Federico Restrepo Sierra, Youth for Global Goals Director As the world’s largest youth-led organization, we heard the calling from the SDGs to align ourselves and be part of a better world we all want. For that, AIESEC, together with Asian Development Bank, UN-Habitat, PVBLIC Foundation and Plan International, created Youth for Global Goals. This global alliance aims to mobilize young people to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The Future We Want outcome document of Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development referred to young people as “custodians of the future” – highlighting youth as important stakeholders with critical roles to play in helping achieve the goal of creating sustainable future for themselves and future generations. Over the past decade, there has been a growing recognition of youth’s participation in economic, social and political processes. Governments, international agencies, civil society, and private sector organizations have realized that young people are powerful agents of change whom, if supported and empowered can help drive the achievement of the SDGs. We believe young people should no longer be seen as a target or beneficiary, but as a component, a way to make the world a better place. The time has come for young people to take our present and future in
our hands and start acting upon this; the moment has come for all the organizations on the planet to come together and mobilize everyone to achieve that future we all want. “No one is left behind…” is the pillar that will keep us all together. This is the idea that should always drive our actions. We; young people, corporations, CSOs, governments, need to make sure that everyone is part of this, that everyone is contributing to a better world. As AIESEC, we will continue to cooperate with every organization that is interested in activating young people to achieve the SDGs. As a young person, I will wake up every day to make sure no one is left behind.
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