4. Invitation of Trainees
KOICA invites people from developing countries to Korea and offers them training courses that teach skill needed for development of their countries. This is a program which transfers Korean expert and technologies to developing countries by inviting and training their government officials, technicians, and policy makers.
KOICA trainees invitation program provides four types of training:
(1) General training is conducted at the request of a host country
(2) National training is carried out in accordance with an agreement of a country
(3) International organization training is conducted by agreement with an international organization
(4) Third country training is carried in joint cooperation with a third country.
(92 countries, 870 persons, US$4.4 million)
5. Dispatch of Experts
KOICA also dispatches experts to developing countries for a specific period of time in order to transfer Korea’s accumulated knowledge and experience. Through the Korean experts, the developing countries may have opportunity to learn from Korean’s development experience and expertise. The experts specialize in many fields, including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and electronics. They also provide assistance in the form of consultations, guidance, research, counseling, survey activities, and training.
(42 countries, 77 persons, 1.3 million)
6. Dispatch of Korea Overseas Volunteer (KOV)
Based on the spirit of “Share and Respect”, KOICA dispatches highly motivated volunteers to developing countries in order to help local residents increase their income and improve their living conditions. The KOVs live and work with local people and share knowledge and technical skills.
These well-trained volunteers contribute to better life by helping local people improve social welfare services and by assisting with developing in rural areas. The Korean Overseas Volunteers Program also provides medical services in the field of nursing and public health, training of engineers or technicians as require for economic development, and support in fields as diverse as vehicle maintenance, computers, agriculture, and live-stocks.
(15 countries, 188 persons, US$3.3 million)
7. Dispatch of International Cooperation Personnel
Young Korean men of conscription age may elect to fulfill their military service requirements by working as international cooperation personnel. Selected personnel are dispatched by KOICAs or, in the case of those in the medical profession, as medical doctors. The period of dispatch is equivalent to each individual’s required military service.
(13 countries, 28 persons US$0.5 million)
8. Dispatch of Medical Doctors
KOICA dispatch medical doctors to Africa, Asia, the Pacific region, and South Africa where medical service are most needed. This program started in 1968 with the dispatch of doctors to Africa and has expanded so that Korean medical doctors are now serving around the world. Korean doctors service in special fields such as internal medicine, external medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics. These doctors service in the spirit of humanitarianism and philanthropy with self-sacrifice in providing medical services to local residents.
(19 countries, 22 persons, US$1.8 million)
9. Dispatch of Taekwondo Instructors
KOICA dispatches Taekwondo Instructors to help people in developing countries maintain physical and mental fitness and lead their healthier lives. Taekwondo instructors contribute to healthier live for local people through exercise while at the same time providing them with access to Korean culture. More and more people have become interest in this martial art, because Taekwondo has been adopted as an official Olympic event beginning at the Sydney Olympic.
(12 countries, 13 persons, US$0.6 million)
10. Assistance to NGOs
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can, in some cases, provide aid more efficiently than government agencies. They are therefore assuming an increasingly important role in international cooperation as the efficiency and impact of aid projects are becoming of greater concern. Aid through NGOs can be of great help in satisfying basic human needs, including medical and educational needs, improving housing conditions, and raising income level of local people.
KOICA provides subsidies and consultations to Korean NGOs engaged in socioeconomic development projects I developing countries. According in 1994, KOICA established and NGO division, consolidating the system for providing aid to non-governmental organization in Korea.
(19 countries, US$0.6 million)
Source: Lee, Ho-Chul. 1997. Korea's efforts in official development assistance. Seoul: Korea International Cooperation Agency.
