JICA responds to objections regarding its compliance with the Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations. It is one of JICA's measures to ensure its compliance with the Guidelines, and is carried out in accordance with the Objection Procedures based on the JICA Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations.

Objectives of the Objection Procedures are:

To this end, JICA established the Examiners for the Guidelines, who directly report to the President and are independent from departments responsible for project management or environmental review. Residents of the country where JICA-assisted project is being implemented who have suffered or likely to suffer damage due to JICA's non-compliance with the JICA Guidelines may submit their request to raise objection to the Examiners, in accordance with the Objection Procedures that apply to the project in question. Please refer to the Objection Procedures below for procedures regarding the submission of the request.

Objection Procedures for former Guidelines

On September 1st, 2024, JICA reappointed the following Examiner.

Mr. MURAYAMA Takehiko
Professor, Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering,
School of Environment and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo

On July 1st, 2025, JICA reappointed the following Examiners.

Ms. KAKEGAWA Michiyo
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Soka University

Mr. SAKUMOTO Naoyuki
Honorary Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)

Contact Information
Examiners for the Guidelines
Secretariat of The Examiner for the Guidelines
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Nibancho Center Building
5-25, Niban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8012, Japan
FAX: +81-03-5226-6973
E-mail: jicama-jigi@jica.go.jp

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The Examiners prepare and publish an annual report on their activities.