KOICA’s role in promoting global citizenship and awareness

of international development cooperation

November 21, 2017 Soyeon Shin Manager, Office of PR and Communications, KOICA

Happiness for All, with Global KOICA

1. Why we do

2. What we do and for whom

3. Going forward

Contents

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1.

Why we do

For promoting global citizenship

Need to keep building support for sustainable development

from the future generation in Korea

• Agenda in the international community

- Global Education First Initiative, UNESCO midterm strategy, SDGs

- Recommendations from OECD DAC Peer Review on Korea in 2012

• National Master Plan for International Development

Cooperation of Korea

• KOICA’s Midterm Strategy 2017-2021 & KOICA’s Mid-term

Strategy for Global Citizenship Education

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We matter accountability and transparency for the future

generation by rising empathy with developing partners

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2.

What we do

and for

whom

For promoting global citizenship

KOICA ODA Education Centre (since 2010)

- Established as the first professional education institution in

Korea to raise public awareness and understanding of int’l dev

cooperation and to train specialists working in the field

- Provides various education programs for global citizenship

- Major activities

• Special lectures, Education for Student Clubs, and Essay contests for

school students

• GCED Teacher Training both online and offline for school teachers

• Lectures and Dissertation competition for university students

• Customized course for small and medium enterprises who wants to

enter into ODA industry

• KOICA-NGO Development Education Workshop

• ODA Certificate

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“We are global citizens” - textbooks for teachers

“Development Education Story of the UK and Ireland”

University Supporting 30 University’s

International Development

Education

KOICA Regional Centers Providing GCED Educational

Materials

Overseas Inviting overseas Experts to

KOICA to Have a Lecture on GCED,

Exchanging Information

To avoid duplication and improve its effectiveness and efficiency

NGO GCED workshop with NGOs,

Curriculum development

Education office Seoul Metropolitan Office

of Education

Private Company

MOU with Sigong Media

-Developing online teacher

training course on GCED

KOICA’ Partnership on Global Citizenship Education

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What we do

and for

whom

For promoting global citizenship

KOICA Global Village (since 2010)

- Enhances public understanding of diverse culture and local

information in KOICA’s partner countries

- Introduces KOICA and enlightens public the necessity of ODA

- Induces visitors to take actions as a global citizen in partnership

with local governments by a variety of experience programs

- Delivers global citizenship education in conjunction with

exhibitions

- Major activities

• Exhibition (about 10 months, different country each time)

• GCED for elementary school students

• Food culture experience

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KOICA

Global

Village

For promoting global citizenship

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Global Citizen Gallery

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Culture Gallery - The 11th exhibition of “Arco Iris” on Central America 11

Elementary school students in Global Citizen Gallery

Cultural education for elementary school students

in Culture Gallery

We move exhibition stuff to World Friends

Korea Education Center in Young-wol,

Gangwon Province after the regular

exhibition in Global Village in KOICA HQ so

that local people also can enjoy the Global

Citizenship Education

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Special education program on SDGs for elementary and middle school

students

Every year around 42,000 visitors enjoy

exhibition and 7,000 students experience a

variety of food culture in KOICA’s Global

Village.

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2.

What we do

and for

whom

For promoting global citizenship

KOICA Development History Hall (since 2015)

- Commemorates South Korea’s extraordinary development path,

transitioning from an aid recipient to a donor in only half a

century

- Increases the public understanding of how our country has

developed with foreign assistance during the transition period

- Shares more than 270 historical records and videos

- Provides visitors with Korean and English docent program

• Visitors are mainly from developing countries and universities in Korea

on request.

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3.

Going

forward Boost the quality of the education and strengthen

expertise

- Developing the education program and textbooks

- Improving the quality and quantity of the instructors

- Adding depth to the education with mores research

Build an integrated platform for GCED

- Strengthening partnership with GCED organizations in Korea and GCED

organizations overseas

- Eliminating the gap between understanding of global issues with

students/teachers in local areas and in capital regions

Disseminate GCED gradually by focusing on each target

- Promoting GCED within the public education system, and in the sectors

outside the public education system in Korea

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“Reading is a technology of perspective-taking”

by Steven Pinker 16

Thank you

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