Immersive productions and performances

Immersive Productions and Performances | Stage 1 United Nations Global Call Out To Creatives Recognizing the power of creativity in spreading critical public health information across languages, cultures and communities, the SDG Strategy Hub, based in the UN Office for Partnerships, issued a global call to arms to creatives everywhere to respond to the United […]

Women Rise for All – “Together we are stronger”

Breakout Session | Stage 1 Host: Women Rise for All In April 2020, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed  launched Women Rise for All to bring together influential women leaders from around the globe to share how their leadership is shaping the COVID-19 response and what it will take to build back better. […]

Islands Supporting Islands: Catalyzing Partnerships for the Decade of Action to 2030

Breakout Session Host: Local 2030 Islands Network Impacts of COVID-19 and the prospects for SDG realization are hitting islands hardest, affecting tourism economies, food systems and food supplies. At the same time, island communities are the engines of solutions, innovations, and culture. This event will showcase how islands, in coming together and working within and […]

Creative philanthropy: Communicating for impact

Breakout session | Stage 2 Host: Talenthouse Creativity sits at the heart of the engaging content that is needed to inform, unite, challenge and inspire people into changing behaviours and taking positive action. Creativity can transcend borders, cultures, languages and be used as a powerful tool to support the SDG’s. Scalable creative solutions are needed […]

UN Digest: Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth

UN Digest | Stage 1 As a series of touch points each day, UN leaders will share a thematic digest in short ‘explainer’ videos. UN leaders from across the UN System will share the vision for their organization’s efforts responding to the urgency to accelerate action to deliver the SDGs. These digests will illustrate their […]

A New Generation of Impact for the Global Goals

Breakout Session | Stage 3 Host: Youtube We are looking forward to convening a global range of influencers to discuss how the role of creators has changed in recent years in response to the way in which activism has evolved and the expectation of those with a channel, to also have a cause. With the […]

Closing Session: Dare to reimagine

Closing Session | Stage 1 Host: SDG Action Zone The closing session will resurface the most inspirational, thought-provoking, and surprising statements made throughout the week.  In a reflective tone, it will also delve deeper into the opportunities ahead. Drawing out some of the boldest, biggest ideas and solutions shared across the week, speakers will delve […]

Mobilization and Action: Mobilizing the Masses

Breakout session | Stage 3 Host: The Big 6 Youth Organizations Big 6 Youth Organizations will host a youth-led discussion considering what it takes to mobilize young people at scale in the context of the Decade of Action. A mistake made by the development community is designing campaigns aimed at young people without actually engaging […]

Data and Action: Factivism through Timely Data

Breakout session | Stage 2 Host: Project Everyone + GPSDD + SDSN To ensure we achieve the Global Goals, we need to know how much or how little progress we have made towards achieving them, what the state of the world is and identify the gaps in data available. SDGs Today is a new timely […]