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akarta: The Transportation Ministry in cooperation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Monday opened a month-long training program to help boost the human resources capacity of the aviation industry.

The Indonesia-ICAO Developing Countries Training Program 2013 offers five kinds of training to participants from developing countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Egypt, Mexico, Iran, Fiji, Kenya, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan.

'Programs such as aviation internal auditor, legal aspects of aviation security and dangerous goods training course will be conducted at the ministry's human resources development center in Curug, Banten,' ministry spokesman Bambang S. Ervan said.

The aviation internal auditor training course will be conducted May 13-17 by Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organizations (JAA-TO) instructors from European countries, he said.

Meanwhile, Indonesian instructors are scheduled to instruct the safety management system program from May 20 to 24.

Bambang said this was the second Indonesia-ICAO Developing Countries Training Program in the country, the first was organized in 2008.