Press Release
13th October 2011
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) invites media personnel to the occasion of signing ceremony of the Minutes of Discussion on the project for Malakal Town with attendance of the Governor of Upper Nile State and relevant Ministries from the government of Republic of South Sudan on October 18, 2011 at 10:00am. (The venue is to be fixed and informed to you later.)
The Government of Upper Nile State submitted a request through the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to the Government of Japan for development of comprehensive master plan in Malakal Town in June 2011. Since the request was approved by the Japanese Government, JICA dispatched a mission headed by Mr. Kiyofumi Konishi, Director General of Economic Infrastructure Development Department, JICA Headquarters, to confirm the detailed design of this project. During their stay, the mission team had a series of discussions with relevant authorities from both the Republic and Upper Nile State government, and detailed design of this project is concluded by signing of this Minutes of Discussion.
This project is composed of three components such as 1) Development of comprehensive master plan in Malakal town for economic and social infrastructural development including water supply, river port, road etc, 2) Implementation of urgent projects which will come out from the master plan, and 3) Human resource development in relevant sectors.
For more details of this project, we welcome you to join this signing ceremony.
For more information:
Ms. Makiko KIMURA, Project Formulation Advisor, JICA South Sudan
Email: Kimura.Makiko@jica.go.jp Tel: +249-902823413