A WEB

On September 18^th 2015, A-WEB hosted the first meeting of the Friends of A-WEB Network (F.A.N) at the Korea Civic Education Institute.

F.A.N will develop into a collection of partners of A-WEB located in South Korea who are able to occasionally meet the Secretariat and share information and ideas on promotion of democracy growth. It will be made up of embassy representatives of countries from where A-WEB's members originate from (as well as countries not members but express interest in the activities of A-WEB) and partner international organizations that have offices located in Seoul.

The objective behind the Friends of AWEB network is to primarily create awareness about A-WEB and its activities to government partners and other international organizations as well as promote further cooperation in the future.

The first meeting attracted 22 attendees (Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, Philippine, Romania, South Africa, Tunisia, United States of America, Zambia) all working level representatives from foreign embassies. The Director General Mr. Aum Heung Suk gave the opening remarks where he thanked the participants for honoring the invite to attend the meeting. He went on to confirm the importance that A-WEB had placed on networking and partnership and he stated that F.A.N would create that opportunity. He asked the participants to get involved and express their interests in the activities of A-WEB through information sharing and expertise in the advancement of and promotion of democracy around the world.

Director Lee Ju-Hwan gave a presentation on A-WEB, its activities and achievements since its inception. In his presentation he also highlighted on A-WEB’s future plans and activities. He was followed in by Mr. Gathuka who made a presentation about F.A.N, its objectives and activities.    

          <All Participants in Attendance>                                    < Mr. Roderico C. Atienza First Secretary Philippines Embassy asks a question>

<Mr. Gathuka Takes the participants through  the F.A.N presentation>                <Director Lee Ju-Hwan Takes participants  through the presentation on A-WEB>

<Director General Mr. Aum Henug Suk makes  his opening remarks>      <Director General Welcomes Mr. Abiudy Mbewe First Secretary Embassy of  the  Republic of Zambia>

<Arrival and registration of participants>                                             <Mr. Mark Cunning (Embassy of the USA),   Mr. Sam Kealey (Embassy of 

                                                                                                                                                                          Australia) and  Ms. Alexandra Nichita (Embassy of Romania)>