On September 8, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the Government of the Republic of Palau for a grant aid of up to 2.14 billion yen for the “Power Grid Improvement Project. This project will improve the stability of electricity supply in Koror and Babeldaob by upgrading the power…
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Understanding with International Finance Corporation (IFC): Promoting co-investment in the private sector in developing countries
On September 7, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC)* renewed the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to promote coordinated investments and loans to the private sector in developing countries. The MOC has been renewed. The signing took place online between JICA Director Keiichiro Nakazawa and IFC Vice President Ruth Horowitz….
“Build Back Better” – Six months after the Tongan undersea volcano eruption
Conference Title: Build Back Better Vision Seminar in the Kingdom of Tonga Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 10:00-12:00 (Japan time) Organized by: National Spatial Planning Agency (NSPA) of the Kingdom of Tonga and JICA Location: Nuku’alofa, capital of the Kingdom of Tonga (Tongan side) Tukua Tonga (President, NSPA), Sir Tuiafitu (Minister, Ministry of Lands and…
Improving the Lives of Small Farmers in Egypt
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt on September 5 in Cairo on the technical cooperation project “Smallholder Market-Oriented Agriculture Improvement Project Phase 2. Agriculture in Egypt is positioned as an important industry in terms of food supply to the growing…
Contributing to the improvement of power supply and promoting the use of renewable energy in Uzbekistan
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a project finance loan agreement with Shamol Zarafshan Energy Foreign Enterprise Limited Liability Company, which is implementing a wind power generation project in the Republic of Uzbekistan. This is the first project to be implemented in Uzbekistan since JICA resumed its overseas investment and financing operations, and…
Vice President Yamada meets with First Deputy Prime Minister Minh of Vietnam
On August 23, during his visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh. At the beginning of the meeting, both sides were pleased to meet again for the first time since May 2022, and First Deputy Prime Minister Minh expressed…
Emergency Relief Aid for Flood Damage in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Emergency Relief Aid for Flood Damage in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan -Delivery of Donated Goods Emergency relief supplies provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for flood damage in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have been delivered to the country. The emergency relief supplies to be provided to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan…
Improving Water Supply in Kerala, India(1)
In India, a nationwide waterworks development plan was initiated after independence, and in addition to the central government’s initiative to improve facilities in each five-year plan, financial and technical cooperation from foreign aid agencies has also been provided. As a result, at the beginning of the 8th Five-Year Plan (April 1992 – March 1997), the…
Supporting Forest Management in India
Since the 1990s, India has been promoting the introduction of joint forest management, in which communities that depend on forests for their livelihoods jointly manage public forests with forest departments, as a pillar of forest conservation planning, in order to change the previous exclusive management of forest resources. Along with the promotion of joint forest…
Improving Water Supply in Kerala, India (2)
In India, a nationwide waterworks development plan was initiated after independence, and in addition to the central government’s initiative to improve facilities in each five-year plan, financial and technical cooperation from foreign aid agencies has also been provided. As a result, at the beginning of the 8th Five-Year Plan (April 1992 – March 1997), the…