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The footsteps of World Friends Korea

  • World Friends Korea
  • KOICA Volunteers/Advisors
  • IT Volunteers
  • Youth Volunteers(KUCSS)
  • Youth Volunteers(PAS)
  • Techno Peace Corps
  • Senior Experts
  • Taekwondo Peace Corps
2013
  • Hold starting ceremony of WFK on May; Integrate each volunteer programs' title; Appoint WFK mentor and Second blog writer.
2012
  • Hold starting ceremony of WFK on June; Appoint First blog writer
2011
  • Budget Integration into World Friends Korea
  • Extending World Friends Korea brand to civil sectors
2010
  • Holding starting ceremony of WFK; First dispatch of World Friends Advisor and Senior Experts
2009
  • Holding starting ceremony of World Friends Korea
2008
  • Starting pan-governmental global youth leader training program
2006
  • First dispatch of Techno Peace Corps to developing counties
2005
  • Support UNV
2004
  • First dispatch of KOICA Senior volunteers
  • Support KOICA-NGO volunteers.
2001
  • First dispatch of IT Volunteers (20countries, 175persons)
1997
  • First dispatch of Youth Volunteers
1995
  • First dispatch of International Cooperation volunteers.(14countries, 28persons)
1994
  • Lay the institutional foundation for International Cooperation volunteers
1991
  • First dispatch of KOICA volunteers(7countries, 37persons)
1990
  • First dispatch of Korean volunteers by UNESCO Korean National Committee (Asia 4countries, 44 persons)
1989
  • Korean government announced overseas volunteer program
2012
  • Sign agreements: Bolivia, Uganda
2011
  • Sign an agreement: Cameroon, Re-dispatch KOVs in Thailand
2010
  • Sign an agreement: El Salvador, First dispatch of World Friends Advisors
2009
  • Launching ‘World Friends Korea’ which is the brand of integrating Governmental Overseas volunteer programs
  • Extend dispatch scale to 1,000person per year.(Global youth leader training business)
2008
  • Starting pan-governmental global youth leader training program
  • (Dispatch plan of 20,000 overseas volunteers from 2009 to 2013)
  • Sign an agreenemt: colombia
2007
  • Sign an agreement: Costa Rica
2006
  • Extending dispatch scale and holding the first Korea Overseas Volunteer award ceremony
  • Sign agreements: Panama, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2005
  • Lifted age cap of senior volunteer program
  • Support UNV
  • Sigh agreements: East Timor, Equador, Rwanda, Ukraine
2004
  • Launching Team volunteers and Senior volunteer programs.
2003
  • Sign an agreement: Peru
2002
  • Sign an agreement : Tanzania
2001
  • Dispatch KOVs twice annually
  • Sign agreements: Guatemala, Morocco, Cambodia
2000
  • Sign an afreement : Laos
1997
  • Sign agreements : Myanmar, Paraguay, Egypt, Senegal
1996
  • Sign agreements: Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Tunisia
1995
  • First dispatch of the International Cooperation Volunteer
  • Sign agreements: Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Uzbekistan
1994
  • Lay the institutional foundation for lauching the International Cooperation Volunteer program
  • Sign an agreement: China
1993
  • Sign agreements : Thailand, Bangladesh
1992
  • Sign agreements: Nepal, Indonesia, Monglia
1990
  • First dispatch of 44 KOVs
  • Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) established
  • Sign agreements: Fiji, Sri Lanka, The Philippines,
1989
  • Dispatch of KOVs Program
2011
  • Change the program title to Korea IT Volunteer
  • Dispatch 612 Volunteers (22 countries 153 teams)
2010
  • Dispatch short-term 548 volunteers (22 countries 138 teams) and mid-term volunteers (3countries 3 teams)
2001
  • First dispatch of internet volunteer
2013
  • Dispatched World Friends Youth volunteers (13 countries, 716 persons)
  • Supported the university's self-developed overseas volunteer program (46 universities, 12 countries, 1,456 persons)
  • Public-Private Partnership Project 'Interaction and sharing' (20 persons)
2012
  • Dispatched Korean university students for overseas volunteers (13 countries, 701 persons)
  • Supported the university's self-developed overseas volunteer program (46 universities, 11 countries, 1,352 persons)
  • Conducted a social integration project for improvement of national status (100 persons)
2011
  • Dispatched Korean university students for overseas volunteers (10 countries, 719 persons)
  • Supported the university's self-developed overseas volunteer program (47 universities, 12 countries, 1,724 persons)
2010
  • Dispatched Korean university students for overseas volunteers (9 countries, 932 persons)
  • Supported the university's self-developed overseas volunteer program
  • (44 universities, 14 countries, 1,309 persons)
2009
  • Selected to lead the mid- and short-term international community service project as part of a &
  • amp;apos;project to raise 100,000 global youth leaders'
  • Dispatched Korean university students for overseas volunteers (16 countries, 910 persons)
  • Dispatched the mid-term international service volunteers (9 countries, 101 persons)
  • Supported the university's self-developed overseas volunteer program
  • (45 universities, 12 countries, 1,952 persons)
2013
  • 제17기 하계 월드프렌즈 PAS청년봉사단 145명 파견(5개국 6개 지역) 제17기 동계 월드프렌즈 PAS청년봉사단 139명 파견(4개국 5개 지역) 예정 PAS청년해외봉사단 자체팀 파견
2012
  • 제16기 하계 PAS대학생해외봉사단 131명 파견(4개국 5개 지역) 제16기 동계 PAS대학생해외봉사단 76명 파견(3개국 3개 지역) PAS청년해외봉사단 자체팀 파견
2011
  • 제15기 하계 PAS대학생해외봉사단 146명 파견(5개국 6개 지역) 제15기 동계 PAS대학생해외봉사단 115명 파견(4개국 4개 지역) PAS청년해외봉사단 자체팀 파견
2010
  • World Friends Korea 내 봉사단 사업 예산 통합 민간봉사단으로 World Friends Korea 브랜드 활용 확대 PAS청년해외봉사단 자체팀 파견
2013
  • Dispatch 8th TPC Volunteers
2012
  • Dispatch 7th TPC Volunteers
2011
  • Dispatch 6th TPC Volunteers
2009
  • Launching ‘World Friends Korea’ which is the brand of integrating Governmental Overseas volunteer programs
2013
  • Dispatched Korea Senior Experts (26 countries, 106 persons)
2012
  • Dispatched Korea Senior Experts (22 countries, 76 persons)
2011
  • Dispatched Korea Senior Experts (17 countries, 50 persons)
2010
  • 02. First dispatch of Korea Senior Experts (2 countries, 2 persons)
  • 07. Dispatched Korea Senior Experts (7 countries, 13 persons)
  • 09. Dispatched Korea Senior Experts (14 countries, 23 persons)
2009
  • Launching Korea Senior Experts Program.
2013
  • Summer Taekwondo Peace Corps (21countries 97persons)
  • Winter Taekwondo Peace Corps (26countries 122persons)
  • Mid/long-term Taekwondo Peace Corps (7countries 9persons)
  • Cultural Performance Teams (3countries 36persons)
2012
  • Summer Taekwondo Peace Corps (17countries 80persons)
  • Winter Taekwondo Peace Corps (22countries 124persons)
  • Mid/long-term Taekwondo Peace Corps (7countries 11persons)
  • Cultural Performance Teams (3countries 29persons)
2011
  • Summer Taekwondo Peace Corps (19countries 106persons)
  • Winter Taekwondo Peace Corps (22countries 102persons)
  • Mid/long-term Taekwondo Peace Corps (6countries 11persons)
  • Youth Taekwondo Peace Corps (1countries 30persons)
  • Cultural Performance Teams (3countries 24persons)
2010
  • Summer Taekwondo Peace Corps (20countries 110persons)
  • Winter Taekwondo Peace Corps (25countries 107persons)
  • Mid/long-term Taekwondo Peace Corps (7countries 16persons)
  • Youth Taekwondo Peace Corps (2countries 40persons)
  • Cultural Performance Teams (2countries 40persons)