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As critical thinkers, change-makers, innovators, communicators and leaders, the young generation is increasingly engaging with each other on a number of platforms both online and offline. Provided with the necessary knowledge and opportunities needed to reach their potential, young people can be a driving force for promoting sustainability in this new era of globalization.

CIFAL Jeju / JITC organizes a number of programs including international youth workshops, forums, and Global Citizenship Education (GCED) to invite Korean foreign students alike to understand the commonality of the global issues and to become active promoters of more peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure, and sustainable societies.

Jeju International Future Generation Forum
The Forum aims to foster youth global leadership by promoting actionable engagement in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals. Participating young leaders take the in-depth discussion on up-to-date issues such as youth employment, education development and health and well-being. The youth are given unique opportunities not only to build collective minds but also to vitalize city diplomacy by building a hub of social networking through cultural exchange.

Jeju International Youth Forum
CIFAL Jeju organized Jeju International Youth Forum from 2016 to 2021 with the aim to promote Jeju to the world and to connect talented teenage youth across the globe. The event was conducted with a focus on strengthening the leadership skills of the talented young people, exchanging different perspectives on critical global issues and enhancing the cultural understanding of each other.

[Special Course 2019.1.23~24] Capacity-building Course on International Cooperation

2019.03.21

1 February 2019, Jeju, Republic of Korea - Centre International de Formation des Autorités et Leaders Jeju (CIFAL Jeju), together with Jeju National University co-organized “Capacity-building Course on International Cooperation” in Jeju from 23 to 24 January 2019. This course was planned to strengthen the capacity of young people by providing informative lectures as well as an opportunity to practice making project proposals on international cooperation. Jeju National University has been implementing ‘Global Public Diplomacy Training Project’ funded by the Ministry of Education since October 2018 and this course was carried out as part of the project. The 2-day course gathered 18 university students and three experts in the area of international cooperation contributed to the course as a lecturer and facilitator.

Here a few of the highlights below.

For the first session, Ma Youngsam, Director of CIFAL Jeju, gave an informative lecture on how to pursue their future career to be involved in international cooperation such as United Nations, international organizations and ministry of foreign affairs.

The second session was facilitated by Lee Yangsook, Head of International Cooperation Office, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) on the global citizenship as well as practical examples of international cooperation project especially in the education sector.

The third session was presented by An Choul Jin, Planning and Budget officer of CIFAL Jeju on various strategies and methods for planning an international cooperation project. During the session, he gave the participants some tasks of making their own proposals on international cooperation which motivated their active participation.

The next day, after the recap session, the participants had an opportunity to present and share their own project proposals by group, which greatly contributed to achieving the ultimate goals of the course; capacity-building on international cooperation for participants.

Photo 1: Participants and speakers during the International Cooperation course in Jeju, Republic of Korea.

Photo 2: Participants discussing on the International Cooperation project.

Photo 3: Participants giving a final presentation during the course

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