[KOICA Country Fellowship Program] Rural Community Development for Nigeria:

Rural Women¡¯s Empowerment(ICT Capacity Building and Rural Resource Utilization)  

– The 2nd Year Course

25 May ~ 9 June, 2017, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

Fifteen(15) of women policy practitioners and administrators related to rural women¡¯s empowerment from the Federal Republic of Nigeria will take part in country fellowship program¡®Rural Community Development for Nigeria: Rural Women¡¯s Empowerment(ICT Capacity Building and Rural Resource Utilization) - the 2nd Year Course¡¯to be held in Seongnam, Republic of Korea, from the 25th of May to 9th of June(16 days). Entrusted by the Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA), the Korea Institute for Rural Development(KIRD) designed and will implement the fellowship program. The Nigerian delegation is from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, and Delta State governments, etc.

In recognition of the 1st year course in 2016, the 2nd year program in 2017 will deepen the depth of the objectives and contents of the program specialized in empowering rural women¡¯s capacity to cope with the rapidly changing socio-economic environments of the nation and the rural economy of Nigeria. The focus of the 2nd year course will be placed on building women¡¯s capacity of utilizing rural resources and enhancing the use of enabling technology, in particular, information and communications technology(ICT) and entrepreneurial skills.

The 2nd year fellowship course in 2017 is composed of the three program modules : (1) Women¡¯s Role & Participation and Rural Socio-economy, (2) Rural Development and Strengthening the Capacity of Rural Resources Utilization, and (3) Building ICT and Business Capacity of Rural Women.

Furthermore like the other female-focused programs, this program contains various study visits and field trips for the delegation. The participants will visit Icheon Doniwool Royal Brand Rice Village, Hakil Rural Village, Wanju Local Food Station, and Gurye Natural Dream Park as well as study visits to the Korea Local Information Research and Development Institute(KLID), the Rural HRD Center, the Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(EPIS), etc.