2020. 05. 20

A comprehensive report on educational cooperation activities with African and developing countries conducted from after the 2017 publishing of the first volume until February of 2020.

(Picture 1) The Cover of the Revised “HGU Africa / Developing Countries Project Report”

Handong Global University (President Soon-Heung Chang) published the second volume of "Africa / Developing Countries Project Report,"; the first volume was published in 2017. This revised version provides a comprehensive report on the educational cooperation activities and the various projects conducted from 2017 to 2020 February, in developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, etc.

'Africa / Developing Countries Project' is one of 10 projects that were conducted under the complete support and participation of President Chang, ever since his inauguration in 2014.

The report contains the results of international development cooperation projects conducted in 26 developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This also contains the outcomes of African / Asian Week events held on campus, and training sessions for public officers, faculty members, students in higher education, and local leaders from developing countries.

(picture 2. Conclusion of trilateral MOU between The Republic of Korea's Permanent Mission to ASEAN, Handong Global University, and Sookmyung Women's University (17 October 2019)

Handong Global University has been producing satisfactory results in the area of international development cooperation projects for the empowerment of developing countries under the UNITWIN program for the last decade. It has been providing the higher education opportunities to universities and institutions of developing countries. One opportunity is having a dual-degree program with a university of a developing country, and holding entrepreneurship training, empowering workshops and start-up empowerment camps.  

From 2020, as the corresponding action to the New Southern Policy of the Korean government, HGU has been focusing on start-up empowerment of entrepreneurs, university students, and young adults in ASEAN countries by establishing HGU-ASEAN Techno-Business Innovation Centres in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar. These centres support them by helping discover business items and establishing businesses.

Regarding the international development cooperation project of HGU, Ban Ki-moon, Former UN Secretary-General, recognised it by saying, "I hope Handong Global University may continuously care for the issues and be the pioneer that embodies the UN spirit." He emphasised the importance of the responsibility of having a mindset of a world citizen to achieve the UN SDGs and its education.

HGU will make every effort to assist achieving self-sustainability in the area of economic development and the development of local societies through the Africa / Developing Countries Project.

HGU has been selected as the leading university of the UNESCO UNITWIN Program in 2008 and signed the "Intern Dispatchment Agreement" with OECD as the first university in Korea. HGU was also selected as the UNAI Global Hub Centre in Higher Education Capacity Building Field in November 2010, which was led by Ban, Ki-moon, the former UN secretary-general, and sustained the status for 10 consecutive years. The school has been established as a university that contributes to the area of cooperation in an international society. Currently, HGU has been selected as one of 10 Global Hub Centres among 1,200 UNAI member universities, and established the UNAI Ban Ki-Moon Institute for Global Education (IGE) on campus.

※The report contains the outcomes of the works in 11 countries in Africa (Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Chad, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal), 12 countries in Asia (Cambodia, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, Mongolia, Malaysia, the Philippines), and 3 countries in Latin America (Peru, Brazil, Argentina), as well as the results of school events.

※The Ten World-Changing Projects by President Chang is like below:

▲Local Development ▲Unified Korea ▲Africa and Developing Countries ▲Vitalisation of Start-ups ▲Smart Financing ▲Next-Generation ICT (Information Communication Technology) ▲Next-Generation Cars and Robots ▲Sustainable Energy-Environment ▲Next-Generation Food, Clothing, and Shelter ▲Health-Welfare