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 Delivering Love to the Underprivileged
 
In order to contribute to an improvement of the living conditions of the poor whose financial stability has worsened due to the economic downturn, The Europe-Korea Foundation organized a charity event ¡®Delivering love to the Underprivileged¡¯ in association with Seoul Food Bank, a donated food distribution channel of Seoul Metropolitan Goverment, on Saturday, December 12th, 2009 at Gui Park in Gwangjin District.
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 2009 international Youth Football Tournament
 
The Europe-Korea Foundation held the 2009 International Youth Football Tournament, sponsored mainly by ING Bank and Seoul Global Center, on Saturday, October 17th, 2009 at the Grand Children¡¯s Center in Seoul. It first started in 2005 with the intention of promoting friendships and understandings among children with different backgrounds through the means of sports and fair play.
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 EKF¡¯s efforts on spreading the notion of fair trade
 
EKF held its first International Fair Trade Seminar, sponsored by Korean International Cooperation Agency(KOICA), on September 22nd, 2009 at Kukdo Hotel. The seminar is intended to raise awarness about Fairtrade in Korea, and many people from various sectors attended.
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 2009 International Youth Football Tournament
 
Following the success of the 2005 and 2008 editions, EKF is planning to organize the 3rd International Youth Football Tournament 2009 in Seoul. During the tournament several teams of children (including a team from SOS Children Village, and teams from international schools in Seoul) will be facing each other. The tournament will be held in October.
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 Fair Trade
 
Fair Trade is an emerging approach of supporting small producers from developing countries through trade. As per the official definition: ¡°Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers – especially in the South. Fair Trade Organizations, backed by consumers, are engaged actively in supporting producers, awareness raising and in campaigning for changes in the rules and practice of conventional international trade. ¡± The Fair Trade movement advocates the payment of a fair price as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries.
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 2009 Seoul Traditional Artist Awards
 
¡®2009 Seoul Traditional Artist Awards,¡¯ aiming to preserve and develop Korean traditional culture, was successfully ended. Following the great success of 2007 and 2008 editions, this year¡¯s 3rd edition could not have done without the support from the Europe-Korea Foundation, HSBC Korea, Boehringer-Ingelheim Korea and Seoul Metropolitan City. This year, HSBC Korea sponsored six Intangible Cultural Assets, and Boehringer-Ingelheim Korea supported one Intangible Cultural Asset through ¡°One Company- One Artist¡± sponsorship program.
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 EKF Bazaar
 
On 4th of May, EKF with the sponsorship of 11 foreign (mostly Europeans) and domestic companies successfully organized a bazaar during the Children¡¯s Day festival in Ganghwa. This bazaar was an event to help the poor in Gangwha, which is 1.5 hours drive from Seoul. With the support of many corporate sponsors, tables were full of products, food, clothes etc., and the park was filled with compassion, love, laughter and the bargaining sounds. Many children who were participating in a drawing contest for Children¡¯s day event were happy to join this bazaar with their parents and ran around with the joy of various flavored ice cream and LEGO toys.
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 EKF Organizes its First Global Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility
 
The Europe-Korea Foundation, in cooperation with the PR & Marketing Committee of EUCCK, organized on the 17th of February 2009 its first seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility. The topic of the forum was ¡°CSR in Times of Economic Crisis¡±. Today, the on-going economic crisis and budget cuts have an important impact on the corporate social activities of companies operating in Korea. In order to debate these new challenges and share their views, EKF invited executives from leading European and Korean companies, along with speakers from the academic field, communication sector and civil society.
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 Jubilee¡¯s Valentine Day¡¯s Event ¡°Find Charlie¡±
 

On Feburary 14th, The Europe –Korea Foundation joined to support a special Valentine¡¯s Day event, ¡°Find Charlie!,¡± organized by Jubilee (JF&B Co. Ltd), a leading manufacturer of premium hand-made chocolate.

 

The main concept of the event, ¡°Find Charlie,¡± was based on the story of ¡°Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,¡± a children¡¯s book adapted into a movie ¡°Charlie and the Chocolate factory in 2005¡± by the famous director, Tim Burton.

 

The theme of the event was coming from the part that the secretive owner of the greatest chocolate factory Mr. Willy Wonka announced to open the doors and show all of the secret producing process of his factory to five lucky children and their parents who find the hidden five golden tickets beneath the wrappers of his famous chocolate bars. Charlie Bucket, a poor but virtuous boy, buys one chocolate bar and within the wrapping finds the fifth golden ticket.

 

Jubilee Chocolate buyers had chances to win the hidden ¡°Tickets¡± beneath the wrappers of praline chocolate boxes like in the movie, during the ¡°Find Charlie¡± event period.

 

The final drawing event was held in the part of ¡°the Chocolate of Jeong Eun Kim¡±, a famous SBS music talk show. The SBS Recording Hall was filled with young couples who wanted the Valentine¡¯s Day¡¯s luck to fall on them so that they would win the prize of the ¡°Find Charlie¡± and fly to Europe to visit a chocolate factory.

 

Mr. Baudouin de HEMPTINNE, the Head of Trade and Investment at the Embassy of Belgium kindly came out on the stage for drawing and gave a congratulatory remark to the winner. Also, Mr. Joseph Kim, Managing Director of JF&B Co. Ltd, presented plaque of charity donation to EKF.

 

This event was sponsored by many prestigious organizations - the Europe-Korea Foundation, the Embassy of Belgium, the Embassy of France, the French Cultural Center, and the European Union of Chamber in Korea. It was very impressive to see how this project completed with a tremendous attention and success.