In Indonesia, while the volume of cargo handled by the country as a whole has been on the rise due to rapid economic growth in recent years, there is concern about logistics stagnation due to port congestion, mainly due to an overall shortage of port capacity. In particular, the Jakarta metropolitan area, which accounts for…
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Cambodia-Japan Center for Human Resource Development Project Phase 2: Functional Expansion of the Center for Entrepreneurship Development and Business Exchange
The Cambodia-Japan Center for Human Resources Development (CJCC) offers different business courses for different target groups, such as Cambodian workers, entrepreneurs/start-ups, and managers, and plays a part in the promotion of SMEs and industrial human resource development, which is necessary to strengthen the economic foundation in Cambodia. In addition, we also focus on promoting cooperation…
Hospital Health Services Quality and Financial Management Improvement Project
The Ministry of Health of the Lao PDR has positioned “supply of healthcare services and hospital management” as a key issue for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2025, and is working to establish a hospital certification system to improve the quality of healthcare, and plans to establish certification standards and conduct evaluations. The Japanese…
Kigali Urban Transportation Improvement Project
In Kigali City, the capital of Rwanda, there are concerns about traffic congestion, increased traffic accidents, air pollution, and other environmental impacts caused by the increase in the number of vehicles owned due to population growth. The government of Kigali revised the “Kigali City Transportation Master Plan” at the same time as the “Kigali Urban…
Project for Capacity Building in Landscape Management for Reducing Deforestation and Climate Change Resilience in Priority Watersheds
In Timor-Leste, deforestation has been rapidly progressing since 1975, and it is estimated that about 184,000 hectares of forest have been lost in the 10 years since 2003. CBNRM” (Community-Based Natural Resource Management Mechanism). In this project, JICA’s technical cooperation and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will collaborate to implement CBNRM in 74 villages in…
Signing of a grant aid gift agreement for Ukraine: provision of a wide range of equipment and materials to meet urgent rehabilitation needs
On March 9, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the Government of Ukraine for a grant of up to 22.44 billion yen for the “Emergency Rehabilitation Program. The Russian military invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, has been protracted. Since October of the same year, missile…
Dispatch of International Emergency Relief Team and Expert Team to the Oil Spill Damage off Mindoro Island, Republic of the Philippines (First Report)
Dispatch of International Emergency Relief Team and Expert Team to the Oil Spill Damage off Mindoro Island, Republic of the Philippines (First Report) At the request of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, JICA will dispatch an international emergency relief team and a team of experts to the oil spill damage caused by…
Special Advisor Kitaoka Delivers JICA Chair Special Lecture in Georgia
summary JICA Chair’s Special Lecture at the Rondeli Foundation Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Location: Rondeli Foundation Main participants: about 30 experts and intellectuals, including Shinichi Kitaoka, Special Advisor to JICA, Akira Imamura, Ambassador of Japan to Georgia, President of the Ronderi Foundation, and former diplomats. JICA Chair Special Lecture at the Free University of…
Grant Aid Agreement Signed for the Philippines: Contributing to the Improvement of Sanitation in the Cebu Metropolitan Area through Sludge Treatment Facilities and Equipment
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines on February 27 in Manila for a grant of up to 2,052 million yen for the “Metro Cebu Water District Sludge Management Project. This project aims to promote household sludge treatment in Metro Cebu (the…
President Tanaka meets with Mr. Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund)
JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), at JICA headquarters on March 2. At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka expressed his respect for the Global Fund’s (Note) contributions to the fight against the three major infectious diseases (AIDS,…