GEEF 2019 REPORT A CALL TO ACTION: EMPOWER PEOPLE, SHARE PROSPERITY Publisher : KIM Yong-Hak Editor-in-Chief : SOHN Myongsei Managing Editor : CHUN Jee-in Photographers : YOO Jae Yoon + YI Siwoo Copyright © 2019 by Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment B107 Underwood Hall, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea E-mail:
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[email protected] http://press.yonsei.ac.kr ISBN 978-89-6850-279-8 (93060) GEEF 2019 REPORT iii ABOUT GEEF 2019 The Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF), is an annual international event, organized by the Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment (IGEE) and the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, where all stakeholders, including global leaders and experts, convene to collaborate towards accomplishing the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In its second year, GEEF 2019 presented “A Call to Action: Empower People, Share Prosperity” as its main theme and offered 16 sessions covering various topics including universal healthcare, women’s empowerment and sustainable cities. GEEF 2019 CO-HOSTS The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, based in Vienna, is co-chaired by Ban Ki-moon and former Austrian President Heinz Fischer. It focuses on empowering women Yonsei University established the Institute for Global and youth to thrive as global citizens for world peace and Engagement & Empowerment (IGEE) in 2017 in an sustainable development.