,407 3,709 0 3,709
2002 1,223 1,690 2,913 0 2,913
2003 1,023 1,153 12,533 0 12,533
2004 1,105 8,14 9,245 0 9,245
2005 1,116 4,15 5,266 0 5,266
2006 1,466 621 7,676 0 7,676
2007 1,231 488 6,111 0 6,111
2008 9.19 12.83 22.02 0 22.02
2009 12.96 16.06 29.02 0 29.02
2010 14.84 0.37 15.21 0 15.21

(3) Trend of Technical Cooperation Services

The Trend of the Technical Cooperation Services
Term Accepted
Trainees		 Dispatched
Experts		 Japan Overseas Cooperation
Volunteers		 Senior
Volunteers		 Sum Total
(Persons)
1988 19 9 21 - 49
1989 19 0 14 - 33
1990 19 0 10 - 29
1991 24 7 8 - 39
1992 20 8 9 - 37
1993 24 3 17 - 44
1994 33 13 27 - 73
1995 50 18 13 - 71
1996 64 17 17 - 98
1997 68 14 11 - 93
1998 73 29 14 - 116
1999 70 31 13 - 117
2000 59 9 37 - 105
2001 70 11 14 4 99
2002 76 36 25 14 151
2003 60 21 23 29 119
2004 77 23 26 12 160
2005 92 23 45 15 155
2006 98 51 27 13 175
2007 66 3 26 10 105
2008 213 32 17 19 281
2009 244 75 23 15 357
2010 200 111 10 2 323

(4) Priority Areas for the Japanese Technical Cooperation:

The 10th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) was introduced in the context of furnishing Syrian economy and society with the capability to meet the increasing demands and requirements of the 21st Century where the political and economic relations at both international and regional levels have become more and more inter-dependent and complex.

The Government of Japan has decided the priority areas for cooperation and JICA has accordingly set-up cooperation programs as follows:

  • 1 . Water Resources Management and Effective Use
    Program 1 Water Resources Management and Effective Use
  • 2 . Environmental Protection
    Program 2 Environmental Protection
  • 3 . Modernization of Industries
    Program 3 Improvement of Economic Infrastructure
    Program 4 Human Resource Development for Modernization of Industries
  • 4 . Improvement of Social Services
    Program 5 Improvement of Environment for the Health and the Vulnerable
    Program 6 Improvement of Basic Education
  • 5 . Promotion of Regional Stability in the Middle East
    Program 7 Promotion of Regional Stability in the Middle East