KOICA capacity building training for Lankans

As part of its technical cooperation programmes, KOICA is offering fellowship programmes to government officials and personnel to support the Human Resources Development (HRD) of Sri Lanka by sharing Korea's accumulated experiences in HRD and economic development.

This fellowship programme is designed to transfer technical skills and knowledge and help Sri Lanka to build capacities of government officials and for sustainable development.

KOICA's fellowship programme, consisting of a SAARC special fellowship, global fellowship programmes, country specific fellowship programmes and joint fellowship programmes with international organizations and partner countries, provides two to four week thematic trainings for participants. In addition, the scholarship programme has been drastically increased to support individuals who can foster national development.

In particular, KOICA is offering four country specific fellowship programmes to Sri Lanka in the fields of the Central and Local Governance, Economic Development, Capacity Development of Educators and Waste Management.

Up to now, three country fellowship programmes, such as, Governance, Economic Development, Capacity Development of Educators have been successfully completed. Recently, the team led by Environment Ministry Director G. Ajith Weerasundara and 19 Sri Lankan officials from Ministries of Environment, Local Government and Provincial Councils, Public Administration and Home Affairs, participated in the fellowship course on Waste Management and Waste-to-Energy programme that was held in Korea from September 16-29.