2022 Jeju International Future Generation Forum (JIFF)

Participant Recruitment Information (Jeju-based participant)

We are looking for young global leaders in Jeju!

We are recruiting young Jeju locals to participate in 2022 Jeju International Future Generation Forum (hereinafter, JIFF), hosted by the Jeju Self-governing Province Office and co-organized with UNITAR CIFAL Jeju.

The forum presents an excellent opportunity for close to 150 young leaders from Jeju’s sister cities around the world to explore global issues and concrete measures to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We look forward to your enthusiastic participation.

1. OVERVIEW

■ Event Title: 2022 Jeju International Future Generation Forum (JIFF)

■ Date and Venue: November 4th, 2022 (Friday) ‧ Cafe Pickus ※ Youth Leadership Training Program will be held from the end of Sep to Oct

■ Host and Organizer: Jeju Special Self-governing Province Office / United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) ∥Jeju International Training Center (JITC)

■ Platform: Offline for Jeju-based participants) ‧ Online for foreign participants

■ Participants: International and domestic youth and young adults participants close to 150 people from Jeju’s Sister Cities (U.S.A., China, Japan, Vietnam, etc)

2. FORUM TOPIC

■ Main Topic: Youth and Better Normal: Participation of Young Leaders for Our Common Future

■ Sub Topics: 8 panel teams will be created to cover 4 sub-topics. Participants will select 1 topic of interest out of the following to be designated to a team.

3. PRROGRAMME

① Youth Leadership Capacity-building Program (online)

- A total of 5 sessions from Sep through October

- Participants across the globe work together as a team online. This program guides international and domestic participants in developing policy and youth empowerment project proposals

※ Pariticipants from Jeju will have one-time offline event

② Official ForumDay (Novebmer 4, 2022 (Fri))

■ opening ceremony, keynote speech, Young Leaders talk-show

■ SDGs Policy contest for the teams and awards

4. PARTICIPATION

■ Qualification

① Young adults at 20~39 years of age regardless of nationality and educational background.

② Those currently reside in Jeju, the Republic of Korea

③ Those can communicate in English

④ Those like to work in diverse cultures

⑤ Those have interests in international relations, public policies and global issues

■ Benefits

- Cash Voucher for participants from Jeju

- Certificate of United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR) and CIFAL Jeju

- Souvenirs for all participants

- Awards for 2 winning teams

5. APPLICATION

■ Application Period: August 10(Wed) ~ September 11(Sun), 2022.

■ Application Submission:

① Submit online application ▶surveymonkey.com/r/2022jiff

② Write and submit Sub-topic Essay in English via email at jejujiff@gmail.com ▶Essay guideline and template download here

※ Upload your file in a Word format and use file name as (country)_(city)_(first and last name. (e.g. SouthKorea_Jeju_NicholasHugado)

■ Interview date: September 17(Sat) / Online 

※ Applicants will be contacted individually for the interview 

※Inquiries

Sungeun Ann (Ms) (+82-64-735-6573 / jejujiff@gmail.com)