Category: JICA contributions

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the government of the United Republic of Tanzania on March 14 in Dar es Salaam for the “Medical Equipment Improvement Project for Strengthening Maternal and Child Health Services”. Signing Ceremony A summary of the business is as follows Project Summary Medical Equipment Improvement…

Africa Asia Youth Nest (AAYN) and Africa Diaspora Network Japan (ADNJ), two organizations led by young people from Africa and Japan, have developed a youth proposal for TICAD 9, “Youth Agenda 2055,” to promote youth participation in TICAD. JICA is supporting this activity with other organizations. AAYN and ADNJ have so far collected opinions on…

The launch ceremony of the second “Mock AU” organized by the Mock AU Executive Committee (a voluntary student organization) and co-organized by JICA, UNDP and Sophia University was held on March 3 at Sophia University. More than 100 people participated in the ceremony, both in person and online. The handover from the first Mock AU…

On March 12, JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Jakaya Mulisho Kikwete, former President of Tanzania and Chairman of the Board of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the world’s largest international trust fund for educational cooperation in developing countries. Mr. Jakaya Mulisho Kikwete, former President of Tanzania and Chairman of the Board of Directors…

On March 3, 2025, a completion ceremony for the Lao Grant Aid “Teacher Training School Improvement Project” was held at a teacher training school in Bangkung, Vientiane Province. This cooperation aims to improve the environment for training new and in-service teachers in pre-school, elementary, and secondary education, and to contribute to the improvement of the…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Baron Dibabesi Wanga, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, at JICA Headquarters on March 10. At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka expressed his pleasure at meeting Secretary General Wanga again for the first time since the 10th Pacific and Islands Summit (PALM 10) in 2024, thanked…

The JICA International Cooperation Junior High/High School Student Essay Contest is an opportunity for junior high school and high school students, who will lead the next generation, to learn about global issues and challenges, deepen their understanding of the connections with Japan, and think about how they can take action. The theme for the 2024…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt on February 28, 2009, in Cairo, the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on the SATREPS project “Establishing a Circular Economy Based on the Production of Plastic Alternative Materials Using Agricultural Waste. Record…

On February 26, 2025, JICA, with the cooperation of 13 ministries and agencies including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hosted the Japan Human Resources Development Scholarship (JDS) Administrators’ Exchange Meeting. This was the first time for JICA to hold an exchange meeting in the form of a reception, but by having a multi-tiered program consisting…

JICA is now accepting applications for new graduate recruitment (starting in April 2026). For details, please refer to the related links below. We look forward to hearing from highly motivated individuals who are committed to “nation-building” in developing countries as career-track employees of JICA. read more © Source JICA Auto Amazon Links: No products found.Auto…