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Partnering with the Globe for the better world
Yonsei University is galvanizing SDGs by enhancing its partnerships with various stakeholders and networks. Yonsei University has joined 1) UGC (University Global Coalition) as the initiating member university and 2) USRN (University Social Responsibility Networks) to practice the engagement by university for better tackling SDGs & sustainable future, bringing together a group of thought leaders to exchange ideas, resources, practices of varied scope and scale to steer global discussion and development of USR in higher education for taking it as our own mission. This will be a cornerstone for SDG 17. Partnerships for the Goals.
(Click to see the UGC Steering Committee Members)
(Click to see the USRN Executive Commitee)

Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF)
The Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF), co-hosted by the Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment (IGEE), the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, and the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, is an annual international platform that fosters collaboration, research, and exchange of innovative approaches among global leaders, experts, and stakeholders. Through comparative studies and the development and proposal of exemplary global programs, GEEF seeks to advance effective strategies for achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Yonsei University and the Ghanaian government signed a business contract to establish a university in the Bunso area of Ghana. Yonsei University Mirae Campus will be in charge of overseeing the education, administration, and industry-university cooperation fields of this project, and Heerim Architects will be in charge of architectural design and supervision of the university building.Through this project, which will be carried out for three years from 2020 with an investment of approximately KRW 120 billion, a university with approximately 1,100 students will be established in eight departments, two faculties, two colleges of engineering and agriculture (SDG 17.9 Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals). Mirae Campus will build the university's educational curriculum, administrative system, laboratory facilities, and industry-university cooperation system, and train operating personnel. Also Mirae Campus projects and plans to establish Korea's first digital healthcare convergence university, will pass on the know-how of establishing and operating the high-tech ICT department.Yonsei University has been preparing since last year to participate in the founding of the University of Ghana, and now the results have come to fruition. Through participation in this project, Mirae Campus is expected to contribute to expanding exchanges with Africa by advancing into education projects not only in Ghana but also in other African regions.