InvitationTo the 23rd International Youth Forum

“Youth and New Media”22-28 August 2012, Seoul and Goesan, Republic of Korea

Dear Friends,

Warm greetings from the National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea!

The National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea (NCYOK) is the coordinating body for youth

organizations across Korea under the auspices of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Korea

(MOGEF). We have been organizing the International Youth Forum since 1990, inviting more than 75 youth

delegates from over 30 countries across the world every year.

I am pleased to inform you that the National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea along with the Ministry

of Gender Equality and Family is organizing the 23rd International Youth Forum this year again. The event

will be held in Seoul and Goesan, Korea from August 22 to 28, 2012 in cooperation with WAY(World

Assembly of Youth), AYC(Asian Youth Council), YFJ(European Youth Forum) and AUN(ASEAN

University Network).

The theme of the forum shall be Youth and New Media. This reflects the importance of searching the youth’s

role and building a moral youth culture for the balanced development of the New Media.

I therefore would like to invite you to join this forum. Appended hereto are the following documents for your

information and application.

I. Program Briefing Paper

II. Application Form

I am looking forward to seeing you in Seoul.

Sincerely Yours,

Kwang- Sun Cha, Ph.D.

President

The National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea (NCYOK)

The 23rd International Youth Forum

1. Date and Venue

Date: 22-28 August 2011

Venue: Seoul and Goesan, Republic of Korea

2. Theme “Youth and New Media”

Sub-themes:

- Social Media and Youth Culture

- International Youth Cooperation in the New Media Era

3. Background

A. In addition to the rapid development of electronic communication technology, the emergence of

New Media, a new communication media with different characteristics to the existing one,

contributed to the globalization through the diversification and the liberalization to humans.

However, it is bringing about harmful consequences such as delivering distorted information,

invasion of privacy and weakening of moral responsibility. Reflecting on this, it is necessary to

introspect on the New Media.

B. Internet based new media devices which go beyond the international borders and becoming a

worldwide talking point, such as smartphones, tablet PCs, UCC and SNS, not only do they

allow youths to form a broad network, but they induce sharing of information and participation

in society. Accordingly, the youths' interest and thoughts regarding the policies that the nations

and international organizations promote should be shared, and for the balanced development of

the new media, it is the intention to search the role of the youth in this.

C. A moral youth culture should be formed through an in-depth public discussion on proper

utilization of new media and youth culture that change rapidly to its surrounding environment,

between all the youth around the world.

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4. Objectives

A. To make youth aware of global problems, offering an opportunity to tackle them and to find alternative ways or solutions

B. To improve cooperation and mutual understanding among youths across diverse cultures

C. To spread goodwill around the world and to build interactive global citizenship through networking among youths

5. Organizers

A. Host: The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Republic of Korea (MOGEF)

B. Organizer: The National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea (NCYOK)

C. Sponsors: World Assembly of Youth (WAY)Asian Youth Council(AYC)European Youth Forum (YFJ)ASEAN University Network (AUN)

6. Participants

A. Overseas participants: 45 delegates

B. Korean participants: 30 delegates

C. Qualifications - Youths between the ages of 18 and 26 who are significantly interested in the topic- Participants should have a good command of English

7. Financial Aid

A. Travel cost (airfare) will be subsidized by the organizer (NCYOK) except ASIA(Northeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia) according to the criteria below:

- Participants travel from Africa, Oceania, Europe and American regions: US$ 550

Note- Applicants will be informed of a grant amount determined by the 1th of June- Applicants who can afford own travel cost will be first considered to be admitted

B. NCYOK bears the expenses of accommodation, meals and local transportation during the program

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8. Application and Required Documents

A. Application closing date is May 13(Sun), 2012* The admission will be determined and informed within 20 days from the day of submission.

B. Applicants need to submit: 1) A completed application2) An English essay

: A4, 1~2 pages, font 12, Times New Roman, single-spaced, Title: ‘Social Media and Youth Culture’ or ‘International Youth Cooperation in the New Media Era’

C. Please turn in the above documents only via E-mail (ncyokway@chol.com) (The title of e-mail should be ‘Youth Forum Applicants – name of applicant’)

9. Contact Information

Junghyun Cho (Ms.)Program Officer / International Program TeamTel: 82-2-2667-0564 Fax: 82-2-2667-0295E-mail: ncyokway@chol.com http://www.ncyok.or.kr/renew/eng/main.asp

10. Program

August 2012 Activities

22nd(Wed)

Arrival/ RegistrationOpening Ceremony and Welcome DinnerOrientationRecreation and Ice-breaking Meeting

23rd(Thu)Lectures on the themeNational Museum of KoreaGroup Discussion

24th(Fri)

Teamwork BuildingCultural Lesson on Korean TraditionGroup DiscussionCase Study Presentation

25th(Sat) Group DiscussionGeneral Assembly(Drawing Up Seoul Declaration)

26th(Sun) Seoul study trip

27th(Mon)Closing Ceremony (Adoption of Seoul Declaration)Survey (Program Evaluation)Seoul study trip (Outing)

28th(Tue) Departure

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11. Photographs

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