On February 8, JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Yannick Grémarec, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF, Note 1). Mr. Gremarek has announced that he will step down from his position in March of this year. At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka expressed his gratitude to Director-General Grémarec for his past…
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Signature of Technical Cooperation Project Discussion Minutes for Fiji: Helping to Improve Water Supply Efficiency through Non-Revenue Water Reduction
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Republic of Fiji on February 22 in Suva for the technical cooperation project “Capacity Building for Non-Revenue Water Control in Nadi Lautoka District”. The Nadi Lautoka District is an important center of the tourism industry as well as…
Vice President Yamada meets with Albanian Prime Minister Rama
JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with Prime Minister Edi Rama of the Republic of Albania in Tokyo on February 21. At the beginning of the meeting, Prime Minister Rama expressed his gratitude for JICA’s cooperation, referring to his country’s history of democratization, and expressed his hope for stronger relations with Japan. He also expressed…
Signing of the Minutes of the Development Plan Study-type Technical Cooperation Discussion for Ukraine: Contributing to the Urgent Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Destroyed Social Infrastructure
On February 24, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of Ukraine on the “Emergency Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project,” a development program study-type technical cooperation. The Russian military invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022 has been protracted, and since October of the same year, missile…
Dispatch of International Emergency Relief Teams and Medical Teams to Earthquake Damage in the Republic of Turkey (Third Report)
Dispatch of International Emergency Relief Teams and Medical Teams to Earthquake Damage in the Republic of Turkey (Third Report) JICA dispatched the second contingent of the International Emergency Relief Team and Medical Team to the earthquake damage in the Republic of Turkey. Disaster Situation At 10:17 a.m. Japan time (4:17 a.m. local time) on February…
President Tanaka meets with Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani
JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, in Tokyo on February 14. President Tanaka stated that further cooperation between Indonesia and Japan, which celebrates the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this year, will not only enhance bilateral relations, but will also lead…
Kigali Municipal Water Utility Operation Improvement Project
The city of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, and its surrounding areas (Kigali Greater Kigali Area) have not been able to meet the increasing demand for water due to rapid population growth. In the Kigali Greater Kigali Area, WASAC is responsible for the maintenance and management of the three main water treatment plants and the…
Juba City Clean Water Supply Project
In South Sudan, infrastructure is inadequate to handle the rapid increase in water demand due to the growing population of people returning to the country after independence. As a result, many residents rely on shallow wells and water trucks that transport and sell river water as it is, causing problems such as water-borne diseases caused…
Port Administration Capacity Enhancement Project
In Cambodia, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) is currently studying a port bill, which the Japanese government supported in its preparation, for enactment as the “Law on Water Transport and Ports. However, no basic port development policy documents, technical standards, etc. have been prepared, and only some parts of the port zoning…
Project for Capacity Improvement of Integrated Traffic Management Plan and Traffic Control Center Operation and Maintenance in Phnom Penh
In Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, the number of vehicles has increased significantly in recent years due to economic development, and traffic congestion and traffic accidents have become serious on major roads in the center of the city. Under these circumstances, the Government of Japan supported the formulation of an Urban Transport Master Plan…