Category: JICA contributions

South Africa has achieved mining-led economic growth as one of the world’s leading countries in terms of mineral resources such as gold, diamonds, and platinum, but it is susceptible to trends in international commodity markets, and its trade structure, which is heavily weighted toward specific industries, has become a detriment to achieving stable economic growth….

Although the Kathmandu Basin in Nepal has a high concentration of population and industry, it does not have a well-developed track-based transportation system and is heavily dependent on road transportation by private cars, buses, motorcycles, and other vehicles. Therefore, due to the recent increase in the number of vehicles associated with population growth and other…

In the Lima Metropolitan Area of Peru, the uncontrolled expansion of the urban area along with population growth has made the development of public transportation that is easy for citizens to use and the advanced use of land a challenge. Under these circumstances, in the urban transportation sector, public transportation routes (6 routes) have been…

Indonesia is a maritime nation with a long coastline consisting of many islands, and shipping plays an important role in the country’s economy. As a result, there is a great demand for the construction of new vessels and the repair of existing vessels for trade, energy transportation, maritime security, port maintenance, fisheries, and domestic inter-island…

On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, the second lecture of the JICA Chair was held jointly with the University of the West Indies (UWI) MONA Campus. The main participants included about 100 UWI faculty members, students (from the Department of Political Science and other departments), and exchange students. Professor Kayo Takuma (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School…

JICA is now accepting applications for new graduate recruitment (starting in April 2024). For details, please refer to the related links below. We are looking forward to receiving applications from highly motivated and experienced individuals who are committed to “nation building” in developing countries as JICA career-track staff. read more © Source JICA Auto Amazon…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) concluded two Grant Agreements (G/A) with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on February 28, 2012, for a total of up to 3 billion yen. The following two grant aid projects have been awarded. (1) Pediatric Infectious Disease Prevention Program (UNICEF collaboration) (2.5 billion yen) (2) Secondary School Water…

On February 1, 2023, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank Group held the 9th JICA-World Bank Group High-Level Dialogue online. The two sides exchanged views on three of the world’s most pressing issues (climate change, food security, and private sector finance) and agreed to further strengthen cooperation in their respective regions….

Recently, there have been reports of suspicious messages (SMS, etc.) being sent to an unspecified number of people in the name of JICA. JICA will not request cash transfers or provide bank account information to anyone who does not have a specific business relationship with JICA. Please be aware of these activities in the name…

On February 8, JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Yannick Grémarec, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF, Note 1). Mr. Gremarek has announced that he will step down from his position in March of this year. At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka expressed his gratitude to Director-General Grémarec for his past…