Category: JICA contributions

On Thursday, May 19 (Japan time), the opening ceremony for the JICA Chair was held in a hybrid face-to-face/online format in conjunction with the University of Costa Rica (Universidad de Costa Rica, “UCR”). The University of Costa Rica is the top university in Costa Rica and has been collaborating with JICA for almost half a…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire for two projects totaling up to 37,028 million yen on May 25 in Abidjan. The two projects covered by the yen loan agreements signed this time are as follows. (1) Emergency support loan for response…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on May 23 in Hanoi for up to 18,871 million yen for the “Satellite-Based Disaster and Climate Change Management Project (II)”. This project will support the procurement and maintenance of related facilities necessary for the…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) of up to 3.3 billion yen with the Royal Government of Bhutan in Thimphu on May 23 for the “Emergency Assistance Loan for the New Coronavirus Crisis Response. This project is co-financed with the World Bank. This project aims to reduce and mitigate the…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Indonesia for the “Patimbang Port Development Project (Phase II)” in Jakarta on May 20, 2012, for a total amount of 70,195 million yen. This project aims to strengthen the logistics function of the metropolitan area by constructing…

In Angola, television broadcasting is provided by four national and private broadcasters, with a coverage rate of approximately 60% (in 2019), and is a popular source of information for citizens. However, improving access to information remains a challenge, as private broadcasters do not cover some rural areas. In addition, approximately 70% of the population speaks…

In Bhutan, the recent spate of large-scale weather disasters has become a major risk to the lives and livelihoods of the people. In addition, Bhutan faces the challenge of managing water resources to cope with the depletion of water sources due to climate change and water shortages caused by increased demand for water for daily…

The cumulative number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Mongolia is 61,396 and the number of deaths is 288 (as of June 3, 2021, according to the country’s Ministry of Health). Mongolia has positioned vaccination as the top priority in the fight against novel coronaviruses, and has begun procurement of vaccines and vaccination…

In Bangladesh, demand for electric power has increased rapidly due to stable economic growth and industrialization in recent years. However, the country currently relies on gas-fired power generation for approximately 70% of its electricity generation, and there are concerns that excessive dependence on a single energy source could lead to energy supply disruptions, soaring supply…

Pokhara, the second largest city in western Nepal, is the country’s largest tourist city, and with a new international airport scheduled to open in 2021, the city is expected to see a further increase in tourism and accelerated urbanization. In 2016, a group of nine lakes, including Lake Fewa, located in the center of the…