Global Forum for Emerging Peace Builders 2024

1. Event Overview

* Date: August 23rd, Friday, 2024 ~ August 25th, Sunday, 2024

* Location: Yeosu and Suncheon area

* Accommodation: Suncheon Bay Eco Village Hanok Youth Hostel

* Official Language: Korean/English

* Participants: 30 people

(Republic of South Africa, USA, Northern Ireland, Japan, Cambodia, Cyprus, Korea, etc.)

1) August 23rd (Friday)

- Gathering: 8 AM Seoul / 1 PM KTX Yeosu Expo Station (We will travel by bus after gathering.)

- Historical tour: the civilian massacre in Yeosu -Suncheon 10.19 Incident (1948)

- Key Note Speech: Inter-generational peacebuilding and societal transformation

( Janet Jobson: Chief Executive Officer Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation)

2) August 24th (Saturday)

- Networking program

- Interactive Workshop: Peace Games simulation

(Dong Jin Kim, visiting academic at Trinity College Dublin, Jennifer Deibert, DPRK Program Director)

3) August 25th (Sunday)

- Local tour: Suncheonman Bay Wetland

- Dismissal: 3 PM KTX Suncheon Station / 7 PM Seoul (Bus transfer)

1) Eligibility

- A person aged 18 to under 39

- If you are from outside of South Korea, you must speak Intermediate English or fluent Korean with basic English

- Interested in peacebuilding, conflict, global issues, civil movements, International relations, etc.

2) How to Apply

- No participation fee

- Application Deadline: until June 25, 2024

- Selected participants will be contacted individually in early July.

- Apply through the link below

@ Inquiries

* Okedongmu Children in Korea

* tel: 02-743-7941~2