The 2022 edition of the Global Week to #Act4SDGs will take place 16-25 September. The mobilization ambition for 2022 is to inspire at least 100 million people to take individual and collective SDG action – with an overall target of mobilizing 1 billion actions by 2030.
Held during the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly, the Week aims to drive collective action, mobilizing key stakeholders from all sectors to drive change while reminding world leaders that people around the world are doing their part to accelerate progress on the SDGs.
Everyone! Organizations and individuals from all sectors of society are encouraged to join by planning actions or events during the Week that contribute to one or all of the SDGs. Participants Register by creating a profile on the online platform. This creates a public profile page that includes the action/s on the website and adds it to the Global Map of SDG ctions.
Each year a broad spectrum of people take part from; civil society organizations, grassroots groups, individuals, faith-based organizations, museums, schools, local and national governments, private sector, service clubs, youth groups, artists, social enterprises, activists, and academics from around the world.
You may register any event, individual or community action which aims to address one or more of the SDGs. The objective is to bring together the broadest spectrum of events, conferences, demonstrations, petitions, campaigns, local actions, etc. to create a huge groundswell of global action towards the achievement of the SDGs.
Past editions of the Global Week included demonstrations and stunts in front of government buildings, neighborhoods or beach clean-ups, tree planting, exhibits, school art projects, concerts, runs/walks/treks to raise funds and awareness, online and offline campaigns and much more. For inspiration, explore example actions on the Trello board. The actions can be as creative as you are!
The Global Week to #Act4SDGs will culminate in a global mobilization moment / public stunt on 25 September, the anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals. The UN SDG Action Campaign and partners will call on people everywhere to visibly illustrate their support for the SDGs at this critical mid-way point for the agenda.
In building a global movement, promoting your action or event can be as important as the action itself. In the lead up to, during and after the event, capture and share images, video and stories about your action on social media using the hashtag #FlipTheScript and #Act4SDGs and tag @SDGaction to help make your action count and share your action with the world. Be sure to explain how you and/or your network are FLIPPING THE SCRIPT through your respective actions.
We have provided all tools and guides for all activations on the Trello board, available in multiple languages. You can also take individual climate action for people and planet using the ActNow app.
You will be able to share your profile on any of your platforms. There are a wide range of social options. In the top right-hand corner of the page there is an option labelled <Share Profile>. By clicking on this button, you will view a drop-down menu with a wide array of social platform sharing options.
After registration, you will be landing on your profile page . Once you have completed your profile, you can start to add an action. If you are a returning user, please login first and select <Add Action> button from the left menu navigation of your profile dashboard to add an action.
Once you login to your profile page, you can edit any action by clicking the three dots on the top right of section of each action card. By clicking <Edit> button, you will be able to edit your action. By clicking <Delete> button, you will be able to delete your action
Once you login to your profile page, you can click the little arrow button next to your profile photo. Then you can view your profile on the public view.
On 20 July, we sent you an email with an instruction about your username and how to setup a password. If you can’t find an email, please check your spam email box.
Your username is your email address you used last year for registration. Alternatively, you can try to reset your password by using your focal point email from last year.
There is a limit of one focal point of contact under each registered organization. Kindly note that there is an option to change the password, if necessary, but the focal point email remains the same.
The registration process is a yearlong tracking and reporting system but we kindly urge everyone to register by 25 September 2022 in order to be part of the Global Week impact reporting. Add as many actions as possible earlier for a chance to be featured throughout our channels.
Comunitarius is a volunteer group of researchers, students and local leaders in Brasilia, Brazil who aim to positively transform cities and improve food security by introducing sustainable urban planting initiatives. The volunteers first identify locations where community members are affected by hunger and poverty. They then host campaigns to obtain donations of seedlings, organic manure, land and basic equipment. In the project’s final stage, volunteers mobilise community members to plant, grow and cultivate their own food. Along with this project empowering community members, it also increasing green spaces in urban areas.
Explore their action here: https://sdgactionawards.org/initiative/1166
#LetsDoItWorld began in Estonia in 2008 when 50,000 people came together to clean up the entire country in just five hours. 🇪🇪 World Clean Up Day celebrated the Global Week to #Act4SDGs through its World Cleanup Day campaign – the largest single peacetime civic action in human history. In 2020, they encouraged people to Clean up with a small group of friends or family or participate digitally by deleting digital waste from their electronic devices.📱 For more information, visit digital.worldcleanupday.org.
Website: https://www.worldcleanupday.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldcleanupday2020/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldcleanupday.ldiw/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldcleanupday
Eye Care for All’s mission is to ensure that all individuals have access essential eye care. To remove cataracts and thereby eradicate preventable and avoidable blindness, this organisation offers free eyesight restoration surgery to the elderly, orphans, individuals with disabilities, prisoners and refugees in the Gambia.
Pilar Díaz Romero has been the mayor of Esplugues de Llobregat since 2006 and attached to the presidency of the Barcelona Provincial Council, where she also holds the position of Delegate for International Affairs. Currently, she is also Vice President of Localret. She is a telecommunications engineer and a PhD in telecommunications engineering (1994) from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where she has worked as a tenured professor. She was the winner of the Ericsson Prize for the best doctoral thesis in mobile communications in Spain, awarded by the Official College and the Spanish Association of Telecommunications Engineers.
Achim Steiner became UNDP Administrator on 19 June 2017. The United Nations General Assembly confirmed his appointment following his nomination by Secretary-General António Guterres. In April 2021, the General Assembly confirmed his appointment to a second four-year term beginning in June 2021.
Mr. Steiner is also the Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group, which unites 40 entities of the UN system that work to support sustainable development.
Over nearly three decades, Achim Steiner has been a global leader on sustainable development, climate resilience and international cooperation. He has worked tirelessly to champion sustainability, economic growth and equality for the vulnerable, and has been a vocal advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Prior to joining UNDP, he was Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford. Mr Steiner has served across the United Nations system, looking at global challenges from both a humanitarian and a development perspective. He led the United Nations Environment Programme (2006-2016), helping governments invest in clean technologies and renewable energy. He was also Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi. Achim Steiner previously held other notable positions including Director General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and Secretary General of the World Commission on Dams.
Achim Steiner has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (MA) from Worcester College, Oxford University and holds an MA from the University of London/School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
RAINI CHARUKA – Singer, Songwriter, and a Voice trainer for young and upcoming singers She was educated at ‘Susan E Wagner High School, New York, USA in which she graduated with the Highest Regents Gold Diploma and continued her education at the University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA for Liberal Arts & Sciences (AA/AS) and Delaware State University, Delaware, USA for Aviation & Aviation Management (B.S). She has captured the hearts of the entire younger generation as well as the masses in Sri Lanka regardless of age and gender. North to South, East to West! She is also a strong advocate on water and sanitation – SDG Goal 6 – as an SDG Ambassador with the organization Road to Rights. During the first lockdown she conducted many virtual workshops and initiatives to raise awareness on clean water in Sri Lanka and wrote a song to spread awareness on water conservation: https://youtu.be/mf3NBwwFWho
Founded in only 2020, The National Association for Sustainable Development of Pakistan has already made significant contributions to achieving the #SDGs. 🙌 As part of the Global Week to #Act4SDGs, @nasdpakistan has launched a Tree Planting Drive across the cities of Islamabad, Mardan, and Rahimyar Khan. 🌳 Over 500 trees will be planted in areas facing deforestation. Thank you for your incredible impact! #TurnItAround #GlobalGoals #ClimateChange #LifeOnLand
Website: https://nasdpakistan.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasdpakistan/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASDPakistan