The MIZY Center (also known as the Seoul Youth Culture Exchange Center) is a non-profit public organization established in May 2000. It is operated by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO. It supports youth in Seoul to become global citizens by providing a variety of cultural understanding and international exchange programs of the multicultural era.
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History
The Mizy Center launched its first website in the year of 2001. In the year of 2002, this organization renewed its contract for the upcoming years of 2003 through 2005. The organization then renewed its contract again in 2005 for the years of 2006 through 2008. In the year of 2006, this organization relocated its center.
About
The Mizy Center provides exchange programs for the youth to support the citizens on a global scale. This center also includes four meeting rooms and an internet cafe. The organization states that they accept teenagers of all ethnicities and Koreans as long as they are above the age of ten. The Mizy Center includes the Mizy Cafe, and it is a multi-cultural place where the visitors can search magazines, periodicals, and publications on various cultures. Visitors also have the ability to go on the internet, watch movies, listen to music, and play board games. Mizy is an acronym for the Myung-dong Info Zone of Youth. There is also a performing arts center. The organization strives to reduce the gap between cultures and for there to be a better understanding among various cultures and people.