Organization Overview
The Japan International Cooperation Agency is an independent governmental agency that coordinates official development assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan. It is chartered with assisting economic and social growth in developing countries, and the promotion of international cooperation. JICA is one of the largest bilateral development organizations in the world with a network of 97 overseas offices, and projects in more than 150 countries.
JICA began its technical cooperation with Tajikistan in 1993 by offering 21 seats for officials in Tajikistan to study in Japan. Total number of participants in training Tajik officials in Japan covers around 1400 people from early 1993 until April 2012. At the start of the cooperation, the main direction was made at consolidating peace. Training Tajik officials in Japan was a big part of the technical cooperation and only in 2003 the projects based on grant aid was introduced, and in 2006 JICA Office was opened in Dushanbe.
JICA implements the following programs in the Republic of Tajikistan: a program for the protection of mother and child health, water supply program, the program on poverty reduction through rural development, program to improve the roads and their maintenance, capacity building program. The aggregate amount of grant aid provision to Tajikistan constitutes 214.34 million USD as of 2011 and the total amount of the provision of technical assistance is constitutes 55.6 million USD as of 2011.
In Tajikistan, JICA attaches high priority to Khatlon region, because it is the poorest and the lowest Human Development Index (HDI) level region in Tajikistan, and located next to Afghanistan.
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Mr. Seiju IMAI
Chief Representative |