Brief History

1990	■ (March 27) FASID established. ■PCM Method training courses started.
1992	■International Development and Research Institute established. ■Dispatch of Expert to JICA Technical Cooperation Project started. ■Scholarship for Overseas Study started.
1996	■Brown Bag Lunch Seminar started.
1997	■Okita Memorial Prize for International Development Research founded.
1998	■Training course for Private Sector Enterprise initiated ■Evaluation of Official Development Assistance (by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan) was assigned.
2000	■FASID/GRIPS (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) Joint Graduate Program started.
2000	■Evaluation Workshop for ODA Evaluators started.
2003	■Introduction to International Cooperation Course started.
2005	■Teleconference Seminars with ODA Taskforces in the Partner Country started (until 2009).
2008	■Implementation of JICA Technical Cooperation Project started.
2009	■Assignment of JICA Ex-post Evaluation Study started.
2012	■(October 1) FASID became a general incorporated foundation.
2016	■Assignment of JICA’s Partnership Program with the Japanese Private Sector started.
2018	■Private Sector Promotion Unit established.