Education

7.1 The Need for Education

To effectively build and operate an advanced trade center and system, education by experts is required.

In addition, as it is important for the ICT sector to obtain information on up-to-date IT trends and the utilization of electronic trade in advanced countries, overseas trainings for relevant officials are also needed. As for the trade academy, overseas training for managers and instructors is needed in order to swiftly stabilize and activate the system after establishment.

7.2 Education Program

7.2.1

Construction of Trade Center

The trade center will be used for multiple purposes including international conferences, domestic and international exhibitions, and the trade academy during normal hours. In order to effectively operate the center with proper security and emergency responses, plans should be made in terms of the target trainees, methods, and contents of education. Customized education for each sector is also necessary for practical and effective management of the center

As for the construction of trade center, only on-site education will be implemented on manuals and equipment operation for 6 areas including mechanical, electric, communication, fire-proof, stage and acoustics for one month before completion.

 Training Methods

▪ Establishing education plans for each sector

▪ Providing machinery and electric equipment, acoustic system manual and user manual

▪ Technical education by suppliers

▪ Education on work procedures regarding maintenance  Check-list

▪ Educational environment check

▪ The project schedule and status to plan a detailed education schedule ▪ Thorough preparation for manuals and textbooks

Feasibility Study of the Establishment of the CIBAO Trade Center in the DR 127 ▪ Submission of the education plan after consultation with working levels on the

details

To help actual users and operators of trade center learn and develop related technologies, diverse programs including on-site education and workshop will be provided. The basic principles will be situation-based education, participation by persons in charge, and free materials.

 Curriculums by education sector/target

▪ Customized education for managers and maintenance controllers  Flexible education

▪ Providing additional technical support and education by team or technical part, if necessary

▪ Practical education depending on different situations by season, exhibition type, nature of conference

 Effective on-site education

▪ Maximizing benefits through practice-based education

▪ Implementing practice-based education that has immediate results

7.2.2

Integrated Trade System (ITS)

To ensure stable operation, security and emergency recovery of ITS and improve users' capability to utilize the system, plans should be established for the methods, target, substances, jobs and structure of education. By doing this, we can conduct systematic education differentiation by level. This high-quality education would enable users to have better understanding of the project and carry out jobs efficiently. Training will be divided into local education at the recipient country and foreign education where trainees are sent abroad.

A. Local Education

 Training Methods

▪ Establishing a plan based on collective education

▪ Supporting distance education on the product information ▪ Providing H/W manual, system S/W manual and user manual

Feasibility Study of the Establishment of the CIBAO Trade Center in the DR 128 ▪ Education on work procedures regarding maintenance

 Check-list

▪ Providing preliminary education environment (consultation on training room) ▪ Confirming the education schedule including consigned education

▪ The overall project schedule and progress to set up a detailed education schedule ▪ Thorough preparation for manuals and textbooks

▪ Submission of the education plan after consulting working levels on the details In order to help users, operators, and managers of the trade information system to learn new technology, education will focus mainly on practices. Participation will be encouraged by persons in charge, and learning materials will be provided free of charge. In addition, diverse programs will be offered including off-line education, workshops, and overseas training.

 Curriculums by target/role

▪ Customized education for managers, system operators, actual users, and maintenance controllers

 Flexible education

▪ Providing additional technical support and education by team or technical part, if necessary

 Education by highly-qualified instructors

▪ System developers, project engineers, or professional instructors ▪ Systematic education through sufficient experiences

 Lively education focusing on practices

▪ Maximizing learning effects by focusing on practices ▪ Using a lecture room where everyone can secure a PC  Providing the best learning environment

▪ Assistants for instructors will be employed for the greatest education outcome. ▪ Focusing on new technologies

▪ Providing education guides by manager, operator, and user  Offering overseas training

Feasibility Study of the Establishment of the CIBAO Trade Center in the DR 129 ▪ Access to the newest IT trend

▪ The introduction of Korea’s e-trade ▪ Sharing the information on e-trade policies

B. Foreign Education

 Training Methods

▪ Training by visiting Korea

▪ Education will be provided at the start of the first and second phases with 5 trainees each for 2 weeks

 Details of Education ▪ The up-to-date IT trend ▪ The status of Korea’s e-trade

▪ Sharing the information on e-trade policies

7.2.3

Trade Academy

In order to swiftly establish and stabilize the trade academy, education differentiated by class will be implemented. Top quality training will be provided to help trainees have better understanding of the project and carry out their tasks more efficiently.

 Local education through dispatch of experts

▪ Dispatched Korean experts will provide advice on trade education policies and implementation measures and educated ICT-based teaching methods for sustainable education.

 Foreign education by inviting related staff

▪ We will invite operating staff to share Korea’s experiences in trade policies, education strategies, and development and help them cultivate capabilities to establish policies and strategies fitting the Dominican circumstances.

Feasibility Study of the Establishment of the CIBAO Trade Center in the DR 130 ▪ We will invite key instructors to Korea to provide trainings on the development of

curriculums, teaching-learning methods, strategies to develop materials, and IT utilization methods so that they can immediately use the skills when returning to Dominica.

▪ To help the instructors deliver the training program to Dominica, training support materials will be provided.

Feasibility Study of the Establishment of the CIBAO Trade Center in the DR 131