KOICA conducts a training program "Public Procurement System Establishment" for 18 participants from 8 countries as part of the Korean government's grant aid and technical cooperation program for 2010 as follows:

o Course Title : Public Procurement System Establishment

o Duration : September 2 - September 18, 2010 (17 days)

o Venue : Seongnam & Daejeon, Korea

o Number of Participants : 18 Participants from 8 countries

 - Cote d'Ivoire 2, Egypt 2, Ghana 3, Morocco 3, Senegal 2, Tunisia 2, Uganda 2, Uzbekistan 2

o Training Institution : Public Procurement Service Korea

o Training Participants

- Participating countries¡¯ government officials currently employed in departments responsible for one of the following: the construction of e-Government or the establishment & the implementation of government procurement policies

o Course Objectives

- To understand the strategy for the establishment of the e-Government and e-Procurement system

- To share the experience of constructing and operating Korea Online e-Procurement System (KONEPS)

- To understand the IT-based technologies for the establishment of the e-Procurement system

- To foster experts who are capable of contributing to the building and operation of the e-Procurement system

o The program consists of 3 parts ;

A. LECTURES

1. Introduction to PPS

2. KONEPS Overview

3. KONEPS Technology

4. e-Government

5. Legal Framework for e-Procurement

6. e-Procurement Overview

7. KONEPS e-Shopping Mall

8. KONEPS e-Catalog

9. e-Certificate

10. PPS Call Center

11. KONEPS Hand-on Practice

12. e-Procurement & Corruption

B. COUNTRY REPORT PRESENTATION on

¡®Centralization & decentralization of the public procurement¡¯, ¡®procurement contracting strategies¡¯, ¡®preventing collusion and corruption¡¯, ¡®Procuring innovation¡¯, ¡®e-procurement building¡¯, ¡®bid evaluation methods,¡¯ etc.

C. STUDY VISITS & CULTURAL EXCURSION

- NCIA, SG, ETRI, etc

- POSCO, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Motors Co.

- Gyeongbok Palace, Korean Folk Village, Insa-dong, Namdaemun Market, N-Seoul Tower, Detached House of the Blue, Myeong-dong, Yong-san Electronic Market, etc.