Date: Dec. 7th 2013 Session: Plenary III: Global Peace Foundation – Making a Global Impact for Peace Speaker: Mr. Myung Soo Cho; Secretary General, International Leaders Union; Secretary General, Korea Saemal Undong Center, Republic of Korea

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The Saemaul Undong Center
Myungsoo Cho
Secretary General
2013. 12. 06.

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< ODA trends for 50yrs >
120000
USD
(millions)
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2006
( OECD.2009)
-Sub-Saharan Africa’s Share of 2008. 119759 USD (per capita): 1965~2004
- total DAC : 1960. 4676 → Global Economic Activity million (26times)
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2005
MDGs
Eradicate extreme poverty and huger
1)
( MDG-
Achieve universal primary education
( MDG-2 )
Promote gender equality and empower
women( MDG-3 )
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
( MDG-4 )
( MDG-5 )
Combat HIV/AIDS,malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
( MDG-6 )
( MDG-7 )
Develop a global partnership for development
( MDG-8 )
World Bank, 2008. World Development Indicator Database.
2015
(target)
Outlook
41
22
Impossibility
60
100
Impossibility
0.88
159
900
1
62
Impossibility
230
Impossibility
Impossibility
5.8
56
Possibility
75
50,000
Possibility
Impossibility
39,005
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◆ 1974 farm household income 〉 Urban household income
Farm Household Income
Urban household income
2,500 US＄
1970
1974
The economic planning board (1985)
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 Per capita Income
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
1961
2010
0
world Development Indicators database, 2010~2012, World Bank.
World Economic Outlook Database-October 2010, IMF.
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▶ Sae
: New, Better, Change
▶ Maul : Village, Community
▶ Undong : movement
Movement for new (better)
Community (Village)
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 Successful Economic Development (1961~1970)
- Rapid industrialization
- growing economic disparity between urban area
and rural area
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Officially announced launching of S.U.
: 1970.4.22. Mayors, Governors meeting (Busan)
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< Late President Park >
“Wi t h o u t
v ol unt a r y
i ni t i a t i v e of
pe opl e , y our
c a nnot
c o mmu n i t y
s t a nd on y our
f e e t . I f
r e l i a nt
v i l l a ge
o wn
y ou ha v e s e l f -
s p i r i t , y o u wi l l
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 Government handed out
: 330 packs of cement to every village
 Asked village people
: select community leaders (man, woman)
: discuss and decide what to do, how
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Saemaul Undong
< diligence, self-help, cooperation >
Saemaul Training
- All government employees (Central, Local)
- Saemaul Leaders, opinion leaders
Later, leaders of private sector
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Saemaul Undong
 Do not ask what to do
Decision making → community
 Government just supports
- material (cement, iron cores)
- technical support
- financial support
- administrative support
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improve community infrastructure
enhance community economy
livestock (cow, pigs, chicken, etc.)
crops yielding high income
improving farm-land productivity
new farming machines and appliances
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Typical structure
Loan
50%
Subsid
y
30%
Selfsupport
20%
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“We can do it”
Do not wait until government to come
We can plan, manage, and develop our community
Community start asking Gov’t to support
Gov’t focusing on
incentive, competition, expansion
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• Cultivators (power tillers) 0.5 per village (70)→ 26(86)
• Cement 2100 packs per village, 2.6m/t of ironcores→
annually US＄ 2000 per village(71~78)
• Village road total 85,851km, 2,601m per village(71~75)
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• Electricity
• High-yielding rice planting20%(70) → 98%(77)
16% (72) → 55% (77)
※ rice 3.34m/t → 4.94m/t
• Farm household income
US＄824(70)→2,961(77)
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Education
Change of
Mindset
Community
Ownership
Governmen
t
Support
Incentives
competition
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Saemaul Undong
Community Empowerment strategy
Autonomous
decision
making
Share
Voluntary
Participation
financial
burden
 What to do
 How to do
up to community
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Change of mindset
Can-do
Spirit
Diligence
Self-help
Cooperatio
n
Will to
Fight
Poverty
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Mongol
Laos
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Uganda
Tanzania
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Global Saemaul Undong
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