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09/06/2026

On June 3, 2026, JICA was honored to be invited to BARMMโ€™s Devolution Committee โ€“ Technical Working Group (DevCom-TWG) as an observer in this important dialogue on the government devolution in BARMM.

๐ŸŒโœจ ๐‰๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐€๐‘๐Œ๐Œ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž -๐“๐–๐† ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐žOn June 3, 2026...
09/06/2026

๐ŸŒโœจ ๐‰๐ˆ๐‚๐€ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐€๐‘๐Œ๐Œ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž -๐“๐–๐† ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ, ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž

On June 3, 2026, JICA was honored to be invited to BARMMโ€™s Devolution Committee โ€“ Technical Working Group (DevCom-TWG) as an observer in this important dialogue on the government devolution in BARMM.

A highlight of the session was the insightful sharing by Prof. KAMIKO Akio on Japanโ€™s long history of decentralizationโ€”offering valuable lessons on both achievements and challenges, from fiscal arrangements to balancing roles between national and local governments. His experience resonated strongly with Bangsamoroโ€™s ongoing efforts on devolution, wherein building effective and responsive local governance is key for sustaining the dividends of peace.

This exchange reaffirmed the importance of learning across countries and contexts. Devolution is not just about systemsโ€”itโ€™s about people, capacity, and trust.

As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Japanโ€“Philippines friendship this year, JICA remains committed to walking side by side with the Bangsamoro peopleโ€”supporting their journey toward robust autonomy, sustainable peace, and inclusive development.

Together, we continue to learn, collaborate, and move forward.

๐™…๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ! We are seeking for a qualified professional for a fixed-term appointment.Job Description and...
05/06/2026

๐™…๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ!

We are seeking for a qualified professional for a fixed-term appointment.

Job Description and Qualifications can be found on this link: https://www.jica.go.jp/english/overseas/philippine/office/topics/employment.html

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!Meet the JICA Alumni Speakers who will take the stage at the JICA-JAA...
05/06/2026

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!

Meet the JICA Alumni Speakers who will take the stage at the JICA-JAAP Regional Connect: Knowledge Exchange and Pathways โ€“ CAR on 18 June 2026 at Hotel Veniz Session in Baguio City.

Gain valuable insights from fellow government officers as they share not only Japanโ€™s knowledge and perspectives on disaster resilience and environmental sustainability, but also their experiences throughout the entire journey โ€“ from the application process, to living in Japan, and the progress and impact of their action plans in their respective communities and institutions.

Sessions will run from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM. Engage directly with fellow government officers committed to advancing local development.

Registered participants will receive confirmation of participation together with the program.

IN PHOTOS: JICA Volunteers' First Look at the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR)Recently, the JICA Volunteers, together...
04/06/2026

IN PHOTOS: JICA Volunteers' First Look at the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR)

Recently, the JICA Volunteers, together with Senior Representative UENO Yoshiyuki, visited the ongoing construction sites of the Balagtas Station, Malanday Depot, and West Valenzuela Station of the NSCR. Through this visit, the volunteers had a glimpse of how Japanese technology and systems are being utilized in a JICA infrastructure project.

During the tour, the volunteers shared their thoughts, saying that the NSCR is expected to make public transportation more convenient and generate more jobs for Filipinos once completed.

After the visit, the volunteers expressed their appreciation for the dedication of all workers contributing to the completion of the project.

Going forward, the Philippines and Japan will maintain strong collaboration and partnership in championing more accessible and efficient transport systems in the Philippines.

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐ŸŒโ™ฅ๏ธ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐€๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐žFrom May 28 to May 29, the JICA Vo...
02/06/2026

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐ŸŒโ™ฅ๏ธ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐€๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž

From May 28 to May 29, the JICA Volunteer Batch 183 conducted their Activity Planning Workshop together with their local partner institution counterparts from Iloilo Provincial Government, Numancia Municipal Government (Aklan), Dulag Central School (Leyte), Benguet State University and the Philippine Red Cross- La Union Chapter.

A few months into the volunteersโ€™ deployment, the activity brought everyone together to reflect and map out what comes next. The workshop guided participants from gap identification to concrete plans for the next two years, fostering knowledge exchange and deeper collaboration.

JICA Philippines acknowledges the presence of the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) for joining our JOCV volunteers in this workshop.

Together, we are excited to see these plans turn into fruitful services to the local community.

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿš‰Recently, JICA and the Philip...
29/05/2026

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿš‰

Recently, JICA and the Philippine Railways Institute (PRI) conducted the 1st Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) Meeting for the Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) on Railway Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Development or โ€œ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—–๐—›๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜โ€ .

Through this new TCP, JICA and PRI aims to strengthen PRIโ€™s capacity in line with the opening of its training center this year. Key outputs include new and updated training courses, digital transformation (DX) training, and capacity development in Japan for PRIโ€™s training staff.

During the meeting, JICA, PRI, DOTr and the JICA Expert team jointly assessed the projectโ€™s goals, outputs, and activities. The DOTr was led by Undersecretaries TJ Batan and Anneli Lontoc, who updated the JCC on the emerging needs for the railway sectorโ€™s capacity development. JICA Senior Representative MORISHIMA Takanori shares that โ€œ

For this project, we have set an overall goal for the safe operation of urban railways and its contribution to sustainable economic development. [JICA] is confident that with the strong institutional foundation we have built, we will realize the project goals and outcomesโ€.

PRI Executive Director, Undersecretary Anneli Lontoc notes that โ€œ[We enter] Phase 2 with a renewed commitment and a more ambitious vision- to transform PRI into not just a training institution but a sustainable center of excellence, innovation, and safety culture in railway developmentโ€.

JICA continues to complement infrastructure projects with technical cooperations to advance high-quality, safe and sustainable transport system in the Philippines.

๐™…๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™€๐™ž๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก-๐˜ผ๐™™๐™๐™–.May this Eid fill your life with...
27/05/2026

๐™…๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™€๐™ž๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก-๐˜ผ๐™™๐™๐™–.

May this Eid fill your life with endless blessings, joy, and peace. Eid Mubarak! ๐ŸŒ™

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒพ ๐ŸŒพ The Japanโ€™s Economic and Social Development Programme (EDSP) offic...
22/05/2026

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒพ ๐ŸŒพ

The Japanโ€™s Economic and Social Development Programme (EDSP) officially kicked off with the successful convening of its 1st committee meeting on May 20,2026 at the Department of Agriculture (DA) Central Office, marking an important step toward supporting Filipino farmers by improving local rice processing systems (RPS).

Together with the Department of Agriculture - Philippines (DA), National Food Authority (NFA), and the Japan International Cooperation System (JICS), the meeting brought partners together to align on plans for the establishment of a modern RPS in Cauayan City, Isabela.

The JPY 1.7 billion grant will support NFAโ€™s modernization of rice postharvest and storage systems in the country through the provision of advanced postharvest equipment, including mechanical grain dryers, multi-stage rice mill, and grain silos at NFA Cauayan.

The meeting also formalized cooperation between the DA and JICS through the signing of an Agent Agreement, reinforcing a shared commitment to deliver infrastructure and systems that will benefit farmers and consumers alike.

๐ŸŒฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง: ๐™…๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ V๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™๐™„๐™๐™ˆOn May 7, 2026, JICA Philippines visited the Research Institute o...
15/05/2026

๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง: ๐™…๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ V๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™๐™„๐™๐™ˆ

On May 7, 2026, JICA Philippines visited the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM), reaffirming a partnership that has spanned 45 years. Established in 1981 through Japanโ€™s grant aid assistance, JICAโ€™s cooperation with RITM has grown to strengthening its capacity to respond to evolving public health needs in the Philippines.

Together with JICA scholars based at the Institute, JICA and RITM continue to collaborate on key health initiatives, including the Japanโ€“Philippines One Health Project (JAPOHR) and the Project for Strengthening the Philippine National Laboratory Network for Infectious Diseases (PheLNIDS).

Working together with the Department of Health and in close coordination with the Bureau of Quarantine, RITM supports national health efforts by turning research into timely, science-based policy. RITM remains at the forefront of the countryโ€™s response to health challenges, working for the well being of communities nationwide. And JICA remains a key partner in capacity-building in the institute through its various training and scholarship programs.

As Japan and the Philippines mark 70 years of diplomatic relations, JICA celebrates this long-standing partnership dedicated to strengthening research, disease surveillance, and public health resilience across the country.

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