Capacity Building & Other Exchanges

• So far, 208 Salvadorans have been trained in India under India Technical and Economic Cooperation scholarships. Five Salvadorian diplomats have been trained at SSIFS under the Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats (PCFD) Programme in 2005, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2022.
• 36 participants from Secretariat of State from El Salvador participated Special Course for Diplomats organized by Sushma Swaraj Indian Foreign Service Institute in New Delhi from 31st July to 11th August 2023.
• Similarly, as a part of ‘ITEC On Site’ programme, a four-member Indian Mining Expert delegation visited El Salvador from 3-7 October 2022. During their visit, they visited different abandoned mining sites for further studies across El Salvador with the accompanying delegation from the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador.
• The IT Centre was established and functioned for 2 years successfully with the assistance of Government of India through NIIT. On the request of El Salvador, it was further extended by one year and after successful completion of the period, the IT Centre was handed over to Salvadoran authorities in June 2011.
• As part of capacity building trainings, nearly 230 professionals from El Salvador have been trained in India under ITEC since 2002. Of these, 102 professionals have been trained just in the previous 9 years since 2014-15.