The SDG Advocates host a Reception for leaders in the international development community to come together and raise ambition for the United Nations General Assembly Summits on healthcare, climate, financing, small island states, and the Sustainable Development Goals.
An annual week of action, awareness, and accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Alibaba Netpreneur Training program will provide Indonesian entrepreneurs and business leaders an opportunity to learn and explore how to harness digital technology to positively transform their businesses and the local economy.
The Alibaba Netpreneur Training program will provide Indonesian entrepreneurs and business leaders an opportunity to learn and explore how to harness digital technology to positively transform their businesses and the local economy.
The eFounders Fellowship program provides first-hand exposure to ecommerce and digital innovations, access to business leaders across Alibaba and China, and an opportunity to connect with like-minded, leading entrepreneurs.
SDG Advocate Hindou Ibrahim participates in the Annual Meeting of the Tropical Forest Alliance in her capacity as climate change expert.
The SDG Global Festival of Action is a ground-breaking event, positioned to gather and inspire SDGs campaigners and multi-stakeholder partners to scale up and broaden the global movement to take action for the SDGs. SDG Advocate Eddie Ndopu will be a keynote speaker at this year’s festival.
Her Highness visited refugee children in some EAA’s Educate A Child learning centres in Malaysia and announced a new global framework agreement to educate 450,000 refugees and IDPs.
His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II Emir of Kano is speaking on The African Century: A Road Map for Market-led Growth at the Global Conference 2019. The event will promote SDG 8 (Economic Growth), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). More about the event here.
Graça Machel attends Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend to speak in high-level discussion on emerging challenges for Africa. The 2019 focus is on African migrations.
Prof. Jeffery Sachs is a keynote speaker at the Move Humanity Conference in Copenhagen. This conference aims to mobilise resources to finance for the SDGs, with a focus on the potential for tax policy and development aid.
Applications open for Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize. Ten finalist entrepreneurs will compete for a share of US$1 million.
SDG Advocate Edward Ndopu went on mission with NGO Humanity & Inclusion, speaking with young children about their reality living disabled in rural Rwanda. Eddie visited a local school modeled on inclusive education, and discussed strategies for increased social inclusion in Rwanda with the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr. Fodé Ndiaye. Read the full article here.
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser was in Geneva, Switzerland on March 4, 2019 to announce that youth will receive 3 million employment opportunities globally by 2022 through her youth empowerment foundation Silatech, calling for more partners to help raise that number to 5 million.
The inaugural Alibaba Netpreneur Training program hosted 30 Rwandan-based entrepreneurs at Alibaba’s headquarters in Handzhou.
Qatar celebrated National Sport Day, an annual public holiday on the second Tuesday of February. SDG Advocate Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser celebrated with Qatar the benefit of sport to a healthy lifestyle. SDG Goal 3: Good health and well-being is an important focus in the push to build a more sustainable world by 2030.
2019 Theme: “The year of refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa”
Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg together with Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo hosted an “SDG Moment” before the opening of the African Union Summit. They stressed to the assembled African leaders the need to work hard and collaboratively toward the Goals.
“By joining forces to achieve our goals, we can turn hope into reality. Leaving no one behind.””
Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians traveled to Mozambique to meet with government Ministers and visit various social progress projects in the country like the clean water project in Dzinizine, supported by Belgian funds.
