Korea has extended its grant-type aid cooperation with the world.
Korea and Palestine have agreed to establish a training institute for public servants in Palestine and have signed a Record of Discussions concerning the institute.
This document was concluded by Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, who visited the country, and Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah of Palestine. Representatives from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Palestine’s central officials committee signed the document while Minister Yun and Prime Minister Hamdallah were present.
The project will be carried out over three years with a budget of USD 7 million. The training institute will be in charge of educating and fostering leadership among Palestinian public officials.
At the same time, in order to supply clean drinking water to Pakistani citizens, the Korean government has agreed to build a sewage treatment plant in the Kasur region of Punjab in Pakistan. This region lacks water purification facilities, which leads to low quality, unhygienic drinking water and to various diseases. The lack of drinking water at schools is directly related to the low-quality healthcare and education the children receive.
The sewage treatment plant which KOICA will build in Kasur will filter raw sewage, which is otherwise released without purification, in order to secure the hygiene and safety of agricultural water, potable water as well as soil water and underground water. It will also find measures to strengthen the technological capability of human resources specialized in sewer management and offer them job opportunities at sewage treatment plants. KOICA further plans to provide hygiene education for local residents and students, in cooperation with three female doctors in the region.
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: KOICA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
arete@korea.kr
Korea and Palestine have agreed to establish a training institute for public servants in Palestine and have signed a Record of Discussions concerning the institute.
This document was concluded by Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, who visited the country, and Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah of Palestine. Representatives from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Palestine’s central officials committee signed the document while Minister Yun and Prime Minister Hamdallah were present.
The project will be carried out over three years with a budget of USD 7 million. The training institute will be in charge of educating and fostering leadership among Palestinian public officials.
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah hold a summit on December 22 in Ramallah, Palestine. Representatives of the two countries signed a Record of Discussions and agreed to build a training institute for public servants in Palestine.
At the same time, in order to supply clean drinking water to Pakistani citizens, the Korean government has agreed to build a sewage treatment plant in the Kasur region of Punjab in Pakistan. This region lacks water purification facilities, which leads to low quality, unhygienic drinking water and to various diseases. The lack of drinking water at schools is directly related to the low-quality healthcare and education the children receive.
The sewage treatment plant which KOICA will build in Kasur will filter raw sewage, which is otherwise released without purification, in order to secure the hygiene and safety of agricultural water, potable water as well as soil water and underground water. It will also find measures to strengthen the technological capability of human resources specialized in sewer management and offer them job opportunities at sewage treatment plants. KOICA further plans to provide hygiene education for local residents and students, in cooperation with three female doctors in the region.
KOICA will build a sewage treatment plant in Punjab, Pakistan, which will supply clean drinking water to the people. The above photo shows the ceremony to mark the completion of a water project in Mandi Bahauddin, Punbjab, which took place in June 2014.
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: KOICA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
arete@korea.kr
