Conference Title: 50 Years of JICA Bangladesh Cooperation and Future Prospects
Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
Organized by: Embassy of Bangladesh in Tokyo
Place: Tokyo Bongo Bondo Auditorium (Embassy of Bangladesh in Tokyo)
Main Participants
Congratulatory Greeting
Fatima Yasmin (video, ERD Undersecretary)
Mari Akiyama (Country Development Cooperation Division 2, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
keynote speech
Junichi Yamada, Vice President, JICA
panel discussion
Masato Watanabe, Chairman, Japan Bangladesh Association, Former Plenipotentiary Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Bangladesh
Ukiyuki Satake (President, Grameen Euglena Co., Ltd.)
Masaaki Ohashi (Professor Emeritus, Keisen University)
Nasir Ershad, Minister of Economic Affairs of Bangladesh to Japan
Teruyuki Ito, Director, South Asia Division, JICA
Closing Remarks
Shahabuddin Ahmed, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan
Background and Objectives
Bangladesh gained independence in 1971, and Japan became one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Bangladesh on February 10, 1972, the following year.
Contents
After congratulatory messages from Ms. Fatima Yasmin, Deputy Director General, ERD, and Mr. Akiyama, Director, Country Development Cooperation Division II, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a video commemorating JICA’s 50 years of cooperation with Bangladesh was shown. Keynote speech by Ms. Yamada, Vice President of JICA, “JICA and Bangladesh: 50 Years of Cooperation and Future Prospects,” followed by “Expectations for JICA” from various perspectives, including incorporated associations, private companies, and universities, and responses by Mr. Ito, Director of JICA’s South Asia Division.
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