Director, Country Programming Team for Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe and CIS, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)

▣▣ KOICAKOICA’’ss Aid Policy Aid Policy on Environmenton Environment

Mr. Han-Deog Cho

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KOICA is a central aid agency of the Korean Government.

KOICA:

Administers Korea’s grant-aid and technical assistance to developing countries;

Works to reduce poverty and promotes socio-economic development in developing countries;

Pays particular attention to the achievement of MDGs.

▣ What is KOICA?

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MDGs are internationally agreed development goals at the UN Millennium Summit (Sep.2000)

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality

Goal 5: Improve maternal health

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

▣ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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OwnershipAlignmentHarmonizationManaging for resultsMutual accountability

▣ Guiding Principles for KOICA’s Aid

In compliance with the ‘Paris Declaration on

Aid Effectiveness (March 2005)’, KOICA puts

values on:

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Education

Health

Governance

Rural Development

Information & CommunicationTechnology

Industry & Energy

Environment

▣ KOICA’s Priority Sectors

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PowerPoint Template▣ Why does KOICA care for environment?

Global

Warming

Abnormal Weather Conditions

Water Pollution

Farmland Erosion

Overdeveloped & Damaged Environment

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PowerPoint Template▣ KOICA’s aid policy on environment

Institution Building

CapacityBuilding

EnvironmentalInfrastructure

Build-up

AwarenessRaising

Waste management

Water supply and sewage management

Environmental impact evaluation

Conservation of forests, afforestation, and reforestaion

Conservation of bio-diversity including maritime resources

Development of eco-industry

Air, water, and pollution management

Environmentally Sustainable Development

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“Sustainable development is development

that meets the needs of the present withoutcompromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs”(Our Common Future, 1987)

▣ Environmentally Sustainable Development

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Collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials that are usually produced by human activities, in an effort to reduce their effect on human health or local aesthetics or amenity

▣ Waste Management

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Controlling of pollution that is unintended side-effects of economic activities

▣ Air, water, and soil pollution management

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Provision of water of various qualities –drinking water, industrial water, agricultural water, etc. – different users

Collection and disposal of wastewater; removing contaminants from wastewater

▣ Water supply and sewage management

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Process of identifying, predicting, evaluating and mitigating the biophysical, social, and other relevant effects of economic activities

▣ Environmental impact evaluation

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Developing, maintaining, and protecting the forests by growing and planting new seedlings, fighting insects and diseases that attack trees

▣ Conservation of forests, afforestation, and reforestation

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Maintenance of “the variability among living organisms from all sources” (Rio Earth

Summit 1992)

▣ Conservation of bio-diversity including maritime resources

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PowerPoint Template▣ Institution Building

Provide consultations on the development of proper environmental regulatory institutions reflecting the realities of partner countries

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Promote ownership of partner countries on environmental problems and their solutions

Secure and train proper number of experts who would deal withenvironmental problems

▣ Capacity Building

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Support the partner countries’ efforts toestablish research facilities

Provide equipment and materials for theprotection of environment

▣ Environmental Infrastructure Build-up

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Mainstream environmental issues in thedevelopment policies of partner countries

Enhance the understanding of the peopleon the values of environment

Promote participation of variousstakeholders in policy-making on environment

▣ Awareness Raising

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Provision of clean technologies, renewable energy, waste recycling, nature and landscape protection, and ecological renovation of urban areas

▣ Development of eco-industry

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PowerPoint Template▣ Afforestation project of western region in China

(2001-’05/$5 million)

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PowerPoint Template▣ Seed sources and nursery technology development project, Indonesia (2005-/07/$1.6mil) (1)

Hedge Orchard

Propagation Room Shading House

Hedge Orchard

Construction of facilities

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Gathering seed sources and nursing saplings

▣ Seed sources and nursery technology developmentproject, Indonesia (2005-/07/$1.6mil) (2)

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Study tour in Korea

▣ Seed sources and nursery technology developmentproject, Indonesia (2005-/07/$1.6mil) (3)

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Project identification & design

Appraisal & selection of candidate projects

Agreement on the project between Gov’ts of Korea and Partner country

Project implementation and monitoring

Project evaluation & reporting

▣ Project Implementation Process of KOICA

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