History
Year Month
2007 May Held an inaugural meeting and ceremony of EWB
Got approval of establishing the nonprofit organization from the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Launched the “Enlighten World Children (EWC)” project
June Registered the establishment of a nonprofit organization at the Kwan-Ak Register Office in Seoul, Korea
Sep Opened the Young-San branch of EWB
Distinguished Scholar Lectures with Prof. C. Torres, UCLA, Dr. Eun-pyo Hong, OECD, Dr. Jeoung-Keun Lee, ADB
Oct Chairing International Conference on Education Research (ICER) special session
International Academic Lectures with Dr. Ji Soon Chang
Dec Signed an MOU with the GHS in Nepal
2008 March Held the 1st Colloquium “Globalization of Educational Development Experience in Korea”
April Got approval for making alterations to the memorandum (Legal obligation of public announcement)
Held the 2nd Colloquium “Secondary Education Curriculum Development Assistance Project in Laos”
May Held the EWB General Assembly
Held the 3rd Colloquium “Issues and Prospect in Educational ODA”
August EWB Youth Camp 200
Oct Held the 4th Colloquium “International Lifelong Education and Educational Development”
2009 Jan Opened the Indonesian branch of EWB
Feb Co-organized the National Assembly Panel Discussion “Educational ODA; Is It OK To Leave It As It Is?”
March Signed an MOU with the Center for Global Education Development Cooperation in the College of Education, Seoul National University, Korea
Signed an MOU with the Ilga Foundation
Opened the Gwanak branch of EWB
Launched the GAPA in Burkina Faso project
Held the 5th Colloquium “Educational Development Program in Africa”
April Feasibility study in Afghanistan project selected by KOICA (~November)
May Held the EWB General Assembly
June Held the 6th Colloquium “Aids Prevention in Africa and Education”
EWB Youth Camp 2009 (selected for KOICA’s advocacy program)
Sep The 1st International Conference “The life, philosophy and global poverty eradication movement of Ilga”
Held the 7th Colloquium “The Reality of Education in Afghanistan”
Held the 8th Colloquium “Field Experience in Africa and Afghanistan”
Oct Held the 9th Conference “Educational Development in Peru”
Nov Held the 10th Conference “Reality of African Education”
Hosted a marathon event for educational development in Africa
2010 Jan The 2nd International Conference “International Symposium on Global Partnership for Education Development in Africa”
March Became a member of the KCOC (Korea NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation)
April GAPA in Burkina Faso project selected for KOICA private sector assistance project
July EWB Youth Camp 2010
Oct The 3rd International Conference “International Symposium on Global Education Development & Cooperation”
“A Feasibility Study of Education Development Cooperation for expanding basic education in Kenya” research project selected and funded by KEDI
2011 Jan Dispatched the first field coordinator to Burkina Faso
Feb Published 2010 annual report
April Joined the KCOC
Conducted the first monitoring on the GAPA in Burkina Faso project
Launched the EWB Seasonal Newsletter "Global Educator"
“A Study of African Higher Education for Korean ODA, focusing on Uganda and Rwanda” research project selected and funded by KEDI
Aug Conducted feasibility study for Education for Poverty Eradication in Indonesia
Sep Launched the Sae-A-EWB feasibility study for model school project in Haiti
Co-conducted peer review for education leadership capability building project in African countries with ADEA (funded by UNDP)
Oct Co-hosted the 12th International Conference on Education Research and International Educational Development Forum
Published the 1st EWB bimonthly journal
Dec Established the Central College of Consultants(CCC)
2012 Jan Published “Global Educator”
EWB Young Educators Camp
Feb Co-hosted ADEA Triennale 2012, Korea-Africa Day
Co-CEO Knighted by the President of Burkina Faso
Published an annual report
Mar Published EWB journal
June 2012 EWB International Conference on Gender Equity in Education
: Achievements and Challenges
Signed an MOU with FAWE and Ewha Womans University
Oct Hosted the International Conference on Education Research
GAPA project selected to be supported for continuous3 years (2013~2015)
2013 Jan Conducted a cooperation business between Seoul National University and Kenyatta University for Kenyan teacher capacity building
Feb Signed a MOU with Burkina Faso and the Ministry of Education and Basic Literacy
Published an annual report
Established brunches in Gang won, Busan and Kenya.
2014 Feb Published an annual report
April CEO Ki-Seok KIM nominated as an honorary consul
May Board of EWB
Held the International Conference ‘The Reinventing Ilga’s Bokmin Movement: poverty Reduction in Asia&Africa'
July Held the EWB teacher training ‘ The Theory and Practice of International Education Development Cooperation’
September The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize
2015 Feb Published an annual report
March Established branche in USA
2016 Feb Signed an MOU with Africa Motors