[Country Fellowship Program]
Strengthening Planning Management and Capacity in Rural Development Course for Afghanistan

October 29(Thur.) ~November 14(Sat.), 2015 Seongnam, Korea
Fifteen(15) policy practitioners from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan take part in the training course 'Strengthening the Planning Management and Capacity in Rural Development Course to be held in Seongnam, Korea, from October 29 to November 14, 2015. Entrusted by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Korea Institute for Rural Development(KIRD) as the implementer of the program formulated the fellowship program. 

The Program, one of the KOICA's 2015 Country Fellowship Program, aims to help strengthen the capacity of high- and middle-level policy practitioners in strategic planning and implementation for promoting agricultural and rural development of Afghanistan. While enlightening the value and role of agriculture and rural development in the globalized world, the program will help developing capacity for projecting strategies, making policies and planning investment for promoting agriculture and rural development in each participant's country. The contents of the program will be designed based on the three pillars of training module: (1) Policies and strategies of agricultural development and rural modernization; (2) Planning sub-sector development plan, making investment plan, and implementing those plans; (3) Planning, programming and implementing rural and community development policies and programs. The professional program consists of lectures, case studies and discussions on important issues of common interests among the participants as well as Korea¡¯s experience in those issues, and study visits on the sites in the related areas. A series field visits closely related to the lectures and case studies in the classroom will be arranged including a number of agricultural development administrations and organizations as well as rural villages.   

The program will add an extra dimension by including some cultural program for deepening mutual understanding and building partnership among the participants and between Afghanistan and Korea.

An internet space for the participants alumni of the particular program is spared for mutual communications and information sharing. Please visit the website addressed  http://kird2.cafe24.com/bizdemo19081/en/05/02.php