Today, in the course of an online meeting initiated by ICEG, Yohei Soma, member of the board and director of the international consulting company Padeco Co. Ltd., expressed interest in Padeco’s involvement in Ukraine recovery. “We collected data on assessing the territory recovery needs in Georgia in 2009 and in southern Sri Lanka in 2005. We surveyed, estimated the losses, and proposed action plans,” he said.

The company also plans opening its offices in Ukraine and organizing a Ukraine-Japan infrastructure forum.

Padeco Co., Ltd. was founded in 1983. Since then it has turned to one of the globally recognized consulting companies with a rich consulting experience abroad in various sectors including transport, regional planning, urban development, project management, environment, energy, privatization projects, development of ports and railways, information and communication technologies, economic and social development, etc.

Padeco headquarters are based in Tokyo, Japan, and key operations areas are East Africa, Eastern Europe, South Asia, and South-East Asia.

Padeco’s mission is to encourage implementation of sustainable development goals – pivotal directions of countries development for 2015-2030, which were approved at a UN summit and include 17 global goals that have 169 targets.