The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a US$90 million loan agreement with BRAC Bank Limited (BRAC Bank), a Bangladeshi financial institution, on January 10, 2023, and held a ceremony on January 12 to commemorate the signing. The funds from this loan will be used to finance projects that meet the green finance requirements of…
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JICA SDGs Bonds for Retail Investors (71st JICA Bonds) Tentative Pricing Announced: Reservations to be Accepted on January 10 ｜ News & Media
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today announced the tentative pricing of its “JICA SDGs Bonds” (the 71st JICA Bonds (Domestic FILP Agency Bonds)) for retail investors as follows: Reservations will be accepted on January 10. The Bonds will be retail bonds. The “JICA SDGs Bonds” are bonds for individuals that will be used to fund…
Mine & UXO Countermeasures Capacity Enhancement Project for Ukraine Launched: Truck with Crane Provided to Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Agency ｜ News & Media
(Revised January 27) An error was found in the basic project information table in this release published on January 24. The following correction has been made and we apologize for the error. (Incorrect) Planned implementation period: 3 years (Positive) Scheduled implementation period: 1 year and 7 months On January 23, the Japan International Cooperation Agency…
President Kitaoka meets with COP26 President Sharma (Online)
On April 19, JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka held an online meeting with President Alok Sharma of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scheduled to be held in November in the UK. At the beginning of the meeting, President Sharma explained the need to share…
JICA’s Trust Fund “LEAP” (Loan and Investment Abroad): Financing for Container Terminal Expansion Project in Mumbai, India ｜ News & Media
On January 20, 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a loan agreement totaling US$13.1 million with Nhava Sheva Freeport Terminal Private Limited (NSFTPL), a special purpose company established in the Republic of India, through the Asian Infrastructure Partnership Trust Fund (LEAP) (Note 1) funded by JICA. (NSFTPL), a special purpose company established in the…
JICA Project History “Manga Version” Special Seminar: Thinking about Global Issues and International Cooperation through JICA’s Projects, the Pride of Japan ｜ News & Media
JICA publishes a manga version of project histories that summarize the inspiring trajectories and achievements of Japan’s proud international cooperation projects in an easy-to-understand way for the young people who will lead the future. Ms. Reiko Abe was sent to Delhi, the capital of India, to build a subway system and worked as a Japanese…
One Year after the Tonga Volcano Disaster ｜ News & Media
One year has passed since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano disaster last January 15, and on January 13 and 14, a ceremony and exhibition was held in Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga, to commemorate the first anniversary of the event, called by the government. The ceremony was attended by a large number of Tongan government…
Resolution Adopting a Resolution of Appreciation and Praise for JICA’s Cooperation in the Mindanao Peace Process: President Tanaka Delivers First Speech as a Foreigner at the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority Congress in the Philippines ｜ News & Media
(Revised January 20) A factual error was made in a portion of this release released today. We correct the error and apologize for it. (False) This is the first time that the BTA Congress has passed a resolution of appreciation and praise for cooperation by a specific agency or other entity. (Positive) (Deleted) On January…
President Kitaoka meets with ICRC President Maurer (Online)
JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka met online with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer on May 1. They shared information on the status of project implementation by their respective institutions in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak and reviewed the exchange of views between the two institutions at the local office…
Signing of Minutes of Discussion on Technical Cooperation Project for Malawi: Contributing to Infrastructure Development to Improve the Quality of Primary Education ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Republic of Malawi on January 10 in Lilongwe for the technical cooperation project “School for All (Resident Participatory Education Development) Project. Malawi made primary education free in 1994. Although access to schools has improved significantly and the net…