The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is considering financing energy and infrastructure programs in Ukraine previously managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
This was stated by the head of JICA’s Ukraine office Hideki Matsunaga at the 5th Ukrainian-Japanese Forum organized by the New Europe Center.
Matsunaga noted that USAID and JICA had different approaches, making it difficult to take over certain USAID-implemented programs, particularly in the legal sector and direct financing of civil society.
“But we would like to identify gaps in the energy sector and try to fill them as much as possible. Of course, we have certain budget limitations, but we want to do more. We certainly need to seriously consider the energy and infrastructure sectors, and we will explore these areas,” said Matsunaga. (Ukrinform)