KOICA conducts a training program "Sustainable Urban Development Strategies" for 16 participants from 10 countries as part of the Korean government's grant aid and technical cooperation program for 2010 as follows:

o Course Title : Sustainable Urban Development Strategies

o Duration : June 7 - June 26, 2010 (20 days)

o Venues : Seongnam and Hongcheon city, Korea

o Number of Participants : 16 Participants from 10 countries

 - Bangladesh(2), Cambodia(2), Indonesia(2), Kenya(1), Nepal(1), Nigeria(3), Philippines(2),
   Tanzania(2), Yemen(1)

o Training Institution : International Urban Training Center(IUTC)

o Training Participants

- Senior urban development policy makers, urban planning experts, NGOs, Public Officials

   concerned from participant countries

o Course Objectives

- To raise awareness on the need for climate friendly urban environmental planning through

   sharing of Korean experience of rapid urbanization

- To learn and discuss mid to long-term climate smart urban planning method and technique

   to adapt against climate change and to raise quality of life

o The program consists of 3 parts ;

A. LECTURES

1. Introduction to Sustainable Urbanization Strategy    

2. Approach to Sustainable Urbanization Strategy    

3. Introduction to Urban Planning   

4. Theory and Principle of Urban Ecological Restoration 

5. Urban Stream Ecological Restoration Strategy 

6. Application of Urban Stream Ecological Restoration   

7. Introduction to Wetlands and Biodiversity from a UN-HABITAT Perspective  

8. Case studies of Stream Ecological Restoration Projects   

9. Methods of Stream Ecological Restoration in Neighborhood Scale   

10. Introduction to Sustainable Neighborhood Planning Strategy  

11. Neighborhood Design with Rain Water 

12. Neighborhood Spatial Design 

13. Best Practices of Neighborhood Design   

14. Introduction to Ecological Building Design  

15. Ecological Building Element and Technique   

16. Passive Cooling with Best Cases: Shading Design in Building 

17. Shading Design  

18. Korean Cases of Sustainable Building Design     

19. Sustainable Urban Ecological Restoration Design and Technique

B. COUNTRY REPORT PRESENTATION on

Report Major Issues, Policies, and Profiles of your City concerning urban planning and environment

C. STUDY VISITS & CULTURAL EXCURSION

- Gangneung City(Low-Carbon Green Growth Demonstration City), Natural Environment

   Research Park

- N-Seoul Tower, Gyeongbok Palace, NANTA performance, etc.