“We will learn to fight fires from Gyeonggi Province and protect the people of Mongolia!”
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18 fire
fighters from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, participate in invitational training
program as part of ODA project by Gyeonggi Province
For ten days from July 20 to 29, 18 fire fighters
under the Disaster Management Authority in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, will visit
Gyeonggi Province to study the province’s advanced fire-fighting techniques, first aid, and disaster
response skills. (Photo from archives) ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News
For ten days from July 20 to
29, 18 fire fighters under the Disaster Management Authority in Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia, will visit Gyeonggi Province to learn the province’s advanced
fire-fighting techniques, first aid, and disaster response skills.
The training program is part
of an invitational training project under Gyeonggi Province’s Official
Development Assistance (ODA) initiative. The Gyeonggi-do Fire Service Academy
(GFSA), which received the Exemplary Recognition Award at the 2015 National
Fire Service Academy Education and Training Competition, and Myongji Hospital,
which is Gyeonggi Province’s key hospital in disaster
situations, will co-host the program. The Gyeonggi Provincial
Government explained that this invitational training program is especially
meaningful in that it is the result of cooperation and exchange between
Gyeonggi Province and Mongolia. According to the provincial government, GFSA, the
Mongolia Disaster Management Authority, Myongji Hospital, and the Ulaanbaatar
City Citizen’s Health Bureau each signed agreements on April 2014 and April 2015,
and all parties have successfully maintained cooperative ties.
The Mongolian fire fighters
will expert fire-fighting training over a ten-day period using Korea’s first
genuine fire training facility built at the GFSA complex, and study specialized
professional emergency rescue techniques at an exclusive training ground for
traffic accidents.
Gyeonggi Province expects this
training program to help improve the fire-fighting capacity in Mongolia so as
to protect the lives and safety of the Mongolian people. Furthermore, the
program is expected to strengthen cooperative ties in fire-fighting and
medicine between the two regions, creating employment opportunities and stimulating
related industries.
Gyeonggi Province has
increased its ODA budget from KRW 900 million last year to KRW 2.7 billion this
year. It currently has 13 projects underway in eight countries. The province is
helping the Mongolian Government spread smart classrooms from Ulaanbaatar, the
nation’s capital, to the countryside, and it is also carrying out
invitational training programs to develop young ICT experts with Indonesia, a
key nation in the ASEAN region.
In Cambodia, Gyeonggi Province
is attempting to increase the income of local agricultural villages using
appropriate technologies that facilitate existing projects aimed at boosting
income. It also has an ODA project that features a new paradigm in which fair
trade is linked together to create stable business models.
Gyeonggi Province Foreign
Policy Division Director Kim Kyu-sik explained, “Gyeonggi Province’s ODA projects have moved away from the incumbent method of NGOs
allocating funds to projects that are conducted in developing countries. This
year is unique in that ODA projects are being implemented as win-win strategies
that take into account Gyeonggi Province’s strengths
and the recipient country’s demands.”
Lim Soo-hyun gnews2683@naver.com
