The SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies is holding a joint conference with the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Korea to discuss the efforts of capacity building for North Korea up to date and the effects of capacity building on the North Korean economy and society. We would be delighted if you are able to participate in this conference and look forward to meeting you there.
▶ Date & Time: Friday, May 27th, 2011. 09:00 ~ 13:30.
▶ Venue: Byoungoh Choi Hall, College of Life Sciences, SNU (Basement Floor, Bldg. No. 222)
▶ Conference Program
09:00 ~ 09:15 Registration
09:15 ~ 09:20 Opening word of Prof. PARK Myoung-Kyu (Director, Institute of Peace and
Unification Studies)
09:20 ~ 09:50 Keynote Speech
Former Federal Minister Wolfgang Botsch
(Former leader of CSU faction in German Government and Minister of Post and
Communication)
“Experiences as an actor in German Unification and the importance of Capacity Building”
09:50 ~ 10:00 Coffee Break and Photo Session
10:00 ~ 11:00 Session 1
An academic perspective of Capacity Building in North Korea
Moderator: Bernhard Seliger (HSS)
KIM Chinkyung (President of PUST)
“Peace comes with a price”
Armin Herdegen (DAAD, Pyongyang)
“Capacity building by teaching German and by exchange programmes- a German
experience”
Discussant: KIM Philo (PUST)
11:00 ~ 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 ~ 12:15 Session 2
NGO experiences of Capacity Building in North Korea
Moderator: KIM Byung-Yeon (IPUS)
Andray Abrahamian (Ulsan University / Choson Exchange)
“Choson exchange- a new approach to capacity building”
PARK Sung-jo (Free University Berlin / Donga University)
“Beyond Kant and Sen: capacity building by European NGOs in North Korea”
Discussant: HUR Joon-Young (SNU)
12:15 ~ 13:30 Closing remarks & Lunch
▶ For further information, please visit our website http://tongil.snu.ac.kr, or call us at 02-880-4052~4.
SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies