FASID was founded to work to promote international development for a peaceful and prosperous international society through human resource development.

Our activities include:

• Consulting services on international development;
• Training courses for aid practitioners such as PCM (Project Cycle Management) course and others; dispatch of moderators for PCM workshop;
• Seminars to share information on current issues in international development and to promote professional networks;
• Research and surveys on development assistance;
• Scholarships for Japanese graduate students who aim to pursue PhD program in this field;
• OKITA Memorial Prize to honour the best research books written in Japanese on international development; and
• Web Library to archive and provide the research findings and other practical information on international development.