KOICA conducts a training program "Legal Development for African Countries" for 13 participants from 8 countries as part of the Korean government's grant aid and technical cooperation program for 2010 as follows:

o Course Title : Legal Development for African Countries

o Duration : June 10 - June 25, 2010 (16 days)

o Venue : Seongnam and Yong-in city, Korea

o Number of Participants : 24 Participants from 16 countries

 - Burkina Faso(1), Egypt(3), Kenya(2), Mauritania(1), Niger(1), Nigeria(2), Sudan(2),

   Zambia(1)

o Training Institution : Legal Research and Training Institute

o Training Participants

- National or local government officials, preferably middle manager, engaged in the field of

  Ministry of Justice or Public Ministry

o Course Objectives

- Understand the present situation and problems concerning the above-mentioned issues

   in each country.

- Examine and analyze the cause of problems in the existing criminal justice systems and

   their actual administration.

- Seek appropriate steps to resolve problems and set up a fairer and more effective

   criminal justice system in each country.

o The program consists of 3 parts ;

A. LECTURES

1. Legal Exchange and Cooperation between Korea and Africa Countries

2. Plans for the Mutual Assistance for the International Criminal Justice

3. Saemaul Undong in Korea Korean Experience of Rural Development

4. The Constitutional Court of Korea

5. An Overview of Korean Criminal Procedure

6. Judicial Independence in Korea

B. COUNTRY REPORT PRESENTATION on

a) Introduction of the criminal justice system of each participant country

b) Introduction of its reform plan organized by the government, or personal opinion

    of the participant.

C. STUDY VISITS & CULTURAL EXCURSION

- Constitutional Court, Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, Supreme Prosecutors' Office, etc

- POSCO, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Motors Co.

- Korean Folk Village, Everland, N-Seoul Tower, Gyeongbok Palace, etc.