Location
Address
JICA Niger Office
523 Rue des Lacs, PL523, Quartier Plateau, Commune 1, Niamey, NIGER
Sending Address : B.P. 10036, Niamey, NIGER
Tel : (+227) 2073-5569
How to get to the Office
When coming from the airport, you would need to take a taxi. Since taxis are not metered, you would have to negotiate the price. From the airport to the city of Niamey, the rate is around 6 000 FCFA.
If the taxi driver does not understand the address, ask him to go to ‘the Plateau area,the street behind the camp of the National Gendarmerie. Or opposite the office of « Commissariat à l'Organisation des Grands Evènements » (COGE).
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History of JICA Niger Office
| 1965 | Start of technical cooperation with Niger by Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency (OTCA), predecessor of JICA, dispatching 2 experts to Niger. |
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| 1974 | Establishment of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Japan. |
| 1976 | First development study starts in Niger. |
| 1978 | First Nigerian technical training participants received in Japan. |
| 1983 | Signing of the Exchange of Note to send Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) to Niger (May). |
| 1984 | Establishment of JOCV Niger Office (December). First group of 10 JOCV members sent (computer technology (2), math & science teaching (1), soil manure(2), blight and insects damage(1), automobile maintenance(1), veterinary(1), water & sewage(1) and Karate(1)), |
| 2003 | Status change from JOCV Office to JICA/JOCV Niger Office (May). |
| 2004 | First technical cooperation project in Niger ‘Ecole Pour Tous (School for everyone)’ starts (January). |
| 2005 | Ceremony for the 21st anniversary of dispatching JOCVs to Niger is held. |
| 2006 | Status change from JICA/JOCV Office to JICA Niger Office (April). |
| 2011 | Status change, JICA Niger office became JICA Burkina Faso liaison office. |
| 2022 | Status change, JICA Niger office became JICA Côte d'Ivoire liaison office. |
Organization
17 staffs (including JICA officials)
| Chief Representative: Mr. NODA HISANAO | |
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| Japanese Staff |
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| National Staff |
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As of July 2021
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