Operation of the First Untact Trade Expert Course for Martial Arts and ASEAN Public Officials

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] The Korea International Trade Association announced that it jointly conducted the "Online ASEAN Trade Specialist Training Course" with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) over four days starting from the 12th.

This training, held online for the first time as a non-face-to-face program under the Trade Academy's overseas government official training course, was attended by seven government officials from Malaysia and the Philippines in the fields of economy, trade, and agriculture and forestry, who completed the course with a graduation ceremony on the 15th.

Until last year, the Trade Association had been operating trade expert training programs targeting government officials from eight ASEAN countries, South Africa, China, and others at COEX in Samseong-dong, commissioned annually by government agencies such as KOICA, the Korea Foundation, and the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry. However, due to the spread of COVID-19 this year, the training course was converted to an online format.

The ASEAN Trade Specialist Training Course has been operated with the purpose of expanding a pool of ASEAN opinion leaders favorable to Korea by sharing Korea's trade and economic development experience, utilization of Free Trade Agreements (FTA), and public-private cooperation methods in areas such as startups and e-commerce.

Kim Byung-hoon, Secretary-General of the Trade Academy, stated, "The ASEAN government officials who completed this course will become Korea's allies in their respective positions," and added, "We will continue to expand online training courses for overseas government officials in the future."

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