October 3rd, 2017
International Policy Division (Global Strategy),Policy Bureau“1st Anniversary Ceremony of Japan-Africa Infrastructure
Development Association (JAIDA)”
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism held the “1st Anniversary Ceremony ofJapan-Africa Infrastructure Development Association (JAIDA)” on Wednesday, September 27th,2017. There were approximately 140 people from more than 90 member companies andorganizations participated in the ceremony.
In the ceremony, we summarized the activities of JAIDA for one year and confirmed that we will
enhance the activities in preparation for the 7th Tokyo International Conference on AfricanDevelopment (TICAD7) scheduled for 2019.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism established “Japan-Africa
Infrastructure Development Association (JAIDA)” consisted of Japanese infrastructure-relatedcompanies in September 2016 taking the opportunity of the 6th Tokyo International Conference on
African Development (TICAD VI) held in August 2016. We have been actively disseminating
information on the technologies and experiences that support Japan’s “Quality Infrastructure” toAfrican countries, as well as building relationships and promoting communication between thepublic and private sectors of partner countries. To commemorate the 1st anniversary of theestablishment of JAIDA, we held the “1st Anniversary Ceremony of Japan-Africa Infrastructure
Development Association (JAIDA).” In the ceremony, Minister Ishida, JAIDA President Miyamoto,
JAIDA Representative Okumura and Ambassador of Eritrea to Japan Afeworki as the representativeof African embassies in Tokyo made remarks. In addition, a commemorative lecture was given byRepresentative of the Government of Japan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Okamura (in charge of TICAD). Please find the summary of the ceremony in the attachment.
Date: 17: 00-19: 00, Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
Location: Conference room, 10F, Central Government Building 3, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, Japan
Main Participants:(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) Minister Ishida, ParliamentaryVice-Minister Takahashi, Vice-Minister Mouri, Vice-Minister Yoshida, Vice-Minister
Narahira, Director-General for International Affairs Shinohara, Director-General of Land
Economy & Construction Industries Bureau Tamura and others(Member Companies/Organizations) Chairman of the Board and Representative Director ofShimizu Corporation Miyamoto, President of Fujita Corporation Okumura, Shimizu
Corporation, JGC Holdings Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.,

Toyota Tsusho Corporation, The Overseas Construction Association of Japan, Inc. and others(African Embassies) Ambassador of Eritrea to Japan Afeworki, Ambassador of Senegal toJapan Niang and others

Ambassador Afeworki (left) Minister Ishii (middle) JAIDA President Miyamoto (right)<Contact>
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Attachment[Summary of the Ceremony]
1. General Meeting〇Opening Remarks
・Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ishii
In the opening remarks of the general meeting, Minister Ishii stated that the Ministry of Land,Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will continue to strongly support the business expansion ofJapanese companies in the African region where huge infrastructure demand is expected, and heexpects that member companies and organizations will actively participate in the activities ofJAIDA.
・JAIDA President Miyamoto
JAIDA President Miyamoto stated that through the sales activities conducted by Prime Minister
Abe and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, African countries areinterested in Japan’s “Quality Infrastructure” and JAIDA will work together with government
officials including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, JICA, embassies,etc. as a team of “All-Japan” to meet the expectation for realizing projects in Africa.
・Ambassador of Eritrea to Japan Afeworki

On behalf of the African embassies in Tokyo, Ambassador of Eritrea to Japan Afeworki statedthat infrastructure is a major source of African GDP growth and the support from Japanesecompanies is expected to build “Quality Infrastructure” in African countries.
〇 Report from the Secretariat (Assistant Vice-Minister of Minister's Secretariat Sudo)
Assistant Vice-Minister of Minister's Secretariat of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportand Tourism Sudo provided a summary report on the status of JAIDA’s activities so far andfuture plans including the 2nd Uganda-Japan High Quality Infrastructure Conference (to be held inTokyo in November this year), Senegal-Japan High Quality Infrastructure Conference (to be heldin January next year), etc.
〇 Commemorative Lecture (Representative of the Government of Japan and Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Okamura (in charge of TICAD))
Representative of the Government of Japan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Okamura (in charge of TICAD) gave a commemorative lecture regarding the achievement of the“Dialogue with Private Sector from Japan and Africa,” a side event of the TICAD Ministerial
Meeting held in Mozambique in August this year, the economic growth potential of Sub-SaharanAfrica, and the history of TICAD.

2. Reception

In addition to the participants of the general meeting, the reception was attended by 15Ambassadors from approximately 30 African embassies in Tokyo. In the opening remarks of thereception, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Takahashi stated that in preparation for TICAD7 to be heldin Yokohama in 2019, the Ministry will hold the High Quality Infrastructure Conference while
conducting sales activity by top-level officials. Former State Minister of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism Suematsu stated that he will continue to support the promotion of “QualityInfrastructure” in Africa, and State Minister of the Environment Ito presented “African Clean Cities
Platform” as an initiative of the Ministry of the Environment in Africa.

<Minister Ishii (middle) and JAIDA PresidentMiyamoto (right), Ambassador of Eritrea to Japan
Afeworki (left)><Remarks by Minister Ishii in Ceremonyand General Meeting><Remarks by JAIDA President Miyamoto inCeremony and General Meeting><Remarks by Ambassador of Eritrea to Japan
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in Ceremony and Reception><Remarks by State Minister Suematsu
in Ceremony and Reception><Remarks by State Minister of the Environment Itoin Ceremony and Reception>