KOICA conducts a training program "Customs Administrative Technique "for 20 participants from 13 countries as part of the Korean government's grant aid and technical cooperation program for 2010 as follows:

o Course Title : Customs Administrative Technique

o Duration : March 25 (Thu.) ~ April 9 (Fri.), 2010

o Venue : Seongnam and DaeJeon City, Korea

o Number of Participants : 20 participants from 13 countries

Cameroon(1), Ecuador(2), Indonesia(2), Kazakhstan(1), Kenya(2), Kyrgyzstan(1), Laos(1),
Myanmar(2), Nepal(1), Palestine(1), Peru(1), Uzbekistan(2), Vietnam(2)

o Training Participants : Government officers or researchers with sound experience in Customs

   Administration  

o Training Institution : Korea Customs Service (KCS) (http://www.customs.go.kr)

o Course Objectives

1) To understand how customs administration can be upgraded in parallel with the development of
    the national economy.

2) To understand the processing of the cargo & passenger in Korea and to acquire practical
    knowledge and information through lectures and field observation tours.

3) To exchange ideas and experience on customs administration among themselves and with
    Korean customs staff.

4) To evaluate their own countries¡¯ customs administration and address strong and weak
    points of their countries.

5) To be able to formulate policies and strategies better for their countries¡¯ customs
    administration.

6) To establish a network linking participants and Korean customs staff, which will be useful in
    designing development plans for the future.
 

A. LECTURES

a) Session I: Brief on KCS Administration

b) Session II: Import & Export Clearance System

c) Session III: Investigation Management System

d) Session IV: Post-Audit System

e) Session V: IT Session

f) Session VI:  KCS Experience on TRS and Challenges towards Implementation

g) Session VII: Passenger Clearance System

h) KCS Risk Management

B. Country Report

a) Organization Chart of the Customs Authority

b) Detailed introduction on Customs Computer system or Information system

c) Computer system for each customs function, workforces, IT modernization plan

d) Average Tariff Rate

e) Features of key customs administration

C. STUDY VISITS & CULTURAL EXCURSION

- Busan Customs, Busan Customs Museum

- Hyundai Motors, Hyundai Heavy Industry

- Namdaemoon Market, Insa-dong, Gyeongbok palace, National Folk Museum, Seoul Tower,

  NANTA Performance