The World Civic Youth Forum (WCYF) is an intellectual and cultural global event where college youth gather from around the world to share and discuss the global issues of common concern and search for the solutions. The WCYF is held as part of, concurrently with, the World Civic Forum jointly initiated by Kyung Hee University and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). The biennial WCYF will be launched at the Global Campus of Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea on May 5-8,2009.