IGEE at Yonsei University

Ban Ki-moon Center for

Named after the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation was established in 2017 along with IGEE. Ban Ki-moon decided to join Yonsei University’s efforts for sustainable development because he believes universities play a vital role in tackling climate change and other global challenges through education, research, academic resources, and field activities.
The Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation focuses on exploring effective and lasting solutions to accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030.

· Forum & Lectures

The Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation hosts the Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum(GEEF) annually as the only platform for addressing SDGs at the university level in Korea.
In 2020, we are conducting knowledge and experience sharing regarding Republic of Korea's response against COVID-19 pandemic situation toward the world.

The Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation plays a major role in educating global citizens through several meaningful SDGs courses. 「Understanding Sustainable Development with Ban Ki-moon」 opens for every semester to enhance SDG awarness of Yonsei University undergraduate students.

Moreover, the online course is established in open format. Sustainable Development in the 21st Century with Ban Ki-moon/Learnus which is designed as an introductory course on the SDGs for public.

· Social Engagement Fund, SEF

To support a wide range of research activities that contribute to achieving the SDGs, the Social Engagement Fund (SEF) program was launched in July of 2018. Students and researchers around the world were called to submit research and project proposals that placed emphasis on implementing and evaluating the impact of the SDGs, which can also result in a tangible output on top of knowledge alone. The entries were screened by a number of expert panels.

As a result, two student teams were awarded $5,000 each and three researcher teams won $10,000 each for their year-long projects. In all, $40,000 in grants were given out to support SDGs-related research. SEF was made possible by donations from the private sector. Three student teams are supported through SEF(15 million KRW) in 2019 and they are accumulating data and knowledge in field for promoting achievement of SDG 1, 3, 4, 5, 10.

· Partnerships & Collaboration

The center’s growing international network of partners include its two sister organizations: the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens in Vienna, Austria and the Ban Ki-moon Institute for Sustainable Development at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Kazakhstan. The three institutions agreed to bring together their unique and complementary sets of expertise to collaborate toward furthering the SDGs.
The Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation also teams up with NGOs and other organizations in various projects. The center’s collaborating organizations include the United Nations, the World Bank, the United Nations Population Fund, the Korea International Cooperation Agency, and the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea.

· SDGs Monitoring System

The Ban Ki-moon Center for International Cooperation conducts SDG reporting for monitoring how Yonsei University's activities(Curricular, Extra-curricular, Academic, Reasearch, Administration, Research) are committed towards 17 SDGs through the working group. And based on this task, we are also trying to enhance SDG awareness throughout the campus.