미지센터의 청소년 국제교류이야기

대륙을 호령했던 '칭키즈 칸'의 나라, 우리와 닮은 점이 많아 '형제의 나라'로 일컬어지는 몽골이 가을바람과 함께 미지센터를 찾아옵니다. 
9월 15일일부터 30일까지 진행되는 미지-대사관 협력사업 ‘몽골의 달’ 행사에 초등학생 여러분을 초대합니다!
몽골의 역사를 배워보고 전통 요리 및 놀이를 체험할 수 있는 기회를 놓치지 마세요!

。참가를 원하시는 분은 첨부된 참가신청서 파일을 다운 받아 이메일(meint@mizy.net)로 보내주시기 바랍니다. 선착순 마감입니다. 5명 이상 단체 참가자의 경우 전화로 먼저 참가 가능 여부를 문의하시기 바랍니다.

。여러 명이 참가하는 경우 참가신청서는 대표자 명의로 1장만 내면 됩니다. 단, 모든 참가자의 이름과 학년, 연령을 신청서에 적어주셔야 합니다.

。참가신청서에는 실제 참가할 인원을 정확하게 적어주시기 바랍니다. 학부모나 교사가 인솔만 할 경우 인원수에 포함되지 않습니다.

。참가신청 후 무단 불참 시에는 차후 프로그램 참가에 불이익이 있을 수 있습니다. 같은 학생이 여러 개의 프로그램에 참가하는 것도 가능합니다.

。학부모 등 보호자도 프로그램 참가 가능합니다. 단, 참가비를 내셔야 합니다.
 문의 : 02-755-1024(내선 114) 김승아 / meint@mizy.net

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 2011년 8월 27일부터 28일까지 Langley, BC Canada에서 ‘Langley International Festival’이 개최되었다. 축제가 열리는 랭리는 밴쿠버에서 약 1시간 30분 정도 떨어진 곳이며 캐나다의 대부분의 도시와 마찬가지로 다민족이 모여 살고 있다. 한국인, 중국인, 필리핀인, 베트남인, 캐나다인 등 다양한 민족이 함께 서로를 동등하게 대우하고 같이 어울려 지내고 있다. ‘Langley International Festival’은 이러한 ‘꽃다발’사회, 즉 피부색, 언어, 문화에 관계없이 모두가 동등하고 다양성을 자연스럽게 받아들이는 랭리의 다문화 사회를 기념하기 위해 매년 개최되고 있다. 이번 해는 여느 해보다도 큰 규모와 다양한 행사들로 사람들의 발길을 끌었다. 행사장 입구에 들어서자마자 랭리 지역 주민들을 비롯해 써리 등의 주변 지역민들로 가득 찬 모습을 발견할 수 있었다.

 ‘Langley International Festival’이 열린 장소는 Main Stage, Market Place, Theater, Children's Place, International Pavilion, 와 같이 크게 다섯 가지 파트로 나뉘어 갖가지의 볼거리를 선사했다. 먼저, Main stage에서는 International Show가 계속해서 펼쳐졌다. 각 국가를 대표하는 독특한 전통의상, 춤, 음악들이 사람들의 시선을 사로잡았다. 다양한 국가 사람들이 자신의 국가뿐만 아니라 타 국가 음악들에 흥겨워하고, 아이들 또한 음악에 맞춰 덩실덩실 춤을 추며 축제를 즐기고 있었다. 

Main stage 주변에서는 각 국가를 대표하는 음식을 판매하고 있었다. 우리나라의 야시장과 같은 분위기였으며 앙골라, 타이완 등 평소에 먹어보기 어려운 세계 각국의 음식들이 한 곳에 모여 있었다. 공연을 보며 친구, 가족들과 함께 세계 각지의 음식을 먹어보는 재미도 축제의 묘미 중 하나였다. 

Market Place에서도 역시 자신의 국가를 대표하는 물건들을 부스 별로 팔고 있었다. 꼭 물건을 사지 않더라도 상인과 관광객이 여러 국가에 관심을 갖고 물건에 대해 이야기를 나누는 모습을 쉽게 찾아볼 수 있었다. 이러한 소통들이 다양한 민족이 서로에 대해 한발 짝 더 깊게 이해하고 인정할 수 있게 만드는 계기가 되었다고 생각한다.  

야외 극장(Theater)에서는 여느 해와 같이 셰익스피어의 연극을 하고 있었다. 이번에는 셰익스피어의 희극 ‘뜻대로 하세요(As you like it)’으로 사람들에게 무료 야외 연극을 선사했다. 매우 더운 날씨인데도 불구하고 많은 사람들이 돗자리, 간이 의자 등을 가져와 잔디밭에서 연극을 감상했다. 

'Langley International Festival'에는 친구들과 함께 온 관광객도 많았지만 무엇보다도 어린 아이가 있는 가족 단위의 관광객이 많았다. 따라서 아이들을 위한 간이 놀이공원과 같은 놀이시설 역시 준비되어 있었다. 캐나다의 많은 축제는 자원봉사자들에 의해 이끌어진다고 해도 과언이 아니다. 행사의 성격에 따라 자원봉사자의 모집 요강이 다른데 'Langley International Festival'에서는 청소년들도 자원봉사자로 많이 활동을 하는 모습을 볼 수 있었다. 청소년 자원봉사자들은 이곳 놀이시설에 많이 배정이 되어있었고, 아이들이 안전하고 재밌게 놀 수 있도록 성실하게 돕는 모습이 매우 인상적이었다. 

마지막으로, 각각의 부스에서 자신의 나라의 특색에 맞게 홍보를 하는 International Pavilion이 있었다. 평소에 한국에서 쉽게 접해보지 못한 바베이도스와 같은 다소 생소하게 느껴지는 나라들도 이번 행사에 참여했다. 다양한 나라 사람들이 부스에서 홍보물, 아이들을 위한 장난감 등을 나누어주며 자신의 나라를 관광객들에게 알리는 좋은 기회를 가졌다. 

이틀간의 축제 기간 동안 국가별 축구대회, 자동차 쇼 등 다채로운 행사가 개최되어 다양한 국가의 사람들이 누구나 즐길 수 있었다. 캐나다에서 여러 국가의 사람들과 문화를 한 곳에서 경험하고 싶다면 매년 열리는 ‘Langley International Festival’에 참가해보길 권장한다. 서로 다른 민족이 모여 소통하고 그들의 문화에 동화되어 즐길 수 있는 소중한 경험이 될 수 있을 것이다.

 

 

 

인도 청소년들과 함께하는 ‘제24회 국제화상회의’ 참가자를 모집합니다!

미지센터는 “한국과 인도 청소년들의 평화 메신저로서의 역할”이라는 주제로 인도의 Kamla Nehru Public School 학생들과 함께 제24회 국제화상회의를 개최합니다. 이번 화상회의에서는 양국의 참가자들이 직접 조사한 내용을 바탕으로 평화에 대해 생각해보고 서로의 의견을 나눌 예정이랍니다.

특별히 이번에는 “빵빵한 특별강연”이 준비되어 있으니, 관심 있는 친구들 용기를 내어 지원해보세요!

나의 평화로부터 시작해 내가 속한 공동체의 평화, 나아가 전 세계의 평화를 꿈꾸는, 열린 마음을 가진 청소년 여러분들의 적극적인 참여 바랍니다!

1. 프로그램: 제24회 국제화상회의

2. 일 시: 2011년 10월 31일(월) 16:00 - 18:00

3. 장 소: 미지센터 나눔방

4. 주 제: 한국과 인도 청소년들의 평화 메신저로서의 역할

5. 상 대: 인도 Kamla Nehru Public School 학생 20명

6. 참가자격:

     가. 서울거주 1996년~1998년생 또는 서울시 소재 중학교에 재학 중인 청소년

나. 사전모임 포함 프로그램 전 과정을 성실히 적극적으로 참여할 수 있는 청소년

다. 평화에 대해 관심이 있고, 이를 인도 친구들과 교류하고 싶은 청소년

라. 영어로 말하기에 도전하고 싶은 청소년

           7. 모집인원: 10~15명

           8. 참 가 비: 3만원 (10월 10일(월) 오리엔테이션 시 담당자에게 제출)

                   ※기초생활수급자, 소년·소녀가장, 차상위계층, 한부모가정 자녀 참가비 면제, 증빙서류 제출

9. 모집일정:

     가. 참가자 모집 : 2011년 9월 7일(수) ~ 9월 18일(일), 23:00시 까지 참가신청서 이메일로 접수

                         (이메일 제목 및 파일명: 제24회국제화상회의_지원자성명)

                 나. 1차 서류 합격자 발표 : 2011년 9월 19일(월) 15:00, 미지 홈페이지 공지 또는 개별연락

                 다. 2차 면접일정 : 2011년 9월 20일(화), 그룹 면접 실시, 영어 면접 포함

                 라. 최종합격자 발표 : 2011년 9월 22일(목) 15:00, 미지 홈페이지 공지 또는 개별연락

10. 프로그램일정: 2011년 10월 10일(월) – 11월 4일(금),

                            오리엔테이션, 화상회의, 평가회의 포함 총 12회 모임

            * 요청 시 사전모임 및 화상 회의 당일 일정에 대한 “수업양해공문” 발급 가능

* 상기 일정은 사정에 의해 변경될 수 있습니다.

11. 참가자혜택: 국, 영문 활동증명서 발급(사전모임 2번 이상 불참 시 증명서 발급 불가)

12. 문 의: 미지센터 교육문화사업팀 인턴 노현정 02-755-1024(내선114) / vcintern@mizy.net


지원서:

제24회국제화상회의_지원자성명.hwp

‘2011 유엔새천년개발목표(MDGs)보고서 한국어판 기념행사’에서 미지센터의 청소년운영위원회가 ‘MDGs 몸으로 말하다 - 지구촌 자립을 위한 우리의 소통’의 ‘카드세션 & MDGs 넘어서다’라는 공연을 하고자 합니다. 미지센터 청소년운영위원들이 주축이 되어 공연을 함께 할 참가자들을 모집하고 공연을 성공적으로 수행하여, 타 주최 기관들과의 협력을 잘 마칠 수 있도록 돕겠습니다. 이에 이 행사에 함께 할 청소년 참가자들을 모집합니다.

자세한 내용은 미지센터 홈페이지(www.mizy.net) 국제활동정보를 참조하시기 바랍니다.

Getting Ready

Discussing the Debt Ceiling Crisis: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of the Democrats (left), and House Speaker John Boehner of the Republicans (right) (image from CBS.com)

          On July 31, 2011, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party passed several compromises regarding the debt ceiling of the United States. In return for the extension of the debt ceiling (the limit on the amount of debt the United States is allowed), the government had to initiate spending cuts of $900 billion over 10 years. Soon after the debt ceiling compromise was enacted, global markets plunged. The Dow Jones Index dipped below its 12,000 line, while Asian indexes like KOSPI of Korea plunged below the 2,000, and later, the 1,800 line.

Why take another Dip?

        The Standard & Poor’s Building in New York

           For the global economy, intricately linked to the US economy and its problems, the fall was caused by the US government. According to CNN, Dagong Global Credit Rating Company (based in China) lowered the US’ credit rating (the rating indicates the creditworthiness of the government of the nation) to an A+. Standard & Poor, the credit rating agency based in the US, devalued the US credit rating from AAA to an AA+ (*this view has been discredited by the US government: BBC News).

So what caused the US economy itself to sink? Guan Jianzhong, head of the Chinese Dagong Global Credit Rating Company, stated that "the squabbling between the two political parties on raising the U.S. debt ceiling reflected an irreversible trend on the United States' declining ability to repay its debts." As the US government failed to reach a concrete decision, many businessmen and investors began to lose confidence in the US government to honor its debts. As public funding is slashed, unemployment is predicted to rise, as well as decrease in demand for certain services.

Consequences

The New York Stock Exchange

Although US citizens generally agree that the compromise hurt the reputation and the economy of the US, many disagree on the appropriate action that should have been taken by the US government. The majority of the people in New York City (excluding the Wall Street & financial areas) believed that the US government should have raised the debt ceiling, while not slashing the budget at an extreme rate, sharing the Democrat’s argument on the debt ceiling crisis (*note: the state of New York is a mostly Democratic state according to the midterm elections of 2010). “Cutting budgets would only hurt the economy, where people want jobs and money is the main incentive of job creation,” argued one of the interviewees.  “As much as I want the government to spend responsibly,” said another interviewee, “I don’t want the government to slash funds recklessly.”

Although I expected to find Republican businessmen and investors the slashing of budgets, I found instead an opinion similar to the second interviewee. “The United States,” explained one investor, “has spent too much and we must stop spending recklessly; however, we shouldn’t cut our budget recklessly.” Another interviewee near the New York Stock Exchange building said that “many of the government programs that are being slashed include funds for small businesses to large corporations, so losing this budget battle also means bad news for US business.”

The Ripple from the Dip

  “I wouldn’t want the postal service to get even worse.” (Photo of New York Post Office)
 

The implications for the plunging of stocks across the globe, while clearly evident among investors and governments across the world are less clear for the general populace for now. Although cuts on spending have been passed, it hasn’t taken immediate effect. In fact, the faction that had most greatly felt the consequences of the compromise in the public sector was the private sector. “Ironically, the disaster of the public sector was most felt in the private sector,” said a businessman. “This is less about the American people, but more about the American government: the people may experience spending cuts, but it’s ultimately the government that was responsible for those cuts and the debt crisis it is in.”

Although the public hasn’t felt the budget cut yet, it doesn’t mean that they are less worried. In fact, because the spending cuts will affect or close government programs, the public sector is more worried than the private sector. “I’m worried about my next pay check, or even my job,” said a post office worker who wished not to be named. “I can’t believe the USPS (United States Postal Service) is going to be even slower,” joked an interviewee.

Apart from slower mail delivery, other important governmental programs could mean the difference between life and death. “In some neighborhoods, there aren’t even enough fire trucks or police officers because of lack of money,” said interviewee Mary Haltease (she has agreed to give her name). “That could be a real possibility for some cities of the United States 10 years from now.” For many people like Mary, the government caused a wave that swept its people.

On July 24th, Seoul Youth Center for Cultural Exchange, Mizy Center in short, welcomed the second guest speaker
for the MDG workshop provided for the Mizy Reporters, Kim Kyung Soo. Mr. Kim’s main field of activity is PKO:
Peacekeeping Operations. Starting with the interning at the UN, he has developed his career through working in the
Asia Pacific Council, the Korea Military Academy, the United Nations Military Observer group in India and Pakistan, and the United Nations Mission in Sudan. From his experiences, he realized that the MDGs goals were all parts of a big
cycle linked by two words, sustainable development. He explains the each goals based on his experiences and what
the future peacekeepers can do.

 

Picture from crcna.org-MDG hands

Goal1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Goal2: Achieve Universal Primary Education

According to the 2011 MDG Report, the Sudanese children’s school enrollment rate has been increasing recently.
However, when he was in Sudan, the children could barely attend school due to several reasons. Weather affected the most. 8 months of the year, it was too wet for the small children to walk the several kilometers to school, whilst 2 were too dry and hot. Even in normal weathers, parents feel it is too dangerous to send their kids on such a long walk, where
boys are frequently kidnapped by the army, and the girls, raped. Merely building schools in the nations and
recommending parents to enroll their children have not solved the problem of education, where such indigenous issues
are not taken into account. 
 

Goal3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

The number of women with paid jobs is considerably lower than the number of men with paid jobs in Sudan. Most
women in Sudan do not realize that they are receiving unjust and unequal treatment. For them to know this, they need to be educated, but of unfortunately, everything has a price tag, even education.

Goal4: Reduce Child Mortality

In year 2007, during 3 months of time, 821 Sudanese children died of measle. That corresponds to two small elementary
schools in Seoul. Likewise, malaria is one of the diseases that wipes out children now and then. However, having
caught them twice, Mr. Kim says that they were somewhat like normal colds, gone in 3 days with medication. The 
diseases are not what raises child mortality rate, but it’s their extremely weak bodies and immunity, along with the
unyielding poverty that seems to beholding the Sudaneses’ ankles on all parts of their lives.

Goal5: Improve Maternal Health

The ratio of baby getting born under proper professional medical care was only 48% in year 2008. If the mothers’ health is deteriorating, the child mortality will rise. If the mother has AIDS, the number of new AIDS infectants will rise. If the mother receives low quality education, or no education, the child is less likely to have proper education, and so on. This
generation’s females’ problems are literally “inherited” by the next generation if they are not solved.  

 

Goal6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other Diseases

Because of the high illiteracy, instead documents with definition and descriptions of AIDS, he and the team plastered a
large poster with the word “AIDS” on it, color print. The next day, the poster was found stuck in a home’s wall as
decoration. Due to lack of education and knowledge, the could not understand his explanations on why AIDS is
dangerous, what happens to kids born with AIDS, and where they can get the pills.

 

Goal7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Mr. Kim realized the seriousness of the water issues not only when he saw people using drinking water for washing, but also the vice versa. To help these Sudanese, an industry kindly sent high-technology generators that could pump out
water from the underground that ran on electricity. Unsurprisingly, the generators ended up in the children’s hands
because they did not have enough energy to operate such machines and did not know how such technology worked.
Similarly, he found out that the land is actually fertile enough to operate an agricultural system, but because they lacked
agricultural technology and knowledge, they fall into idleness.

Goal8: Global Partnership for Development.
 

From all these experiences, he realized that what he and other people working in international bodies and partnerships
that support the developing nations need to do is ‘research.’ To gather correct information and database so that they
actually “know” the realities of each nation, rather than planning on surmises and speculations. The UN might seem as if they are doing nothing, but it is they who do the research with which the NGOs and other international organizations
raise funds.

Sudan is an impoverished nation, but at the same time, the most supported by the UN. But why are they showing second to no progression when countries like India and China, which were once in the same line receiving same or less help
than them, are prospering? Mr. Kim says that he has never heard a ‘thank you’ in Sudan. Their history filled with betrayal and embezzlement, the Sudanese neglects to depend on other nations for development, making the effects of the UN and other international organizations’ help temporal. However, Mr. Kim explains that this is not their fault, but our ignorance of their unique culture and history. “Like humans have different characteristics, so does the nations. We need to understand these characteristics: the history, culture, the environment, the weather, and so on. You think that you know, but when
you look at the real scenes, you’ll realize that reality is very different.” To promote sustainable development, the main goal of MDGs, we need to firstly research and understand them.

 

※ Tip for those who are interested in joining Mr. Kim:

Mr. Kim says that many students ask him what major they should choose and how high their TOEFL, TOEIC, and other
English scores have to be to work in the UN or NGOs. He says that his answers are always the same: follow your bliss and dream. In the book Succeed as the citizen of the world, not of Korea(한국인이 아닌 세계인으로 성공하라), he recalls when he and his team members of the OCHA, Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, gathered after a long day of work. All eight members were from different countries and all had different majors, ranging from social welfare to computer programmers. He quotes “Don’t accommodate yourself to the international organizations but apply your own merits to their needs.” Doing what you can do best and with joy is the quickest way to helping others be happy.

 

Two faces of Audition Programs-Is it a chance, or is it planned?

           Lately, programs such as American Idol and America’s Top Model have been taking over the television in the United States. In the spread of audition programs, in Korea, programs like Super Star K, Dancing with the Stars, Shin Yip Sa Won (New announcer of broadcasting station MBC) and etc. have been showing up also. Audition programs differ from regular television broadcasts because they have regular people instead of stars. Regular people compete for the chances they dreamt up. In American Idol, contestants sing with all their might to be a singer through the show. In Shin Yip Sa Won, people competed to become the next MBC, a Korean broadcast channel, announcer. Today, I interviewed each contestant from American Idol and Shin Yip Sa Won. These two people both participated in audition programs. Yet, they take different views about audition shows. One says it’s an everlasting experience, and the other says it’s an unfair competition. Let’s hear about the two sides of audition programs from these two participators.

 

                                            Tiffany Preston

                                                American Idol in United States.  

Q. Could you please introduce yourself?

A. My name is Tiffany Preston. I'm 19 years old, currently attend Grand Valley State University with a major in psychology and have a huge passion for music, my family and friends, and God.

Q. How did you get to participate in the American Idol show?

A. In order to participate in the American Idol show, I had to register in the audition city which was Kansas City, MO for me. You have to fill out forms and then when you register, you get a wristband and a number for your audition.

Q. What kind of experience was ' American Idol' to you?

A. American Idol was an interesting experience to say the least. It was a great opportunity to meet new people who have the same love for music as you and fun to be able to show the world what you love doing. Some things about the competition weren't very fair, including letting on contestants who obviously weren't on for the right reasons but to get fame or letting contestants on who couldn't sing. This didn't give people who actually had a talent to succeed in the competition because someone who wasn't talented at singing took their spot.

Q. Is there anything different about before the competition and after? If there is, what is it?

A. Before the competition, I didn't have as many opportunities to grow in music until I made it on the show. After the show, I was contacted by radio stations and newspapers which made me feel so blessed and humbled to be able to do these things.

Q. Would you recommend 'American Idol' to people with dreams of a singer? If yes (or no) why?

A. I wouldn't necessarily recommend American Idol to others who have dreams of becoming a singer because I believe the process isn't very fair. Those who don't make it with talent normally get cut if they don't have a shocking life story which in unfair.

 

                                                            Lee Siu 
                                            Shin Yip Sa Won  in South Korea

Q. Could you please introduce yourself?

Hello. I am model Lee Siu that has been taking responsibility of the Korean fashion. Actually, to be exact, I was. Now I’m Lee Siu who wants to take lead in Korean broadcast.

 

Q. How did you get to participate in the ‘Shin Yip Sa Won’ program?

Since I was young, I liked to talk in front of many people. Also since it made me very happy to make others laugh, I had a dream of becoming a MC. However due to my situations, I was bent on making money. So I chose the career of a model. While modeling, I forgot my dream. However through the encouragements my friends I decided to participate in the audition program. Most of all, the biggest appealing part was that there was no age or educational background limit. 

 

Q. What kind of experience was ' Shin Yip Sa Won’ to you?

It was the greatest experience in my life. Through the program I met many people. I’ve only met people in the fashion industry. However through this chance, I’m so happy to get to know many people in the broadcasting field. Most of all, despite of educational backgrounds, I felt that that I can do it through my passion in my dream.

 

Q. Is there anything different about before the competition and after? If there is, what is it?

When I walk around, many people seem to recognize me and cheer up me. If there is anything bad, because my image on the audition show was kind of humorous, the image still lasts even when I’m modeling now. It’s been hard to stand on runways.

 

Q. Would you recommend ‘Shin Yip Sa Won’ to people with dreams of a singer? If yes (or no) why?

I really recommend it. You earn what very much and I believe that learning in this kind of experience will give you lots of help.

 

Q. Was there a specific reason why you dreamt about becoming an MC, even while you were standing top in the fashion industry as a model?

While I was modeling, I had a chance to MC a show. Through this experience I was able to feel that this job was very charming. The woman MC was Ahn Hye Kyung and watching her talk so well impressed me. By this experience, I was able to dream about broadcasting once again.

*These two opinions about audition programs are personal opinions according to their very personal experience.

     ‘Behind these professional, well organized UN charts are stories of humanity.’

     Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that all United Nations member states and some international organizations have agreed to achieve by 2015. The goals encompass from eradicating poverty to forming global partnership for development. Promised due date is only four years away. 
On July 31st 2011, Ju Hun Kim (김주헌) former UNEP consultant and an author of 'Cross the World'(하루에 국경을 두번 넘는 사람들) reminded us the importance of MDGs. He lectured on “MDG Goal 7 and TEEB” at MIZY Center. He divided his lecture into two and emphasized the importance of ecosystem, MDGs, and TEEB. Overall, he tried to encourage our participation by keep asking questions. It was easy to understand, even though the content was quite challenging.

Part 1. MDGs and Environment
     

                             
      Ju Hun Kim especially discussed the 7th goal of MDGs. The 7th one is on environment. He began the lecture with his worries on the earth – despite people’s increasing interest on environment, people still lack understanding on global environmental issues. He stressed environmental issues are essential; they affect people, countries, and the earth.
      He explained different sectors of environment – forests, ozone layer, natural resources, and water – with statistics. The statistics revealed “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” reality.
      “2011 is International Year of Forests …” Forests alone absorb one sixth of world’s CO2 emission. In other words one sixth of CO2 emission is lingering in the atmosphere, left unabsorbed by no longer existing forest. Developed countries in Europe and Asia know this and try to form forests in their nations. And Asia and Europe are getting greener. However countries in Latin America and Africa which used to have rich forests are losing trees. It is because they need to export natural resources to sustain their lives. In short developing countries are more suffering from decreasing and lack of forests.
      Similar situation occurs with water. “The UN proposed that world is likely to surpass drinking water target by 2015 though more than one tenth of people would still be without access to clean water,” said Ju Hun Kim. Ironically the poor need to pay more to get drinkable water since clean water is rare. It is shown in statistics that poorer people are less opportunity there is to be accessible to clean, sanitized water: people in the city had more access to clean water while 32% of people in rural areas still used contaminated water.
      But there is also success story; it is about ozone layer. Montreal Protocol helped restore the ozone layer. It legally prohibited consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODSs) to 2%. This was possible because the protocol was legally binding.

Part 2. Ecology and Biodiversity
     

                             After a short break, the resumed lecture began with the introduction of the second phase: Ecology and Biodiversity. Two ecological terms were introduced: “ecological footprint” and “ecological capacity.” Ecological footprint shows how much environment is destroyed due to economic development. Ecological capacity is self explanatory – how big an ecosystem can stay balanced in a nation. When the footprint overwhelms the capacity, the nation is in a seriously environment deprived situation.
      Governments are used to abusing the environment for their convenience. Why are they not so hesitant to do so? Is it because environment is just everywhere and does not requires monetary exchanges. “Just because it is economically invisible, it does not mean that it is not economically valuable.” He suggested that environment must be valued to our currency. It should be visibly monetarily numerable so that they will be cautious of letting their money spill out.
      Nation’s economic strength has been measured by simple economic compass like GDP. However, for ‘sustainable’ development, natural capital must be taken into account when deciding national competence.
 “We may dismiss ecosystem service as only 10-20% of GDP, but they are actually 50-90% of the GDP of the POOR.” – Pavan Sukhdev, Head of the UNEP Green Economy Initiative TEEB.
      Poor class of the society is more dependent on environment for their economic activity since many work in primary industry. When climate change gets out of our hands, the first ones to be affected will be nations in archipelagos and poor, rural class. I was moved by this explanation. People seeing gray skies everyday in enormous headquarters will never learn the reality by heart, even though they may know all the statistics. Statistics may even be foamy and the reality could be quite different from the graph.
      RIO+20 2012 is coming up. There should be a 3 month experience of Maldives for high governmental executives and law makers without any help of the civil culture. Then, the world should be in much better shape.

                          

/ MIZY Youth Reporters Yeong-ran Ahn & Chorok Lee

서울시립청소년문화교류센터(미지센터) 인턴 모집

미지센터는 2011년 하반기 국제교류 프로그램 진행에 참여할 인턴을 선발합니다.

서울시가 설립하고 유네스코한국위원회가 운영하는 서울시립청소년문화교류센터 ‘미지’ (이하 미지센터)에서 참신함과 성실함 그리고 뜨거운 열정으로 함께할 인턴을 모집합니다. 미지 인턴은 미지가 기획하는 사업의 준비 단계부터 실행까지 미지 실무자와 함께  한 팀이 되어 적극적으로 참여하게 됩니다. 청소년 국제교류, 문화교류, 세계시민교육 분야에 관심 있고 업무를 통해 자신의 비전을 세우고 성장하고자 하는 역량 있는 분들의 지원을 기대합니다.

  1. 모집인원 : 대외협력사업팀 인턴 3명 

  2. 모집분야별 지원자격 및 활동 업무

     1) 공통사항 :

- 만 20세 이상(대학교 2학년 이상 휴학생, 졸업생, 대학원생 지원가능)

- 성실함과 책임감을 가지고 열정적으로 활동할 자

- 청소년 문화교류, 국제교류 프로그램 기획 및 진행을 경험하고 배우고 싶은 자

- 주 5일 이상 종일 근무 가능한자(주 40시간)

- 필요 시 주말근무 가능자(주말 근무 시 주중 휴무 실시)

- 컴퓨터 활용 능력(오피스, 포토샵, 일러스트, 파워포인트) 우수자 우대

- 영어 의사소통 능력 우수자 우대

        2) 모집분야별

* 기타 활동내용은 미지홈페이지 내 [자료실]-[사진자료] 참고

    3. 선발방법 :

1차 - 서류전형

2차 - 개별 또는 그룹 면접(영어면접 포함)

 4. 모집 인원 및 선발일정

     * 1차 서류심사 발표는 미지센터 홈페이지 게시 또는 합격자에 한해 개별연락 드립니다.

     * 2차 면접은 서류전형 합격자에 한해 미지센터에서 진행합니다.

  5. 우대사항

- 영어능력 우수자(말하기, 쓰기)

- 국제교류활동 및 청소년관련 프로그램 참가 경험자

- 컴퓨터 활동 능력 우수자

6. 근무조건 및 혜택

- 주 5일, 40시간 근무

- 활동비 월 70만원(식대 및 교통비 포함)

- 인턴 활동증명서(국/영문, 1회에 한함)

7. 지원서류

  1. 국문이력서(자유형식) - 휴대전화 번호 기재 필수

  2. 국문/영문 자기소개서 각 1부(자유형식)

  3. 공인어학능력 증명서 스캔 첨부

※ 지원 시 모집분야(가, 나, 다 군)를 구분하여 제출하여야 함

※ 국문이력서와 국/영문 자기소개서를 하나의 파일로 통합, 파일명을 ‘미지인턴(모집분야)_지원자이름’
     으로 제출

     (예, 지원자 ‘홍길동’이 ‘가’유형에 지원할 경우 파일명을 ‘미지인턴(가)_홍길동’으로 제출)

※ 면접 시 영어 성적표(토익, 토플, 텝스) 사본 제출 

8. 참고자료

  - 미지센터 홈페이지(www.mizy.net)

  - 서울 희망누리체험단(http://gleader.mizy.net/)

  - 희망의 운동화 나눔 축제 (http://shoesofhope.or.kr/) 

9. 문의

  가) 희망의 운동화 나눔 축제 : 대외협력사업팀 최영란

02-755-1024(내선 108), hope@mizy.net

  나) 서울 희망누리 체험단 : 대외협력사업팀 이자인

02-755-1024(내선 106), jjan825@mizy.net

  다) 미지-대사관 협력사업 : 대외협력사업팀 임원진

02-755-1024(내선 102), staff847@mizy.net