Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme popularly known as "ITEC" was launched in 1964. Under it and its corollary SCAAP(a programme of assistance meant for Commonwealth Countries in Africa) about 154 countries in Asia, East Europe, Africa and Latin America are extended cooperation in the form of training, deputation of experts, etc. India spends about Rs.500 million or roughly about US $ 10 million annually on ITEC activities. Since 1964, India has provided nearly US $2 billion worth of technical assistance to developing countries.
ITEC has four components - Training; Projects and project related activities such as feasibility studies and consultancy services; Deputation of experts; and Study tours. For details of the course please look at the web page http://itec.nic.in/ and for applying for the courses please look at the country portion to which you belong – e.g. if you are Panamanian please look at the page of this web page dealing with Panama.
Already many countries in the Latin America region including Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua have participated in this programme details of which are given against individual countries.
India also offers training assistance to various countries all over the world. The trainings are conducted by the Foreign Service Institute of India. Details are available at http://www.fsiin.com