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28 countries have already joined the SDGs action campaign!

23.07.2018
On May 16, 2018, an action #OurSustainableFuture was launched on the initiative of the Foundation for the Promotion of the International Cooperation Development and with the support of the National Youth Council of Russia. The aim of the action were to raise youth awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals and to involve young people in their implementation activities. In order to support the project, it was necessary to take some simple steps: to publish a photo or video message about the importance of the SDGs in social networks using #OurSustainableFuture and #WeAreTheFuture hashtags, or to organize an event devoted to the SDGs in its city and to tell about it in the publication. Also, in order to promote the campaign, a webinar «The Role of Youth in the Sustainable Development Goals Implementing» was organized jointly with the UN Information Center in Moscow.

By July 2018, 112 people took part in the action. 50 of them made publications on Facebook social network, 50 in Instagram social network, 12 publications in Vkontakte social network. The total audience coverage was several thousand people. The geographical representation of the participants included such countries as: Russia, India, Trinidad and Tobago, Great Britain, Australia, Tanzania, Kenya, Pakistan, Gambia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Suriname, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, Yemen, Bulgaria, Bangladesh, Togo, Guinea, Djibouti, Fiji, Barbados, etc. Due to the great interest that this project has caused in the youth environment, the organizers decided to extend the campaign until the end of the summer.