JODC/Experts Dispatch Program

What is meant by "Experts Dispatch Program"?

JODC dispatches highly qualified Japanese experts to developing countries, with the support of Japanese private businesses and organizations, to assist those countries in human resource development. Such technical guidance mainly aims at contributing to the industrial development of those countries, vitalizing of Japanese affiliated companies and supporting the global expansion of Japanese small or medium-sized enterprises. This cooperation is carried out with subsidies from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry JAPAN.

"Receiving Party" means a local company or local private organization, etc., in a developing country or an another country where the experts are dispatched.
"Cooperating Company" means a Japanese company or Japanese industrial association, etc., that has mainly a financial and/or business relationship with the Receiving Party.

As JODC cannot accept applications directly from Receiving Party,
please consult carefully with a respective Cooperating Company.

*Qualification for JODC Program The Receiving Party needs to meet at least one of the following conditions:
(1)	holds investment from Cooperating Company (Japanese company or industry association, etc. located in Japan).

(2)	has a business relationship with a Cooperating Company (Japanese company or industry association located in Japan).
(3)	to be a Receiving Party invested in by the overseas affiliate of a Cooperating Company.
(4)	has a business relationship with the overseas affiliate of a Cooperating Company.
(5)	had a technology tie-up or plant export agreement with a Cooperating Company (Japanese company located in Japan) in the past.

Please note that it is essential to comply with the export-control laws and regulations including the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act in Japan as well as those in the relevant countries.

For your reference:
Security Export Control Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/anpo/kanri/top-page/top/anpo-top-page-english.htm

Three types of dispatch

(1)	ODA Type (JODC Expert Service Abroad [JESA] I Program) JODC dispatches experts to companies and private organizations, etc., in developing countries with the aim of fostering the development of economic and industrial human resources in developing countries, facilitating business expansion of Japanese affiliated companies and improving business management, technical skills, and other aspects of local companies.

(2)	SME Type (Small or Medium-sized Enterprises [SME] Program) JODC dispatches experts for supporting locally incorporated companies of Japanese SMEs in their technical and management capacity building with the aim of promoting the global expansion of Japanese SMEs.
(3)	EPA Type (Economic Partnership Agreement [EPA] Program) JODC dispatches experts to locally incorporated companies and the other companies on site to help them improve knowledge and skills, as well as strengthening competitiveness, with the aim of contributing to the advancement of the industries of both Japan and the other parties of the EPA that was agreed or generally agreed upon with the Japanese Government.

Characteristics of Dispatch

	ODA Type	SME Type	EPA Type
Purposes	To support the development of economic and industrial human resources in developing countries To facilitate the business expansion of Japanese affiliated companies	To promote the global expansion of Japanese SMEs	To contribute to the advancement of the industries of both Japan and the other parties under the EPA
Cooperating company	Only Japanese companies (Large, medium or small-sized enterprises included) are eligible to be a Cooperating Company	Only Japanese SMEs*1 are eligible to be a Cooperating Company	Only Japanese companies (Large, medium or small-sized enterprises included) are eligible to be a Cooperating Company
Countries / regions (where the program is conductable)	Developing countries, mainly in Asia	Developing countries, newly-industrialized countries and regions	Malaysia and Thailand
Terms of Dispatch	1 month to 2 years 1-24 months	1 month to less than 1 year 1-12 months	3-10 months
Areas of guidance	Manufacturing skills, business management and production management skills, etc	Manufacturing skills, business management and production management skills, etc	Manufacturing skills, business management and production management skills, etc
Responsibility to Recieving Party (Added guidance)	If the ratio of Japanese investments in the Recieving Party exceeds 50%, guidance and advice is provided not only to the Recieving Party, but also to local companies in which the Cooperating Company has no investment but which do business with the Recieving Party	No responsibility for added guidance	No responsibility for added guidance
Subsidy rate	See the chart below	2/3 of the expenses for the dispatch of the expert are subsidized by JODC	3/4 of the expenses for the dispatch of the expert are subsidized by JODC
Requirement for expert	The expert to be dispatched is required to be an employee of the Cooperating company or a JODC registered expert	The expert to be dispatched is required to be an employee of the Cooperating company or a JODC registered expert	The expert to be dispatched is required to be an employee of the Cooperating company or a JODC registered expert
Date of Application	Any time	Any time	while application forms are available for public
Glossary	"Receiving Party" means a local company or local private organization, etc., in a developing country or other countries where experts are dispatched. "Cooperating company" means a Japanese company or Japanese industrial association, etc., that has a financial, business or the other relationships with the Receiving Party.

*1 For the manufacturing industry, its capital to be 300 million yen or less, or a number of
full-time employees to be 300 or less

Please note that the Cooperating company is responsible for sharing management costs that will be applied to the running part of the costs of JODC.

Subsidy rate for ODA Type Program