Japan to provide JPY 34.6 million for SAARC youth exchange programme
Summary
Japan will contribute JPY 34.607 million to the SAARC-Japan Special Fund for the JENESYS 2026 youth exchange programme, with about 40 participants from SAARC countries set to visit Japan. The programme will focus on disaster preparedness and climate change, with the aim of helping participants apply resilience practices back home.
Key Points
- Japan will provide JPY 34.607 million to support the JENESYS 2026 youth exchange programme under the SAARC-Japan Special Fund.
- Around 40 participants from SAARC countries will visit Japan to study disaster preparedness and climate change.
- The addendum to the memorandum on guidelines for the special fund was signed in Kathmandu by SAARC Secretary-General Md Golam Sarwar and Japanese Ambassador Maeda Toru.
- JENESYS is a Japan-funded youth exchange initiative that exposes young people from SAARC states to Japan’s development experience, technology, culture and society.
