Category: JICA contributions

It has been a year since the fighting between the Palestinian armed group Hamas and the Israeli military intensified. While there are still no signs of a conclusion, JICA continues to provide support for the serious humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, making use of the knowledge of the International Emergency Relief Team. What kind…

summary Conference Title: JICA Networking Fair Spring 2025 (Business Networking) Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 10:00-17:00 Organized by JICA Venue: Ota-ku Sangyo Plaza Pio Main Participants companies/organizations: up to 70 companies/organizations We are looking for companies and organizations interested in the following Acceptance and employment of JICA foreign students who are highly skilled foreign human…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka visited Beijing, China, from October 22 to 24, meeting with officials of Chinese government agencies, participating in the 40th anniversary ceremony of the China-Japan Friendship Clinic, and giving a lecture at Peking University. During the meeting with Mr. Chen Jiachang, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr….

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) for the “Vientiane International Airport Development Project” in Vientiane on October 30. Signing Ceremony A summary of the business is as follows Project Name Vientiane International Airport Development Plan The Project for Improvement…

summary Event Title: Armenia-Sri Lanka-Pakistan Innovation Seminar Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 18:00-20:30 Organizers: JICA, Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support Co. Supported by: Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Venue: Deloitte Tohmatsu Innovation Park/online Main Participants Opening Remarks: Masayuki Furukawa, Deputy Director, STI/DX Office, Governance and Peacebuilding Division, JICA Armenia, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan Country Market Overview:…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka visited the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Senegal from October 7 to October 16. In Nigeria, he met with Vice President Kassim Shettima and other government officials and inspected JICA’s cooperation projects. In Senegal, they attended the 40th anniversary celebration of the Senegal-Japan Vocational and Technical Training Center…

All the operators of MICS2024 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 Interim Event Date: Wednesday, November 20, 14:00-17:45 (Mongolian time) Languages: Japanese and Mongolian Organized by: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mongolia Office Special Co-sponsor:…

Japan’s first “Mock AU” General Assembly, organized by the Mock AU Executive Committee (a voluntary student organization) and co-organized by AUC, JICA, UNDP, and Sophia University, was held at the Hotel New Otani on August 20 as a thematic event of the TICAD Ministerial Meeting. A total of about 100 students participated on the day,…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the government of the United Republic of Tanzania on October 17 in Dar es Salaam for a grant of up to 4.07 billion yen for the “Dodoma City Ring Road Construction Project. Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, is experiencing a significant increase in…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with Electricidad de Ecuador for the Chachimbilo Geothermal Development Project (Phase I) in Quito, the capital of the Republic of Ecuador, on October 24. The project outline is as follows Signing Ceremony Project Summary Project Name Chachimbilo Geothermal Development Project (Phase I) Chachimbiro Geothermal…