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MIZY Center is another name for ‘the Seoul Youth Cultural Exchange Center,’ and the ‘MIZY(미지)’ has a meaning of undiscovered world. MIZY Center is the meeting point of youth cultures and activities. It was first opened in May 2000 to promote the understanding of different cultures and is currently operated by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO under the auspices of the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

MIZY has 4 different meeting rooms and café. The youth aged between nine and twenty four can use meeting rooms for free, and reservation can be made by online or visit. MIZY Café opens from 1 pm to 9 pm and provides comfortable resting areas for the youth with books, magazines, computers, free internet, DVDs, CDs and board games.

Also, the MIZY Center provides a variety of cultural understanding and international exchange programs for the youth, and these programs are divided to Multicultural Educational Programs and External Relations Programs.

Multicultural Educational Programs aims to strengthen the understanding of different cultures through art, music and world cultural heritages, and other cultural activities. Multicultural Educational Programs are Integrated Education of World Cultural Heritage, Collaborative Contemporary Art Project- Standing by OOO, International Video Conference, Youth Delegation to International Conferences, International Activities Clubs Support, Intercultural Sensitivity Measurement and Consulting, Seoul Sister City Youth Project, Creative Arts Education Project, Pangaea Project- Making Friends through Cyberspace, workshop for Workshop for Youth Workers on International exchange.

External Relations Programs train Korean youth to become global citizens with other organizations, including foreign embassies, international offices of universities, international NGOs and the programs are Global Youth Leadership Training Program, HOPE Project, International Exchange Programing Camp for Youth Planners- Creative Leaders in Seoul, Lecture Series on International Activities, MIZY & Embassy, ASEAN Cultural Exchange Project, Creative Cities Exploration, Korea-Turkey Exchange Project, UNGO International Activities Fair, City Design Exchange Project.

You can receive emails and learn about MIZY’s programs by joining the member of MIZY. Visit MIZY’s website (http://www.mizy.net/eng).