Feb 23, 2009

Naohisa KonitaAdvisor

Office of Executive Director, Japan

Japan Policy and Human

Resources Development (PHRD) Fund

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What are Trust Funds? Accounted for separately from the World

Bank's own resources Financial arrangements with a donor or a

group of donors Grant funding of high-priority development

needs Have helped the Bank leverage its poverty

reduction programs over the past thirty years

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PHRD in the Bank’s trust funds

Japan Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) Fund

PHRD is one of the trust funds managed by the World Bank

One of the largest trust funds with over $2.4 billion cumulative contributions since 1990

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PHRD Fund Origins Established in 1990 As a partnership between the Government of

Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank (Bank) Supports poverty alleviation and capacity

building activities in many areas

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PHRD Fund Objectives

“The Fund may be used for the purposes of financing technical assistance and other grant activities in respect of the formulation and implementation of Bank-supported projects and programs and activities to help develop human resources in developing member countries of the Bank, to assist developing member countries of the Bank to formulate and implement development policy and to strengthen the partnership between Japan and the Bank.”

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PHRD Fund Overview

Core programs provide direct support for a wide range of activities

Supports other activities where the Bank plays an important role in the international community (such as transferring resources to other programs)

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PHRD supports….

Human resources development and capacity building

Technical Assistance (TA) Program Japanese Staff and Consultant Japan-World Bank Partnership Program

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As one of human resources development and capacity building activities

The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)

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PHRD Programs – FY08 Disbursements

J J / WB G SP , $ 9. 6,

11%

P ar tner s hi p

G r ants , $ 4. 9, 6%

Staff E T C gr ants ,

$ 2. 0, 2%

WB I C apac i ty

Devel opment, $ 1. 4,

2%

P HR D T A pr ogr am,

$ 65. 8, 79%

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Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) Established in 1987 To help create an international community of highly

trained professionals working in the field of economic and social development.

Scholarship Program for graduate studies in subjects related to economic development

Japan’s contributions totaling 203 million dollars over the past 22 years

4,006 scholars from over 150 countries have been awarded scholarships

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Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)

The scholars required to return to their home countries on completion of their study Programs and apply their enhanced knowledge and skills to contribute to the development process in their respective regions and communities.

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Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)

About 85 percent of the scholars during 1987-2006 returned to their home country or to another developing country

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JJ/WBGSP -Other Programs

Partnership Program (11 Partnership programs at universities)

Japan Indonesia Presidential Scholarship Program (JIPS) (Support the Indonesia Ministry of National Education’s Presidential Scholars Program)

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PHRD Programs – WBI Capacity Development Grant Program

WBI : knowledge exchange & dissemination.

Japan : one of the largest donors to WBI The PHRD WBI Capacity Development

Grants Program supporting WBI’s multiyear, country-specific programs

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PHRD Programs – FY08 Disbursements

J J / WB G SP , $ 9. 6,

11%

P ar tner s hi p

G r ants , $ 4. 9, 6%

Staff E T C gr ants ,

$ 2. 0, 2%

WB I C apac i ty

Devel opment, $ 1. 4,

2%

P HR D T A pr ogr am,

$ 65. 8, 79%

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PHRD Programs – PHRD TA Program

The largest program in the PHRD Fund PHRD TA grant types funded prior to FY09: Project Preparation grants Project Implementation grants Project Cofinancing grants Climate Change Initiatives grants

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PHRD TA Program -Examples

Just some examples in a great number of the approved TA projects

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PHRD TA Program -Examples Water and sanitation service delivery Public sector reforms Education projects Health systems development Traffic management and safety Natural disaster management Climate change strategy

and so on….

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PHRD TA Program in FY09 The new FY09 program will start soon The program’s design is currently being

reviewed Agriculture and Rice Productivity Enhancement? Climate Change? Disaster Reduction and Recovery? Disability and Development?

and so on…. We will announce them soon.

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Other Programs under PHRD Support activities that strengthen collaboration

between Japan and the World Bank. Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) Policy Dialogue Enhancement Support Fund Strengthening the Partnership between the

World Bank and the Private Sector in Japan To facilitate the appointment of Japanese

nationals as staff members or consultants at the World Bank

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Other Programs Supported through PHRD

Some other Programs and Initiatives supported by PHRD: Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF) Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) Education for All Fast Track Initiative – Education Program

Development Fund (EPDF) Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Feasibility Study Trust

Fund Environmental and Social Challenges in Multilateral Investment

Guarantee Agency (MIGA)-Guaranteed Projects Trust Fund Knowledge for Change Program (KCP) Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) Cities Alliance

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For more information

PHRD website:

www.worldbank.org/phrd

(Photo Credits)

Dominic Sansoni/The World Bank (all pictures)

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Thank you