1975 | Start of cooperation in Côte d'Ivoire |
1991 | Start of deployment of Japanese Volunteers - Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) programme |
1992 | Opening of the JOCV office |
1994 | Opening of the JICA office |
1998 | JOCV: 100 members |
2002 | JOCV: 150 members Evacuation of all JICA staff due to security instability |
2004 | Cooperation is limited to hosting trainee projects, leaving three local employees. The Burkina Faso office is under the simultaneous control of JICA Côte d’Ivoire. |
2010 | Staff are deployed to resume cooperation. |
2012 | The office was moved to its current location in Cocody. |
2023 | The office becomes a regional hub for West Africa (Togo, Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso). |
2026 | Resumption of the JOCV programme (planned) |
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