24,499 PARTICIPANTS

200+ COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES

300+ Speakers

The SDG GLOBAL FESTIVAL OF ACTION BROUGHT THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO DRIVE ACTION TOWARDS THE SDGS

The
program

Our two-day program was held in a dynamic virtual space featuring plenary sessions, lightning talks, performances, exhibitions, and interactive workshops.

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Main Stage

SESSIONS

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Japan

SESSIONS

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PLENARIES

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WORKSHOPS

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EXHIBITS

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Performances

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Creative Content

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NETWORKING SPACE

Speakers

Meet our speakers, performers, exhibitors for the Global Festival of Action 2021. 

Workshops

The 28 interactive workshops and hands-on sessions provided a space for participants to interact with and learn from experts from across the SDG community. 

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Workshop
Participants

Exhibitions

The Experience and Action Area featured 20 immersive films, photo galleries, and multimedia exhibits showcasing the way we look and experience this turning point moment.
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Exhibit
Visitors

NETWORKING

The 4 thematic connections spaces allowed participants to connect, build partnerships, and generate ideas through instant messages and video calls.

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Connections Made By
Festival Platform Users

CREATIVE
CONTENT

Throughout the event, we showcased films and multimedia pieces from artists, creators and organisations from all sectors and regions using creativity to #TurnItAround for people and the planet.

MULTILINGUALISM AND ACCESSIBILITY

Live and pre-recorded sessions featured on the Main Stage were in English, simultaneously translated into French and Spanish, and signed in International Sign Language. On the Japan Stage, sessions were in English and Japanese and signed in International Sign Language. Social media assets were in English, French, Spanish and Japanese.

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MAIN STAGE
SESSIONS

THAT INCLUDED 3 LANGUAGE OPTIONS ( ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND SPANISH) AND SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION

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JAPAN STAGE AND WORKSHOP
SESSIONS

THAT INCLUDED 2 LANGUAGE OPTIONS (ENGLISH AND JAPANESE) AND EITHER SUBTITLES OR SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION

Festival
Livestream

With the Global and Japan stages streaming live simultaneously on UN YouTube, UN WebTV, Facebook, and Twitter, it ensured the broadest possible reach with over 85,000 views over the two days.

SESSION LIVE VIEWS OVER 2 DAYS - MAIN STAGE AND JAPAN STAGE

Programme
overview

The Big
Picture

the Main
Stage

Established and emerging leaders from all sectors and disciplines shared the boldest ideas, tangible actions and cutting-edge insight and share.

sdg action
awards

2000
Initiatives

21 Judges
From Across Sectors

9
Finalists

4
Honourable Mentions

3
Winners

Knowledge
building and sharing

Inspiring a New Normal Track - Featured on the Main Stage

Participants learned from the latest ideas and project insights that can trigger transformative shifts. Content focused on sharing knowledge that could be harnessed for different contexts and to explore tide-turning methodologies and approaches that offer solutions for transformation.

SDG Global Festival of Action from Japan Workshop Space

Participants were offered a chance to dig deeper into key initiatives and approaches by joining interactive sessions and workshops.

WORKSHOPS

Ideation
space

2020 has been a year of great adaptation in thinking and approaches, models and methods for creating impact and mobilizing communities. Co-creation Workshops called on participants to build on novel approaches and have the power to take projects and initiatives to scale.

Upskilling
space

A “how to” track of sessions equipped participants with tangible skills. Industry experts led hands-on skills-building sessions focused on new and emerging skill sets and approaches that campaigners, communicators and mobilizers need as we move into a rapidly expanding virtual world.

Activation
space

This novel format provided an opportunity for communities to connect to hash out new campaigns and bring in broader networks to activate plans. Sessions focused on socializing, activating, building and expanding emerging or longstanding campaigns to onboard key networks and community members, and agreed on plans, timeframes and methods to create impact together.

Networking
and connections

Wellness
space

The impacts of the challenges we currently face are being felt individually and collectively. These sessions were dedicated to supporting the SDG community by taking the time to recentre and reconnect. Sessions for guided meditation, self-love and well-being helped people to take some time to reflect and join collective mindfulness moments.

Meetings
space

Networks and alliances hosted their own strategy meetings. Through these invitation-only meetings, partners leveraged the utmost SDG convening event of the year to connect and plan with communities across the globe.

Connections
Space

Meeting new people, building partnerships, generating ideas and finding new collaborators and friends is what makes the SDG Action Festival. This dedicated space facilitated networking and offered a chance for participants to expand their networks.

Experiencing and
downloading

Experience
and Action Space

The virtual and immersive exhibits and action space offered new perspectives and engaging ways in how to view the future of our world.

CREATIVITY
AND ART

The Festival hosted incredible performances from some of the most creative artists of today who expressed themselves via music, poetry and performances.

RESOURCE
Library

Key resources were made accessible to participants throughout the Festival, such as toolkits, latest reports, communication assets to ensure participants can “collect” key information and continue learning and sharing with their own networks long after the event.

SDG Action Campaign on social media for behind-the-scenes coverage!

Media Advisory

Download the Media Advisory in English, French and Spanish

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