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ODA International Training Program Takes Place from Nov. 18-25 in Busan

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The City of Busan and the Busan Foundation for International Cooperation (BFIC) will execute the Official Development Assistance (ODA) International Training Program from November 18 to 25^th, along with the Busan Transportation Corporation and the Korea Maritime Institute.  

 

The city invited 18 delegation from the city’s three sister cities in Asia – Cebu in the Philippines, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and Yangon in Myanmar, as well as Busan’s new cooperation partner city, Guayaquil in Ecuador. The training program features on-site visits and education programs on the maritime, fishery and public transportation sectors.

 

The transportation training group includes a lecture and case study about the state of Busan’s metro, automatic fare collection system, construction and electric train management, and visits to Sasang-Hadan metro line construction site and rail yard, while the maritime and fishery training group will have a lecture about the state of the maritime and port industries in Busan and Korea, marine product processing, marine resource management, and a visit to the Marine Environment Research & Training Institute and National Institute of Fisheries Science.  

 

In addition, the visiting delegations will participate in the ODA forum hosted by BFIC on November 21, 2018 at BEXCO. The subject of the ODA forum is ‘The ODA activation plan for marine capital of Northeast Asia, Busan and local governments’. 

 

The City of Busan is expecting it to be an opportunity to enhance the city’s urban diplomacy through sharing know-how of its outstanding policies and technologies to assist in the development of participating cities.