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KEB/320/15
Al Honorable
MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES
Direccin de Cooperacin Internacional
Ciudad
C.C: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Direccin de Asia, frica y Oceana.
Agencia Presidencial de Cooperacin Internacional Direccin de Coordinacin
Interinstitucional.
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural Oficina Asesora de Asuntos Internacionales
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Yours sincerely,
inis1ng of Agricultura,
Food and Rural Affaire
KREI
Korea Rural Economic Institute
-to-derive issues and problems, and to find out ways to initiate policy programs to solve them. For
tie project, a Joint Research team, consisting of experts of Korea and the partner country, would be
formed and conduct surveys for key arcas or in-depth research based on demand and necessity from each
partner country. The information and statistics would be accumulated for future collaborative works.
The Joint Research team will be asked to make reports to both parties al the initial, mid-tenn, and final
stage and KAPEX Workshops will work as a venue for public presentation of the output. Joint Research
results will be utilized for concretizing further collaborative projects through providing baseline data and
statistics.
2.2. "KAPEX Academy"
Relevant government officials and other personnel, preferably Director Generals al the central
government or those at the same or higher level in the public sector, will be invited to Korea to learn from
Korean agricultura] policy experiences on the topic. The basic objective of the program is to build
capacity for designing and implementing concrete policies and strategies.
The learning program is consisted of a series of lectures, workshop and discussions, and on-site visiting.
The training will be about one week long, and approximately ten (10) people are invited. Besides, about
one-week-long training course will be organized in each partner country for about twenty (20) public
officials working al the practica! positions. Lectures, group discussions, and model policy-making are the
majar components.
2.3. "KAPEX Academy Usiling Program"
This newly introduced program aims to enhance policy development capabilities of high-level public
official from each partner country through six-month-long (five-month-long in 2014) customized course.
Participants also have an opportunity to share the experience of their countries with Korean experts and
learn lessons from agricultural development experiences of Korea.
Its main components are i ) "KAPEX Academy Lectures," ) on-site visiting, and iii) academic
advising by KREI experts. At the end of the program, each participant of the "KAPEX Academy
Visiting Program" is required to submit a final paper to KREI on their main interest.
2.4. KAPEX Workshops
Based on the Joint Research and KAPEX Academy outcomes, and other related activities, both gov
ernments would hold two times of policy workshops, one in Korea and the other in each partner
country.
During the workshops, which will be a roundtable formal in which all participants are actively engaged,
the results of the Joint Research as well as KAPEX Academy and experiences of Korea and partner
countries in the related field will be shared. Moreover, workshops in each partner country are desired to
be a forum where the experiences of other donor and international organizations are to be shared.
Representatives from other donor and international organizations will be invited to share their ideas and
experiences and introduce best practices among the projects implemented by each organization. In
addition, specific ODA projects will be identified and discussed for the future collaborative project if
necessary.
3. KAPEX Promotion Working Group
The KAPEX program is implemented by the KAPEX Promotion Working Group. The Group consists of
two Co-Chairs, severa] Co-Vice Chairs and members. Co-Chairs are preferably the Director-General of
Republic of Korea and the Director-General of the Ministry of Agriculture, each partner
country; Co-Vice Chairs are composed of the Vice Director of MAFRA and the Project Manager of the
Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI), Republic of Korea as wel I as the Vice Director of the MOA and
the counterpart Project Manager of partner countries; Members, who are experts, program officers and
administrative staffs, are virtual ly planning and implementing the KAPEX program.
4. Financial sources
Basically, the Korean govemment bears the costs that would occur during the implementation of the
KAPEX program. Details are encouraged to be discussed between two parties during policy meetings.
The budget is provided by MAFRA, Republic of Korea. KREI, a government-sponsored research
institute under the Prime Minister's Office of Korea, is the implementing agency of the program.
PROJECT PROPOSAL
FOR 2017-2018 KAPEX PROGRAM
The candidate country should fill in all the blanks ir, detail to be reviewed by the
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Rural Economic
Institute, which is the implementing agency. The Project Pro_posal should be
submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs via official
diplomatic channel. As soon as it is submitted, the Korean government will select the
partner country based on the contents of the project proposal, particularly importance
to food security of the partner country and the applicability of Korea's agricultura]
policy experience.
INSTRUCTIONS:
There must be one executing agency which will be in charge of the
entire project, manage and monitor the program progress, and sign on
the Record of Diseussion.
There must be one implementing agency which will manase project
staff and funds and carry out the program activities, acting as the
coordinator and the counterpart. The contact person, who will be a
partner with the Korean counterpart and work on arranging the matters
between the partner country and the Korea Rural Economia Institute,
must be selected from the implementing agency.
On Background and Justification, please indicate the detailed
background and rationale for proposing the topics. If possible, please
attach the relevant references for better understanding of the
background.
On Key Adivines by Program Componen& please refer to "Program
Activities" of the "Program Description of KAPEX".
On Linkages, picase describe whether diere are linkages to country
program, project activities and to other ODA Projects planned.
For further information, picase contact to:
Dr. HEO, Jang (Rcsearch Director, KRE1), +82.61.820.2357, heoiang@kreise.kr
Ms. LEE, Yoonjung (Researcher, KRE1), +82.61.820.2033y jlee401@krei.rc.kr
Executing Agency:
PDR
Implementing Agency:
To be filled out
Objectives:
Expected Outputs/Achievements:
Linkages:
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Indiestwe Budget ,
-US$
13,000$
55,200 $ for all training and workshops
3,500$
71,700$
US$