JICA Team Presented Inception Report

Participants discussing the Inception Report  (June 17, 2015)

On June 17, the JICA Team had a meeting with the counterparts from various sectors in Lae City to discuss the inception report of the Project for Lae-Nadzab Urban Development Plan. Mr. Francis Japu, the joint coordination committee chairperson and  provincial planner, welcomed the JICA team members emphasizing that this is an importance project the region was looking forward.

On his behalf, Mr. Akio Nakamura, the JICA team leader, thanked Mr. Japu as well participants from the counterparts, and explained the inception report after which the participants discussed the contents of the report.

The JICA team leader started his presentation by underlining that this JICA project has started in response to the assistance request made by the Government of Papua New Guinea to the Government of Japan, and  by recalling the earlier urban development plan issues.

The team leader also explained the content of the project, expected outputs in detail, with  time frames." This project will be based on objective indicators as much as possible," Mr. Nakamura emphasized. He added that the project will conduct household survey and traffic survey, requesting to start awareness building works so that the community would understand and cooperate.

At the end, the participants discussed the reports and exchanged ideas, particularly on the importance  of closely cooperating and assigning counterparts to coordinate the works in each sector.

The first Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting is expected to be held on June 30. In the meantime the JICA team members will continue their work in Lae City and their scheduled activities include site surveys.

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