There are approximately 1.3 billion people with disabilities worldwide (about 16% of the world’s population), 80% of whom live in low- and middle-income countries. The employment rate of persons with disabilities remains low, and the gap with non-disabled persons has hardly narrowed in the past decade.
Since the 2000s, JICA has been implementing cooperation for inclusive employment based on the social model of disability, and conducted a “Review Study of Cooperation Projects in this Field” from December 2024 to November 2025, in order to confirm the progress of results and the current situation in the target countries, identify issues and lessons learned from the approaches adopted, and make recommendations for future projects. The “Review Study of Projects for Employment of Persons with Disabilities” was conducted from December 2024 to November 2025, with the aim of confirming the progress of results and the current situation in the target countries, identifying challenges and lessons learned from the approaches adopted, and compiling recommendations for the formation of future projects and cooperation.
We would like to take this opportunity to present the results of the survey to all those who have contributed to this study and to those who are interested in the field of disability and development. We look forward to your participation.
Briefing Session Summary
Date and Time
Friday, January 23, 2026, 15:00-16:15 (JST)
announcer
This survey was commissioned to Ms. Noriko Saito and Ms. Ai Ishitobi, Godo Kaisha Tekizai Tekisho
Location
Zoom meetings (held online)
*A conference link will be sent to those who have pre-registered by the day before the conference.
Registration
Registration】 1/23(Fri.) “Disability Employment Case Review” Research Report Meeting – Fill out the form
If you wish to attend, we would appreciate it if you could register by Wednesday, January 21, 15:00 (Japan time) using the registration form above.
*Participation is possible without pre-registration via the link above.
*This debriefing will be recorded for sharing at a later date.
Participation Target
Everyone is welcome to attend.
information security
Sign language interpretation, text interpretation
Program
15:00- Purpose of the debriefing session, overview of the survey 15:05- Report on the survey of employment case reviews for people with disabilities 15:45- Questions and answers 16:10- Closing remarks 16:15 End
Materials
A link to the folder where the materials will be stored will be sent to you by the day before.
Contact Us
About the debriefing session
Social Security Team, Higher Education and Social Security Group, Human Development Department, JICA
Azusa Honjo (Honjo.Azusa@jica.go.jp)
About Application
Assignment Department Support Unit: Kadaishien_chosei@jica.go.jp
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