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The Project for the Development of Financial Market Infrastructures
September 2018 to March 2021
In Myanmar, the start of mobile banking service has triggered a need for an efficient retail payment system through direct connection between Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) and the commercial banks. JICA has started a Grant Project in September 2018 to enhance the settlement system of CBM. A banking expert from OPMAC is participating in the project to realize the 24/7 retail payment and cheque truncation to upgrade the financial infrastructure of Myanmar.
Project for Enhancement of Operation and Management of Cambodian Transmission System
December 2017 to March 2023
Cambodia has been facing an urgent issue of stable power supply since the power demand has rapidly grown in the country. In December 2017, JICA started a technical cooperation project aiming at capacity improvement of power system planning, power system operation, facility maintenance and restoration in the Cambodian Electricity Company (Electricite du Cambodge: EDC). An OPMAC expert in organizational/institutional building has engaged in capacity building of EDC at organizational/institutional level for stable power supply based on the TQM (Total Quality Management) approach as a team member of the JICA expert team.
Ex-Post evaluation in FY2020 on SATREPS Package 1 (Botswana, Thailand, Indonesia)
July 2021 to June 2022
OPMAC conducted an ex-post evaluation on 3 technical cooperation projects which had been implemented in Botswana, Thailand and Indonesia under the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS). SATREPS addresses global issues including environment and energy, bio-resources, disaster management as well as infectious diseases, and promotes international joint researches with concept to realize utilization of expected research outputs, which are conducted by Japanese researchers and government research institutions in developing countries. It also aims at obtaining new knowledge and technologies which contribute to solution of the global issues and improvement of scientific and technical level. In this work, project effects and impacts by the technical cooperation projects under SATREPS were verified and recommendations for improving the method and system of ex-post evaluation of SATREPS were proposed based on the evaluation results of this work.
Third-Party Evaluation on the Model System of Group Purchase of Renewable Energy Power under the Program of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
December 2020 to January 2021
OPMAC conducted an evaluation on the model system of group purchase for renewable energy power (“the Campaign for Buy Renewable Energy Power Together!”) under the program of the Bureau of Environment of the Tokyo as a third-party evaluator. The evaluation report included cost-benefit analysis on the campaign and recommendations for the model system.
Technical Assistance Project for Formulation and Implementation of Japanese ODA Loan Projects in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
August 2017 to March 2022
After having been largely isolated from the global economy for many years, the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (GOM) has started moving toward a democratic system and is making every effort to reintegrate itself into the international community. In order to respond to these efforts, the Government of Japan has been playing a leading role among international donors, by extending its support to the GOM for the implementation of democratization, national reconciliation and economic reform. In the Japanese fiscal year 2013, the Loan Agreements (L/As) for the initial three ODA Loan projects were signed between the GOM and JICA and the L/As for another 23 projects were concluded up to the Japanese fiscal years 2017. Meanwhile the GOM wished to realize smooth implementation of the said ODA loan projects to deliver project benefits to the Myanmar’s population. OPMAC assisted Executing Agencies (EAs) and other relevant agencies of GOM to strengthen their capacity to ensure satisfactory implementation of the projects in the framework of the technical assistance, especially in the fields of the procurement and disbursement procedures.
Republic of Indonesia: Study on E-Procurement System Of Ministry of Public Works and Housing
August 2017 to February 2018
Since all Indonesian Government’s Ministries / Agencies / Institutions are required to implement the electronic procurement, Ministry of Public Works and Housing requested JICA to apply an electronic procurement system to Japanesae ODA loan projects. OPMAC coducted assessment on the system in terms of compliance with JICA procurement rules and IT security and identified points to be updated. In order to improve these points, OPMAC discused with counterpart organizations (i.e. Ministry of Public Works and Housing and National Public Procurement Agency) and fine-tuned the system.
Preparatory Survey for Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing Enterprise Finance Promotion Project in Tanzania
April 2018 to September 2019
The United Republic of Tanzania has undergone steady economic growth since 2000, with average annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates ranging from 6% to 7%. The Government laid down the Tanzania Development Vision 2025, which directs the nation to graduate from the least developed to a semi-industrialized middle-income country by 2025. As it is expected that about 800,000 of the labor force will newly enter into the labor market, it is necessary to accelerate industrialization from the viewpoint of the creation of employees. The manufacturing sector is expected to lead industrialization and to play a key role in achieving sustainable growth. However, the sectoral share of GDP remained at 5.2% in 2015. The Government plans to increase the ratio to 18.0% by 2025 and it places high priority on the promotion policy of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) manufacturers. However, SME have faced difficulties in getting access to the medium-and long-term funds required for investment in equipment and facilities. This preparatory survey aimed to formulate a development finance project to improve access to finance for SME manufacturers, particularly by providing them with medium-and long-term investment funds with lower interest rates under a Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) Loan Scheme.
Special Assistance for Project Implementation (SAPI) on the Assistance Program for the Energy Renewal Infrastructure (Financing Loans for Development) in Peru
March 2016 to March 2017
Due to the rapid economic growth in recent years in Peru, it is necessary to increase the power generation capacity to three times in 2030 from the current capacity. JICA implemented the ODA loan project "Energy Renovation Infrastructure Assistance (AIRE) Program" as a development loan program for Peru Development Finance Corporation (COFIDE) (its loan agreement was signed in October 2012). The aim of this loan was to support the efficinecy of energy sector in Peru by promoting the invesemnt for enery efficinecy and renewable energy in the private sector. OPMAC supported COFIDE to actualize subprojects in three sub-components including energy efficiency component and low-emission diesel component by coordinating with intermediate financial institutions, manufacturers and end users.
Consulting Services for Engineering and Construction Supervision of Dhaka-Chittagong Main Power Grid Strengthening (Matarbari-Madunaghat-Megunaghat) Project
January 2017 to March 2022
With rapid economic growth in recent years, the power demand in Bangladesh is projected to continue growing at around 8.5% per annum to reach 33,708MW by 2030 (estimated in 2010). The Government of Bangladesh has been developing a deep-sea port and constructing power plants in Chittagong Division, and this Project will strengthen the transmission capacity between Chittagong and Dhaka, by utilizing Japanese ODA loan, to meet needs for a stabler supply of high-quality electricity. OPMAC has been part of the Consulting Services, since 2017, to provide environmental and social management service to the Client.
Project on Power System Master Plan 2040 in Royal Government of Bhutan
December 2017 to January 2020
Bhutan’s national finances have been supported by revenue from hydro business tax and hydropower electricity sale, accounting for approximately 20% of national revenue and 15% of GDP (2015). It is estimated that hydropower potential is more than 30 GW, but the installed capacity of hydropower plants in 2017 is approximately 1.6 GW, which is nearly 5% of the potential. The Bhutanese government has promoted the hydropower development based on The 2003-2022 Power System Master Plan (PSMP 2003), however, external conditions and environment have been changed significantly and therefore renewal and revision of PSMP is an urgent issue. This project aims to draft PSMP 2040 with counterpart of Department of Hydropower and Power Systems (DHPS) as well as to strengthen the capacity of DHPS staff in fomulating the PSMP. In drafting work of the PSMP 2040, strategic environmental assessment is being conducted. Two OPMAC experts on social consideratiion have been undertaking information/data collection and analysis in social consideration aspect as well as with supporting the capacity development of DHPS staff as a team member of this project.
The Project on Electricity Sector Master Plan Study in Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
July 2016 to July 2017
In Sri Lanka, the national electrification rate reached to 96% in 2013 and the power demand has been growing with the recent economic growth. Under such situation, JICA provided technical cooperation for formulation of long-term power master plan by 2040 in order to realize environment-friendly power supply with optimal cost. The OPMAC expert in financial and economic analysis conducted financial analysis of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and financial simulation by power development scenario and proposed financial strategy to CEB for optimal power source and power system development.
Evaluation of the Feedback Mechanism of Japan’s ODA
November 2015 to March 2016
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) has conducted ODA evaluations for its policies and programs which have been implemented under the key policies such as the ODA Charter for more than 30 years since its inception of the ODA evaluation system at the policy level in 1981. In order to improve the ODA management and strengthen accountability to the public, both of which are the objectives of the ODA evaluation at the policy level, it is important to establish a system in which the evaluation results are fed back to the formulation and implementation of the ODA policies, which is so called “PDCA cycle.” Thus, this evaluation study has been conducted to propose recommendations that would contribute to the improvement of the PDCA cycle at the policy level of Japan’s development cooperation, with a focus on the C phase (evaluation) of the PDCA cycle. As evaluation findings, the OPMAC evaluation team proposed the following recommendations to MORA:
- Prioritization of the Objectives for and Formulation of Medium-term Evaluation Plan for the ODA Evaluations at the Policy Level as Third Party Evaluations
- Further Improvement of Evaluability and Accountability by Strengthening the Usage of “Objective Framework”
- Improvement of Evaluations at Cooperation Program Level with Coordination with JICA’s Project Evaluations and the Effective Uses of the Evaluation Results
- Revisions on the ODA Evaluation Guideline, such as refinement of the scope and items of the ODA evaluations, clarification of status and qualification of evaluators in third party evaluations, strengthening the analyses of “effectiveness of results” based on an “Objective Framework” to be developed at the stage of policy formulation, standardization of the quantitative analyses, and so on.
- Strengthening the Feedback and Utilization of Recommendations from ODA Evaluations at the Policy Level
This evaluation work has been highly appreciated due to the first evaluation on the PDCA cycle of ODA. Some of the recommendations above have already been implemented by MOFA to improve their ODA evaluation and contributed to the improvement of the PDCA cycle of ODA.
Assistance Service on Development of JICA's Knowledge Creation and Capacity Development (KCCP) Program on the Energy and Mining Sector
March 2021 to March 2022
JICA has been technical trainings for developing countries as a part of technical cooperation under the Knowledge Co-Creation Program (KCCP). However, the global pandemic of COVID-19 has interrupted implementation of face-to-face trainings in Japan. Under such situation, JICA introduced a new training policy to use online systems, and also is considering development of on-demand training courses. OPMAC has been developing on-demand training programs and materials for the energy sector as well as implementing on a pilot basis. In addition, recommendations for technical trainings by JICA will be prepared.