Transfer of 'Integrated Water Management' Technology to the Philippines...New business discovery will also be strengthened.

[Anchor]
The importance of 'integrated water management' is growing day by day as the world suffers from extreme floods and droughts amid the climate change crisis.

While Korea's water resource management technology has become a success model in major Asian countries, Philippine government officials visited Korea to learn about it.

This is reporter Lee Sang-gon.

[Reporter]
The typhoon hit the Philippines six times in a month.

Human casualties continued, and various infrastructure such as roads and embankments were broken, causing massive damage.

The Philippines is in desperate need of efficient water management due to a series of damages such as extreme floods and droughts amid the climate change crisis.

However, since there are more than 30 government agencies in the water management sector, it is difficult to make quick decisions and even the budget is being executed inefficiently.

Policy managers from six Philippine water-related government agencies visited South Korea to find a solution.

It is an invitation training conducted by our water management authorities with the Korea International Cooperation Agency to share advanced "integrated water management" technology.

They toured multi-purpose dams and water purification plants in Korea, looked at major best practices in Korea, and sought ways to strengthen water management in the Philippines.

[Carlos Primo/ Undersecretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines: If we don't integrate water management functions, we can expect how much flood damage we will see. So we are here in Korea to learn how to integrate and apply the water management functions of the Philippines.]

To mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties, South Korea and the Philippines upgraded bilateral relations to a "strategic partner" last month.

In response, our water management authorities also promised to strengthen cooperation in the water sector with Philippine-related organizations and work together to discover new environmental projects such as underground dams.

[Yoon Seok-dae / President of Korea Water Resources Corporation: Korea Water Resources Corporation is currently participating in the development project of 'New Clark City' in the Philippines and plans to expand its business that can apply 'integrated water management' capabilities based on this.]

International education training in the water resource field has been conducted to more than 5,000 people in 124 countries so far, leading to the effect of pioneering new markets in the water industry.

I'm YTN's Lee Sanggon.

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