Category: JICA contributions

summary Conference Name African Economy from Okinawa – Startup Market Potential 2023 date(s) (e.g. for exhibition) July 12 organizing Japan International Cooperation Agency, Cosponsored by JETRO Okinawa / Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Okinawa Office Location JICA Okinawa Main Participants lecture Mr. Ahmad Batule, National Digital Innovation Agency of Nigeria Naoto…

Date & Time Thursday, September 21, 2023, 16:00-17:45 Thursday, September 21, 2023, 16:00-17:45 Format Online by Zoom Online by Zoom Organized by JICA Sadako Ogata Institute for Peace and Development JICA Sadako Ogata Peace and Development Institute Language Japanese with simultaneous interpretation in English summary Infrastructure is indispensable as the foundation for people’s lives and…

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…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) on the technical cooperation project “ASEAN-JICA Food Value Chain Development Support Project” with the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta on July 28. The project is scheduled to be signed in May 2019. This project is the first…

Date & Time Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 16:00-17:30 August 8(Tuesday), 2023 16:00-17:30 Venue Online(Zoom) / JICA Kyushu Center Main Conference Room *Meeting IDs will be sent to those who have registered online in due course. *First 100 in-person participants are expected, but this number may increase or decrease depending on Corona and other conditions. Online…

On July 12, representatives of JICA’s Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV and NOCV) received Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial Palace to report on their activities in their home countries. The meeting between the JOCV and Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress has continued since the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) was…

During the meeting with President Zelensky, they exchanged views on Japan’s support for recovery and reconstruction. President Tanaka stated that Japan would provide assistance in the areas of mine and unexploded ordnance clearance, debris removal, agriculture, and human resource development, taking advantage of Japan’s unique knowledge and technology, which have enabled recovery and reconstruction from…

On July 25, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on coordination of assistance in the health sector in the five northern provinces of Ghana (Upper West, Upper East, North East, Savannah and Northern)….

On July 25, JICA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation with Keio University for the dispatch of JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in the presence of H.E. Daniel Okaiteyi, Chargé d’Affaires of the Republic of Ghana. Under this collaboration, for three years starting in 2024, the Baseball Lab at the Keio Research Institute at…

summary Event: Top Seminar on Promotion of Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. Place: Committee Room 1, 8F, Sendai City Hall Main Building Main Participants Kazuko Kori (Mayor of Sendai City), Akira Fujimoto (Deputy Mayor of Sendai City), Shinetsu Takahashi (Deputy Mayor of Sendai City), about 50 Sendai…