The Technical Cooperation Project encompasses comprehensive and long-term cooperation that combines equipment provision, dispatch of experts, and holding of training programs based on bilateral agreements between Japan and recipient countries. The recipient country also provides facilities and operation expenses.

The Projects are implemented by JICA in collaboration with relevant authorities and additional support for terminated projects may be granted where needed.

Typical examples in the environmental field are the support to the Environmental Center in the countries in the above diagram. These technical cooperation projects have been implemented in association with the grant aid for facility and equipment, which does not require reimbursement.

Besides Environmental Center projects, the Japanese government executes a wide range of technical cooperation in various countries.

Experts in such areas as environmental monitoring, environmental administration, and nature conservation are dispatched to developing countries through JICA in collaboration with local governments, and other relevant organizations in order to promote technical cooperation to environmental administrative organizations, research institutes, etc.

The Ministry of the Environment, in collaboration with local governments, promotes training programs for human resource development, and human resource database construction for smooth dispatch of experts.