Abstract
The Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) is an international voluntary service that the Japanese government provides each year to developing countries through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Since its foundation in 1965, JOCV has sent a total of 40,428 young adults from Japan (21,855 males and 18,573 females) to help economic and social development in 88 countries around the world (as of June 2015). This volunteer project has three objectives: (1) to provide technical assistance to developing countries; (2) to promote friendship and mutual understanding with foreign countries; and (3) to widen the perspectives of young Japanese people about the world (Japan. MOFA 1965). Volunteers between the ages of 20 and 39 are selected from Japanese applicants and assigned to host countries for a period of two years after receiving special training. Thus, the government identifies it as a national participatory Official Development Assistance (ODA) project.
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Okabe, Y. (2016). Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers: Its Genesis and Development. In: Kato, H., Page, J., Shimomura, Y. (eds) Japan’s Development Assistance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137505385_14
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