Grant Aid for Community Empowerment

Grant Aid for Community Empowerment is a new grant aid program begun in fiscal 2006 for supporting comprehensive capacity development of communities facing threats like poverty, hunger and disease. It is implemented by using local businesses, equipment and materials based on local specifications and design, in order to reduce costs.

JICS' Role

Since fiscal 2006, when this grant aid program began, JICS has conducted procurement management of assistance, based on contracts with the governments of developing countries. Grant aid for community empowerment makes it possible to carry out assistance flexibly in accordance with local conditions but also demands attention to quality, thus requiring strong procurement management capabilities. As a procurement management agency, JICS supports the smooth and effective implementation of grant aid.

Project Article

• Official Groundbreaking Ceremony held in Cameroon for the 5th Project for Construction of Primary Schools by the Japan Grant Aid for Community Empowerment
• LA CEREMONIE DE REMISE OFFICIELLE D'INFRASTRUCTURES SCOLAIRES DU PROJET DE CONSTRUCTION D'ECOLES PRIMAIRES PUBLIQUES PHASE IV AU BURKINA FASO A EU LIEU SUITE A L'ACHEVEMENT DE LA CONSTRUCTION DE TOUTES LES ÉCOLES (French)
• Palestine: A Blend of Community Services for the Jordan Valley -The Project for Support for the Public Activities of the Communities in Jordan Valley-
• Japan's Grant Aid for Community Empowerment for the Project for the Construction of Health and Social Promotion Centers in Burkina Faso
  - To improve the access to the health services -
• Laos: The construction of 91 primary and lower secondary schools in "the Project for the Improvement of School Environments in Champasack and Savannakhet Provinces"has completed! The handing-over ceremony was implemented.
• Nepal: Grant Aid for Community Empowerment: Exchange of contracts with Save the Children Japan, for the technical assistance of the Project for Basic Education Improvement in Support of the School Sector Reform in Nepal.
• Palestine: Celebrate the Inauguration Ceremony for the Rehabilitation of Electrical Networks and Community Roads under "The Project for Support for the Public Activities of the Communities in Jordan Valley"- A Multi-component Project that is Concurrently Promoting Aid in Several Spheres -