Discussed plans for sharing the Saemaul Undong and international development academic system and on mutual cooperation
Held special lecture and meeting for international students at the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul
Invited ambassadors to Korea to share cases on international development cooperation growth experiences
[July 27, 2018]
<Zambian Ambassador Wylbur Chisiya Simuusa to Korea and his delegation visited YU to discuss cooperation plans for Saemaul international development.>
Zambian Ambassador Wylbur Chisiya Simuusa to Korea (top photo, third from right) visited YU.
On the 27th, Ambassador Simuusa visited YU and met with YU President Sur Gil-soo, Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul Dean Kim Ki-su and Global Saemaul Development Network (GSDN) Chairman Choi Wae-chul (Professor at the Department of Saemaul and International Development) to discuss plans for sharing the academic system of the Saemaul Undong and international development accumulated by YU and on mutual cooperation.
Ambassador Simuusa also gave a special 90 minute lecture on the theme ‘Zambia’s development policies and its effects’ to international students at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul. About 100 international students in the Park Chung School of Policy and Saemaul were present at the special lecture. A total of three students from Zambia graduated from the YU School of Policy and Saemaul and there are currently four students studying here.
<Ambassador Wylber Chisiya Simuusa to Korea giving at special lecture at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul>
In April, Rwandan Ambassador to Korea Emma Isumbingabo visited YU to give a special lecture. Ambassadors from different countries are coming to YU to share their nation’s policies and to exchange opinions on Saemaul international develop with international students at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul.
YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul Dean Kim Ki-su said, “The most important thing for these students who will become international development and regional development experts after graduating is to share development policies and cases pursued by different countries.” He added, “In particular, listening to the lectures and exchanging opinions with the head of diplomatic envoys who are dispatched to different countries to conduct international cooperation work and make policy decisions will be valuable assets for them.”
Meanwhile, the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul is planning to continue to invite ambassadors to Korea to hold special lectures on official development aid (ODA), international development cooperation, and development experiences, while sharing the international develop cases of different countries.
