Event Summary: Partnering in Public Engagement
To achieve the SDGs, we need all of society on board. To reach all of society, we need partners. Here is some partnering advice from OECD DevCom members.
Category: Partnerships
The Handwashing Dance: promoting healthy habits in Viet Nam
The Viet Nam Association for Community Health and video-sharing site TikTok are collaborating on a participative campaign to promote handwashing and prevent diseases.
Learning through laughter: French artist Jul illustrates the SDGs
“Coloc of Duty”, a quirky new comic book, introduces young French readers to sustainable development. It is a joint effort of star comic book author Jul, Agence Française de Développement, and the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
SDGs 101: sparking creativity, hope and knowledge in the Dominican Republic
The 2030 Youth Academy helped 50 young women and men from diverse backgrounds learn about the SDGs and figure out how youth can help achieve the goals.
“No dejar a nadie atrás”: Costa Rica’s pact to engage all people and partners for sustainable development
Costa Rica is partnering with celebrities on social media and training volunteers with local NGOs to get everyone involved in the SDGs
Tune into the SDGs on Indian public radio
Every Wednesday, you can tune into All India Radio for a 15-minute programme on the Sustainable Development Goals. The programme, produced by OneWorld Foundation India in collaboration with the National Foundation for India, is broadcast in Hindi. There have been 30 episodes to date.
Preparing for Italy’s second Sustainable Development Festival
Italy’s second Sustainable Development Festival promises to be even bigger than the first. To be held over the course of 17 days from 22 May to 7 June 2018 (that’s 1 day per SDG), about 500 events will help build awareness and promote actions for sustainable development across the country. The Festival is organised by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development.
Get Active! Austria’s online platform for a more sustainable development world
Mitmachen! (“Get Active!”) shows people how they can contribute to the SDGs through sustainable consumption, volunteering or corporate social responsibility. The portal is run by Austria’s Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs and the Austrian Development Agency.
Taking the SDGs to where people have fun: Ireland’s Electric Picnic Festival
This year, Irish Aid took the SDGs to where people have fun: Electric Picnic, Ireland’s biggest music festival. The festival was an opportunity to show over 50,000 music lovers how Irish Aid is working to implement the SDGs, and how they can support the goals themselves.
Hike a Mountain for the Sustainable Development Goals
Bringing the SDGs into the every day of ordinary people. That was the objective of Norad (Norway), which created an “enlightenment trail” in the middle of the Nordic night with thousands of participants.
