This Division carries out carefully tailored short-term training programs for partner countries and government officers in Korea that are designed to enhance the participants' ability to analyze socio-economic policy issues by expanding their policy-making perspectives. Thematic program topics include Korea's development experiences in various policy sectors, including but not limited to economic development policy, infrastructure policy, public-private-partnerships, human resources development, education, ICT, e-government, and anti-corruption. Programs vary in length and content, depending on the needs of the partner countries, but can include blended learning methodologies including e-learning, action plan learning, or project-based learning programs.

These programs are intended to support partner countries and government officials in developing countries by strengthening their professional capacity on policy issues through knowledge sharing and action plan learning. The Division has experience working with partner institutions from a wide range of countries, including Bangladesh, India, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines and Uzbekistan, among others.

Through its partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Capacity Building Division operates numerous capacity building programs for selected partner countries. These programs are multi-year commitments and designed to meet the learning needs in the policy priority areas of partner countries. Current and previous partner countries include Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Mongolia and Vietnam, among others.

The Capacity Building Division can build tailor-made programs using the below tools and topics to meet the learning objectives of the participants and their varying levels of expertise.