KOICA

Support for Poverty Eradication as Part of the MDGs

1. Health and Medical Service Assistance to Meet the Basic Human Needs

Project of Building the Ecuador Public Health Center for the Mother-and-Child

(‘01~’03/500,000 USD)'

ㆍBuilding a public health center and assisting with medical equipment enable the residents in Las Lajas city and the areas near the Peruvian border to use the public health center. About 700 patients monthly can have access to medical service while about 30 patients used the center daily in May 2005. ㆍThe project elevates the effects by meeting peace-process efforts in the area near the Peruvian border promoted mainly by the Ecuadorian government, and at the same time

providing health benefits to the residents living in border areas, who feel isolated from the benefits by
the central government

2. Assistance in Expanding Basic Education

Housing Project for Elementary School Teachers in Remote Rural Villages in Nicaragua

(‘97~’98/1,152,000 USD)

ㆍElementary school teachers in local and remote rural villages in Nicaragua have had difficulties in
commuting due to inferior transportation and poor housing conditions. To tackle this problem, the
Nicaraguan government asked for assistance in housing for elementary school teachers located in the
back-country to some advanced countries including Luxemburg. After a preliminary survey, however,
these countries gave up the project for reasons of such as dispersive and back-country location of the
project sites.

ㆍAfter receiving the request for assistance from the Nicaraguan government, the KOICA launched
construction in December 1998, adopted an on-site architectural style, and built a total of 53 teachers’
housing units across 5 states including Boyako for the next 3 years.

ㆍAs the teachers’ housing was completed, it provided teachers who would work in the back-country
with comfortable housing, attracting more teachers willing to work in the areas. It played a significant
role of improving the educational opportunities and circumstances for elementary school students
located in the back-country.

Promotion of Sustainable Economic Development of Developing Countries

1. Secure the Environmental Sustainability

Project of Forest Tree Improvement and Tree Nursery Development in Indonesia (‘05~’07/1,600,000 USD)

ㆍThe project was assisted timely when bilateral cooperation for forestation, including the conclusion of
50,000 hectare forestation, was reinforced. It brought visible results such as forestry resources
security and waste land restoration in Indonesia.

- It was assisted for the purpose of securing and developing superior genetic resources of Indonesia’s forest, and enhancing economic potential of forestry resources by restoring the devastated forest. - It significantly contributed to the forestry restoration through forestation of the increasingly devastated forest in Indonesia.

ㆍIt has a high potential in terms of the future tropical forestry field study by executing preservation
and development of the natural resources in Indonesia, and largely securing various superior tropical
forestry resources.

ㆍIn addition, effective application to the forestry and agricultural sector investment is expected since
the tropical forestry has more diverse species and higher productivity than the temperate forestry.

2. Promote Narrowing Information Gap through ICT Assistance

Project of Dispatching Korean expert, Jong-soo Ha to the Moroccan IT sector

ㆍMr. Ha was dispatched to the Moroccan Ministry of Information and Telecommunication for 6 months
from July 2003, and provided advice on the foundation of the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and
technology sector of authorized e-certification. He contributed to the security policy and e-certification
standardization for computerized administration of Morocco.

ㆍThrough introducing successful cases of Korea’s IT industry, he provided advice on ITPAP, which is
the Moroccan government’s information and telecommunication advisory program, in cooperation with
the National Information Society Agency of Korea, and indirectly helped the World Bank to select the
Moroccan recipients.

3. Assistance to Execute the Market Economy

Project of Assisting the Establishment of the Stock Exchange in Vietnam

(first: ‘96~’98/663,000 USD, second: ‘99~’00/400,000 USD, third: ‘01~’02/200,000 USD)

ㆍHaving transformed to a market economy following an open-door policy, Vietnam needed to establish
a stock exchange system to raise funds necessary for promoting its industrial policy and asked
assistance to the Korean government.

ㆍFor human resource training needed for building various systems related to stock exchange and
managing the stock market, the KOICA contributed a total of 1,200,000 USD covering a 7 year-period
(a total of 3 times) from 1996.

ㆍThe project significantly contributed to building the stock market system of Vietnam, to the country’s
successful entry into the market economy, and also to promoting economic exchange by facilitating
mutual exchanges between securities and financial businesses, and between participants and investors
of both countries.

ㆍAssisted by the project, the Hochimin Stock Exchange and Hanoi Stock Exchange are presently in
operation. The effect of the project is anticipated to continue as the scale of exchanges increases.

4. Infrastructure Building for Economic Development

Project of Constructing the Siem Reap Roundabout Route (Bypass)

(‘05~’06/1,600,000 USD)

ㆍThe project was launched for the purpose of building infrastructure for economic development with the
intention of protecting historic Angkor Wat and improving the tourist environment by dispersing
neighboring residents and traffic onto the roundabout road, which was constructed near Angkor Wat
within Siem Reap, Cambodia.

ㆍThe project, requiring construction of laterite pavement and extensive work on the existing Siem Reap
roundabout road, was launched in January 2006 and completed in December 2006

ㆍSince the completion of the road construction, neighboring residents and medium- and full-sized
vehicles pass through the roundabout road instead of the existing road that they used to access. By
this way, the protection of Angkor Wat and the traffic dispersion of the road leading to this site have
been realized. Furthermore, the road is expected to help rehabilitate the tourist industry by improving
the tourism infrastructure.

Aid Effectiveness through Assistance in Overseas Disaster Restoration

1. Program of Assisting Postwar Restoration

Project of Assisting Iraq

ㆍThe Korean government accepted approximately 2,400 trainees from Iraqi central and
local governments from 2003 to 2007.

- Most of the Iraqi public officials in the government ministries received benefits from KOICA’s trainee acceptance projects. For example, the KOICA accepted Iraqi officials in the ministry of petroleum in 2005 and offered a training program (a total of 5 courses, 100 people), which is anticipated to contribute to securing future oil resources for the country and the world at large.

The KOICA made progress in the ‘Alccarama Hospital Renovation Project’ and the ‘Iraqi Central Job Training Center Building Project’ in Baghdad to which foreigners’ access is actually impossible due to instable security. Trust in the Korean government was gained through this project.

The project also contributes to building a favorable atmosphere among public officials and the general public by offering substantial assistance in solving the drinking water problem and the waste and sewage treatment problem through the provision of city management equipment such as water wagons, garbage removing wagons, excretion wagons, and the like in Baghdad and Arbil.

It contributed to building the foundation for IT products and technology advancement mainly by providing IT equipment, including around 3,500 personal computers in Baghdad and Arbil from 2003 to 2006.

The KOICA also executed projects such as the development of language laboratory installation, construction of model school complexes, traffic management system modernization, and the water supply and drainage modernization.

2. Natural Disaster Restoration Program

Project of Restoring Damage from Tidal Waves driven by Earthquakes in South Asia

(‘05~’07/50 Mil. USD)

ㆍThe project mainly assisted restoration of damage from tidal waves caused by earthquakes in three countries, namely, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Mol dive which were hardest hit by the tidal waves that occurred in South Asia in December 2004. ㆍIt enabled prompt damage restoration and basic infrastructure building by actively assisting emergency restoration projects of NGOs in Sri Lanka and the Ache region in Indonesia.

ㆍIt extended and rebuilt the Mahanama bridge, the only bridge connecting Mahanama city area from
the South to the North, which would help prompt evacuation of the residents in the Matara of
Sri Lanka, if Tsunami re-hit the area in the future.

ㆍ The restoration of mangrove woods in the Ache area of Indonesia will serve as tide embankment to
prevent damage from similar natural disasters in the future and at the same time assist income
resource development for residents devastated from the tsunami.

ㆍThe building of an early warning system in Mol dive is anticipated to remarkably reduce the number of
the injured in future disasters.

ㆍThrough its prompt disaster relief assistance, Korea left a favorable image among the residents. As a
result, the locals actively cooperated with Korea’s NGOs working for emergency relief and damage
restoration, and helped to bring synergy effects to cooperation projects at the national level through
cooperation between private and public sectors.

- The KOICA joined assistance efforts of the international community for peace building and
transferred to the restoration regions Korea’s economic development experiences of overcoming
postwar damage and achieving economic development within a short period.