Category: JICA contributions

The 3rd Educational Cooperation Week will be held on September 7-9, 2023, with the aim of helping a wide range of stakeholders in the education sector share information, exchange ideas, create knowledge, and form networks. A total of over 3,500 people registered to participate in this educational cooperative event last year. We look forward to…

JICA’s “Grassroots Technical Cooperation Program” celebrates its 20th anniversary in December 2022. This is a project in which JICA is entrusted with cooperative activities in developing countries planned by Japanese NGOs, private organizations, local governments, universities, and others, and implemented jointly by these organizations. To date, 531 organizations have participated in 1,368 projects in 77…

summary Event: 5th Liaison Meeting of Science Council of Japan, Academic Societies, and Ministries and Agencies on Disaster Prevention How do we develop human resources for disaster prevention and mitigation? Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2023, 13:30 – 17:45 Location: Auditorium of the Science Council of Japan (hybrid face-to-face/online event) Main Participants Science Council of Japan…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed the JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Dispatch Arrangement with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan on August 3. The signing took place in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, between Mr. Zauki Zaukizoda, Minister of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan, and Mr. Toshihiro…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed the JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Dispatch Arrangement with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan on August 3. The signing took place in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, between Mr. Zauki Zaukizoda, Minister of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan, and Mr. Toshihiro…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Republic of Ecuador on August 3 in Quito for the “Galapagos Islands Fossil Fuel Zero Roadmap Support Project,” a development program study-type technical cooperation. The Galapagos Islands are listed as a World Natural Heritage site because of their…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines on August 3 in Manila for the technical cooperation project “Master Plan Development Project for the Metro Manila Railroad Development. In the Philippines, a transportation roadmap for Mega Manila (8,099 km2), which consists of…

JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with Deputy Prime Minister Tran Lu Quang of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on August 1 during his visit to the country. At the beginning of the meeting, both parties were pleased to meet again for the first time since May 2023, and Vice President Yamada expressed his pleasure…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Jamshid Kuchkarov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, at JICA Headquarters on July 27. At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka stated that Uzbekistan and Japan would like to continue to deepen their cooperative relationship after President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s visit to Japan in 2019 and the…

summary Date: May 22-June 2, 2023 Location: International Conference Center Geneva, Switzerland Main Participants Japanese Government Delegation: Japan Meteorological Agency (Director General, Atmosphere and Ocean Department, International Office), Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva, JICA (Disaster Management Group, Global Environment Department) Background and Objectives JICA participated in the 19th General Assembly…