‘2012 UNESCO Education for International Understanding Forum’was held from 13 to 15 in November at Amoris Convention Hall, Seoul Times Square under the theme of ‘The World of Work Toward Living Together’. The forum was organized by APCEIU and sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and Intel. For this year’s international forum, APCEIU invited the 9 exemplary leaders from Social Enterprises, NGOs and NPOs from Afghanistan, Australia, Japan, India, Iran, Korea and Vietnam to introduce the various changes and social issues occurring in the region and examine their invaluable work toward the common good from the educational perspective. Starting with the congratulatory remarks by Professor Choe Jae-Chun (Ewha Womans University), the keynote addresses were delivered by Professor Han Kyung-Koo (Seoul National University) and Dr. Sakena Yacoobi (Founding Executive Director, Afghan Learning Institute). Also, Park Yong-June (Editor in Chief, INDIGO, Korea), Choi Young-Hwan (CEO, Mtree, Korea), Masa Kogure (Executive Director, Table for Two, Japan), Arron Wood (Founder & Managing Director, Firestarter, Australia), Mohammad Ahyaee (Coordinator, Ariya Institute, Iran),
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The Scientific and Cultural event on ‘From Frost to Desert Heat’ Every year, International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated on 22 May to show the world the importance and value of Biological Diversity; also, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is on 21 May. Both biological diversity and cultural diversity are mutually reinforcing and mutually dependent. The scientific and cultural event, on the occasion of two above mentioned international days, is organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden in Tehran The main theme of this event is in commemoration of the scientific work of Sven Hedin and celebrating and drawing attention to his personality. The key note speakers of this event are Mr. Siavash Safarianpour, representative of Star Peace Project, Mr.Eric Salmgren von Schantz, representative of the Embassy of Sweden in Tehran, Dr. Mohammad Ahyaee, representative of Iranshahr, (Iran's Cultural and Natural Heritage Devotee Organization), Mr. Jafar Sabouri, Dr. Razieh Lak and Mr. Alireza Salehipour, representatives of Geological Survey of Iran and Mr. Hamidreza Mahmoudi representative of the National Committee of IBC in Iran.
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