Message from the Chief Representative

In 2000, JICA officially inaugurated its country office in Belize and dispatched the first batch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, JOCV. Following that, JICA has conducted various technical cooperations in agriculture, tourism and environment sectors and grant aids.

Japan’s assistance for Belize targets mainly two purposes; (1) Building a resilient society and (2) Sustainable Economic Development.

For the first purpose, JICA assists the Government of Belize though providing countermeasures against climate change and mitigating threats of natural disasters because Belize has a high risk of damages from hurricanes and floods. In this regard, measures for both prevention and mitigation are promoted. JICA also has supported sustainable development of urban environment, including human resource development focusing on waste management and building of recycling systems. Furthermore, Japan contributes to equalize social disparities in education, healthcare and social welfare, as well as to construct the basis to provide social services to improve the quality and fundamentals of people’s lives.

For the second purpose, JICA supports economic development like agriculture, tourism and private sector, particularly in less developed areas, to develop human resources and extend the systems to reduce economic disparities in Belize.

To date, more than 300 Belizeans have participated in a training program in Japan, commonly named the "Knowledge Co-Creation Program"(KCCP). The ex-participants for KCCP are great assets for making closer relationship between Belize and Japan.

In addition, over 200 JOCVs in total have come to every corner in this country for 25 years in the areas of education, environment, sports, and IT, and so on.

JICA's cooperation focuses on self-reliant development and is carried out to construct sustainable societies in Belize.

Belize is also a part of both of Central America and Caribbean region. JICA minds regional approach to make the assistance more effective to each country in the regions as well as Belize.

JICA Belize is engaged in working with the partners in Belize and Japan for solving economic-social issues in Belize through its cooperation programs, while cherishing the accumulated experiences.

As the result of the engagement, it will be a great pleasure for us to further strengthen the bonds of friendship and trust between the two countries.

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