Category: JICA contributions

Conference Title: Southeast Asia Co-Creation Roundtable Date: Thursday, December 19, 2024 Organized by JICA Location: JICA Kojimachi Headquarters and online (hybrid format) Background and Objectives As part of JICA’s Private Sector Engagement (PSE) initiative, the “Southeast Asia Co-Creation Roundtable” was held to promote efforts to solve development issues through co-creation with the private sector. (More…

TSUBASA, the startup support program of JICA and IDB Lab (Inter-American Development Bank Group) in Latin America and the Caribbean, will hold a launch event for the Open Innovation Challenge TSUBASA2025. Background and Overview The startup ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean has been rapidly revitalizing in recent years. In FY2021, JICA, together with…

Thinking about various social issues facing the world with TV personality and university student Marika Sera, “I want to know the world better! The theme of the fifth session is “Peacebuilding. The theme of the 5th session is “Peace Building. We interviewed Anas Hijazee, who came to Japan as a refugee from Syria, Tomohiro Hayakawa…

Emergency relief supplies provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for earthquake damage in Port Vila, Vanuatu, have been delivered to the country. Emergency relief supplies for the Republic of Vanuatu arrived in Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, on January 3. The ceremony was held at Port Vila Bauerfield Airport at 3:00 p.m….

Three collaborative project teams awarded activity grants from the Ulaanbaatar Business Innovation Authority (BIA) Event Summary Conference name: Mongolia open Innovation and Co-creation for SDGs: MICS-2024 Final Event Date: Friday, February 7, 2025, 14:00-17:00 (Japan time) 13:00-16:00 (Mongolian time) Organized by: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mongolia Office Special Co-sponsor: Department of Business and Innovation,…

On December 27, JICA decided to dispatch a survey mission to the Republic of Vanuatu to provide rapid rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance in response to the damage caused by the earthquake that struck the country. The earthquake that struck off the west coast of Port Vila, the country’s capital, on December 17 (Japan Standard Time),…

In response to the earthquake damage that occurred in the Republic of Vanuatu on Friday, December 17 (local time), JICA will begin providing assistance for on-site medical information management at the request of the government of Vanuatu. In disaster-stricken areas, with numerous medical facilities and support teams providing medical care, information on patient attributes, diseases,…

On December 27, 2025, the Cabinet approved the government’s draft budget for the fiscal year 2025. JICA’s project scale for FY2025, as proposed by the government, is as follows FY2024 FY2025 FY2025 vs. previous year vs. previous year Technical cooperation (Note 1) 1,481 1,484 +3 +0.2% Paid financial cooperation (Note 2) 22,800 23,100 +300 +1.3%…

We hereby announce that we will terminate our action against the following persons as of December 29, 2024. (Persons subject to measures) National Land Disaster Prevention Technology Co. (Period of action) From July 30, 2024 to December 29, 2024 (5 months) (Reason for termination of measures) Based on the results of confirming the details of…

summary The 10th Study Session for Municipalities and Other Waterworks Project Officials (hereinafter referred to as “the Study Session”) was held at JICA Okinawa Center from December 16 to 18, 2024. Since the first meeting in March 2014, this workshop has been held every year except for 2020, when it was affected by the new…