History of JICA Bangladesh Office

  • March, 1973Signing of the Exchange of Note of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV)
    Program and JOCV representative office in Bangladesh established
  • August, 1973First JOCV dispatch to Bangladesh
  • April, 1974Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency ( OTCA) Bangladesh Office established
  • August, 1974JICA Bangladesh office established
  • April, 1988Merging JOCV representative office in Bangladesh to JICA Bangladesh Office
  • October, 1988Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) Dhaka Office established
  • October, 1999Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) established by merging OECF and Export-Import Bank of Japan (JEXM)
  • December, 2002 Signing of the Exchange of Note of Technical Cooperation Program
    Signing of the Exchange of Note of Senior Volunteers (SV) program
  • April, 2004First SV dispatch to Bangladesh
  • October, 2008New JICA launched by merging JICA and JBIC