The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will cultivate high-level talent to lead 'K-Sports Diplomacy'...Recruitment of trainees by the 30th

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwi-young) will establish a "Global Sports Leadership Course" with the National Sports Promotion Foundation (Chairman Ha Hyung-joo) to train high-level human resources in the international sports sector as an annual minority. To this end, the 'first new trainees' will be recruited from April 8 to 30.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) prepared a new project to compensate for the influence of the international sports community, which has been evaluated as relatively lacking compared to its status as a 'player powerhouse'. We plan to strategically foster high-level talents in the international sports field at an important time when Won Yoon-jong was recently elected as an athlete member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)," he said.

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies was finally selected as the project implementation institution through a public offering. As this course aims to cultivate high-ranking officials from the IOC, the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and various International Federation of Games (IFs), it is expected to have a synergistic effect with existing projects focusing on entering international organizations.

The curriculum consists of four stages of basic-professional-application-return curriculum and overseas training, and will be systematically operated for a total of six months starting in June this year. The basic stage (June) provides education to understand the "Olympic Movement" and international sports values, and the professional stage (June-November) provides in-depth education on sports organizations, sports industries, international competitions, and overall sports administration such as artificial intelligence (AI) and technology. In the application stage, the field application capacity is strengthened through task performance and mock meeting practice related to current issues of international sports organizations, and in the feedback stage, the educational effect is maximized through final evaluation and individual career design.

Overseas training in Lausanne, Switzerland, the center of international sports, is a key program of this course. Trainees will visit IOC headquarters, major international competition federations such as FIBA, International Archery Association (WA), and the International Graduate School of Sports Science and Technology (AIST), a world-class sports education institution. Through this, we get an opportunity to carry out joint tasks with each institution, interact with high-level officials, and strengthen our expertise in international sports.

It also gives support to strengthen its foreign language capabilities. It operates intensive English training and second language (French) courses by level and introduces practical-oriented curriculum such as mock international meetings, policy presentations, and reports to increase field utilization. It will also provide one-on-one monthly instructional opportunities with foreign faculty to enhance the effectiveness of education. All foreign language courses are run through the Foreign Language Training Institute of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

The recruitment of the "first new trainees" targets sports administrators and athletes, international judges, and government and corporate officials who aim to advance to high-ranking positions in international sports organizations, and uses sports-related careers and job suitability as evaluation factors. In particular, considering that about 40% of IOC members are former Olympians (Olympic participants), athletes are actively favored by providing full education expenses to Olympic and World Championships winners and half of education expenses to Asian Games winners. Applicants can submit applications and self-introduction letters together through the official website (globalsportleadership.kr ) from April 8 to 30. The final successful applicants will participate in the curriculum starting with the entrance ceremony on June 1.

Amid the growing performance of Korean athletes on the international stage, it is necessary to have corresponding sports diplomacy capabilities, said a policy official at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. "With this process, we will systematically foster talented people who can make practical decisions at international sports organizations and continue to produce international sports leaders such as the second and third athlete Won Yoon-jong."

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