The opening
of offices of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japan
External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Ukraine will allow to strengthen
collaboration with Japanese investors and to simplify the implementation
of major joint projects. This was stated by Vice Prime Minister/Minister of Regional
Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadii Zubko on the outcomes
of a visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Japan headed by President
Petro Poroshenko.
According to
him, Ukraine is engaged in discussing with the Japan Business
Federation KEIDANREN an opportunity to open offices of these Japan
organizations in Kyiv. In particular, the JICA office will be a kind of
"asingle window" that will afford to intensify monitoring of new
infrastructure projects and technologically complicated energy
efficiency projects. For example, it will enable to accelerate
the implementation of the projectfor reconstruction of Bortnychi aeration station.
"The JETRO
will facilitate the establishment of closer contact between Japanese
business and local self-government authorities in Ukraine.
And this is a big step towards decentralization. The united territorial
communities will get a single window thus allowing them to obtain all
the information about possibilities of cooperation with Japanese
investors", said Hennadii Zubko.
According to
the Vice-Prime Minister, the JETRO office in Ukraine will become a hub to
promote both the interests of Ukrainian and Japanese businesses . Domestic
companies will not have to go to Japan to learn about current cooperation
chances and priority projects and to maintain ties with entrepreneurs from
Japan.
Hennadii Zubko added
that the opening of the JETRO and JICA offices would afford to attract
Japanese technologies and to accompany the shipment of goods produced under
the Japanese brand in Ukraine.
Background
The Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is a government agency which operates
in over 150 countries and has around 100 offices globally. In October 2008 the
Agency merged with the Department of foreign economic cooperation of
the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), becoming
one of the world's largest bilateral development agencies. The JICA aims
to contribute to the promotion of international cooperation as well as the
sound development of Japanese and global economy by supporting the
socioeconomic development, recovery or economic stability of developing
regions.
JETRO, or
the Japan External Trade Organization, is a government-related organization
that works to promote mutual trade and investment between Japan and the rest of
the world. Originally established in 1958 to promote Japanese exports abroad,
JETRO's core focus in the 21st century has shifted toward promoting foreign
direct investment into Japan and helping small to medium size Japanese firms
maximize their global export potential.
KEIDANREN
(Japan Business Federation) is a comprehensive economic organization with a
membership comprised of 1,329 representative companies of Japan, 109 nationwide
industrial associations and 47 regional economic organizations (as of June 2,
2015).
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