The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
The I AM S.A.M. (Shakers and Movers) Foundation Inc., in partnership with the Global Education Motivators (GEM)- USA, will be hosting the 2016 United Nations Student Leadership Conference on Development (UNSLCD) with the theme “Urban Development and the Sustainable Development Goals” on February 15, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 3:00 AM of February 16 at the University of Makati, Makati City.
The vision of this year’s UNSLCD is to include students in the final year of the MDGs and empower them to be part of the solution to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
The highlight of this global undertaking across geographies and cultures is the international videoconference from the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.
Participants will meet and interact with key UN officials, international student leaders and peace advocates from around the world to deliberate and discuss this year’s subthemes on: eradicating poverty, gender equality, environmental sustainability, supporting mental health and work on action plans and resolutions to be voted upon and submitted by the UN Youth Envoy to the UN Secretary General at a later date.
In this regard, we would like to invite your institution to be with us in realizing this historic undertaking aimed at empowering the youth and international student leaders to actively engage and be part of the SDGs/17 Global Goals with 169 targets by 2030.
UNSLCD 2015-2016 is a student leadership conference with students working together across cultures to be part of the solution for having peace, security and sustainable development in our ever-changing world. This conference is for high school students ages 14 to 19.
Participants will work on-line to prepare and participate as international student leaders in the UN Student Leadership Conference on Development. Students participate at the United Nations, selected videoconferencing sites, or by webcast during UNSLCD on Monday, February 15th.
Students can register to be part of 50 student leaders at the United Nations and can work towards leadership roles to run this international student conference. Student leaders will meet in NYC on Friday, February 12 to finalize the draft Plan of Action, make final preparations, and establish conference leadership positions.