Country Programs and Projects

Support socio-economic development and welfare improvement of partnering countries through an integrated approach.

Overview

Country Program and projects are the core modality of cooperation implmented based on KOICA's sectoral strategy and Country Plan (CP) for each partner country. Through the integrated apporach, KOICA combines various delivery schemes from grant to technical cooperation in order to support the partner countries' development needs.

History

2019
KOICA integrates its projects and development consulting into "Bilateral Country Projects"
2006
KOICA launches DEEP (Development Experience Exchange Program), solidifying its development consulting program
2005
Based on a principle of strategic concentration, KOICA targets 58 partner countries (reduced from the previous 127)
1991
Inauguration of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) ※ KOICA was established to incorporate a united agency to coordinate an integrated grant system. - Started projects based on KOICA's business plan portfolio - Refined policies and system by following the expamples of development cooperation agencies abroad - Continued vocational training programs transferred from the Ministry of Labor and grant projects initially implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Specifics

Project

Takes an integrated approach that involves both hardware such as constructing infrastructure and providing equipment, and software such as dispatching experts and hosting fellowship programs.

Development Consulting (Development Experience Exchange Program)

Provides technical assistance and policy development including consultations, dispatch of experts, fellowship programs, and other software supports

Support for countries in conflict or vulnerable to conflict

Project to remove the structural and fundamental causes of vulnerability to conflict by supporting the establishment of democratic policies, responding to conflict and violence and restoring peace.

Performance by year

Performance by year
Category	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of partner countries	59	63	64	65
Total number of projects	260	257	292	311
Number of new projects	41	56	76	75
Total disbursement (USD)	305,462,929	291,056,125	262,557,505	345,620,052

More details may be viewed on ODA Statistics website.

※ ODA Statistics website: provides various statistics by category, region, country, purpose, type, and Aid Transparency Index (ATI).