Category: JICA contributions

reporter Yasuko Inoue JICA Project on Forest Sector Strengthening and Community Climate Change Resilience through Sustainable Forest Management and Landscape Restoration, Kenya Project Long Term Expert summary Date: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9:45-11:15 a.m. local time Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya (MECCF), Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Department of…

reporter Miki Kaminishi Global Environment Department senior research officer summary Date: December 6, 2023 Organized by: United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies for Sustainability Venue：Japan Pavilion speaker Yutaka Matsuzawa Ministry of the Environment Deputy Director-General for Global Environment Huy Long Quang. Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam section chief…

reporter Noriko Yamada Global Environment Department professional commission summary Date: 2023/12/06 Organized by: Ministry of the Environment, Japan Co-organized by: JICA, IGES Name of venue (pavilion name): Japan speaker *Yutaka Matsuzawa Ministry of the Environment, Japan Deputy Director-General for Global Environment *Takahiro Morita JICA Global Environment Division head of a (school) club *Norio Saito Asian…

reporter Taji Watanabe Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, Global Environment Department professional commission summary Date: December 01, 2023 Organized by JICA Name of venue (pavilion name)：Japan Pavilion speaker Masako Ogawa Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment Special International Negotiator Makoto Kato Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center（OECC) Director/Principal Investigator Nancy Van Dyke Climate Change Advisory…

summary Conference Title: The 1st JICA International Student Networking Seminar in 2023 Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 – Friday, December 22, 2023 Organized by JICA Place: Ota-ku Industrial Plaza PiO Main Participants JICA students coming to Japan in FY2023 Akihiko Tanaka, JICA President Kazuya Endo, Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Takashi Onishi,…

reporter Koji Mitomori Sustainability Office/Global Environment Department deputy director summary Date: December 2 Organized by UNU IAS (requested to speak as a panelist) Name of venue (pavilion name): SDG Pavilion speaker Dr. Edeltraud Guenther UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) Director H.E. Dr. Alue Dohong Ministry of Environment and…

reporter Etsuko Sano JICA Egypt Office planning researcher summary Date: December 5, 2023 Organized by: Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy JICA participated as a panelist Name of Venue (Pavilion Name)：Egypt Pavilion speaker Amgad Asied. Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (MoERE) Legal Advisor Mohammed Musa Omran Egyptian Electricity Regulatory and Consumer Protection Authority…

schedule Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Location LIVE by Zoom (online) 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm* until 9:30 pm for those who wish to participate in the roundtable discussion. summary I want to contribute to solving social problems in Japan and around the world, but I have no international experience and don’t know what I can…

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today announced the following terms and conditions for the issuance of “JICA SDGs Bonds” (JICA Bond No. 78) for retail investors, which will be on sale from January 15 to February 1. The bonds are retail bonds and can be applied for from 10,000 yen. The “JICA SDGs Bonds” are…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Yen Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Honduras on January 11 in Tegucigalpa for a “Transparency and Sound Development Program Loan for Sustainable Development” up to 13.39 billion yen. Corruption and lack of transparency in government are major challenges in Honduras. Government corruption…