At the request of developing countries and relevant international agencies, INCET offers technical guidance necessary for those nations and advice on policymaking, providing on-site support in the education sector, such as building of people’s abilities in those countries and improvement in the education system. In 2005 Prof. Noboru Saito was dispatched to Laos as one of JICA’s short-term experts, Prof. Katsunori Hattori and Associate Prof. Hiroaki Ozawa were sent to the South African Republic, and Assistant Prof. Akio Matsuzaki was sent to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.