Summary

Established in 2010, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in South Korea (CIFAL Jeju) was established to build regional and local governments capacities for green growth and human security through an annual series of specialised workshops. Based in South Korea’s southern most territory, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, which has been designated as the “Island of World Peace” by the Korean government in 2005, CIFAL Jeju shares South Korea’s expertise in green growth and human security, to exchange knowledge and good practices and to strengthen City-to-City Cooperation (C2C) in the region.

Scope: Asia-Pacific

Thematic Areas:

  • Urban Governance and Planning
  • Economic Development
  • Social Inclusion
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Capacity for Agenda 2030

Topics:

  • Sustainable Waste Management
  • Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Migration/Human Trafficking
  • Youth Leadership
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • Green City Planning
  • Green Technology Transfer

CIFAL Jeju Director

Ambassador Sung Chul SHIN
Ambassador Sung Chul SHIN

Ambassador Sung Chul SHIN

Ambassador Sung-Chul SHIN received a Bachelor's degree in German Language and Literature from Seoul National University in 1985. He pursued further studies in Political Science at the University of Mainz, Germany (1995), and in Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (1996).

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of Korea in 1991. From 1998 to 2001, he was posted to the Korean Embassy in Germany.

He subsequently served at the Korean Consulate General in Qingdao, China (2001–2003), and as Counsellor at the Embassies in Hungary (2005–2008) and Thailand (2010–2013). He later returned to the Embassy in Germany, where he continued his service until 2015.

In 2016, he worked at the National Human Resources Development Institute as a Senior Foreign Service Official. From 2018 to 2020, he was Consul-General in Hamburg, and from 2021 to 2023, he served as Ambassador to Turkmenistan.

Ambassador Sung-Chul SHIN is currently the 7th Director of UNITAR CIFAL Jeju / Jeju International Training Centre (JITC).

Contact information

CIFAL Jeju
UNITAR

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