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JICA Brings Safe Drinking Water to Anuradhapura
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JICA Helps Milco Factory Solve Wastewater Problem
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Landslide Mitigation – The Badulusirigama Experience
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JICA Supports The Sustainable Economic Growth of Sri Lanka Through Rs.14.45 Billion Development Policy Loan Mr Kiyoshi Amada, Chief Representative JICA and Ms G D Chandra Ekanayake, Deputy Secretary to Page 5 the Treasury at the signing JICA Recognises The Best n November 17, the Japan International and steady economic growth, driven by service ICT Student At UCSC Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a industries such as tourism, has been achieved. O Page 6 loan agreement with the Government of the In order to achieve sustainable “quality growth” Creative Early Childhood Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to that benefits all residents, it is important to step Care Activities in Batticoloa provide a Japanese ODA loan of up to 23.137 up efforts to address challenges the country faces, Page 7 billion yen for assistance for the Anuradhapura such as improving the economic infrastructure, North Water Supply Project (Phase 2). including the power and water supply, and JICA and Japanese Professional League This project will construct a water supply system improving the quality of social services in rural Conduct Soccer Clinic in Jaffna in the northern part of Anuradhapura District areas. Page 8 to provide safe drinking water and increase the Sri Lanka has set a target of raising the piped water supply coverage, thereby improving health water supply coverage from the current conditions and the living environment in the national average of approximately 45 percent project area. The loan funds will be allocated to to 60 percent by 2020. To achieve this target, the civil works and the procurement of equipment not only do existing tap water facilities need necessary for the construction of a water to be expanded in cities, but new tap water treatment plant, the supply and installation of infrastructure needs to be constructed in rural water transmission and distribution pipes, and areas, where such infrastructure is insufficient. consulting services. There are also regional disparities in piped water Since civil war ended in 2009 after more than 25 supply coverage in the country. years, reconstruction efforts have gone forward
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JICA In the MEDIA
Kandy to receive new waste water management system from JICA Dinamina 7/10/2016 Elderly Population on th rise Sunday Observer 9/10/2016 JICA to help plan Kandy development Daily Mirror 10/10/2016 Water Bowsers provided by JICA Govt. gets Rs. 14.45b in As an example, the northern part of Anuradhapura coverage, and decrease the fluoride concentration budget support from JICA Daily FT District, which is the target region of this project of drinking water in the target region by 11/10/2016 in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province, has a tap constructing new piped drinking water supply Ceremonial Opening of Maha Oya Water Supply water coverage of merely 26.9 percent. Moreover, facilities that use surface water as the water Scheme this region has a high incidence of dental and source. It is expected that the project will improve Divanina skeletal fluorosis, which is caused by consuming the public health and living environment of the 19/10/2016 JICA help for Kandy groundwater with a high concentration of fluoride. residents in the target region. sanitation upgrade It is also said that one of the causes of the high Going forward, JICA will continue to contribute Sunday Observer incidence of chronic kidney disease in the area to the sustainable economic growth of Sri Lanka 2/10/2016 is poor-quality groundwater. These health issues by supporting the development of essential JICA to help plan Kandy make the supply of safe drinking water to the infrastructure utilizing its various types of development Lakbima region one of the country’s highest priorities. assistance—technical cooperation, Japanese ODA 3/11/2016
The Anuradhapura North Water Supply Project loans and grant aid. JICA assists local health (Phase 2) will increase the piped water supply authorities for elderly healthcare Island (1) Terms and Amount of Loan 14/11/2016
Amount Annual interest rate JICA Supports for A’pura Grace (million (%) Repayment water supply project period Procurement yen) period (years) Project Consulting (years) Daily News Anuradhapura 19/11/2016 North Water services Supply Project Biz climate good; trade (Phase 2) facilitation needs a boos: General JICA 23,137 1.4 0.01 25 7 Daily FT untied 22/11/2016
Proposed LRT feasibility (2) Executing Agency study early next year Daily News Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply 23/11/2016
Address: 35, Lak Diya Medura, New Parliament Road, Pellawatta, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka JICA provides wide- (3) Planned Implementation Schedule ranging support Sunday Observer (i) Completion of project: March 2021 – when the facilities are put into service 04/12/2016 (ii) Issuing of letters of invitation for consulting services: March 2017 JICA award for Best ICT (iii) Tender announcement of initial procurement package for international competitive bidding on Student Daily News project construction: 16/12/2016 Procurement package titles: National Day of Japan Lot A – (Construction and installation of water intake equipment, a water treatment plant, ground sumps - Japan’s Partnership in Sri Lanka’s Social and and elevated water tanks, provision and installation of electrical equipment) Economic Development Lot B – (Supply and installation of water transmission and distribution pipes) The Island 23/12/2016 FROM News Sri Lanka Project News
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JICA Helps Milco Factory Solve Calender Wastewater Problem Jan – Mar 2017 January
• 28/3 Batch Volunteer arrived • Young leaders training in Japan • Kaluganga Water supply project opening ceremony
February
• Preparatory study for elevated LRT between Colombo and Malabe commenced • Terminal evaluation of project for enhancement of production system of certified vegetable seeds
View of Wastewater Treatment Plant constructed by JICA at the Milco Factory in Digana March astewater Treatment Plant constructed The technology “Ozone Oxidation Method Using at Milco factory Digana under JICA Swirling Jet” is possible to treat wastewater • Community based disaster W risk management workshop assistance was ceremonially opened on 20th with highest efficiency and more energy-saving in Aranayake October 2016 by Hon. P. Harrison, Minister than other conventional methods, and has been of Rural Economic Affairs and His Excellency put into use at approximately 100 projects in Kenichi Suganuma, Ambassador of Japan Japan and overseas. in Sri Lanka. Hon. Mr Anuradha Jayaratna The Project created benefits for MILCO (Pvt.) Deputy Minister of Mahaweli Development Ltd. (Beneficiary), Central Environment & Environment, Mr. Kiyoshi Amada, Chief Authority (Regulator), Local Community Representative of JICA Sri Lanka Office, Mrs B living in the vicinity of the Plant (Stakeholder), K R Ekanayaka, Secretary to Ministry of Rural and downstream of Mahaweli river users Economic Affairs, Mr Keerthi Mihiripenna, (Stakeholder) Chairman Milco, Mr M A S Munasinghe, GM MILCO is the premier dairy producer in Sri Milco, Prof Lal Mervin Dharmasiri, Chairman Lanka with over 55% of the market share of CEA, Mr. Moriyoshi Shitara, Chairman, in locally processed dairy products. MILCO Huens Co. Ltd. and Mr. Susumu Ogawa, Senior Factory at Digana had been facing serious Managing Director of Kumagai Gumi also problems in meeting environmental standards graced this occasion. for discharged wastewater stipulated by CEA JICA extended support for construction of until Milco commissions the waste water Wastewater Treatment at Milco Digana factory treatment constructed under JICA assistance. though Japanese private company, HUENS Co., JICA is very much happy to join hands with Ltd. The company adopted “Ozone Oxidation Sri Lanka’s economic development agenda in Method Using Swirling Jet”, a technology the needy area in the right time, Mr. Kiyoshi developed by HUENS Co., Ltd. Though the Amada, Chief Representative of JICA said. ozone treatment is common for treatment of waste water, this particular type of treatment is a patented technology of HUENS. FROM News Sri Lanka Project News
OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2016 ● NUMBER 10 ● SRI LANKA Page 4 Landslide Mitigation – The Badulusirigama Experience
countermeasures of sediment disasters 2. Design, supervision and monitoring for Landslides, slope failure, rock falls 3. Accumulation of the knowledge and know-how of sediments disaster mitigation measures (including non-structural measures) Following the extensive work done in the project many former villagers have begun returning to Badullusirigama and rebuilding their houses. One of those returnees is Mrs Amila Latha Perera, who described her horror experience, in 2011. “It was a horrible experience, the whole Japanese experts sharing their views with local engineers mountain came crashing down on our homes. Many houses were destroyed; we ICA’s “Technical Cooperation for were lucky to be alive we JLandslide Mitigation Project” had to vacate our homes which commenced in October 2014, in and had to start our life collaboration with the National Building from the bottom. We Research Organization (NBRO) is a key lost our properties and project to help Sri Lanka in enhancing income as well,” said both structural and non-structural Latha Perera. measures for landslide mitigation. As part of the project, JICA has organized “We were a series of visits by Japanese experts desperate, to inspect the landslide prone areas in the village leaving a path of destruction because central Sri Lanka to share their findings in its wake. and experience of similar situations in Together with NBRO and JICA a pilot building a new house Japan. project in Badulusirigama commenced again was only a dream. A typical example is the area of to mitigate sediments landslide disaster Now, with the trust on Baddulusirigama in the Uva/Wellassa by using Japanese know-how. area which experienced a big landslide This project followed elements in the this project we decided to in 2011 when a whole mountainside districts Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya return to our homes and collapsed and came crashing down on and Badulla in Sri Lanka to improve the sediment disaster rebuild again. We started management capacity of our life here without any NBRO and contribute fear so thanks to NBRO to reduce sediments disasters in the target and JICA,” she added. region. Among the areas covered The project is implemented for four years in the study are: from Sep 2014 to Sep 2018. 1. Research and evaluation for FROM News Sri Lanka Project News
OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2016 ● NUMBER 10 ● SRI LANKA Page 5 JICA Supports The Sustainable Economic Growth Of Sri Lanka Through Rs.14.45 Billion Development Policy Loan
Hidetoshi Irigaki, Vice President of JICA and Ms. Chandra Ekanayake, Deputy Secretary to the Treasury of Ministry of Finance sign the Loan Agreement he Government of the Democratic transparent and well managed public including the Ministry of Finance, TSocialist Republic of Sri Lanka institutions and in improving fiscal Ministry of Development Strategies and Japan International Cooperation sustainability of the Government. This is and International Trade, Ministry of Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement expected to further strengthen economic Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media, for an amount of JPY 10,000 million, and industrial competitiveness, and the Auditor General’s Department, the equivalent to approximately Rs 14.45 thereby to contribute to sustainable Board of Investment and the Central billion. economic growth of Sri Lanka. Bank of Sri Lanka. The signing of the loan agreement took The Government of Sri Lanka has JICA’s loan is provided under place between Ms. Chandra Ekanayake, prioritized a package of policy and concessional terms with an annual Deputy Secretary to the Treasury of institutional reforms including efforts interest rate of 1.4% and with a 25 year Ministry of Finance, and Hidetoshi to repeal excessive tax incentives on the repayment period. JICA will continue Irigaki, Vice President of JICA at the revenue front, and reducing expenditures to provide support for the sustainable Ministry of Finance. by improving transparency and efficiency economic growth of Sri Lanka by utilizing The Development Policy Loan (Private in the budget process on the expenditure technical cooperation, concessional loan Sector Development, Governance front. Efforts also include measures to and grant aid. Improvement, and Fiscal Consolidation), attract foreign direct investments for the which is co-financed with the World private sector to reach its full potential. Bank aims to provide support to The Ministry of National Policies policy and institutional reforms of the and Economic Affairs will be the Government of Sri Lanka with a focus Ministry responsible for the overall on reducing obstacles to private sector implementation of this program in competitiveness, establishing more cooperation with the related agencies FROM News Sri Lanka Project News
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JICA Recognises The Best ICT Student At UCSC
After the completion of the project in year 2005, JICA and UCSC agreed to corporate with each other in organizing a 5 year series of training programs in the field of e-learning technology as to disseminate the knowledge accumulated under the mentioned project. By the completion in year 2010 UCSC had trained 169 local participants and 80 foreign participants from Asian, Pacific, Middle – Eastern and African Countries in the field of e-learning technologies.
In recognition of her outstanding performance Kiyoshi Amada, Chief Representative of JICA
Kiyoshi Amada, Chief Representative of JICA Sri Lanka presented Ms Sri Lanka presents a special memento to Ms Perera Hemamali Perera with inning the JICA award is a This occasion was graced by Prof. a special memento at the “Wdream which has come true” Hewagamage the Director of UCSC and says Ms Hemamali Perera, who is the other senior academic staff. ceremony held at UCSC winner of JICA award for the Best Project for Human Resource on 8 Dec 2016. This student in the year 2015 in Masters Development in Information occasion was graced by in Information Technology degree at Technology through Capacity building the University of Colombo, School of of the University of Colombo School Prof. Hewagamage the Computing (UCSC). She works as a of Computing was successfully Director of UCSC and Mathematics teacher at the British accomplished during year 2002 -2005, School in Colombo, and possesses over 15 improving the quality and quantity of IT other senior academic years of teaching experience in teaching related human resources of the institute. staff. Mathematics and Computing. A JICA Award to the best student of the master’s degree in ICT of UCSC has been presenting every year at the convocation of University of Colombo in commemorating JICA’s contribution to the UCSC under the Project for Human Resource Development in Information Technology through Capacity building of the University of Colombo School of Computing. In recognition of her outstanding performance Mr Kiyoshi Amada, Chief Representative of JICA Sri Lanka presented a special memento at the Amada speaks to faculty members of UCSC ceremony held at UCSC on 8 Dec 2016. FROM News Sri Lanka Project News
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Creative Early Childhood Care Activities In Batticoloa
Ms Asami Yamanaka admires the creations of some students
s. Asami Yamanaka is a JICA improve our day to day routine activities visit to “SAKURA” Model Pre-school in MVolunteer based in Pre-school which include monitoring of pre- Kurunagala and we gained first-hand Education Bureau in the Eastern schools, providing recommendations for knowledge on pre-school teaching and Province and working for improving improvements and develop necessary maintenance.” Early Childhood Care activities in the tools and teaching aids for pre-school Batticaloa district. activities. Her activities are simple and “Her activities are simple Her major activities are; very practical which are the key elements and very practical which 1. Undertake visits to selected pre- in pre-school activities. Creating simple schools to observe and evaluate the teaching aids with the available resources are the key elements in pre- standards and provide necessary in the environment is her unique skill. school activities. Creating recommendations. And gaining such competitive skill is an simple teaching aids with 2. Introduce Japanese based teaching asset for our teachers which improve methods focusing on child centered creativity and imagination of both the available resources education and class room maintenance teachers and children.” in the environment is to improve learning environment. The teachers of Ambilanthurai 3. Develop simple and effective teaching Kalaimagal Pre-school in Batticaloa have her unique skill. Gaining aids to improve teaching and learning observed that “She introduced many such competitive skill is process. practical and playful activities in the class an asset for our teachers Mr. Pon Selvanayagam, Chairman of the room, which are very attractive to the Pre-school Education Bureau of Eastern children. Her activities really helped us which improve creativity Province mentioned that “the volunteer to improve the attention of the children and imagination of both is very beneficial to our organization and in the day to day class room activities. teachers and children.” her contributions are highly useful to The Volunteer organized an exposure FROM News Sri Lanka Project News
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JICA and Japanese Professional League Conduct Soccer Clinic In Jaffna
The theme of the event is “SPORT FOR TOMORROW” which is an annual event of Japanese Professional League to assist children in developing countries. Mr. Shusaku Yamashita and Mr. Oya Takeyuki from Japanese Professional League have participated in the event as resource personals. 480 uniforms have been distributed among seven School Football Clubs in Jaffna, namely; St. Patrick’s College, Jaffna Central College, St. John’s College, Navanthurai Roman Catholic Vidyalayam, St. James Boys Maha Vidyalayam, St. James Girls Maha Vidyalayam, Muthuthambi Maha Participants and officials of the Soccer Clinic Vidyalayam. The uniforms are donation from Japanese Professional League. 240 istorically Soccer is one of the and one volunteer in Rathnapura serve students have received a basic training Hpopular game in Jaffna, however, as Football Coaches. In addition, JICA at the soccer clinic. JICA volunteers the sports activities in Jaffna were initiated necessary actions to dispatch a working in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, harshly affected for three decades due Football Coach in Jaffna in near future. Batticoloa, Colombo and Rathnapura to prolonged civil war. Appropriate At this juncture, JICA organized a soccer have provided remarkable contribution support and guidance were limited in clinic in collaboration with Japanese in planning, organizing and conducting the past due to lack of resources. Sports Professional League, Football Federation this event. The Principals and students activities were re-initiated after 2009 of Sri Lanka and Zonal Education Office mentioned that “these types of events and currently soccer is getting popular. in Jaffna. The objectives of this event are very important to rebuild sports JICA collaboratively works with Football are to promote Football in Jaffna and to activities in Jaffna, the gained skills Federation in Sri Lanka to improve provide a basic technical training among and knowledge are useful to improve soccer in various parts of the country the school students. The event was techniques and self-confidence of the through its Volunteer Programme. conducted on 19th & 20th of October at players.” Currently two volunteers in Colombo Thuraiyappa Stadium in Jaffna.
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