Category: JICA contributions

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Sports Aziz Abduhakimov in Tokyo on July 22. They also touched on their meeting with President Kitaoka during President Mirziyoyev’s visit to Japan in December 2019, and exchanged views on past cooperation achievements and future prospects between Japan and Uzbekistan….

On October 28, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met online with Mr. Ibrahim Assan Mayaki, Director General of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). During the exchange of views on the response to the Corona crisis, President Kitaoka emphasized the importance of Africa standing on its own feet, praised AUDA-NEPAD’s promotion of pandemic response through Africa-originated…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with President Vyosa Osmani Sadriu Kosovo on July 26 in Tokyo. At the beginning of the meeting, President Kitaoka congratulated Kosovo’s judo athletes (women’s 48 kg division) on their gold medal victory at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. President Osmani expressed his gratitude for JICA’s cooperation with Kosovo and expressed…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met with Minister Sebastián Palacios of the Republic of Ecuador and the Ministry of Sports at JICA Headquarters on August 3. At the beginning of the meeting, President Kitaoka congratulated the new Lasso administration on its inauguration in May of this year and the appointment of the new minister, and welcomed…

JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met online with Mireya Solis, Director of the Center for East Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, on August 31. Ms. Solis is a newly appointed member of the International Advisory Board (“IAB”)*, which JICA established in 2017, in May 2021. At the beginning of the meeting, President Kitaoka asked…

Location LIVE by Zoom (online) 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. *Roundtable discussion applicants until 9:30 p.m. summary I want to contribute to solving social problems in Japan and around the world, but I have no international experience and don’t know what I can do.” We will hold the “Discover Entrance to International Cooperation Seminar” that…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a project finance loan agreement with E Smart Transport Company Limited of Thailand on April 27. The project, financed by Energy Absolute Public Company Limited (Thailand), the sponsor company, will contribute to improving air pollution and the urban environment in the Bangkok metropolitan area by introducing 27 electric…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Kurdistan Regional Government of the Republic of Iraq on March 29 in Erbil on the technical cooperation project “Kurdistan Agricultural Experiment Center Operational Enhancement Project. In Iraq, agriculture accounts for the majority of employment in rural areas and is positioned as…

Seizing the opportunity of The Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) to be held in Tunisia from August 27 to 28 this month, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), together with domestic and international partners The conference will host 24 online side events over the five-day period from Monday, August 22 to…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of El Salvador in San Salvador on August 22, 2012, for a loan of up to US$51.37 million for the “San Miguel City Bypass Construction Project (II). National Route 1, which passes through the city of San Miguel,…