UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)’s Asia-Pacific Center will open at Yonsei’s international campus in the coming June. On December 24, 2009, University President Kim Han-joong signed MOU on establishing UNDESA’s Asia-Pacific Center with Lee Maan-ee, Minister of Environment, and Ahn Sang-su, the Mayor of Incheon. The center will guide and support under-developed countries in the Asia-Pacific region by planning and sustaining policies that correspond to UN’s strategy of sustainable development. Assessing Korea’s policies on sustainable development to be positive, UNDESA first proposed to set up the center in Korea in 2007. Since then, Korean government was looking for a local government and an educational institution that have the capability of co-running the center. Yonsei and Incheon city were selected. The center will develop green growth policies in different sectors as well as cooperation programs for countries in Asia-Pacific region to carry out the policies. It will also educated groups of specialists who will take charge of the programs and policies. Moreover, the center will develop and manage education and training programs for different groups. The Ministry of Environment and Incheon city provide administrative and financial support, while Yonsei is responsible for planning and management of research and education programs, and education of specialists.