Chief Representative: Mr. SAKAMOTO Takema
Address:
40th Floor, Yuchengco Tower, RCBC Plaza 6819 Ayala Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Mailing Address: P.O.Box 1026, Makati Central Post Office, Makati City, Philippines
Tel: (63-2) 8889-7119
Fax: (63-2) 8889-6850
Email: pp_oso_rep@jica.go.jp
History of JICA's Assistance to the Philippines
| 1954 | Japan joined the Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific; launched technical cooperation projects |
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| 1961 | Established Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) implementing agency for loan aid furnished by the Japanese government |
| 1962 | Establishment of Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency (OTCA) in Japan |
| 1964 | Formally joined Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) |
| 1966 (1965) |
First dispatch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) members to the Philippines |
| 1967 | Establishment of Philippine - Japan Fellows Association (PHILJAFA) |
| 1968 | Establishment of OTCA Manila Office |
| 1969 | OECD introduced the concept of Official Development Assistance (ODA), and donor countries pledged to allocate .07% of their GDP to ODA |
| 1974 | Establishment of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Japan. Opening of JICA Philippine Office. |
| 1978 | Announcement of five consecutive medium-term ODA targets for the country |
| 1984 | Start of the Youth Invitation Program |
| 1988 | Establishment of the Philippine - ASEAN - Japan Friendship Association for the 21st Century (PAJAFA) |
| 1989 | Japan became world's top ODA donor |
| 1992 | Formal approval of Japan's ODA Charter |
| 1999 | Establishment of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) by merging the Export-Import Bank of Japan (JEXIM) and the OECF |
| 2003 | Transformation of JICA from special public institute to an independent administrative institution |
| 2007 | Start of the Training Programme for Young Leaders |
| 2008 | Birth of New JICA; Merging of JICA and Overseas Economic Cooperation Operations of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation |
| 2014 | Celebration of Japan ODA's 60th year of development cooperation in the Philippines |
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