Category: JICA contributions

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…

On August 26, 2022, a ceremony was held in Dili, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to celebrate the opening of the “National Highway No. 1 Development Project” (paid financial cooperation project). The ceremony was attended by Mr. Joaquim Amaral, Minister for Economic Coordination, Mr. Rui Gomez, Minister of Finance, Mr. Abel Pires,…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Yen Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan for up to US$200 million for the “Horticulture Crop Value Chain Enhancement Project (Phase 2)” in Tashkent on August 29. The project will provide two-step loans through financial institutions in Uzbekistan to farmers and agribusinesses…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) on August 25 in Vientiane on the “Integrated Energy Master Planning Project for a Carbon-Neutral Society,” a development study-type technical cooperation. The project was completed in March 2012. This project aims to…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has decided to dispatch an Emergency Humanitarian Assistance and Cooperation Needs Assessment Mission in the Health Care Sector (Second Assessment Mission) to Ukraine’s neighbor, Moldova, to assist displaced persons in Ukraine and neighboring countries. The six-member mission, consisting of medical personnel and JICA staff, will leave Japan on April…

The last two members of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) mission to Moldova for the purpose of providing assistance to displaced persons in Ukraine and neighboring countries in the field of emergency humanitarian assistance and healthcare needs assessment returned to Japan on May 1, completing their field survey activities. The first survey team, which…