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RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE USRN VIRTUAL BOOT CAMP (Yonsei University won the 1st place)
Organised by the University Social Responsibility Network (USRN) in collaboration with the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the USRN Virtual Boot Camp + Seed Fund Competition: Innovating for the COVID New Normal, has been completed with great success. Student participants were required to showcase their idea adoption projects on a specific theme which can address the needs of the identified users, present originality and potential for scalable adoption, and show promise in enhancing inclusivity in the community. The pitching of the 12 brilliant teams were highly appreciated and recognised by the judges. The USRN is delighted to announce the winning teams of the USRN Boot Camp as follows (institutions listed in alphabetical order): Home Institution Team Members Theme Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines (Group 1 – Team 1) Janica Jienne ABELLA Frances Therese ONG Benedict Tyler O’YEK Arvin Martin SANTOS Joshua TANINGCO Elderly Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines (Group 2 – Team 1) Kyle Russell ANDAYA Michelle CO Rey DELGADO Nirel Marie IBARRA Elderly The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China (Group 1 – Team 3) Wai Yan CHAU Yuxuan FAN Hiu Ching TING Elderly Yonsei University, South Korea (Group 2 – Team 4) Yeonwoo CHOI Yewon KIM Seojin PARK Living with disabilities The 4 winning teams will be awarded with a Seed Fund (USD 2,000 for each team) to further develop and bring the ideas into actions from September to November 2022. The IGEE at Yonsei University continues to engage in nurturing the global citizenship of the Yonsei University students based on comprehensive global partnership and international cooperation for facilitating the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ▲Pitch by Yonsei University team students. ☞Yonsei University's pitch ☞Seed Fund competition Result announcement #SDGs #IGEE #글로벌사회공헌원 #GEEF #GEEFforALL #USRN #UniversitySocialResponsibility #지속가능발전목표 #연세대 #Yonsei
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[IGEE] Social Engagement Fund 2022 Orientation
[IGEE] Social Engagement Fund 2022 Orientation
The Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment (Professor and Chair, Young-Ryeol Park) at Yonsei University held an orientation for the Social Engagement Fund 2022(SEF 2022) program with selected teams on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. SEF 2022 a program focus on enhancement of undergraduate student’s capacity to implement the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) utilizing knowledge and skills. A total of nine teams were selected for the SEF 2022, and global teams are distinctively selected to deliver the impact of the project globally. SEF 2022 teams are going to take the lead in solving global problems and achieving the UN SDGs with a variety of topics and ideas. △ In-Han Song, Director of IGEE Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation at IGEE, is giving the opening remark. △ SEF 2022 teams are listening to the orientation △ SEF 2022 teams are listening to the orientation Selected Subjects 1) Research and Experiment Related to the Factors that Activate “Tumbler Culture” 2) An Empirical Study on the Status of Vertical Farming in the United States for Sustainable Food Production and the Perception and Attitudes of Consumers 3) Achievement of SDGs 12 through the Promotion and Practice of Sustainable Fashion: In conjunction with RC Program 4) A Study on the Possibility of Reducing Disposable Cups through Multi-use Cup Circulation in University 5) Campaign to Raise Vegan Awareness and Expand Veganism on Campus 6) Addressing Malnutrition in Children in Madagascar through Developing Sakondry-Antaky based Porridge Product 7) Resolving educational inequality and improving communication skills through regional high school club programs 8) Research on measures of health promotion of Refugees of Itaewon(refugee habitat) in the context of sustainable development 9) Study on the perception of university students upon poverty porn in fundrasing advertisement videos Through this orientation. each SEF 2022 team shared the purpose of the program, learned the concept of SDGs and understood the overall business operating system, and activity plan to conduct future research and activities. The SEF 2022 teams are going to conduct research and activities to achieve SDGs over the next six months, and are going to perform interim/result reports and poster presentations. The best SEF 2022 team will participate in the Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF) at Yonsei University to garner the great impact towards worldwide. Please give SEF teams a great support and encouragement. #SDGs #IGEE #글로벌사회공헌원 #GEEF #GEEFforALL #SEF #SocialEngagementFund #지속가능발전목표 #연세대 #Yonsei
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[IGEE] Global food insecurity and insight from WFP - The second 「GEEF for ALL」 special seminar is held successfully
[IGEE] Global food insecurity and insight from WFP - The second 「GEEF for ALL」 special seminar is held successfully
The Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment (IGEE) at Yonsei University held its ‘GEEF for ALL,’ under the theme ‘Global food insecurity and insight from UN World Food Programme(WFP)’ at 3 p.m. on July 7, 2022. Yun Hsun-Hee, the Director of WFP Seoul Global Office, has diagnosed the impact of the prolonged Russian-Ukraine war on global food insecurity and urged us to join all together to end hunger through the presentation. Through the special seminar, Director Yun highlighted the seriousness of increasing hunger and rising costs for humanitarian aid due to war-driven inflation. Finally, she wrapped up the presentation with the key message, "Hunger is not someone else’s problem." Various Yonsei members, including professors, employees, and domestic and foreign students, participated in the GEEF for ALL special seminar, which was held both online/offline. The seminar has garnered strong interest from Yonsei members and students around the campus through many participants’ passionate discussion on global food insecurity. △In Han SONG, the Director of Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation at IGEE, introduces the speaker △Special presentation conducted by Yun Hsun-Hee, the Director of WFP Seoul Global Office △Special presentation conducted by Yun Hsun-Hee, the Director of WFP Seoul Global Office ☞Go to Yonsei News ☞Go to Special Seminar #SDGs #IGEE #글로벌사회공헌원 #GEEF #GEEFforALL #NoPoverty #WFP #지속가능발전목표 #연세대 #Yonsei
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‘2022’s first GEEF for ALL Series: When CSR Meets ESG Opportunities : What We Need to Know?’ held successfully at Yonsei
‘2022’s first GEEF for ALL Series: When CSR Meets ESG Opportunities : What We Need to Know?’ held successfully at Yonsei
IGEE (Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment) at Yonsei University held the 2022’s first GEEF for ALL Series in 30th May 2022. The seminar was held with the theme ‘When CSR Meets ESG Opportunities : What We Need to Know?’. Rebecca Chunghee Kim, a professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University participated as a lecturer. Professor Kim suggested the issue of the genuine corporate role and responsibility in the global society, amid the post-COVID-19 era. Moreover, professor Kim explained the paths and experiences of CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility) and ESG(Environment, Social, Governance) and emphasized the need for strategic CSR. Professor Kim explained the need for research on linkages among CSR, modern capitalism, and global institutional contexts. Kim highlighted the role of Youth Leaders and that it is important to practice SDGs based on inclusive leadership regarding each business and environment, in a flexible manner. The seminar has been moderated by professor In Han SONG (Director of the Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation, IGEE), and diverse listeners including Yonsei university professors, graduate and undergraduate students, and students from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University joined the seminar. GEEF for ALL is planned to draw the international community’s continuous interest and participation, by delivering more innovative platforms for global agendas through GEEF(Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development). Starting from ‘GEEE for ALL: Myanmar’s Human Rights and Peace’, it has been continuously carried out to find solutions for complex problems in the global community. Meanwhile, some participants who left comments will receive Professor Kim’s book, “When Corporate Social Responsibility Meets COVID-19”.
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Yonsei University’s Research has been published on UN Academic Impact for its commitment to the SDG 3
Yonsei University’s Research has been published on UN Academic Impact for its commitment to the SDG 3
The academic achievement of Professor Cheon Jinwoo’s research team has been published on the UN Academic Impact (UNAI) website. UNAI aims to realize the UN’s goals and obligations including sustainability, promoting human rights, educational opportunities, and resolving disputes through cooperation with higher education institutions. As one of the members of UNAI, Yonsei University is actively co-working with UNAI to facilitate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and share relevant insights and information every year. Professor Cheon’s research has been recognized as the research contributed to the achievement of SDG 3. Good Health and Well-Being among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN. Professor Cheon, the head of the Nanomedicine Research Team of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), jointly developed Point-of-Care (POC) technology named ‘nanoPCR’ that accurately detects the COVID-19 within 17 minutes using nanomaterials with a research team led by Professor Lee Hakho of the Harvard Medical School. This drastically reduced time required for the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR), a currently used COVID-19 standard test method, at the same time guaranteeing RTPCR level accuracy (99%). The result of this study has also been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering (IF17.149), and for more information, please check out https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/university-research-team-develops-high-speed-nanopcr-technology-diagnose-covid-19.
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‘GEFF for ALL Series III: World Peace & Climate Action’ held successfully at Yonsei University
‘GEFF for ALL Series III: World Peace & Climate Action’ held successfully at Yonsei University
Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment at Yonsei University annually holds GEEF, which stands for Global Engagement and Empowerment Forum aiming for all global stakeholders to convene to collaborate towards accomplishing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). GEEF for ALL series, as a special seminar, is also being proceeded with diverse topics and experts all around the world. The third series ‘World Peace & Climate Action’ was held on 26th August 2021, having a conversation between Iván Duque Márquez (the President of Colombia) and Ban Ki-moon (the 8th Secretary-General of the UN and Honorary Chair of IGEE). The event started with a forum and panel introduction by the presider Song In-han (Professor and Director of Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation, IGEE). Two excellencies thereafter exchanged their greeting and special remarks on the issues. In a special talk, both agreed on the importance of peace, especially the one achieved from a peace agreement with Colombia's past revolutionary armed forces FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia). Ban also mentioned that he was greatly impressed by Duque’s visit to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) during his visit to Korea, and added he would not forget Colombia's efforts to protect the peace as the only Latin American participant during the Korean War. Referring to the climate change report by IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), Ban emphasized that the initial target of keeping global temperature rise below 1.5℃ by 2052 is no longer applicable now as we already consumed 1.1℃. Thus, he highlighted the altogether effort with all 195 state parties to Paris Climate Change Agreement should be accompanied. Duque also consented to the issue and said that even though the agreement was signed, Implementation should come along to accelerate investment. Special conversation clip available on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X-jP1M61CU
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“Dream Start” is where Yonsei’s Social Engagement Begins
“Dream Start” is where Yonsei’s Social Engagement Begins
With its Honorary Chairman Ban Ki-moon having called for the need to recognize and mobilize young people as agents of change, IGEE is engaging and empowering the young generation as enablers of sustainable development. IGEE’s flagship mentoring program Dream Start is one way universities and higher education institutions can support the uptake and implementation of the SDGs through their learning and teaching activities. Centered around SDGs Goal number 4, "Ensuring Quality Education for All", Dream Start is composed of learning, personality, and cultural mentoring. Learning mentoring consists of basic curriculum guidance, and helping with school work and academic achievement. Personality mentoring is conducted to help mentees develop mentality of success, career motivation, and life guidance, while adapting to school life and improving competence. Cultural mentoring involves various cultural experiences such as field trips and movies. It also provides an opportunity for mentees to have diverse cultural experience and enhance their sensitivity away from celebrities-oriented cultural activities. The program has provided learning opportunities to youth from low-income households in the Seodaemun District of Seoul where Yonsei University is located. Over 900 teams of mentor mentees have completed the program since 2009. Mentors are selected at a competitive rate of 3:1 each year based on their leadership, multicultural sensitivity, integrity, and spirit of service. Mentees are selected on a voluntary basis and through recommendations by their school principals. In 2019, 60 teams of mentors and mentees were created. Middle and high school student mentees not only learned more efficient studying methods, but also engaged in discussion on how to best cope with stress arising from performance and grades. The program thus not only benefits the mentees but also the Yonsei students that participate in it. "It's been one of the best opportunities I've had in the university," says Jong-min Lee, a senior majoring in economics. “Through Dream Start, I was able to enhance my interpersonal skills through real-life experiences, while applying my knowledge to benefit the community. I am also glad to have contributed to an improvement in the academic performance of my mentees.”
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