Pukyong National University

'The first step' of World fisheries graduate school
- Opening ceremony at PKNU on September 7 ... attended by IMO (International Maritime Organization) Secretary General, Lim Ki-taek

△ Students participating in the project in front of the university headquarters. Photos ⓒ Lee Sung-jae (PR team)

 Young people from around the world learn the ocean from PKNU in Korea. The pilot project of the Graduate School of Fisheries Graduate School of the Master's program for strengthening the capacity of the fisheries field in developing countries has started in earnest.

 The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Busan and PKNU will hold a "World Fisheries Graduate School demonstration project opening ceremony" at PKNU, which is being promoted to PKNU as an international organization under the UN FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization).

 Kang Jun-seok, Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Seo Byung-soo, Mayor of Busan, Kim Young-seup, President of PKNU, Kim Jung-hoon, Member of Parliament, Baek Jong-heon, Chairman of the Busan City Council, and from abroad Lim ki-taek, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) , Chairman of FAO G77 + China Elias Eljuri Abraham, Yacoubou Bio-Sawe, the Secretary General of the West African Development Bank, as well as international organizations such as FAO member countries' developing countries and 200 of FAO member countries have attended the event on the day.

 The students participating in the demonstration project are 30 people from 17 developing countries among the FAO member countries, and they were selected through the competition rate of 4.3: 1 last month. The 17 countries are Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Uganda, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Haiti and Peru.

 Each 10 people are placed in three majors including the △aquaculture technology, △fisheries resource management, and △fisheries social science for 18 months from comming February 11 to February 2019. After receiving the pre-education training, they receive a master's degree. The 15 additional candidates in this year will be trained in the training of fisheries leaders, such as fisheries, aquaculture, and processing.

 Anley Teferra Kiddane (31yrs, nurse) from Ethiopia who participated in the demonstration project, said, "I applied to learn fisheries technology to help eliminate starvation and malnutrition."

 Kim Young-seup, president of PKNU said, "We will do our best to cultivate fisheries leaders who will lead the development of developing countries through the demonstration project of the World Fisheries Graduate School through our experience of economic development based on fisheries technology."

 Also, Seo Byung-soo, Mayor of Busan said, "The World Fisheries University will be officially opened and we will actively cooperate to become the best example leading the development of the global fisheries industry by cultivating world leader in the fishery field."

 Kang Jun-seok, deputy minister of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said, "The goal of the World Fisheries University is to play a leading role in the economic growth of developing countries by strengthening capacity through fisheries education. We will continue to pursue various policies including financial support for the operation of the university."

 IMO Secretary General Lim Ki-taek said, "The World Maritime University, founded by IMO, has contributed to the development of the world maritime industry by producing more than 4,000 graduates. Graduates from the World Fisheries University will also play a leading role in the global fisheries development. I look forward to it. "

 Elias Eljuri Abraham of FAO G77 + China said  "It is natural that the World Fisheries University demonstration project for the poverty reduction and economic development of developing countries will begin in Korea, which has achieved rapid economic growth based on fisheries. I hope that it will bring a lot of benefits to the world through the development of fisheries technology and the cultivation of human resources. "

 Meanwhile, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs aims to report the results of the demonstration project at the 41st FAO General Meeting in July 2019 and final approval of the establishment of the World Fisheries University. <Pukyong Today>


△ President Kim Young-seup and others are moving to luncheon.

△ President Kim Young-seup is offering a toast at a luncheon held at the Global Lounge on the 1st floor of the Dongwon Jangbogo building.

△ Participants are holding opening ceremony and taking a commemorative photo. (From the left side of a person wearing white gloves, Lee Sang-go, WFU Director, Mr. Moses Maurihungirire, Deputy Minister of Namibia, Secretary General Andrew WRIGHT CCAMLR, Kim Jung Hoon, Member of Parliament, IMO General Secretary Lim Ki-taek, Kang Jun-seok, the Vice Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Seo Byung-soo, Busan Mayor, Kim Young-seup, president of PKNU,  Baek Jong-heon, Chairman of the Busan City Council Elias Eljuri Abraham of FAO G77 + China, Trond Bjorndal FAO Consultant, Student Representative of KHAN MAKIDUL ISLAM).

△ Opening ceremony on the 2nd floor of the university headquarters.

△ The appearance of attendees at opening ceremony.

△ The foreigners who are greeting. From left to right, President Kim Young-seup, Seo Byung-soo Busan Mayor, Kang Jun-seok, the Vice Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, from bottom left Secretary General Lim Ki-taek, National Assemblyman Kim Jung-hoon, Elias Eljuri Abraham, Chairperson of FAO G77 +China

△ Students participating in the demonstration project and participants in the opening ceremony have taken a group photo shoot.

△ President Kim Young-seup and others with the participants of the project are taking a commemorative photo after giving a certificate of scholarship to the participants.