Mr LIM Hyun Mook appointed as the 7th Director of APCEIU

Mr LIM Hyun Mook, Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU), has been reappointed as the 7th Director of APCEIU. After consulting with UNESCO Director-General, Ms Audrey Azoulay, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of the Republic of Korea, Mr LEE Ju-Ho appointed Mr LIM Hyun Mook as the 7th Director of the APCEIU and presented him with a certificate of appointment at the Sejong Government Complex on 9 January 2023.

8 Countries meet at SSAEM Conference to share the achievements of a decade of APTE

After 3 years since the outbreak of Covid-19, approximately 150 people gathered including officials from the Ministries of Education of eight countries, embassies in Korea and teachers. On November 24, the 2022 SSAEM Conference to review and share the performance of teachers and schools participating in the 「Asia-Pacific Teacher Exchange for Global Education (hereinafter referred to as APTE or the Programme)」 was held at the Conrad Hotel in Seoul, South Korea.

The 7th International Conference on GCED: GCED in the Face of Digital Transformation that Connects and Divides

The 7th International Conference on GCED (IConGCED), co-organized by APCEIU, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and in partnership with UNESCO, was held virtually for two days on 3-4 November 2022.

UNESCO GCED Roundtable on the Role of Sports in Fostering Global Citizenship Education

APCEIU co-organized the UNESCO GCED Roundtable on the Role of Sports in Fostering Global Citizenship Education with the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with GCED, the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea (ROK), UNESCO, and UNESCO on 14 October. The event, which was conducted as an in-person event at UNESCO HQ in Paris, France, aimed to highlight the role of sports in fostering values and virtues embraced by global citizenship, share practices of GCED through sports and discuss practical challenges, and make GCED friendlier and easily accessible for the wider public. Approximately 90 participants from 40 countries participated in the event.