Tag: JICA

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Iraq for the “Basrah Refinery Improvement Project (Phase VI)” in Baghdad, the capital of the Republic of Iraq, on November 17. Signing Ceremony A summary of the business is as follows Project Summary Project Name Basra Refinery…

JICA and IDB Lab, the innovation lab of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, will hold a call for business idea proposals from January to March 2025 for the Open Innovation Program “TSUBASA” (https:// tsubasa-jica.com/ ), an open innovation program by the IDB Lab, will hold a call for business idea proposals titled “Open Innovation Challenge…

On November 15, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an investment agreement with Dalus Group LLC (“Dalus”), a venture capital fund manager that invests in early-stage startups in the Republic of Mexico and other Latin American and Caribbean countries. The project will invest in Dalus’ third fund in collaboration with the United States Development…

The increase in conflicts and civil wars is one of the major factors causing children to lose educational opportunities. On the occasion of World Children’s Day on November 20, we would like to introduce this pioneering initiative. A coup d’etat occurs. All Japanese experts leave the country. The “School for All” project is a JICA…

The plenary meeting of this year’s Social Security, Disability and Development Sector Platform will be held on Friday, November 22, from 14:30 to 16:30 (CET) in a hybrid face-to-face and Zoom format. If you would like to attend, please register as an individual or group member and complete the registration and pre-survey. If you are…

The sun beating down, the clear blue ocean, and the abundance of nature. While the Republic of Palau is known as the “Paradise of the Pacific,” it is also greatly affected by climate change. What did Ms. Takanashi learn from her visit to the Republic of Palau, where climate change countermeasures are being implemented, and…

Since 1975, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has awarded the JICA President’s Award to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the social and economic development of developing countries through JICA cooperation. Starting this year, the name of the award has been changed to the JICA International Cooperation Award, and the recipients…

summary Event name: “IITH-Japan Month Academic Day 2024 Date: Sunday, October 20 – Tuesday, October 22 Organizer & Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Organized in cooperation with JICA Contents The “IITH-Japan Month: Academic Day” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH), with which JICA has been cooperating for many years, from…

summary Conference name: International Triangular Cooperation Conference (commonly known as the Lisbon Conference) Date: October 7-8, 2024 Organized jointly by OECD and the Government of Portugal Location: Lisbon, Portugal Main Participants More than 180 participants from over 50 governments and implementing agencies (Japan, US, Germany, China, Korea, Portugal, Norway, South Korea, Thailand, Nigeria, Brazil, Mexico,…

With regard to the case in which a JICA employee leaked confidential information regarding procurement procedures for the “Metropolitan Area Railway Line 3 Rehabilitation Project,” a yen loan to the Republic of the Philippines, we have decided to establish a verification committee chaired by Attorney Tomomitsu Takashima (former Chief Public Prosecutor of the Nagoya High…