Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea is the government body responsible for formulating and implementing hte country’s diplomacy and external economic policy. As part of its responsibilities, the Ministry also oversees development aid via KOICA.Korea has a long history as an ODA recipient. From ashes of the Korean War, Korea found an opportunity to escape from being the world’s poorest country with aid from the global community. In particular, the inflow of foreign capital following the economic development policies instituted after the 1960s become the bedrock of the miraculous growth of Korea. Korea’s development is recognized as an exemplary model for economic and social development base on ODA from the global community. With the launch of Economic Development Cooperation (EDCF) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea began to provide assistance in earnest to developing countries in the 1980s. In 2020, Korea became a member of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD and officially established itself as a donor country. Based on its successful development experience, Korea is making efforts to build a new paradigm for development cooperation by acting as a bridge developed and developing countries. Pursuant to the Framework Act on International Development Cooperation, Korea’s ODA system complies with a three-tier structure : 1) ODA policy making and coordinating Institution, 2) supervising institutions, and 3) implementing agencies. Korea is making utmost efforts to manage a well-integrated ODA system that is based on the professional expertise of the aid institutions, while promoting the spirit of harmony.

In the Skills Alliance for Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, via KOICA, is represented with one project:

• The “Ukraine Peace and Solidarity Initiative” has two sub-projects.

• Under project 1: Reconstruction of Vasylkiv Vocational Lyceum to Train Industrial Workforce in Ukraine, the project will provide modern equipment for the educational building of the Vasylkiv Professional Lyceum. It also includes training of Vasylkiv Vocational Lyceum staff in operation, maintenance and safety. Beneficiaries of this project will include orphans and children deprived of parental care, persons from among them, and students who were left without parents during the period of studying aged 18 to 23, children/persons with disabilities, internally displaced persons, children of the fallen Defenders of Ukraine, children of combat veterans, children from families with low income.””

• Through project 2: Support to Digital Learning in Ukraine (with UNICEF), the project aims to improve the online education environment in Ukraine through the development of an online education platform. The digital learning materials in AUSO platform are expected to be developed and upgraded. The educational capability of teachers and administrators will be enhanced. AUSO(All Ukrainian School Online) digital platform will be expanded through the Project, namely improving the user interface to enhance its user-friendliness and accessibility for children with disabilities; advancing the technical functionality of the platforms to host tools needed for learning loss measurement and for tracking student achievements; developing functionality to track learning progress of IDP and refugee children, specifically those enrolled at the Ukrainian International School; integrating and linking various digital education platforms with AUSO, and integrating data collected and stored by the AUSO with state registries and the Education Management Information System (EMIS).”