IVECA’s Global Virtual Summer Camp

This summer is going to be a special season. IVECA International Virtual Schooling is organizing a summer camp, sponsored by Korea Science Academy of KAIST, where more than 200 students from Korea, Brazil and the United States will share a memorable time of their life.

From July 20 through July 30, students will have the opportunity to virtually work with and learn from overseas youth, NGO experts, academia, and diplomatic personnel. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) , and International Diplomacy will be their main themes of research.

Throughout the program, students will be guided by renowned instructors in the fields of international relations, scientific research centers, and prestigious universities. They will experience one of the richest educational endeavors as they will be practically applying STEAM into action for UN SDGs. By the end of the camp, participants will host Global Virtual Roundtables where they will present their work, discuss their findings, and demonstrate their global citizenship skills.

IVECA promises the participants an exciting and fruitful summer. And you all will be invited to witness our students’ hard work and innovation while attending their Global Roundtables.

We will keep you updated about the Roundtables dates and location, stay tuned!

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Transformative Education for Global Citizenship

On the 75th anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, The Committee on Teaching about the United Nations (CTAUN) and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations co-sponsored a conference entitled “War No More.” Centered on a peaceful future, the conference celebrated the role of Global Citizenship Education in moving towards a culture of peace. The 21st CTAUN Conference at the United Nations is dedicated to the significant role of educators to achieving and sustaining a peaceful society.

In the UN Trusteeship Chamber on February 28, 2020, Dr. Eunhee Jung represented IVECA International Virtual Schooling during the “Peace Education and Transformative Education” panel by promoting empathy, compassion, solidarity, and cooperation to take action against conflict. Dr. Jung promoted transformative education as a way to reach peaceful relations in societies for a better humanity. She emphasized transformation of individuals' mindset towards compassion to one another, which will genuinely guide them to act on everyday life issues.

The conference was further attended by speakers focused around conversations on “Creating Peace,” “New Technologies,” “Women, Peace, and Security,” “Disarmament,” and “World Peace through Law: Force of Law, not the Law of Force.” The conference speakers elaborated on the necessity for a state of peace throughout the world to ensure equitable education opportunities to children and youth. Various speakers accounted for the situation throughout the world and how conflicts can interfere with fruitful educational development and security to the most vulnerable populations, namely children. The goal of the conference is to call for the full adoption of the UN charter in an effort to end all war across the globe.

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Celebrating Education Towards a Peaceful and Prosperous World

IVECA’s Founder and President Dr. Eunhee Jung served as co-chair of the NGO Steering Committee for the second celebration for the adoption of an International Day of Education for Global Citizenship on July 18, 2019. The NGO Steering Committee for an International Day of Education for Global Citizenship (IDEGC) collaborated with UNESCO-APCEIU, UN Academic Impact (UNAI), and the UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) to gather for the second annual celebration at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

This event was sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Austria, The Republic of Korea, and Tunisia to the United Nations, and UNESCO-APCEIU to underline the need for continuing efforts to spread global citizenship education across the globe and throughout the United Nations.

Opening remarks were given by Ambassador Philipp Charwath, calling on the United Nations to create an IDEGC, “to provide a platform to promote empathy and caring among people around the world.” Mr. Wissem Moatemri, the Deputy Director for Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Foriegn Affairs of Tunisia, emphasized “the importance of promoting a culture of tolerance through education to help build true global citizenship,” calling on support from all of the international community to achieve SDG 4 of Agenda 2030.

The director of UNESCO, Ms. Marie Paule Roudil, was the keynote speaker for the event to build peace and “promote a better world and future,” reiterating that we must continue “to call the world to do more” for global citizenship education.

The celebration continued with a series of video presentations by students across the globe presenting projects completed through collaboration with UNESCO and IVECA with the goal of solving world problems. Students examined different perspectives related to reaching the SDGs and promoting the movement towards a more sustainable future.

The musical presentation by Charlotte Im, 9-year old violinist with Dr. Sung Ho Yang, Pianist, Adjunct Faculty at New Jersey City University - CN Philharmonic Orchestra and the Traditional Dance Group of Choomnoori preceded the closing remarks at this year’s annual celebration of the IDEGC. Dr. Hyun-mook Lim, the Director of UNESCO-APCEIU offered positive and cheerful comments to the gathering, asking “all of us to keep this momentum going as we move forward to eventually establish this international day at the UN.”

Dr. Jung and her co-chair Dr. Scott Carlin presented the closing remarks of the celebration by bringing everyone together with energy and excitement to cheer for the establishment of an International Day of Education for Global Citizenship.

For more details, please check the following:

• Brochure and program

• Event Report

• Video recording

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