Pukyong National University

The UN FAO has been active in establishing the World Fisheries University of PKNU.
FAO and MOF signed a pilot project agreement...PKNU is in the process of operating the 3rd semester master's course.

△  FAO and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the participants of the signing ceremony, are taking a commemorative photo. The third on the right is the PKNU president Kim Young-seup.

"I am grateful to the Korean government for planning this great program and proposing to FAO."

This comment was made on May 14 by the Secretary General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, Jose Graciao da Silva, while encouraging the efforts of Pukyong National University (President Kim Young-seup) to establish the World Fisheries University (WFU).

Secretary General Silva flew from Rome, Italy, where the FAO Secretariat is located, to South Korea, signed the agreement for the joint pilot project of the World Fisheries University at the 9th floor of the Global Center, Jongno-gu, Seoul, with Moon Seong-hyeok, Minister of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) and agreed to operate.

FAO, which has been watching the pilot project that has been going on since 2017 by our side (Government, Busan, and PKNU), has been walking along with us to try a pilot project this time. The establishment of Pukyong National University, the world's first fisheries university, has finally come to a close.

Silva, FAO Secretary General, Moon Seong-hyeok, the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, Kim Young-seup, President of Pukyong National University, and Yoo Jae-soo, Minister of Economic Affairs of Busan have attended the signing ceremony.

Earlier, the FAO Secretariat and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) established the FAO Korea Cooperation Liaison Office on the 8th floor of the Global Center and held an opening ceremony. This is the first time the FAO Cooperation Liaison Office has been established in Asia.

This office is responsible for liaison between Korea and FAO, securing resources for food security and poverty eradication, and expanding cooperation. This cooperation liaison office is FAO's window for establishing 'FAO World Fisheries University'.

In particular, FAO and the Korean government have formed a steering committee to discuss the establishment of a university fisheries university pilot project and a university. The committee will consist of three members from FAO, Vice Mayor of Busan, Vice-president of Pukyong National University, and Policy Director of Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.
 
The committee meets every six months to coordinate the details of pilot projects such as education matters, administrative and financial affairs and the opening of the World Fisheries University.

The joint pilot project with FAO, which will be held for the first time, will be held for three semesters from the beginning of the next semester to the master's course in fisheries science, fisheries resource management and fisheries social science.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF), Busan City and Pukyong National University established Pukyong National University Fisheries Graduate School (Dean Lee Sang-go) as the first pilot project in 2017 to establish the World Fisheries University, an international organization under FAO in Pukyong National University. ', which has produced 44 trainees in last February.


△ Participants at the graduation ceremony of Pukyong National University Fisheries Graduate School held in February, are taking a group photo shoot.

Jose Graciano da Silva, FAO Secretary General, said, "The establishment of an international organization (World Fisheries University) that will help the development of the country by transferring fisheries technology to developing countries is our first path. So far, no international organization has ever run such a program. Thank you for planning and proposing this great program in Korea."

"It is very meaningful that the FAO and the Korean government signed a project to establish the World Fisheries University with FAO." said Lee Sang-go, the dean of Pukyong National University Fisheries Graduate School. The FAO's final approval of the establishment will be the 42nd FAO General Assembly, which will be held from June to July 2021." <Pukyong Today>