UNESCO Korea holds workshop for 9 countries under education aid program

The Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) is hosting a three-day workshop at UNESCO House in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, from Thursday. The event gathers field workers from nine countries participating in the BRIDGE Programme, a long-standing international education development cooperation project. Countries represented include Timor-Leste, Laos, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, and Zambia.

Organized by KNCU with backing from the Ministry of Education, the 2026 BRIDGE Workshop aims to address literacy, basic education, and vocational training for out-of-school children, youth, and illiterate adults in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. These efforts align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for quality education.

Diverging from traditional lecture-style sessions, the workshop adopts an "action over theory" methodology. Participants engage in peer-to-peer discussions centered on real-world challenges encountered in their respective work, such as project governance, stakeholder communication, data management, and conflict resolution. Jeong Il-seon, head of the Tanzanian delegation, leads the proceedings.