Hiroshi Kaneki, chief of
Jica Technical Team briefed the participants about various activities carried out during the 2nd term of the program along with the results achieved after implementing various Japanese tools and techniques.
JICA has started to apply the TCTP since 1985, which is one of South-South Cooperation's (SSC) schemes, where developing countries accept trainees from other developing countries with
JICA's assistance for the purpose of technology transfer or dissemination, the agency's Senior Representative Akihiro Iwasaki commented.
JICA officials assured the stakeholders that
JICA would continue its technical support for auto parts industry of Pakistan for manufacturing quality products and to make them more competitive in world market.
Onoe, senior representative,
JICA Pakistan Office assured the stakeholders that
JICA will continue its technical support for auto parts industry of Pakistan for manufacturing quality products and to make them more competitive in world market.
"We wanted to enhance partnership with
JiCA," he added.
However, Kawabuchi said
Jica does not yet have a 'specific vision' on how its lending will be extended to the country once it reaches UMIC status.
"Major cities in the world like Tokyo, Seoul, New York and London have as much as 400 to 800 kilometers of railways to keep up with urbanization and enhance mobility,"
JICA said.
In a statement,
Jica said the following projects were now using
Jica financing: Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 Cavite Extension; LRT Line 2 East Extension; Metro Manila Subway; Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 Rehabilitation; and North-South Commuter Railway.
The
JICA is the executing agency of Japanese ODA, which handles technical cooperation, ODA loans, and investment, grant aid, as well as cooperation volunteers and disaster relief programs.
Jica's announcement after the meeting said it will continue to support PAS in all aspects of the port's development and promote the Special Economic Zone through grant aid, technical cooperation and concessional loans.
'We would like the technical support of
JICA in this regard and would like to benefit from the international experience of
JICA in the field of Literacy', added Shafqat Mahmood.