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JICA NOT TO CHANGE POLICY ON INDONESIA
Tokyo, Oct 1 (ANTARA) - The president of the new Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Sadako Ogata, said here on Wednesday he does not intend to change the agency's aid policy on Indonesia and even plans to visit the country in connection with the Japanese aid program in the country.
He made the statement in reply to ANTARA's question at a press conference held after officially declaring the fusion of JICA and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
"I will visit Indonesia in the near future," he said without mentioning the date of the visit.
He explained that after the fusion the two foreign aid agencies would continue supporting the existing cooperation with Indonesia so far.
"Indonesia is the largest recipient of Japanese assistance, so the policy will continue," he said when asked about possible changes in the policy.
Sadako who was formerly president of JICA said he would even increase Japanese assistance to Indonesia especially in projects linked to climate change.
He said the Japanese aid policy on Indonesia would also be adjusted to developments in the implementation of regional autonomy in the country.
The Indonesian ambassador to Japan, Jusuf Anwar, meanwhile said he welcomed the merger of JICA and JBIC which certainly would increase efficiency and effectiveness of the management of Japanese foreign assistance.
"The merger plan was actually made known a year ago. At a meeting with Indonesian embassy officials Indonesia at the time appealed to Japan not to reduce its committment to Indonesia," he said.
Anwar hoped in the future the new JICA would consider new aid products that could be applied in developing countries.
About Sadako Ogata he said Ogata's commitment to the third world was unquestionable.
The merger would make the new JICA the world's biggest aid institution with funds totalling up to US$10.3 billion. The new JICA would operate in 150 countries with the number of experts in its employment reaching thousands and development projects numbering in the hundreds.
On the occasion Ogata introduced new "3S" motto for the institution, which is the abbreviation of "scale up", "speed up" and "spread up".
The scale up motto calls for the institution to work for a bigger sucess impact in projects financed by Japan in the recipient countries while speed up called for quick process of fund disbursement as well as quick distribution of experts especially to countries in emergency situations. The spread up motto meanwhile calls for extension of JICA cooperation to other foreign agencies including non-governmental organizations from developing countries.
Before being merged, JICA only extended technical assistance such as experts and technology while JIBA conncetrated on financial assistance.
He made the statement in reply to ANTARA's question at a press conference held after officially declaring the fusion of JICA and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
"I will visit Indonesia in the near future," he said without mentioning the date of the visit.
He explained that after the fusion the two foreign aid agencies would continue supporting the existing cooperation with Indonesia so far.
"Indonesia is the largest recipient of Japanese assistance, so the policy will continue," he said when asked about possible changes in the policy.
Sadako who was formerly president of JICA said he would even increase Japanese assistance to Indonesia especially in projects linked to climate change.
He said the Japanese aid policy on Indonesia would also be adjusted to developments in the implementation of regional autonomy in the country.
The Indonesian ambassador to Japan, Jusuf Anwar, meanwhile said he welcomed the merger of JICA and JBIC which certainly would increase efficiency and effectiveness of the management of Japanese foreign assistance.
"The merger plan was actually made known a year ago. At a meeting with Indonesian embassy officials Indonesia at the time appealed to Japan not to reduce its committment to Indonesia," he said.
Anwar hoped in the future the new JICA would consider new aid products that could be applied in developing countries.
About Sadako Ogata he said Ogata's commitment to the third world was unquestionable.
The merger would make the new JICA the world's biggest aid institution with funds totalling up to US$10.3 billion. The new JICA would operate in 150 countries with the number of experts in its employment reaching thousands and development projects numbering in the hundreds.
On the occasion Ogata introduced new "3S" motto for the institution, which is the abbreviation of "scale up", "speed up" and "spread up".
The scale up motto calls for the institution to work for a bigger sucess impact in projects financed by Japan in the recipient countries while speed up called for quick process of fund disbursement as well as quick distribution of experts especially to countries in emergency situations. The spread up motto meanwhile calls for extension of JICA cooperation to other foreign agencies including non-governmental organizations from developing countries.
Before being merged, JICA only extended technical assistance such as experts and technology while JIBA conncetrated on financial assistance.
