21 December 2020
Award ceremony for the winners of the competition “Youth SDG Ambassadors – the future of the planet in our hands” was held On December 2, 2020, during the plenary session of the III International Symposium “Education for Sustainable Development for All Generations as a Social Contract”. This competition allows us to find youth leaders who will fulfill the role of a representative of the student environment of our society, implement initiatives, popularize the SDGs among youth and make a significant contribution to building a sustainable society for the benefit of future generations. Here are the impressions of Nikita Rachilovsky, Youth Ambassador of the Sustainable Development Goal No. 4 “Quality Education”, student of the Faculty of History, Belarusian State Maxim Tank Pedagogical University.
I was pleased to take part in the Symposium, as well as receive an award from the National Coordinator for the SDGs achievement, which confirms my new status – the Youth Ambassador of Sustainable Development Goal No. 4 “Quality Education”. This status is a great responsibility and an opportunity to have contributed to our common aim of achieving the SDGs.
The III International Symposium “Education for Sustainable Development for All Generations as a Social Contract” is a unique forum of great interest for all areas of sustainable development. Participation in the Symposium of international and national experts, organizations and associations on sustainable development allows us to look at the urgent problems facing our society in the context of sustainable development, share experience, and find new partners.
The speakers of the plenary session summed up the work in recent years, analyzed the experience gained and the mechanisms of the impact of lifelong education on ensuring social well-being, economic sustainability and the growth of human resources in the regions of both Belarus and other regions, emphasized the importance of activities to achieve the SDGs.
Effective work in sections, discussion of reports, presentations, study of experience in various areas of SD allowed to prepare a resolution of the Symposium, which emphasized the importance of the activities in the context of the social contract formation in the process of achieving the SDGs. A unique source of information and an opportunity to contribute to a common cause is the collection of materials based on the work of ESD experts, experienced educators and youth leaders. These materials will be useful in scientific activity and practical application. During the Symposium, 6 virtual thematic platforms were organized.
The results of the Youth Company dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the UN were summed up within the framework of the thematic discussion platform “Towards the future we want: a youth position”. My project – a series of world cafes “Youth perspective on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals” – was presented there too. The project has been implemented since 2019 and took place at various structural divisions of BSPU, more than 110 students managed to take part in it.
As the Youth Ambassador of SDG No. 4 “Quality Education” and a student at the country’s leading pedagogical university, I want to popularize the SDGs among young people and make a significant contribution to building a sustainable society for the benefit of future generations. I have developed a concept of activities focused on the students of pedagogical classes, students of BSPU and other universities of the country, as well as foreign students. The concept includes a number of various thematic events aimed at engaging and raising awareness and erudition in the field of SDGs, UN activities, systems of quality education, improving supra-subject competencies, increasing interest in self-education, self-improvement and personal growth, introducing students and students into research activities, writing scientific publications and forming a scientific worldview, fostering high spiritual and moral principles, civic responsibility, love and devotion to our country.
Following the developed action plan, in 2021 I am going to hold PR actions, educational lectures, meet-ups, a series of world cafes, educational events dedicated to the SDGs, thematic quizzes, world cafes, open online discussions on the role of education, a series of educational events for foreign students, a series of trainings with experts in the field of ESD for students of BSPU and other universities in the country. A special place in my concept is occupied by the world cafes “Youth view at promoting the Sustainable Development Goals” at different faculties of BSPU, and other educational institutions of our country.
Only by joint efforts we will be able to achieve our common goals – the Sustainable Development Goals, which are on the agenda of each of us, and our future depends on how we approach the solution of urgent tasks today and correctly set priorities.
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