Global Disease Eradication Fund

Global Disease Eradication Fund charges 1,000 KRW for each international flight ticket departing from Korea, for supporting prevention and eradication of diseases in developing countries.

Overview

Global Disease Eradication Fund is based on the Air-ticket solidarity levy system and 1,000 KRW is charged for every international flight ticket departing from Korea. It is used for prevention and eradication of infectious diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa and also for maternal and child health projects.

Business promotion procedure

Leving·Collecing
Managing·Operation

Passengers of
International Flights

Paying 1,000won (KRW) at the time of
purchasing international flight ticket

Airlines

Monthly transfer of the
levied amount of the fund

Korea Ariport Corporation,
Incheon Airport Corporation

Notice for Payment

Transferring the
collected amount
of the fund

Agency
contaract of
the fund
charging and
collecting

KOICA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Commission of works
related with the fund
management-operation

Report on the
current status
of the fund
management-operation

The Fund Operation

Project Implementation

NGO

International Organization

History

2007
Introduced Global Poverty Eradication Contribution

2016
Enacted Global Disease Eradication Fund Act

2017
Implemented Global Disease Eradication Fund

Performance by year

Project and Development Consulting(DEEP) Performance by year
Category	Amount raised (A)	Amount executed (B)	Balance (A-B)
2008	12,222,609	7,933,913	4,288,696
2009	11,861,739	10,508,696	1,353,043
2010	14,536,522	13,088,696	1,447,826
2011	15,465,217	11,215,652	4,249,565
2012	17,433,913	11,534,783	5,899,130
2013	18,692,174	8,948,696	9,743,478
2014	21,249,565	8,433,913	12,815,652
2015	23,366,957	20,680,870	2,686,087
2016	28,153,043	30,963,478	-2,810,435
2017	29,353,043	29,616,522	-263,478
합계	195,042,609	152,925,217	42,117,391

Program procedure

Project application opens
Project planning
Project plan review and approval(first half)

Signing of Agreement(first half)
Project implementation
Project launch and monitoring(throughout the year)

Project completion
Interim evaluation
Project evaluation

End-of-project evaluation

Download relevant materials

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