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Japan Defense Focus No.122 Apr. 2020

ACTIVITIES

Capacity Building Program by MOD/JSDF

Series 2 Capacity Building Program for Indonesia and Timor-Leste

Capacity Building Program by MOD/JSDF
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Capacity Building Program by MOD/JSDF
Capacity Building Program for Indonesia

Indonesia, as well as Japan, is a maritime nation, which consists of many islands. Therefore, it has been plugging the improvement in its capacity for hydro-oceanographic operations as its priority challenge in order to contribute to creating a stable maritime security environment for its national security.

In response to the request of Indonesia, the MOD/JSDF organized a series of seminars in the field of Oceanography in 2013 in Indonesia.

Besides the area of Oceanography, the MOD/JSDF has organized seminars for Indonesia in a variety of fields in recent years. In 2015, the MOD/JSDF delivered an International Aviation Law seminar, and in 2017, delivered a seminar on International Law of the Sea for the first time.

Indonesia and Japan share the same natural disaster risks such as earthquake, tsunami, floods, landslides, and volcanic eruption, and have suffered large-scale disasters frequently.

As such, as a result of the Japan-Indonesia Summit Meeting held in November 2018, both sides agreed to promote cooperation on disaster response for reducing disaster damage in Indonesia.

Against the backdrop, the MOD/JSDF started capacity building program in the field of HA/DR for the Indonesian Defense Force from 2019.

As part of the HA/DR program, the MOD/JSDF organized a seminar on HA/DR on November 20th, 2019 in Indonesia as a kickoff.

In addition, the MOD/JSDF invited 8 officers from the Indonesian Armed Force to Japan from February 19th to 22nd, 2020. During this period, workshops on the Northeastern Army HQ and Japan-U.S. disaster response and other activities were held. The program enabled both sides to understand each other better.

Capacity Building Program by MOD/JSDF
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Capacity Building Program by MOD/JSDF
Capacity Building Program for Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste became independent in 2002, making it the youngest nation in Asia. The Timor-Leste Defense Force has a short history, and required assistance to develop its human resources, technology and capabilities. Due to the slow development of public infrastructure, Timor-Leste suffered greatly from natural disasters such as floods.

For these reasons and following a request from the government of Timor-Leste, the MOD/JSDF started its capacity building program for the development of human resources of the Timor-Leste Defense Force.

As part of the program, JGSDF personnel delivered training to the Timor-Leste Defense Force personnel on vehicle maintenance management. In addition, the MOD/JSDF introduced its disaster relief activities and the JSDF vehicle maintenance system at the Timor-Leste Defense Force Headquarters.

The MOD/JSDF has implemented this program for the Timor-Leste Defense Force for 6 years in total.

In addition, the MOD/JSDF has participated in the Harii Hamutuk capacity building program sponsored by the Australian Defence Forces four times since October 2015, and provided technical guidance on civil engineering for the engineering units of the Timor-Leste Defense Force.

In efforts to create a security environment, desirable for Japan, cooperation with other donor countries is essential in the field of capacity building assistance, and it is important for Japan to closely cooperate with other countries providing capacity building programs and conduct such assistance effectively and efficiently by mutually complementing each other.

Through the participation in the Harii Hamutuk, the MOD/JSDF strengthened relationship with Australia, the U.S., and the Timor-Leste.

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