The youth campaign “Towards the future we want” is launching

On March 18, 2020 the kickoff meeting of the participants and organizers of the Youth campaign “Towards the future we want” will take place at Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University.

During the kickoff meeting a Plan of joint activities of the Youth Campaign between the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus and the UN Office in Belarus will be signed. An open lecture on the global campaign “UN 75” will be given by the UN Resident Coordinator in the Republic of Belarus Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecki. The online broadcast of the kickoff meeting will be available on 18 March at 10.00 a.m.

The youth campaign “Towards the Future We Want” in Belarus was initiated by the UN in honor of its 75th anniversary and the launch of the Decade of UN Action for Sustainable Development. As part of the campaign, open discussions “The future we want: our ideas and actions” will be held in all regions, organized by regional universities – members of the Continuing Education for Teachers Cluster, resource centres of the Association “Education for Sustainable Development” and Youth Ambassadors of the Sustainable Development Goals. In September 2020, the results of youth initiatives aimed at achieving and promoting the Sustainable Development Goals will be presented at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly.

The kickoff meeting will be attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education, the Belarusian State Pedagogical University, the Council of the Association “Education for Sustainable Development”, UN organizations in the Republic of Belarus, representatives of press services, as online participants – representatives of universities participating in regional events, resource centers of AESD (members of the Council of the Association from the regions), institutions of general education with specialized pedagogical orientation classes, Youth Ambassadors of the SDGs.