SDG Youth Challenge 2021

Youth around the world have been finding unique ways to connect and collaborate, especially in these trying times with the global pandemic; and for young people here in Australia, there is an opportunity to engage with other changemakers to meet the global challenge on a local level.

The Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development – Greater Western Sydney (RCE-GWS) is an educational network run in collaboration with Western Sydney University. As part of the Global RCE Network, the RCE SDG Youth Challenge “Youth for the Goals” is an international youth-led project-based initiative run annually that connects youth leaders working in their own communities to a larger global platform that includes mentoring support and peer validation. This initiative aims to engage and empower local youth leaders with the opportunity to have a voice and implement their own place-based projects on issues that matter to them, with a focus this year on the United Nations SDG’s.

In particular, the three main SDGs that will be of particular focus this year is SDG 11: Sustainable Cities, and SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, as well as SDG 15: Life on Land. The project is open to any young person who is at university, college or part of a school.

For more details on how to get involved, be sure to visit the official website for further information, and find out more on the project, how to get your idea on paper, as well as other ways to collaborate with like-minded changemakers.

Applications are open until September, so to get started, make sure you apply today!