Category: JICA contributions

summary Conference Title: Participation in the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) 2024 (Philippines) Date: October 14 – 17, 2024 Organized by: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Government of the Philippines Location: Manila, Philippines (Philippines International Convention Center) Main Participants Speakers to the JICA Session Moderator: Satoshi Nishikawa, JICA International…

summary Seminar Title: Online Seminar on Sharing Experiences with Other Countries Organized by PAQER-CEC Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 (18:00-21:00 JST) Method: Online speaker Innovations and Strategies for Strengthening the Networking and Monitoring of School Governing Boards (“COGES”) (Burkina Faso) Mr. KABORE/COMPAORE Yabiri Directorate General of Public Education Access Innovations and strategies for strengthening COGES…

On November 10, “Caribbean Film Screening: Life, Nature, and Music in the Caribbean” was held at Chikyu Hiroba. As part of the Japan-Caribbean Year of Exchange, the morning session featured a talk session by JICA St. Lucia Branch Office staff and former Branch Director, and a screening of “Calypso Rose,” a film set in Trinidad…

Solar lantern donation ceremony held in Orinie Village, Kasiado District, Kenya November 19, 2024 – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in collaboration with Panasonic Holding Corporation (Panasonic HD), has provided 100 eco-friendly solar lanterns to women and girls living in non-electrified areas in Kenya. The lanterns will enable women and girls who have been…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on November 24, 2012, in Amman, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, for the “Program Loan for Enhancing Social Sector Resilience and Human Capital Development. The loan will be used to support the…

Emergency relief supplies provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for damage caused by tropical storm Sala in the Republic of Honduras have been delivered to the country. Emergency relief supplies for the Republic of Honduras arrived in San Pedro Sula on November 21. At 15:45 (local time) on the same day at Ramon…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on November 20 in Addis Ababa, the capital of the country, for the “Secondary School Development Project in Sidama Region. Signing Ceremony A summary of the business is as follows Project Name Secondary School…

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has determined the terms and conditions of the 80th and 81st JICA Bonds (Domestic FILP Agency Bonds) “Gender Bonds” on November 21, 2024, as follows. The 80th Japan International Cooperation Agency Bonds Issue amount: 20 billion yen Term: 5 years (redeemable on September 20, 2029) Issue date: November 28, 2024…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with President Ferdinand Marcos of the Republic of the Philippines in Manila on November 20. At the beginning of his speech, President Tanaka expressed his condolences to the Philippines for the damage caused by the typhoons that hit various parts of the country, and expressed JICA’s desire to continue to…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of Indonesia on November 19 in Jakarta on the technical cooperation project “Strengthening Land Development Policy and Land Bank Management System Project. Signing Ceremony A summary of the business is as follows Project Name Land Development Policy and Land Bank…