Gyeonggi-do Calls for Private Project Operators for 2025 Peaceful Unification Education Subsidy Program

Gyeonggi-do Style Peaceful Unification Education Program Promotion...Nation's Largest Scale
Private Sector Public Contest Applications Open for 8 Projects Until the 31st

Gyeonggi Province has decided to promote the ‘2025 Peaceful Unification Education’ to enhance awareness of peaceful unification and expand consensus on peaceful unification, and is inviting private sector participants to oversee the project. The application period is from the 8th to the 31st.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government Building. Provided by Gyeonggi Province

‘Peaceful Unification Education’ aims to cultivate future unification generations and foster a community consensus on unification. It will be implemented using a total of 930 million KRW from the Gyeonggi Province Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Fund.

The public offering project is divided into a total of eight sectors. Four projects, including ▲Peaceful Unification Education Private Sector Public Offering Project ▲Peaceful Unification Education Council Support Project ▲Gyeonggi Youth Peaceful Unification Core Leader Training Project ▲Gyeonggi Youth Korean Peninsula Peace Camp Operation Project, which were promoted last year, will continue this year as well.

Subsidized project operators will conduct communication and experiential education such as peaceful unification education for residents through innovative ideas, capacity building for peaceful unification education personnel, discussion sessions for Gyeonggi youth, camps, and overseas peaceful unification field education.

Additionally, four new projects to be promoted this year?▲Production of Gyeonggi Province Peaceful Unification Travel Guide ▲Peaceful Unification Education Using Culture and Arts ▲Gyeonggi Province Peaceful Unification Education Expert Course ▲Support for Gyeonggi Province Peaceful Unification Clubs?are included in the ‘Gyeonggi Province Peaceful Unification Education Five-Year Basic Plan (2025?2029).’

In the new projects, activities will include developing Gyeonggi-style peaceful unification education textbooks, education using talk concerts and performances such as plays, training for peaceful unification professional educators, and support for peaceful unification club activities such as local-level field experiences and essay writing.

Gyeonggi Province plans to introduce creative ideas from the private sector through this project and operate a variety of unification education programs led and participated in by private resources.

Eligibility for application requires that, as of the announcement date, January 8, 2025, applicants must be nonprofit private organizations, nonprofit corporations, or universities located within the province (eligibility and conditions vary by project). Applications will be accepted until the 31st, after which a selection review committee composed of experts and the Gyeonggi Province Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Committee will review and finalize the project operators in March.

Applications must be submitted through the Local Subsidy Management System (Botaem e); postal or in-person submissions are not accepted. Detailed information about the project call can be found on the Gyeonggi Provincial Government website (News - Announcements?Legislative Notice - Notices & Announcements) or by searching for public offering projects on the Local Subsidy Management System (Botaem e), or by contacting the Peace Foundation Formation Division.

Jeon Cheol, Director of the Gyeonggi Province Peace Foundation Formation Division, stated, “We expect the peaceful unification education project to greatly contribute to spreading unification awareness among residents, including youth,” and added, “We will continue to play a leading role in peaceful unification education and further strengthen the cooperation system among the public, private, and academic sectors.”

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