Центральноєвропейська ініціатива оголошує про запуск конкурсу ідей для старших шкіл ініціативи «Активні молоді громадяни за сталий розвиток в регіонах Центральноєвропейської ініціативи та Адріатично-Іонічної ініціативи», що покликаний стимулювати залучення молоді регіонів Центральноєвропейської ініціативи (ЦЄІ) та Адріатично-Іонічного ініціативи (АІІ) в рамках Порядку денного ООН у сфері сталого розвитку до 2030 року. Дедлайн - 31 березня 2021. 

This initiative “Active Young Citizens for Sustainable Development in CEI and AII Areas” is designed to stimulate the engagement of youth in the framework of the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

It is promoted by the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative (AII), which are intergovernmental forums for regional cooperation, committed to sustainable development. The CEI Member States are Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. The AII Member States are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia.Encouraging the understanding of the principles and structure of UNA2030 and its SDGs.

The overall objective of the initiative is to raise awareness of the CEI and AII countries’ high school students on the UN Agenda 2030 (UNA2030) and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a learning process and the participation in a Call for Ideas and Award Competition (hereinafter “Call”).

Along these lines, the Call aims at meeting the following specific objectives:

• Encouraging the understanding of the principles and structure of UNA2030 and its 17 SDGs.
• Advocating the role of young and active citizens, as key actors for the achievement of SDGs in CEI and AII areas.
• Stimulating the elaboration of community-based ideas promoting the SDGsthrough participation in the Call.

Purpose

The Call aims at promoting sustainable development in CEI and AII countries by raising awareness of high school students on the UNA2030 and its SDGs, and on the UN Secretary-General’s call on all sectors of society to mobilize for action on three levels:

• global action to secure greater leadership, more resources and smarter solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals;
• local action embedding the needed transitions in the policies, budgets, institutions and regulatory frameworks of governments, cities and local authorities;
• people action, including youth, civil society, the media, the private sector, unions, academia and other stakeholders, to generate an unstoppable movement pushing for the required transformations.

Eligibility Criteria

Public and private high schools (secondary education institutions) based and registered in CEI and AII Member States: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of San Marino, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.

Funding Information

Awards of 20.000 EUR (twenty thousand Euros) each will be assigned to the three best ideas. The awards will be transferred to the winning high schools and are intended as recognition of the merit of the idea. They can be utilized either for implementing the idea or for other institutional purposes of the school, contributing to the UNA2030 and its SDGs.

Source: https://application.cei.int/application/active-young-citizens-for-sustainable-development-in-central-european-initiative-and-adriatic-ionian-initiative-areas-call-for-ideas-and-award-competition/