Achim Steiner
ADMINISTRATOR AND UN UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNDP
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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
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Japan
SESSIONS
Speakers
Meet our speakers, performers, exhibitors for the Global Festival of Action 2021.
Danny Sriskandarajah
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, OXFAM GREAT BRITAIN
Delphine O
SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE GENERATION EQUALITY FORUM
Ellen Jackowski
CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT OFFICER, HP INC.
Homi Kharas
SENIOR FELLOW, BROOKINGS
Jutta Urpilainen
EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Kumi Naidoo
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE, THUNDERBIRD ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY; GLOBAL AMBASSADOR AFRICANS RISING
Lola Castro
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Lysa John
SECRETARY GENERAL, CIVICUS
Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, AFRICAN CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
Mitzi Jonelle Tan
CONVENOR, YOUTH ADVOCATES FOR CLIMATE ACTION PHILIPPINES
Sanda Ojiambo
CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UN GLOBAL COMPACT
Siya Kolisi
UN GLOBAL ADVOCATE, SOUTH AFRICA RUGBY CAPTAIN, THE KOLISI FOUNDATION
Stefano Boeri
PRESIDENT, TRIENNALE MILANO
Tasneem Alsultan
CANON AMBASSADOR, CANON EMEA
Yemi Alade
MUSICIAN AND UNDP GOODWILL AMBASSADOR
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
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
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.
