Events

Knowledge Forum: Nature, People, and Sustainable Development: Achieving Sustainable Progress on a Finite Planet

The Promise of AI: Insights from the World Development Report 2026

Towards Sustaining Peace: Adaptive Peacebuilding Guidebook Launch Seminar

Knowledge Forum: “Exploring New Forms of Cooperation with Emerging Development Partners: From Knowledge Sharing to Knowledge Co-Creation”

Knowledge Forum: Reconsidering the Role of ODA from the Perspective of Mutual Benefit

Public Panel with Professor Stiglitz for Launch of “The Future of Work in Developing Countries”

Knowledge Forum “Global Health at a Crossroads: Japan’s Leadership in an Era of Declining Global Aid”

Webinar “Addressing Social Infrastructure Needs in Asia”

Shaping the Future with JICA: The SDGs, Dynamic Realities of Developing Countries, and Our Path Forward

TICAD 9 Thematic Event: Migration and Human Security in Africa

Knowledge Forum “Keynote by Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General: The Role of International Cooperation in Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, and Dignity”

Knowledge Forum: Reconceptualizing “Human Mobility” from a Human Security Perspective: What is “Safe and Secure” Corridors for All? What is Japan’s Role?

[IPSS Annual Seminar / Development Cooperation Seminar] Reimagining Migration Policy: Towards a New Vision for the Age of Fragmentation

Invisible Gaps: Addressing the Financial Burden of Cancer Care toward Universal Health Coverage

Seminar "Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action” – Perspectives from Humanitarian Actors Working with People in Displacement

Book Launch “Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action: Operational Challenges and Solutions for Supporting People on the Move”

Knowledge Forum: Water Resource Strategies for Achieving Food Security Under Changing Climate

Book-Launch Seminar “State-Managed International Voluntary Service: The Case of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers”

JICA Satellite Sessions in HSR2024 (Day 2)

JICA Satellite Sessions in HSR2024 (Day 1)

Seminar “World Development Report (WDR) 2024: The Middle-Income Trap”

Knowledge Forum “Historical Overview and Future Perspectives of Japan’s Development Cooperation” (70th Anniversary of Japan’s ODA)

Accelerating Actions Toward the SDGs and Human Security: The Summit of the Future and Beyond (JICA Ogata Research Institute and UNDP Joint Webinar)

Perception of Risks and Approaches to Doing Business in Africa - in the Case of Japanese Companies (AUDA-NEPAD PBT and JICA Ogata Research Institute Joint Webinar)

JICA Ogata Research Institute / United Nations University Knowledge Forum How will AI change Africa?

Seminar: Rule of Law in Southeast Asia -What it means and how it works in Indonesia, Thailand, and Myanmar

Seminar “Frontiers of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR)”

Book Launch Seminar “Introducing Foreign Models for Development: A Perspective from Translative Adaptation and International Experiences of Knowledge Cooperation”

JICA Ogata Research Institute Knowledge Forum "Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz Lecture - The Future of Employment in a Changing Global Economy”

Exploring the New Dynamics of the ‘Global South’: How are Developing Countries Proactively Interacting with China?

Book Launch: “Human Security and Empowerment in Asia: Beyond the Pandemic”

Industry Engagement in TVET: Experiences from East Asia - How East Asian Countries Learned and Localized Foreign Models of Technical Education? -

Knowledge Forum: “Making Japan the Chosen Country: International Labor Migration Dynamics in Indonesia”

Open Seminar (Hybrid event): “Human Security and Empowerment in Asia: Beyond the Pandemic”

Knowledge Forum “How Can Japan Contribute to Quality Infrastructure Investment in Developing Countries? Learning from Cases of ODA in Urban Transportation”

Seminar "Options for Stabilization and Prevention in African Regions Affected by Violent Extremism"

Seminar "World Development Report (WDR) 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies"

JICA Ogata Research Institute Knowledge Forum ‘Energy Crisis and Climate Change: Turning the Crisis into an Opportunity for Energy Transformation’

【Close】Book Launch Seminar “Adaptive Peacebuilding: A New Approach to Sustaining Peace in the 21st Century”

Japan launch event of the 2021/22 Human Development Report and the Japanese edition of the 2022 Special Report on Human Security：Human Security and Human Development in Uncertain Times

JICA/UNDP Seminar: Compounded Crises and Human Security - Introducing JICA Ogata Research Institute Report "Human Security Today"

Invest More and Better toward Resilient UHC in Asia and Pacific – learning from COVID-19 pandemic experience of Cambodia

【Close】IUJ-JICA Ogata Research Institute Knowledge Forum ‘Security and Development Cooperation in a World Facing Compounded Crises: the Impacts of the Ukraine Crisis, and State, Economic, and Human Security’

JICA Ogata Research Institute Knowledge Forum Special Edition "Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz Lecture - The Global Economy in Multiple Crises: Challenges for Emerging and Developing Countries and Pathways to Enhanced Resilience"

~ Proyectando el Futuro y Desarrollo de los Jóvenes Nikkei ~ Seminario Conmemorativo por el Lanzamiento del Libro “Los inmigrantes japoneses y su contribución al desarrollo del Paraguay: Contribución al posicionamiento del país como el cuarto mayor exportador de soja en el mundo y nuevas iniciativas para la diversificación industrial”

Webinar "Africa after COVID-19: Resetting Policy Priorities to Transform Economies"

JICA Ogata Research Institute Knowledge Forum: SDGs and Quality Growth - Leaving No One Behind, Building Sustainable and Resilient Societies

Project History: Book Launch “Japan-Thailand Environmental Cooperation - 35 Years of People-to-People Ties”

Seminar "World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery"

AUDA-NEPAD and JICA Ogata Research Institute Joint Book Launch Webinar Promoting Quality and Productivity Improvement/ KAIZEN in Africa

AUDA-NEPAD and JICA Ogata Research Institute Joint Book Launch Webinar Policy Learning for Industrial Development and the Role of Development Cooperation

【Close】JICA Ogata Research Institute Knowledge Forum: Diffusion of the Japanese Rice Farming Technologies to Asia and further to Africa

Book Launch 'Peace and Unity through Sports: South Sudan’s First “National Unity Day” and Its Inaugural Olympic Participation'

JICA Ogata Research Institute Knowledge Forum “International Student Mobility and Higher Education in the age of COVID-19: Reflections from Oxford University and the University of Tokyo”

【Close】Book Launch 'Breakthrough: The Promise of Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development'

【Close】COVID-19 Webinar Series #10 “Building Health Systems toward Resilient UHC with/after the Pandemic”

【Close】Seminar 'At Your Services?: The Promise of Services-Led Development'

【Close】COVID-19 Webinar Series #9 "Understanding the Actual Spread of COVID-19 by Wastewater Surveillance－Latest Updates and Perspectives for Application in Low and Middle Income Countries"

【close】COP26 Japan Pavilion Side Event in Glasgow: The Challenging Issues of Environment/Climate Change Institution and Policy Under SDGs Regime

【close】COVID-19 Webinar Series #8 "How Can We Rapidly and Efficiently Optimize the Best Therapeutic Management for COVID-19?–Utilizing an International Adaptive Platform Trial, REMAP-CAP–"

【close】Knowledge Forum 'Tackling Extreme Climate Events Around the World: Latest Trends in Adaptation to Climate Change and Global Collaboration'

【close】COVID-19 Webinar Series #7 "To Realize Unknowns About COVID-19 Vaccines"

【close】Seminar "World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives"

【close】COVID-19 Webinar Series #6 "Response to COVID-19 by Public Health Centers in Japan: Contributions and Challenges"

【close】[Knowledge Forum] Reforming the International System to Make the COVID-19 the Last Pandemic –How the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Took Action–

【close】COVID-19 Webinar Series #5 "How antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) will change the course of COVID-19 pandemic"

【close】COVID-19 Webinar Series #4 "Detecting Predictive Biomarkers for Severe COVID-19 – the Latest Research Findings from Japan"

【close】Remembering OKAMOTO Yukio: Navigating Japan’s route in uncharted ocean

【close】[Knowledge Forum] Re-examining “Human Security” in an Era of Global Crisis: Viewing the World and Japan through Human Dignity Lens

【close】Webinar on Changing Landscape of Development Cooperation in Southeast Asia

【close】COVID-19 Webinar #3 "COVID-19 Case Management In Japan"

【close】COVID-19 Webinar #2 "Japan’s Public Health Approach for COVID-19"

【close】COVID-19 Webinar #1 "Prevention and Control Strategies for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Hospitals"

【close】[Live Video Streaming] Seminar "The Learning Enterprise for Quality Growth: Revisiting Kaizen Approach"

【close】Seminar “Gender Equality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth: Roles of World Bank Group and JICA”

【Close】Post-TICAD7 Event："The Quality of Growth in Africa", Discussion with Professor Ravi Kanbur

【Close】Seminar “World Development Report (WDR) 2020: Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains”

【Close】Book Launch "From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures – African Development in Post-TICAD 7"

【Close】Public Lecture on “Africa’s Critical Choices: A call for a Pan-Africa roadmap” and Opportunities for Japan

【Close】North-East Asia Development Cooperation Forum 2019: Reinventing Multilateral Cooperation and roles of Northeast Asian countries to achieve SDGs (Day2)

【Close】North-East Asia Development Cooperation Forum 2019: Reinventing Multilateral Cooperation and roles of Northeast Asian countries to achieve SDGs (Day1)

【Close】The Role of the OECD DAC and the Expectations of Japan’s Involvement in the Changing Global Development Cooperation Architecture

【Close】TICAD7 JICA-RI Side Event: Balancing the financing needs to achieve SDGs for African countries and the fiscal and debt sustainability

【Close】TICAD7 JICA-RI Side Event: Quality Growth in Africa -Towards Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Development-

【Close】TICAD7 Partner Event：Globalization and Achieving the SDGs in Africa, Discussion with Professor Joseph Stiglitz

【Close】JICA RI Open Seminar（TICAD7 Pre-event）Gender-Based Violence(GBV) in the Conflict-affected Areas: Lessons from the Case of Refugee Settlement in Uganda and Japan

【Close】Symposium “Assistance beyond the humanitarian-development nexus at the time of humanitarian crisis: Comparing cases of armed conflict and natural disaster”

【Close】Open symposium “The Current Significance of Human Security in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”

【Close】Seminar “World Development Report (WDR) 2019: The Changing Nature of Work”

【Close】Book Launch “From Summits to Solutions: What are the innovative ideas that could help the world reach the Sustainable Development Goals?”

【Close】Book Launch of “Applying the Kaizen in Africa: A New Avenue for Industrial Development”

【Close】Book Launch Event "Land Readjustment: Solving Urban Problems Through Innovative Approach"

【Close】Official Side Event on TICAD Ministerial Meeting "Embarking STI Open Innovation for Leapfrog Africa"

【Close】Open symposium “The Practices of Human Security in the ASEAN+3: Recommendations from Academics and Practitioners”

【Close】Book Launch Event "Economic and Social Development of Bangladesh: Miracle and Challenges"

【Close】Seminar “World Development Report 2018: LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise”

【Close】“Where are we at with SDG Progress?—Perspectives from around the Globe” Panel Discussion Co-organized by Southern Voice and JICA Research Institute

【Close】Seminar “The Innovation Paradox: Developing-Country Capabilities and the Unrealized Promise of Technological Catch-Up”

【Close】Launch Seminar “Training-Infrastructure-Finance (TIF) Strategy for Industrial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa”

【Close】Public Seminar “Transforming our world, Discussion with Professor Jeffrey Sachs”

【Close】Open Seminar on German Strategic Engagement for Creating Network with Emerging Countries: Learning from Experiences of Managing Global Governance (MGG)

【Close】Public Seminar on CSIS-JICA RI Joint Research Project (Year-Two) Harnessing the Data Revolution to Achieve the SDGs

【Close】Public Seminar “European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the role of Japan”

【Close】Symposium and Launch of the 2016 Human Development Report Human Development for Everyone

【Close】TICADVI Follow Up・International Symposium “Industrial Skills Development for the Sustainable Growth in Africa”

【Close】Joint Event by German Development Institute (DIE) and JICA-RI: Fragmentation - A Challenge for Development Cooperation under the 2030 Agenda

Open Seminar: Normative framework of Japan’s bilateral development cooperation in comparative perspective

【Close】Open Seminar: How can we help overcome humanitarian crisis? － New perspectives linking humanitarian and development action

【Close】Public Symposium by JICA and the World Bank— Improvement of children’s learning through local community and school collaboration— ‘From experience of “School for All” Project and evidence from the world’

【Close】The relations and division of labor between the human concepts — human development, human rights, human security

【Close】Open Seminar 'Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?'

【Close】Public Seminar "CSIS-JICA RI Joint Research Project on Transformative Innovation for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction: Innovation Ecosystems and Smart Cities"

【Close】A dialogue with Mr. Richard Manning, former OECD-DAC chair, on Japan's Development Assistance

【Close】JICA Research Institute Open discussion to deliverate on the new research "History of Japan's ODA"(at Hiroshima City)

【Close】The Open Seminar on "Current Trends and Future Challenges in Impact Evaluation around the World"

【Close】Open seminar "Open Innovation for Development"

【Close】Human Development Report 2015 - Work for Human Development　Public Symposium

【Close】ReportProfessor King Discusses 'Japaneseness' of Japanese Cooperation in JICA-RI Seminar

Special Guest Seminar "SDGs and the role of research institutes: A dialogue with Professor Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK"

North-East Asia Development Cooperation Forum 2015

Book Launch Event for "In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution"

JICA Research Institute Seminar "Achieving Skill Mobility in the ASEAN Economic Community: Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Implications"

Book Launch Event "Southeast Asian Muslims in the Era of Globalization"

JICA-RI Open Seminar on "Handbook of Multilevel Finance" by Prof. EhtishamAhmad, LSE

JICA- GRIPS Joint Forum on "Innovating Policies; A New Paradigm of Governance to Activate the Governments' Potential

Joint Symposium by German Development Institute (DIE) and JICA Research Institute (JICA-RI) Evolving Perspectives on the Post-2015 Agenda:The Role of Emerging Economies and OECD Countries

EU Delegation to Japan/JICA Joint Seminar on Presentation of the European Report on Development 2015

World Bank Group/JICA Joint Seminar on World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior

JICA Research Institute Open Symposium "Japan and the Developing World: Sixty years of Japan's foreign aid and the post-2015 Agenda"

Book Launch: Confronting Land and Property Problems for Peace

JICA-RI/National Bank of Cambodia Joint Seminar "Cambodia's Monetary Policy: Dollarization, Managing National Currency Supply and Exchange Rate Stability"

JICA- RI Public Seminar : "International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects" by Dr, David Malone , Rector of the United Nations University

JICA SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

Aid, growth, poverty and the changing global market

Book Launch Event for "Preventing Violent Conflict in Africa: Inequalities, Perceptions and Institutions" (in Boston and New York, USA)

DIE/JICA-RI Joint Workshop"The Politics and Impact of Non-Coordination in International Aid"

Book Launch Event for "Preventing Violent Conflict in Africa: Inequalities, Perceptions and Institutions" (in Addis Ababa, Brussels, and London*) *The event in London will be streamed online on the ODI website.

EU-JICA-UNHCR Open Seminar "Development Assistance toward a Safe and Secure Future - Building Resilient Societies against Natural Disasters"

Subnational Conflicts in Asia: Can Foreign Aid Help End Some of the World's Longest-Running Conflicts?

2nd JICA-RI/KOICA Joint Workshop: "The Nexus of ODA Research and Practice"

JICA Myanmar Seminar: "the Potentials of Myanmar's Economy and the Role of JICA"

JICA-RI Open Seminar "Industrial Policy towards African Development"

JICA seminar "Project History on the Chagas disease control Project in Central America"

Do Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) Really Empower Women?: Results from Field Survey on Bolsa Familia in Brazil

JICA Research Institute Seminar: "Japan's ODA Seen From Europe"

JICA Research Institute Seminar: "Knowledge, Innovation and Capacity: UNDP's perspective on Capacity Development in the changing global development arena"

Nagoya University GSID and JICA Research Institute Joint International Symposium″Asian Emerging Donors and Japan in Education Sector Development Cooperation: Exploring Asian Uniqueness and Diversity″

JICA Research Institute / Delegation of the European Union to Japan Joint Seminar: Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response: "Towards a More Resilient Society"

Joint Seminar: "Evaluation of Development Assistance: Perspectives from the World Bank Group and JICA"

JICA Research Institute Seminar by Dr. John Page: "Aid, Structural Change and the Private Sector in Africa"

A Seminar on "WDR2013：Jobs"

A Seminar on "Do Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) Really Improve Education and Health and Fight Poverty?: Results from a Review of CCT Programs in Africa"

Preventing Violent Conflicts in Africa

Public Symposium on Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa

UNDP Public Symposium "Towards TICAD Ⅴ - Challenges and Opportunities of Africa"

JICA-RI Seminar "Gender and International Development in Education: Challenges"

A Seminar on "Diverse Development Paths: Practice and Theory"

JICA Research Institute Seminar "The Emerging Research Agenda in Global Food and Nutrition Security"

JICA Research Institute Seminar : Dr. Justin Lin, the World Bank Chief Economist Seminar "New Structural Economics"

The Public Symposium for the Research Project "The Second East Asian Miracle?: Political Economy of Asian Responses to the 1997/98 and 2008/09 Crises"

Addressing Local Conflicts Before They Turn Global - Japan-EU Cooperation

JICA-RI Seminar "Climate Change Mitigation and International Development"

JICA-RI Seminar "The History of Development Thought"

JICA-RI/DIE Joint Workshop "General Budget Support Workshop"

The Nexus between Budget Support and Democracy Promotion

US-Japan Joint Symposium on "Natural Resource Management for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding"

The University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University, and JICA Research Institute Joint Workshop "Disasters, Poverty, and Development"

JICA-RI Seminar - Towards Inclusive Development in Africa

JICA-RI Symposium "Management of Water User's Associations and Formation of Collaborative Local Society in Rural Africa"

JICA-RI "Industrial Clusters and Micro and Small Enterprises in Africa:From Survival to Growth" International Symposium

International Symposium "State-building in Conflict-Prone Countries"

JICA-RI Symposium "Climate Change Adaptation and International Development" （With The Support of Ministry of Environment）

Dissemination Meeting/Policy Roundtable on the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP)

Symposium on A Progressive Asia and a Defiant Japan ＜Support from JICA Research Institute＞

Symposium on Islam and Peace in Southeast Asia

Symposium on Beginning of foreign economic cooperation in postwar Japan

JICA-RI seminar "For more effective peace-building supports"

A Forum on Globalization and a New Direction for Development Assistance

Workshop on Prevention of Violent Conflict in Africa: The Roles of Development Cooperation

Conference"Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa: Policies for Harmonious Development"

Workshop for "Southeast Asian Muslim Responses to Globalization"

International Symposium "Challenges of State-Building in Asia: Global Responsibility in Development Cooperation of Japan and Germany"

Workshop for "Climate Change Adaptation and Development Cooperation"

International Symposium:Institution Building in Asia for Peace and Development

International Symposium:Diversified World and the Global Economic Crisis: Challenges to Developing Countries and Roles of the International Community

The 4th Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) Task Force meeting

Symposium on Human Security in ASEAN Integration

JICA-ODI Joint Seminar "Challenges of OVOP Movement in Sub-Saharan Africa"

GRIPS-ODI-JICA Joint Seminar "African Growth in the Changing Global Economy"

JICA-World Bank Seminar on Japan-World Bank Collaboration for World Development Report (WDR) 2009 "Reshaping Economic Geography"

Symposium on the New JICA and JICA-RI