Category: JICA contributions

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,…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is tackling various global issues with the aim of realizing human security and quality growth under the vision of “Connecting the world with trust. The following is a summary of the budget request for FY2023 based on the “Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform 2022 (KETACHI…

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Microsoft Japan Corporation (Microsoft Japan) signed a Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement (the “Agreement”) on August 31, 2012. The signing took place between Kazuhisa Arai, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of JICA, and Ryota Sato, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector Business Division of Microsoft Japan Co. The purpose…