Deadline: 22-Jun-2020
The UN Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) is organizing the 4th Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Youth Summer Camp in close partnership with Yonsei University (YU) and the Korea Environment Corporation (K-eco).
The objective of the camp is to enhance the youth’s knowledge on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and foster their leadership skills, with design-thinking, critical-thinking, and engagement through dialogues and exercises on the SDG implementation.
The camp will be held at Incheon, the Republic of Korea from 20 July (Preliminary Workshop), 10 – 13 August 2020 (Main Camp).
Objectives
The objectives of the SDGs Summer Camp will include but are not limited to the following:
- Build and enhance knowledge of the youth on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, and their capacity and contribution;
- Foster youth leadership skills, with design-thinking, critical-thinking, and engagement through dialogues and exercises on SDG implementation;
- Provide opportunities for networking among youth; and
- Expand the host institution’s partnership with youth leaders for the SDGs
Benefits
- No registration fee
- Daily meals and stay in the university residences during the camp will be covered by the organizers except for travel expenses to and from the venue
- Those who successfully complete the programme will receive certificates
- The best presenting groups will receive awards and have an opportunity to make a presentation during the 2020 Sustainable Development Transformation Forum which will be organized by UNOSD on October 2020 (details to be confirmed later)
Eligibility Criteria
- Korean national and foreigners born between 1992 and 2002 (70 participants will be selected)
- The participants will be selected based on their motivation, capacities and English proficiency while ensuring gender and geographical balance.
For more information, visit https://unosd.un.org/content/2020-call-application-4th-sustainable-development-goals-youth-summer-camp