Dutch systems of international development cooperation and aspects of educational cooperation 【Report】

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