The Korea-ASEAN Future-Oriented Cooperation Project: Youth Exchange Program 2008

Seoul--(뉴스와이어)--The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the 10 member countries of the ASEAN and the National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea will jointly host the "Korea-ASEAN Future-Oriented Cooperation Project: Youth Exchange Program 2008" in Seoul and Gangwon Province, from February 14 to 21. 110 youths from Korea and ASEAN member countries will participate in the event.

The goal of the program is to promote mutual understanding and friendship between the youths of Korea and ASEAN member countries. Already in its 10th year, this program will provide opportunities for mutual exchanges and cooperation between the youths of Korea and ASEAN member countries under the theme of "Youth's Role in Expanding Korea-ASEAN Economic Cooperation."

At the "Korea-ASEAN Workshop," to be held in Seoul on February 15, the participating youths from Korea and ASEAN member countries will make presentations relating to specific cases of economic cooperation between Korea and ASEAN. Dr. Choi Byung-il, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University, will deliver a speech on the role of youth in expanding economic cooperation between Korea and ASEAN.

The participants of this program are scheduled to adopt the "Seoul Declaration 2008" as an outcome of discussions at the "Korea-ASEAN Workshop." The declaration will be delivered to the ASEAN Secretariat and the UN Economic and Social Commission in Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).


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