On Sept. 18, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) and Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of PATA promoted the SDGs Ball to the Mayor of Busan, Mr. Oh Keo-don.

​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) organized a meeting on Seoul, Korea between Mrs. Mi-kyung Lee, Mrs. Mi-kyung Lee, President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of Pacific Asia Travel Association.

​On September 18, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) and Dr. Mario Hardi, CEO of the Pacifica Asia Travel Association, had a meeting with the Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Mr. Won Hee-ryong, and took this opportunity to introduce the SDGs Ball as powerful awareness-raising tool.

On September 18, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF), and Dr. Mario Hardi, CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, had a meeting with the Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Mr. Won Hee-ryong, and took this opportunity to introduce the SDGs Ball as powerful awareness-raising tool.

​At the initiative of Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF), a meeting was organized between Princess Dana is the wife of Prince Firas bin Raad of Jordan, and Mrs. Mi-kyung Lee, President of KOICA.
Princess Dana Firas is the Chairperson of Petra National Trust, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the World Heritage Site of Petra.

​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) organized a commemoratory tour to Andong city with
Dr. Irina Bokova, former Director General of UNESCO.
The tour was hosted by the Mayor of Andong City, Mr. Kweon Young-sae, as well as the President of the City Council, Mr. Chung, and the Head of Andong Ariculture Cooperative, Mr. Kwon.

Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) attended the PATA Youth Symposium, hosted in Langkawi, Malaysia, on September 12, 2018, under the theme “Inspiring Tourism. Leaders of Tomorrow”.
Amb. DHO was appointed Special Advisor of PATA at the PATA Annual Summit in Gangneung, Korea, in May 2018.

​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) had a meting at the Royal Norwegian embassy in Seoul, during which introduced the SDGs Balls.
Amb. Dho has been supporting the efforts of the Co-Chair of the UN SDGs Advocacy Group, Norwegian Prime Minister
Erna Solberg, in promoting the UN SDGs ball as a powerful awareness-raising tool.
Ambassador Frode Solberg presented his credentials on 25 July 2018.

​In preparation of the upcoming visit in Korea of HRH Princess Dana Firas, wife of HRH Prince Firas bin Raad of Jordan,  Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) had a meeting on with H.E. Dr. Adel Adaileh, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Republic of Korea.
Princess Dana Firas has been UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador since June 2017, and is the President of the Petra National Trust and the Chair of the Board of the Petra National Foundation  since 2008.

​Amb. Dho Young-shim, UN SDGs Advocate and Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation (ICF) had a meeting on August 17th, 2018 with the President and CEO of the Korea Tourism Organization, Mr. Ahn Young-bae.
Together, they discussed about the evolution in inbound and outbound tourism as well as tourism governance in Korea over the past recent years.