Dutch Systems of International Development Cooperation and Aspects of Educational Cooperation

Abstract

Since the World Conference on Education for All (EFA) in 1990, many agencies have paid attention to basic education because it is based on human development. Also, the transparency and effectiveness of ODA (Official Development Assistance) is stressed in recent years. Therefore, it is significant to study the nature of the systems of other donor countries and strategies not only on general development cooperation but also on educational cooperation. These systems could give some suggestions to Japan to promote effective system in international cooperation and education aid. Japan seemingly has little experienced in the field of basic education or software aspect of educational cooperation. This paper discusses about the Dutch international development cooperation including the educational cooperation as an example and argued the efforts for transparency and effectiveness.