BKMC Annual Report 2022
Following our 5th anniversary, we are excited to share that the Ban Ki-moon Centre 2022 Annual Report is out! Check out our progress on tackling the climate crisis, global citizenship education and agricultural adaptation, and empowering women-youth for our planet & its people! Big appreciation to our Board and all our partners who worked with us to contribute to a better future for all!
Following our 5th anniversary, we are excited to share that the Ban Ki-moon Centre 2022 Annual Report is out! Check out our progress on tackling the climate crisis, global citizenship education and agricultural adaptation, and empowering women-youth for our planet & its people! Big appreciation to our Board and all our partners who worked with us to contribute to a better future for all!
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens<br />
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Monika Froehler, Chief Executive Officer<br />
Dear friends of the Ban Ki-moon Centre,<br />
Looking back on <strong>2022</strong>, it was an intense and successful<br />
year for the Ban Ki-moon Centre. With the muchvalued<br />
support of our Co-Chairs, the <strong>BKMC</strong> team<br />
continued to work for the implementation of the SDGs<br />
and the Paris Climate Agreement with professionalism<br />
and dedication. We engaged with upcoming leaders<br />
and current leaders thanks to the backing of our<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> Board as well as the wide network of young<br />
changemakers and SDG champions on the ground all<br />
around the globe.<br />
In early <strong>2022</strong>, on one of our first official post-pandemic<br />
mission travels, we visited the Dubai Expo 2021 to<br />
build on our engagement with partners in the Middle<br />
East. We are looking forward to bringing some of<br />
these exciting new ideas to fruition next in 2023.<br />
In the first half of the year <strong>2022</strong>, we focused heavily<br />
on our women’s empowerment portfolio and offered<br />
platforms to Afghan women fighting injustices in their<br />
country. We connected women from Central Asia with<br />
a European audience to discuss the situation on the<br />
ground and appeal to the international community.<br />
Also, together with the Austrian government and<br />
UN Women, we highlighted the role of women in<br />
peacebuilding in conflict areas including Afghanistan<br />
and Ukraine at the UN High Level Political Forum in<br />
New York.<br />
We also made big strides with our “Young Women<br />
Leadership on Climate Adaptation Program” and<br />
added 30 young changemakers from six African<br />
countries to our alumni. Like our 17 Ban Ki-moon<br />
scholars, these young women ideated and realized<br />
SDG micro-projects in their communities. In addition<br />
to previous years, and thanks to our donors, we<br />
provided seed funding for some of these microprojects<br />
and intend to continue this effort to kickstart<br />
local SDG implementation efforts even more<br />
effectively.<br />
In the latter half of the year, a focus on our highlevel<br />
advocacy work saw us organize the second<br />
Austrian SDG Dialogforum in Vienna, which reached<br />
more than 21,000 people. The event brought<br />
together the Austrian government and hundreds<br />
of SDG advocating stakeholders for an exchange<br />
during which clear actions steps were taken to carry<br />
implementation partnerships forward. Moreover,<br />
at the UNESCO Transforming Education Summit<br />
during the UN General Assembly in New York, the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> successfully gave prominence to Global<br />
Citizenship Education and Education for Sustainable<br />
Development. Working with the governments of<br />
Finland, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Belize, as<br />
well as UNESCO, we explored recent efforts and<br />
next steps for GCED worldwide. The <strong>BKMC</strong> team also<br />
traveled extensively to Africa including Ghana, Kenya,<br />
and Uganda to work with our international and local<br />
partners on agricultural climate adaptation efforts<br />
and shine a light on the existential difficulties faced<br />
by smallholder farmers, who bear the brunt of the<br />
climate crisis. The <strong>BKMC</strong> gave a voice to governmental<br />
champions at a climate adaptation roundtable and<br />
cooperated closely with African smallholder farmers<br />
to amplify the global need for increased adaptation<br />
finance. To highlight these efforts, the <strong>BKMC</strong> hosted<br />
four events at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, produced<br />
a demand paper with young agripreneurs, and<br />
produced a short documentary on the Ugandan<br />
champion, Lilian Nakigozi, and her vertical farming<br />
program “Women Smiles Uganda”.<br />
Ending the year on a positive note in November, the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> officially opened the <strong>BKMC</strong> Foundation’s office<br />
in New York with a ceremony at the Columbia Business<br />
School. We are reaching out to partners and donors in<br />
the US to build on our fundraising efforts and increase<br />
the programs in our pipeline. This year, I had the honor<br />
to serve as Interim President and CEO of the New York<br />
Foundation in addition to the <strong>BKMC</strong> in Vienna. With<br />
all this extensive work and the prominent leadership<br />
of our co-chairs, Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer, both<br />
in front and behind the scenes, in <strong>2022</strong>, the Ban Kimoon<br />
Centre reached more people than ever before.<br />
We want to thank our Co-Chairs, our board and all our<br />
partners and supporters for their hard work and hope<br />
that we can continue to contribute to a better future<br />
for all – leaving no one behind – in 2023.<br />
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These are the negative aspects of the year <strong>2022</strong> –<br />
also not forgetting the ongoing consequences of<br />
COVID-19, the climate emergency, and threats to<br />
democracy and multilateralism.<br />
Heinz Fischer, Co-chair<br />
11 th Federal President of the Republic of Austria<br />
Dear friends of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global<br />
Citizens,<br />
The year <strong>2022</strong> marks the 5th year since the founding<br />
of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens in<br />
Vienna at the beginning of 2018. A lot has been<br />
achieved since then: I am delighted that the Ban Kimoon<br />
Centre has firmly established its place in the<br />
international community and is reliably working to<br />
serve its goals, in particular empowering women and<br />
youth in implementing the Sustainable Development<br />
Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.<br />
In addition to the Ban Ki-moon Centre in Vienna, this<br />
year saw the establishment of the Ban Ki-moon US<br />
Foundation in New York City. None of this would have<br />
been possible without the continuous support of<br />
our board members, team, partners, and friends from<br />
around the world.<br />
I am particularly grateful for my friend co-chair Ban<br />
Ki-moon’s continuous leadership, cooperation, and<br />
commitment. When co-chair Ban visited Vienna in<br />
September <strong>2022</strong>, we had the additional honor of<br />
welcoming Austrian Federal President Alexander<br />
Van der Bellen to our premises to update him on our<br />
recent activities and plans for the future.<br />
Of course, the conditions as far as the status of<br />
international affairs are concerned have been making<br />
every form of international cooperation more difficult.<br />
Russia’s war against Ukraine, which started in February<br />
<strong>2022</strong>, was not only a heavy attack on peace but also<br />
an attack on human rights and the rule of law. A<br />
highly volatile international economy also proved to<br />
be an obstacle to international and harmonious cooperation.<br />
On the other hand, we are proud to say that our<br />
core activities have successfully continued and<br />
expanded despite these troubling times. From our<br />
active participation at the COP27 climate conference<br />
in Egypt to hosting the second SDG Dialogforum in<br />
Vienna, convening events at UNESCO’s Transforming<br />
Education Summit in New York or our ongoing work<br />
on Elevating the Voices of Women in Agriculture<br />
and Climate Adaptation – to name but a few of our<br />
endeavors – we have continuously striven to act<br />
as a platform for positive change, leadership, and<br />
advocacy.<br />
I remain confident that the Ban Ki-moon Centre team,<br />
together with our partners and friends, will continue<br />
to advocate for the implementation of the SDGs and<br />
Paris Climate Agreement and will work tirelessly to<br />
empower women and youth around the world in<br />
the spirit of global citizenship. A special thanks and<br />
heartfelt greetings go to our Board Members in many<br />
countries who are the backbone of the <strong>BKMC</strong> and<br />
who are our good personal friends.<br />
In this year’s report you can read about examples of<br />
leadership, aspiration, empathy, and unity. I hope that<br />
you too will be encouraged and inspired to join the<br />
collective efforts around the world to make the world<br />
a better place.<br />
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the Global South. We now have a network of over 200<br />
young leaders taking action in their communities for<br />
the Sustainable Development Goals.<br />
Ban Ki-moon, Co-chair<br />
8 th United Nations Secretary-General<br />
Dear Friends of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global<br />
Citizens,<br />
The culmination of the increasingly worrying<br />
humanitarian crises, international conflicts, the<br />
COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate emergency that<br />
impacts the most vulnerable the hardest, requires<br />
leadership and support from global citizens around<br />
the globe. I am proud to say that the Ban Ki-moon<br />
Centre team has worked tirelessly over the past<br />
months on creating a lasting positive impact in a<br />
world where humanity has been facing a multitude<br />
of crises.<br />
It means a lot to me to see that the <strong>BKMC</strong> has<br />
expanded its portfolio on global citizenship education<br />
and climate change, particularly focusing on women<br />
and youth empowerment, policy recommendations,<br />
advocating for political and financial commitments,<br />
as well as growing its network, with the launch of an<br />
office in New York, USA, and welcoming new team<br />
members.<br />
This year, I have witnessed the <strong>BKMC</strong> team make great<br />
leaps in terms of building new partnerships across the<br />
globe, with stakeholders ranging from government<br />
ministries to activists, and deepening their expertise<br />
in programs that aim to achieve the 2030 Agenda and<br />
the Paris Climate Agreement. Working together with<br />
decision makers, we advocated for global citizenship<br />
education through our collaboration with Mission<br />
4.7 at the Transformative Education Summit, and<br />
at COP27 we called on world leaders to step up for<br />
climate change adaptation. Throughout the year we<br />
worked with our young changemakers on issues such<br />
as gender justice by giving a voice to Afghan women<br />
and training women farmers and entrepreneurs from<br />
In 2021, as former UN Secretary-General I published<br />
my memoir “Resolved” recounting 50 years of my<br />
career. It gives me hope to continue advocating for my<br />
legacy with leaders around the world while engaging<br />
with many of our <strong>BKMC</strong> alumni who are taking the<br />
reins in creating a world that is more peaceful and<br />
more prosperous.<br />
I also resumed my mission travels around the world. I<br />
visited Ukraine to meet with President Zelensky and<br />
witnessed the atrocities taking place there and called<br />
for immediate ceasefire. Furthermore, I participated<br />
in events and high-level meetings in Columbia,<br />
Finland, Greece, India, the UAE, and the US. One of the<br />
highlights was my trip to Vienna to meet with my dear<br />
friend Heinz Fischer, some of our local <strong>BKMC</strong> board<br />
members, and the <strong>BKMC</strong> team. Amongst interesting<br />
discussions with Austrian government representatives,<br />
I also had the honor to welcome Austrian President<br />
Alexander Van der Bellen to our <strong>BKMC</strong> office. This was<br />
a great honor for the <strong>BKMC</strong>. I also spent considerable<br />
time with the team to observe their hard work and rest<br />
assured that Vienna is my second home. I would like<br />
to thank the leadership of President Heinz Fischer and<br />
the commitment of the <strong>BKMC</strong> Board, management<br />
team, and staff.<br />
As you will read in this report, we have done a great<br />
job creating an impact and touching thousands of<br />
lives around the world. I remain confident that in<br />
2023, which will mark the <strong>BKMC</strong>’s 5-year anniversary,<br />
we will continue to make a difference and implement<br />
far reaching programs.<br />
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CONTENTS
1<br />
ABOUT US<br />
9-13<br />
2<br />
OUR WORK<br />
15-33<br />
3<br />
SDG MICRO-PROJECTS<br />
35-41<br />
4<br />
OUR OUTREACH<br />
43-53<br />
5<br />
OUR PEOPLE<br />
55-61<br />
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ABOUT<br />
US<br />
The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global<br />
Citizens, established in January 2018,<br />
is a Quasi-International Organization<br />
located in Vienna, Austria focusing on<br />
fostering leadership. The <strong>BKMC</strong> is cochaired<br />
by Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-<br />
General of the UN, and by Heinz Fischer,<br />
11th President of the Republic of Austria.
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / CEO Monika Froehler conducts an SDGs workshop at the <strong>BKMC</strong> office.<br />
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE<br />
Our Vision<br />
Our Goal<br />
Our Role<br />
humanity is guided by global citizen leaders who care for people, the planet, and prosperity.<br />
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and fullfil the Paris Climate Agreement.<br />
foster leadership towards our goal, based on the values of global citizenship.<br />
Our Approach<br />
Decision Makers<br />
Change Makers<br />
Advocacy<br />
Policy<br />
High-Level<br />
Consultations<br />
Media<br />
Engagements<br />
Leadership<br />
Building<br />
Trainings<br />
Access to<br />
Opportunities<br />
Networking<br />
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©UN Photo - Rick Bajornas / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon speaks to journalists on the entry of force of the Paris Climate Agreement.<br />
OUR FRAMEWORK<br />
When Ban Ki-moon first assumed his office as the<br />
8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, he<br />
vowed to make climate a priority. At the 2015 United<br />
Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21 in<br />
Paris, world leaders representing 195 nations accepted<br />
responsibility to mitigate the threats of climate<br />
change by adopting the Paris Climate Agreement.<br />
It is the first-ever legally binding, international<br />
treaty dedicated to limit global warming, reduce<br />
greenhouse gas emissions, and provide financial<br />
and capacity building support to those<br />
countries most affected by our changing climate.<br />
In the same year, at the 70th UN General Assembly,<br />
Ban Ki-moon led the adoption of the 17 Sustainable<br />
Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169<br />
targets. The SDGs are the world’s blueprint on<br />
how to end poverty, address climate change, reduce<br />
inequalities and empower women and girls.<br />
The Paris Climate Agreement and Sustainable De-<br />
velopment Goals are a plan of urgent action to<br />
end extreme poverty and hunger, to reverse nature<br />
loss and transform our food systems, a promise<br />
to leave no one behind, realize the human<br />
rights of all, and to set the world on a prosperous<br />
and peaceful path of a more sustainable future.<br />
As Co-chair of the <strong>BKMC</strong>, Ban Ki-moon’s two legacies<br />
form the framework of the <strong>BKMC</strong>. Their implementation<br />
is imperative to advocating with<br />
current world leaders - decision makers and empowering<br />
the next generation of leaders - change makers.<br />
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OUR IMPACT<br />
219<br />
Young Leaders<br />
Trained<br />
216<br />
SDG<br />
Micro-Projects<br />
100+<br />
Partner<br />
Organizations<br />
25<br />
Partner<br />
Governments<br />
700<br />
Outreach<br />
Activities<br />
158K+<br />
Global Citizen<br />
Actions Taken<br />
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770K+<br />
People Reached via<br />
SDG Micro-Projects<br />
70<br />
Countries<br />
Reached<br />
18<br />
Donor<br />
Organizations<br />
40+<br />
Co-Chairs’<br />
Leadership Roles<br />
32K+<br />
Online Course<br />
Registrations<br />
51K+<br />
Online<br />
Followers<br />
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OUR<br />
WORK<br />
We use our independence, network,<br />
and expertise to engage with leaders,<br />
governments, academia, civil society,<br />
and international organizations to<br />
promote global citizenship. We believe<br />
in the impact of empowerment,<br />
inspiring leadership, inclusive policies,<br />
and global citizenship education.
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Katre Olmez / Panel at COP27 official side event hosted by Ban Ki-moon Centre.<br />
ELEVATING AGRICULTURAL<br />
ADAPTATION<br />
Goal:<br />
Advocate for increased financial and political<br />
commitment in research and innovation to<br />
increase the resilience of smallholder farmers to<br />
climate change<br />
Key Partners:<br />
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Citizen<br />
Target Recepient Countries:<br />
Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zambia<br />
The Elevating Agricultural Adaptation Program (EAA)<br />
continues since its launch in January 2021 to advocate<br />
for smallholder farmers and their ever-increasing<br />
challenges in adapting to climate change.<br />
This year was marked by several severe climate shocks<br />
affecting already vulnerable regions: the floodings<br />
in Pakistan, wildfires across Europe, and the drought<br />
in the Horn of Africa. These events have devastating<br />
effects on smallholder farmers and disproportionally<br />
affect women and youth. Within EAA, the <strong>BKMC</strong><br />
encourages world leaders to significantly increase<br />
their commitments to climate adaptation within the<br />
Paris Climate Agreement, particularly for smallholder<br />
farmers who are on the frontline of climate change.<br />
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of youth, the <strong>BKMC</strong> launched the first cohort of <strong>BKMC</strong><br />
Youth AgriChampions, gathering young innovative<br />
smallholders from Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, and<br />
Zambia to collaborate on developing a demand paper<br />
on climate adaptation for global leaders. The demand<br />
paper was officially launched and handed over to<br />
global leaders by several <strong>BKMC</strong> Youth AgriChampions<br />
at COP27 in Egypt.<br />
To further deepen partnerships, the <strong>BKMC</strong> signed<br />
Memorandums of Understanding with the Ministry<br />
of Green Economy and Environment, Zambia, and<br />
the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance. In 2023, the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> will seek to strengthen these partnerships and<br />
build new ones around the world in order to continue<br />
accentuating the need for financial support and<br />
capacity building to help smallholder farmers adapt<br />
to climate change.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Brian A. Gray / Woman farmer collecting harvest in the<br />
AICCRA demonstration field in Cape Town, Ghana.<br />
Throughout the year, <strong>BKMC</strong>’s Co-chair Ban Ki-moon<br />
and the EAA team have taken part in close to 100<br />
bilateral meetings, spoken at over 20 events, and<br />
embarked on mission trips to locations including<br />
Germany, Ghana, Kenya, the UAE, and the UK. In terms<br />
of EAA’s outreach, the <strong>BKMC</strong> has published 5 op-eds<br />
by Co-chair Ban Ki-moon, reaching over 150 million<br />
readers, and 1.9 million people on social media,<br />
enhancing awareness-raising efforts. The <strong>BKMC</strong> was<br />
active at global key events such as the Bonn Climate<br />
Change Conference, London Climate Action Week,<br />
Global Citizen Festival, and Stockholm+50, and<br />
on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of<br />
Governments Meeting, Africa Climate Week, and the<br />
Conference on Climate Change and Development in<br />
Africa.<br />
In autumn in Vienna, the <strong>BKMC</strong> hosted the High-Level<br />
Ministerial Roundtable “Climate Adaptation – The Road<br />
Beyond COP26: COP27 & COP28”, where Co-chair Ban<br />
Ki-moon convened government representatives from<br />
Austria, Egypt, Germany, and the UAE to promote the<br />
adaptation agenda and ensure continued assistance<br />
for vulnerable communities. To strengthen the voices<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Katre Olmez / Farmers and entrepreneurs who succesfully<br />
completed a micro-loan project with AFAWI in Acrra, Ghana.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Martin Krachler / High-Level Roundtable hosted by the <strong>BKMC</strong> at the Impact Hub.<br />
CLIMATE ADAPTATION – THE ROAD<br />
BEYOND COP26: COP27 & COP28<br />
On September 6th <strong>2022</strong> at the Impact Hub in<br />
Vienna, Co-chair Ban Ki-moon convened a hybrid<br />
roundtable event on “Climate Adaptation: The Road<br />
Beyond COP26: COP27 & COP28” with Leonore<br />
Gewessler, Austrian Federal Minister for Climate<br />
Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation<br />
and Technology; Yasmine Fouad, Egypt’s Minister<br />
of Environment and host country representative of<br />
COP27; Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister<br />
of Climate Change and Environment of the United<br />
Arab Emirates – the COP28 host country, and Jennifer<br />
Morgan, German State Secretary and Special Envoy for<br />
International Climate Action. Considering the Global<br />
Goal on Adaptation, particular focus was put on<br />
climate adaptation finance and the required progress<br />
on increased financial and political commitment<br />
and concrete action leading up to COP27 in Egypt<br />
and COP28 in the UAE. Responding to Ban Ki-moon’s<br />
calls for increased action to support communities<br />
bearing the brunt of climate change, the high-level<br />
representatives outlined their countries’ efforts and<br />
plans in supporting climate adaptation, which,<br />
amongst others, included the compilation of the<br />
Progress <strong>Report</strong> on the Climate Finance Delivery Plan,<br />
setting out a roadmap to mobilize USD100 billion for<br />
climate finance per year, and the prospective efforts<br />
of the COP27 and COP28 Presidencies to accelerate<br />
adaptation action, inclusive of the agricultural sector.<br />
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PEER TO PEER WEBINAR SERIES:<br />
YOUTH AGRI-CHAMPIONS<br />
Over the course of summer <strong>2022</strong>, the Youth<br />
AgriChampions, a group of outstanding smallholder<br />
famers and agripreneurs from Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda,<br />
and Zambia, came together through three online<br />
workshops facilitated by the <strong>BKMC</strong>, to develop a<br />
demand paper on agricultural adaptation to climate<br />
change.<br />
Inspired by guest input by Elizabeth Nsimadala,<br />
President of the East Africa Farmers Federation, and<br />
Denis Kabito, CEO and Founder of the Young Farmers’<br />
Federation of Uganda, the Youth AgriChampions<br />
developed a concrete set of demands to help<br />
smallholder farmers adapt to climate change in the<br />
areas of social risk management, funding and finance,<br />
and training and capacity building.<br />
The 11 Youth Agri-Champions, selected from over 400<br />
participants, then presented their demands to the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong>’s co-chairs, Ban Ki-moon and Dr. Heinz Fischer.<br />
This demand paper was unveiled at a <strong>BKMC</strong>-hosted<br />
Official Side Event at COP27, “Accelerating Climate<br />
Adaptation in Agriculture – A Youth Perspective”, and<br />
handed over to global leaders, including Ministers<br />
from Ghana, Rwanda, and Zambia. Furthermore, this<br />
demand paper will be incorporated into the <strong>BKMC</strong>’s<br />
future advocacy work within EAA.<br />
Scan the QR code to read the Youth<br />
Agri Champion demand paper<br />
“Building Resilience of Smallholder<br />
Farmers to Climate Change.”<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Katre Olmez / Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda, Gérardine Mukeshimana, <strong>BKMC</strong> team and <strong>BKMC</strong> Youth Agri-champion Jean Claude<br />
Niyomugabo from Rwanda discussing the Youth Agri Champion demand paper at COP27, Sharm El-Sheikh.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> / EVWA Changemaker Anna Ngwenyi Mafor working at her social enterprise AgriDroneTech in Cameroon.<br />
ELEVATING THE VOICES OF<br />
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE<br />
Goal:<br />
Raise global awareness for women farmers’<br />
realities in Africa by giving global visibility to<br />
innovative projects of young changemakers and<br />
developing actionable policy briefs fostering<br />
women farmers’ empowerment<br />
Key Partners:<br />
Royal DSM<br />
In April <strong>2022</strong>, the <strong>BKMC</strong> launched the “EVWA Campaign<br />
– Elevating the Voices of Women in Agriculture” to<br />
raise global awareness of women farmers’ realities and<br />
showcase policy and grassroot actions that contribute to<br />
their empowerment.<br />
Women smallholder farmers produce 70 percent of<br />
Africa’s food. Even though they play a key role in Africa’s<br />
food security, gender inequality and climate change<br />
have disproportionate effects on women farmers,<br />
making them the most vulnerable members of the<br />
farming community.<br />
With the EVWA Campaign, the <strong>BKMC</strong> uses a two-fold<br />
approach to respond to these challenges: The EVWA<br />
Changemakers Campaign and EVWA Council.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Nes Motion Media / Daily scenes from the Women Smiles Uganda initiative.<br />
On International Rural Women’s Day, the <strong>BKMC</strong> kicked<br />
off the EVWA Changemakers Campaign, an annual<br />
“30 under 30” campaign, which recognizes and gives a<br />
platform to 30 exceptional young African leaders with<br />
projects contributing to women farmers’ access to land,<br />
resources, inputs, and skills.<br />
Through an exhibition and side event hosted at<br />
the World Food Forum of the Food and Agriculture<br />
Organization, and the <strong>BKMC</strong>’s website and social media<br />
channels, 30 changemakers and their projects from 14<br />
African countries received global visibility.<br />
Of the 30, one EVWA Changemaker who leads the most<br />
innovative, impactful, and inspiring project received the<br />
title of the EVWA Champion <strong>2022</strong>. Lilian Nakigozi won<br />
the EVWA Champion <strong>2022</strong> award for her social enterprise<br />
“Women Smiles Uganda”.<br />
Women Smiles Uganda provides affordable training in<br />
sustainable urban farming concepts, especially to those<br />
who live in urban slums. Nakigozi and Women Smiles<br />
Uganda received a seed-funding award of USD 5,000<br />
to scale their organization, and they were featured in a<br />
multi-media documentary.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Green Canvas Productions / EVWA Champion Lilian Nakigozi.<br />
The documentary was premiered at a <strong>BKMC</strong> side event<br />
at COP27’s first Children and Youth Pavilion and was<br />
viewed over 2,000 times.<br />
In 2023, the <strong>BKMC</strong> will establish the EVWA Council, a<br />
group of experts, to formulate policy recommendations<br />
from a youth perspective addressing the challenges<br />
faced by women farmers.<br />
Scan the QR code to access the<br />
Exposure page for the details of<br />
Lilian Nakigozi’s project and the<br />
documentary created by the <strong>BKMC</strong>.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Katre Olmez / Entrance of the COP27 event venue at Sharm El-Sheikh.<br />
WHAT WE DID AT COP27<br />
Event Title: Accelerating Climate Adaptation in<br />
Agriculture – A Youth Perspective<br />
This official side event at COP27, an outcome of the<br />
Elevating Agricultural Adaptation program of the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong>, brought together two young agri champions,<br />
high-level representatives from CGIAR and FAO, the<br />
Director for International Partnerships of the European<br />
Commission – Carla Montesi, and the Director of the<br />
Zambian Ministry of Green Economy & Environment –<br />
Crusivia Chilobe Hichikumba to discuss clear solutions<br />
that can directly support smallholder farmers in Africa<br />
secure the future of their livelihoods and of the world‘s<br />
food system. The event acted as the official launch of<br />
the <strong>BKMC</strong>’s Youth Agri Champions’ demand paper,<br />
forming the basis of a dialogue for stakeholders from<br />
every level to constructively build on these demands<br />
to accelerate climate adaptation for smallholder<br />
farmers.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Panelists at COP27 official <strong>BKMC</strong> side event.<br />
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Event Title: Implementation Lab on Resilient and<br />
Adaptive Food Systems<br />
In response to climate change’s threat to global<br />
food systems, the <strong>BKMC</strong> partnered with several<br />
organizations to shine a spotlight on key breakthrough<br />
innovations and policy approaches aiming to improve<br />
food security and help build sustainable food systems.<br />
Hearing from experts, civil society representatives, and<br />
business leaders, participants discussed proposals for<br />
resilient and adaptive food systems and the policies<br />
and finance needed to enable them. <strong>BKMC</strong> COO Katrin<br />
Harvey also made an intervention the importance of<br />
women in climate finance.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Co-chair addresses the audience with a video message.<br />
Event Title: Elevating the Voices of Women in<br />
Agriculture – Challenges and Solutions toward<br />
Empowerment in the Face of Climate Change<br />
This event highlighted the role of women farmers in<br />
achieving SDG2 and SDG13. Hearing from experts and<br />
best practice initiatives, it discussed the challenges<br />
African women farmers face due to gender inequality<br />
and climate change. On-ground activists Josephine<br />
George Frances, President of the Farmers Union<br />
Network of Liberia and Elizabeth Akaba, Tuba Women<br />
Farmers Association Leader spoke about climatesmart<br />
agriculture and the importance of supporting<br />
alternative sources of income for women farmers.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / COO Katrin Harvey moderates the session.<br />
Event Title: Seeds for Equality – Young Women<br />
Shaping Regenerative Agriculture and Empowering<br />
Female Farmers in the Global South<br />
At the first ever Children and Youth Pavilion hosted<br />
at COP, the <strong>BKMC</strong>’s session showcased concrete<br />
initiatives led by young women, which empower<br />
communities and female farmers and foster resilient<br />
food systems. Speakers from LATAM and Africa<br />
discussed the importance of women farmers in<br />
the Global South. The announcement of the EVWA<br />
Champion Lilian Nakigozi and the first screening of<br />
a documentary about her social enterprise Women<br />
Smiles Uganda were particular highlights of the event.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / EmpoderaClima Founder and Director Renata Koch<br />
Alvarenga starts session hosted at the Children and Youth Pavilion.<br />
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© UN Photo - Ariana Lindquist / <strong>BKMC</strong> Board Member Jeffrey Sachs on stage at the opening of the Solutions Day of the TES.<br />
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION<br />
Goal:<br />
Bring together leaders from government,<br />
academia, and civil society to accelerate the<br />
implementation of transformative education,<br />
Global Citizenship Education (GCED), and<br />
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)<br />
around the world<br />
Key Partners:<br />
UNESCO, SDSN, Columbia University’s Center for<br />
Sustainable Development, SDG Academy, Global<br />
Schools Program, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education<br />
for International Understanding (APCEIU)<br />
The year <strong>2022</strong> was a milestone for transforming<br />
education with the Transforming Education Summit<br />
(TES) at the margins of the UN General Assembly in<br />
New York.<br />
Prior to this summit, Co-chair Ban Ki-moon held talks<br />
with UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay, on<br />
the importance of GCED in the midst of the global<br />
education challenges. Subsequently the Ban Ki-moon<br />
Centre hosted a session as part of the TES’s Solutions<br />
Day entitled “Significant initiatives of Transformative<br />
Education – a Global Citizenship Education<br />
Perspective.”<br />
The TES also dealt with the COVID-19 induced<br />
crisis in education that has seen some 147 million<br />
students missing over half of their in-person learning<br />
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experience since 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic<br />
evidently harmed the learning of more than 90%<br />
of the world’s children – the largest disruption<br />
in history – with half of all countries cutting their<br />
education budgets, further deepening the crisis. In<br />
2021, 244 million children and young people were<br />
out of school.<br />
During the summit, 130 countries made<br />
commitments to prioritize education. Nearly<br />
half of the countries announced measures to<br />
address learning loss, while a third of the countries<br />
committed to supporting the psycho-social<br />
well-being of both students and teachers. At the<br />
summit, the <strong>BKMC</strong> worked with UNESCO, the<br />
governments of Finland, South Korea, Belize, and<br />
Italy, high level academic representatives, youth<br />
representation, and civil society to issue conclusions<br />
on the importance of GCED in the midst of the crisis,<br />
drawing upon examples from the US, Latin America,<br />
Europe, Asia, and Africa. The conclusion paper was<br />
submitted to UNESCO.<br />
Throughout the year, the <strong>BKMC</strong>, with its partners<br />
SDSN, Columbia University, the Pontifical Scientific<br />
Academy, Global Schools, UNESCO, and the SDG<br />
Academy, has continued its efforts around GCED as<br />
part of Mission 4.7 to encourage leaders to make<br />
meaningful commitments towards education,<br />
continue to spotlight best-practices, and integrate<br />
transformative education approaches into national<br />
curricula.<br />
The <strong>BKMC</strong> hosted one episode of the “We<br />
Champion” speaker series of Mission 4.7, on how<br />
to deliver quality education during humanitarian<br />
crisis, featuring Yasmin Sharif, Director of Education<br />
Cannot Wait. In addition, the <strong>BKMC</strong> contributed<br />
to the 70th anniversary of UNESCO’s Institute for<br />
Lifelong Learning, worked with the European<br />
University Network ENLIGHT on their outreach<br />
and global citizen orientation, and hosted an<br />
online exhibition showcasing its Global Citizenship<br />
Scholarship Programs at the 7th International<br />
Conference on GCED, co-organized by APCEIU.<br />
©Pontifical Academy of Sciences - Gabriella Marino / Snapshot of the Ministerial High-Level panel at TES hosted by Mission 4.7.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Martin Krachler / SDG Dialogforum <strong>2022</strong>, High-Level Segment, CEO Monika Froehler giving her opening remarks.<br />
ADVISING THE AUSTRIAN<br />
GOVERNMENT TO ACHIEVE THE SDGs<br />
Goal:<br />
Provide support for the Austrian Government’s<br />
strategy on SDG implementation<br />
Key Partners:<br />
Austrian government, SDG Watch Austria, Interministerial<br />
Working Group for the SDGs (IMAG)<br />
In <strong>2022</strong>, the <strong>BKMC</strong> successfully continued its support<br />
of the Austrian Government to accelerate the<br />
SDG implementation on a national level. This year,<br />
the <strong>BKMC</strong> co-led the organization of a side event<br />
to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable<br />
Development (HLPF) in New York on the topic of<br />
Women in Peacebuilding as well as of Austria’s second<br />
multi-stakeholder “SDG Dialogforum”.<br />
In October <strong>2022</strong>, the government of Austria, SDG<br />
Watch Austria, and the <strong>BKMC</strong>, co-organized the<br />
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“SDG Dialogforum <strong>2022</strong> – Current opportunities<br />
and perspectives for the implementation of the<br />
Agenda 2030”. The goal of this forum was to foster<br />
innovative solutions, ideas, and partnerships for the<br />
implementation of the SDGs in Austria, as a pathway<br />
to resolving challenges like climate change, hunger<br />
and poverty, and the energy crisis.<br />
The two-day forum invited on day one experts<br />
from government, civil society, academia, and the<br />
private sector gathered in four Innovation Pools to<br />
identify and prioritize concrete guiding principles,<br />
good practice examples, and partnerships that can<br />
be implemented by 2025. The discussions in the<br />
Innovation Pools focused on energy transition, skills<br />
for the 21st century, equal opportunities for youth,<br />
and Austria’s development policy fostering resilience.<br />
The following day held an in-person high-level<br />
segment with Karoline Edtstadler, Federal Minister<br />
for EU and Constitution; Leonore Gewessler, Federal<br />
Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy,<br />
Mobility, Innovation and Technology; Johannes<br />
Rauch, Federal Minister for Social Affairs, Health,<br />
Care, and Consumer Protection; Gerd Müller, Director<br />
General of the United Nations Industrial Development<br />
Organisation; and Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, General<br />
Secretary at the Ministry of European and International<br />
Affairs to discuss the results developed by experts in<br />
the Innovation Pools. CEO Monika Froehler moderated<br />
the overall Forum and PULS 4 News Chief, Corinna<br />
Milborn moderated the high-level segment.<br />
The forum managed to raise broad awareness on the<br />
SDGs in Austria with its outreach efforts, reaching<br />
over 21,000 people via social media, and with more<br />
than 1,000 participants tuning in live and virtually, 12<br />
media pieces, including press releases, op-eds, and<br />
reporting by new outlets, and a press conference<br />
with Ministerial participation by Minister Edtstadler,<br />
Minister Gewessler, and Director-General Müller on<br />
7th October.<br />
Overall, the forum impressed with comprehensive<br />
youth engagement as well as highlighting the<br />
regional efforts towards implementing the Agenda<br />
2030 in Austria. It brought forth concrete suggestions<br />
on possible implementing partnerships. Key takeaways,<br />
recordings, and summary documents were<br />
delivered in a timely manner to the Inter-Ministerial<br />
Working Group to support their ongoing efforts.<br />
At the press conference, Minister Karoline Edtstadler<br />
announced the Austrian government’s commitment<br />
to work on the next Austrian Voluntary National<br />
Review by 2024. This will be done through extensive<br />
consultations with all relevant stakeholders, including<br />
government, civil society, academia, the private sector,<br />
and youth – a testament of Austria’s commitment to<br />
keep the promise of the SDGs.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Martin Krachler / High-level speakers, rapporteurs of Innovation Pools and moderators on stage at MQ Libelle.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Screenshot from the online roundtable.<br />
VOICES OF HOPE: REALITIES OF<br />
AFGHAN WOMEN ROUNDTABLE<br />
Afghan women are increasingly trying to transform<br />
the system they are living in and resisting the Taliban’s<br />
oppression while questioning the international<br />
community’s silence. In light of our women’s<br />
empowerment portfolio and with the initiative by<br />
our Afghan Global Citizen Fellows, we hosted a virtual<br />
roundtable entitled “Voices of Hope: Realities of<br />
Afghan Women”.<br />
The goal of the event was to highlight the activism of<br />
Afghan women on the ground and discuss challenges<br />
and recommendations for increased solidarity<br />
and effective action. Moderated by International<br />
Gender Champion CEO Monika Froehler, the event<br />
brought together, H.E. Manizha Bakhtari, Ambassador<br />
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic<br />
Republic of Afghanistan to Austria, Hooria Sardar,<br />
Global Citizen Fellow and women’s rights activist,<br />
Marufa Shinware, Executive Director at Immigrant<br />
Culture and Art Association and Dr Zahra Muhammadi,<br />
Dentist and women’s rights activist.<br />
H.E. Excellency Manizha Bakhtari emphasized the<br />
risks to civil society leaders, activists, and reporters,<br />
especially women, and their shrinking involvement in<br />
public life due to the Taliban’s fundamentalist, hardline<br />
policies. The speakers identified 13 challenges which<br />
Afghan women face and urged the international<br />
community to act on them.<br />
Scan the QR code to read the<br />
summary of the online event as<br />
well as the clear 13 demands the<br />
participants agreed upon.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Panel discussion hosted by the <strong>BKMC</strong> at the HLPF, participants including Minister Karoline Edstadler.<br />
HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM<br />
SIDE EVENT<br />
<strong>2022</strong> was a year with dominating news headlines<br />
on conflicts and humanitarian emergencies. Russia’s<br />
aggression against Ukraine sparked a global energy<br />
and food crisis; Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan, and<br />
Yemen were experiencing worsening humanitarian<br />
emergencies; and conflict and war continue to affect<br />
every region of the world. But real change happens<br />
when women peacebuilders are included.<br />
To shed light on the role of women in peacebuilding<br />
in ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Ukraine, as<br />
well as the newly emerging field of environmental<br />
peacebuilding, as a part of the cooperation with<br />
Austria, the <strong>BKMC</strong> co-organized the High-Level<br />
Political Forum Side Event “Linking SDG 16 & SDG<br />
5 in a time of crisis – Women in Peacebuilding &<br />
Justice” with UN Women, SDG Watch Europe, the<br />
governments of Austria, Italy, and Jordan.<br />
The panel discussion featured a number of outstanding<br />
high-level experts and stakeholders: Karoline<br />
Edtstadler, Federal Minister for EU and Constitution;<br />
Sima Sami Bahous, UN Women Executive Director;<br />
Fabio Cassese, General Director of Italian International<br />
Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and<br />
International Cooperation; Adela Raz, Director of the<br />
Afghanistan Policy Lab at SPIA; Maria Victoria “Mavic”<br />
Cabrera Balleza, CEO of the Global Network of Women<br />
Peacebuilders; and Brittany Roser, UN Advocacy<br />
Advisor at PAX for Peace.<br />
By discussing how peacebuilding efforts, the rule of<br />
law, equal participation, and ending violence against<br />
women are essential components to linking SDG 16<br />
and SDG 5, the event highlighted these goals as central<br />
pillars of the 2030 Agenda and kept the momentum<br />
on women in peacebuilding at the HLPF <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Trainee Patience Sibanda from Zimbabwe with the beneficiaries of her Micro Adaptation Project.<br />
ONLINE EXECUTIVE TRAINING:<br />
YOUNG WOMEN LEADERSHIP ON<br />
CLIMATE ADAPTATION<br />
Goal:<br />
Elevate the leadership of young African<br />
women to be changemakers for climate<br />
adaptation<br />
Key Partners:<br />
Global Center on Adaptation, CARE Climate<br />
and Resilience Academy, Diplomatic Academy<br />
of Vienna<br />
Climate change is a reality with severe impacts, hitting<br />
the most vulnerable the hardest. Women’s leadership<br />
at all levels results in greater capability to respond to<br />
climate-related threats. In 2021, the <strong>BKMC</strong> joined forces<br />
with the Global Center on Adaptation to respond to this<br />
fact and build women’s leadership on climate adaptation.<br />
In cooperation with the CARE Climate and Resilience<br />
Academy and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> developed an Online Executive Training that<br />
elevates the leadership of young women to become<br />
changemakers for climate adaptation. During 20 weeks<br />
of training, participants build their knowledge on gendersensitive<br />
climate adaptation, enhance their leadership<br />
skills, and expand their professional networks.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Zoom screenshot from the closing ceremony of the program.<br />
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LEADERS<br />
COUNTRIES<br />
WEEKS<br />
The pilot cycle of the Online Executive Training was<br />
launched in October <strong>2022</strong> and brought together 30<br />
outstanding young women from the Democratic<br />
Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria,<br />
and Zimbabwe. Eager to foster climate adaptation, the<br />
trainees have either founded their own initiatives or have<br />
demonstrated remarkable leadership while working for<br />
startups, NGOs, international organizations, governments,<br />
or academia. Fifteen modules, facilitated by experts from<br />
12 different countries, prepared the trainees to innovate<br />
community-based solutions that build resilience to a<br />
changing climate.<br />
By building lasting connections with renowned experts,<br />
leaders, and their peers, the participants were empowered<br />
to transform the realities of many by elevating climate<br />
resilience across regions, genders, and generations. Each<br />
of the trainees received a certificate to honor their great<br />
achievements throughout this intensive training. Since<br />
the end of the training, the alumni have continued to be<br />
active in the climate adaptation discourse by featuring<br />
at landmark events, supporting peers to strengthen<br />
their leadership, and implementing their own Micro<br />
Adaptation Projects in their home communities. The<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> also continues to engage with the trainees, most<br />
recently at COP27, where the young women were able<br />
to apply their newly acquired knowledge in the crucial<br />
climate negotiations.<br />
In September <strong>2022</strong>, the Online Executive Training for<br />
young women was presented as a best practice example<br />
at the Global Center on Adaptation’s Youth Dialogue on<br />
Adaptation Action, and the next training cycle will take<br />
place in 2023.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Zoom screenshot from the closing ceremony of the program.<br />
GLOBAL CITIZEN<br />
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM<br />
Goal:<br />
Highlight and train young changemakers from<br />
Africa and Asia to accelerate and scale their SDG<br />
efforts<br />
Key Partners:<br />
RELX Group, University of Bordeaux,<br />
Management Center Innsbruck (MCI)<br />
The Global Citizen Scholarship Program empowers<br />
exceptional young active global citizen leaders<br />
engaged with the SDGs through tailor-made,<br />
short-term academic trainings and supporting the<br />
development of an “SDG Micro-Project.”<br />
The scholarship includes the chance to interact<br />
and network with high-level change makers, access<br />
specialized educational seminars and trainings,<br />
receive peer-to-peer exchange, gain insights from<br />
expert mentors and workshops provided by the<br />
Centre.<br />
In <strong>2022</strong>, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens<br />
granted 17 scholarships to young changemakers<br />
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©Esther Wanza / <strong>BKMC</strong> Scholar Esther Wanza with the participants of her SDG Micro-Project.<br />
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LEADERS<br />
COUNTRIES<br />
PARTNERS<br />
from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and<br />
the Philippines. The program was made possible with<br />
the generous financial support of RELX Group and<br />
was carried out in partnership with the University of<br />
Bordeaux and their summer school program.<br />
This year, the program included participation in<br />
a multidisciplinary academic training course at<br />
the University of Bordeaux on “Sustainable African<br />
cities: Multidisciplinary research to meet health,<br />
demographic, economic and political challenges”.<br />
In addition, each scholar was matched with a mentor<br />
from the <strong>BKMC</strong> network of experts to guide them in<br />
their implementation of an SDG Micro-Project over<br />
a 6-month period. Building further partnerships<br />
with educational institutes, the Management<br />
Center Innsbruck hosted a course on Responsible<br />
Management.<br />
The SDG Micro-Projects carried out by this years’<br />
scholars ranged from portable filtration systems<br />
in Ethiopia, and a climate-smart agricultural waste<br />
management system in Ghana, to eco-friendly<br />
permeable pavers to mitigate urban heat islands in<br />
Kenya. The <strong>BKMC</strong> provided small seed-funding grants<br />
of 500 Euros to each scholar for their projects.<br />
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SDG<br />
MICRO-<br />
PROJECTS<br />
SDG Micro-Projects are initiatives<br />
created and implemented by <strong>BKMC</strong><br />
fellows, mentees, or scholars, that tackle<br />
one or more SDGs on a local, national, or<br />
international level. The projects vary in<br />
size and concept with the common goal<br />
of finding a solution for the challenges<br />
faced in achieving the 2030 Agenda.
SDG MICRO-PROJECTS<br />
Young changemakers have a crucial role to play<br />
in the implementation of the SDGs. Therefore, the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> encourages and trains young global citizens<br />
all over the globe to undertake SDG Micro-Projects<br />
in their local communities. <strong>BKMC</strong> fellows, scholars,<br />
and mentees are encouraged to spot a real-world<br />
challenge, work on solutions, and venture out to make<br />
a change with targeted actions for the SDGs that reach<br />
a wide network of people. With these projects, the<br />
young leaders address a specific societal challenge<br />
that needs to be transformed into an opportunity.<br />
Everyone in the <strong>BKMC</strong> network shares the conviction<br />
that small actions, taken by each person, can move<br />
mountains and can ultimately play a crucial role in<br />
achieving the SDGs. This conviction is integrated<br />
into various <strong>BKMC</strong> programs to equip young and<br />
dedicated individuals with the skills, knowledge, and<br />
network they need to become agents of change for<br />
the achievement of the SDGs.<br />
For the success of the young leaders, the <strong>BKMC</strong> offers<br />
guidance and mentorship from initial ideation to the<br />
final steps of project implementation, and at scaling<br />
the success and impact of their SDG Micro-Projects.<br />
18-35<br />
AGE<br />
RANGE<br />
216<br />
SDG<br />
MICRO-PROJECTS<br />
770K+<br />
PEOPLE REACHED<br />
219<br />
YOUNG<br />
LEADERS<br />
46<br />
TARGET<br />
COUNTRIES<br />
Regional Distribution of the SDG Micro-<br />
Projects around the globe:<br />
SDG Micro-Projects can be implemented in one or<br />
many locations. While some tackle local community<br />
issues, some go beyond borders, regions and propose<br />
solutions for the globe. The <strong>BKMC</strong> aims to reach young<br />
leaders all around world, therefore conduct programs<br />
targeting different areas of the world. The pie chart<br />
showcases the regional distribution of the total SDG<br />
Micro-Projects implemented to day.<br />
13%<br />
Middle East &<br />
North Africa<br />
25%<br />
Latin America &<br />
Caribbean<br />
4%<br />
South Asia<br />
27%<br />
Europe &<br />
Central Asia<br />
31%<br />
Sub-Subharan<br />
Africa<br />
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SDG 17<br />
SDG 6<br />
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Distribution of Targeted SDGs by each SDG<br />
Micro-Project<br />
SDG 1<br />
SDG 2<br />
SDG 16<br />
While the SDG projects address all 17 of the Global<br />
Goals, there is a particular focus on SDG3, SDG4, SDG5,<br />
SDG10, and SDG13 representing the <strong>BKMC</strong>’s work<br />
in global health, gender justice, global citizenship<br />
education, reducing inequalities, and climate change<br />
action.<br />
SDG 11<br />
SDG 14<br />
SDG 13<br />
SDG 12<br />
SDG 15<br />
SDG 3<br />
SDG 10<br />
SDG 4<br />
SDG 9<br />
SDG 8<br />
SDG 7<br />
SDG 5<br />
Distribution of Type of SDG Micro-Project<br />
SDG Micro-Projects vary in method of ideation<br />
and implementation. They fall into many different<br />
categories from creating campaigns to conducting<br />
workshops.<br />
15 %<br />
SOCIAL MEDIA & ONLINE PLATFORMS<br />
18 %<br />
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT & MATERIALS<br />
22 %<br />
ACTIVISM & CAMPAIGNS<br />
45 %<br />
WORKSHOPS & TRAININGS<br />
Gender Distribution of Participants<br />
To put women and girls at the centre of solutions to<br />
get the SDGs back on track, the <strong>BKMC</strong> has dedicated<br />
a majority of its programs to empower in particular<br />
female changemakers.<br />
14%<br />
Men<br />
86%<br />
Women<br />
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SDG MICRO-PROJECTS<br />
SDG Micro-Projects are initiatives that tackle one or more SDGs on a local, national, or international level. The projects<br />
on this map are created and implemented by Ban Ki-moon Centre fellows and scholars for achieving the 2030 Agenda.<br />
Cécilia Dumar / France<br />
Normalizing mental health struggles and<br />
contributing to fighting the stigma attached to<br />
it through a portrait photography documentary<br />
project.<br />
Emmanuel Hanyabui / Ghana<br />
Creating affordable climate smart agricultural<br />
waste management systems by converting<br />
agricultural waste into biochar and compost for<br />
sustainable agriculture.<br />
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Paulina Kellersmann / Georgia<br />
Raising awareness on the available services and<br />
resources for domestic violence victims and<br />
survivors through a sticker campaign informing<br />
about the national hotline.<br />
Elizabeth Okoye / Nigeria<br />
Debunking the misconceptions around blood<br />
donation in Nigeria through a social awareness<br />
campaign including posters and discussions<br />
targeting students and staff at the University of<br />
Ibadan.<br />
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© <strong>BKMC</strong> / Scholar Manasiti Omar with her community at her NGO Spring of the arid and semi-arid lands.<br />
HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS <strong>2022</strong><br />
Manasiti Omar, Kenya<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> Scholar<br />
Manasiti Omar is the daughter of a pastoralist from<br />
the indigenous Maasai community living in Kajiado<br />
County in the southern part of Kenya. The pastoralist<br />
communities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL)<br />
have been experiencing extreme weather conditions<br />
which lead to a loss of land productivity and livestock<br />
mortality. Mana realized that communities such as hers<br />
who live in the most marginalized areas lack knowledge<br />
on climate adaptation and the world lacks knowledge on<br />
their lived realities.<br />
She found the NGO “Spring of the arid and semi-arid<br />
lands” (SASAL) which educates the pastoralists on climate<br />
change, advocacy and alternative livelihoods to build<br />
resilience. To raise the voice of the unheard pastoralist<br />
communities, SASAL created a docuseries. Through<br />
storytelling, the project raises awareness on the life in the<br />
ASAL area and the climate related problems being faced<br />
by this community. The documentary aims to inspire<br />
action for climate justice and push for representation of<br />
the pastoralists in decision making processes.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Scholar Manasiti Omar with her community.<br />
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Khadijah Abdul Samed, Ghana<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> Trainee<br />
Khadijah Abdul-Samed has identified the challenging<br />
intersection of women’s economic independence while<br />
adapting to the effects of climate change. Her Micro<br />
Adaptation Project seeks to empower rural women in<br />
the Karanga region in Ghana to have multiple streams of<br />
income sources, and thus, not to rely on farming only. In<br />
addition to workshops on beekeeping, the beneficiaries<br />
are taught poultry and sheep rearing. The diversification<br />
of income enables them to support their families, meet<br />
basic needs and increase decision making options while<br />
being less dependent on climate conditions.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Khadijah Abdul Samed teaching beekeeping.<br />
Liliana Oropeza, Bolivia<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> Fellow<br />
Liliana Oropeza’s project “YAWAR – Towards menstrual<br />
dignity” fights menstrual poverty in El Alto, Bolivia by<br />
providing workshops on menstrual health and hygiene.<br />
Working with 60 young women between the age of 16<br />
and 21, the project aims to break the taboo around the<br />
menstrual cycle through body autonomy workshops and<br />
self-care. The participants, who in many cases lack basic<br />
services such as running water and sewage, also receive<br />
menstrual kits. Following a 5-month in depth-training<br />
the women working become volunteers to ensure a<br />
sustainable support system in the long term.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Liliana Oropeza teaching girls about menstruation.<br />
Esmael Yimer, Ethiopia<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> Scholar<br />
Esmael Yimer´s project “Save Lifes” provides road safety<br />
knowledge, material and equipment in Wolkite Town,<br />
Ethiopia. The project ensures that children can travel<br />
safely to and from school. Weekly classroom and outdoor<br />
road safety trainings, a Child Pedestrian Injury Prevention<br />
toolkit and a training based on local risk factors and<br />
good practices educated teachers, school directors and<br />
local police officers. In total, the project offered safe road<br />
crossing skills for over 200 children. This approach is<br />
supported by the established of a Road Safety Clubs to<br />
ensure a long-term effect of the project.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Esmael Yimer with participants of his SDG Micro-Project.<br />
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OUTREACH<br />
The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global<br />
Citizens co-chairs and staff take part in<br />
multiple opportunities to engage with<br />
global citizens all around the world.<br />
These include speaking engagements,<br />
hosting events, conducting workshops<br />
and trainings, creating digital campaigns<br />
and competitions, as well as carving out<br />
new partnerships.
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Angela Reithuber / EXPO Dubai Site Entrance.<br />
EXPO 2020 DUBAI<br />
In March <strong>2022</strong>, to strengthen our collaboration with<br />
partners in the Middle East on agricultural adaptation<br />
and global citizenship education, Co-chair Ban Kimoon<br />
and CEO Monika Froehler visited EXPO Dubai<br />
2021. The delegation held several meetings with<br />
government leaders, attended events, and had tours<br />
of multiple pavilions.<br />
CEO Tariq Al-Gurg of Dubai Cares, a UAE-based<br />
global philanthropic organization that advocates for<br />
children’s rights, invited the team to the Dubai Cares<br />
Pavilion. A high-level meeting between Ban and Al-<br />
Gurg served to launch a partnership between the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> and Dubai Cares on the future of education<br />
and the role of lifelong learning. The <strong>BKMC</strong> is looking<br />
forward to working together to foster quality<br />
education globally.<br />
Amid the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia,<br />
Co-chair Ban Ki-moon expressed his support for the<br />
Ukrainian people with a message of support at the<br />
Ukrainian Pavilion. Many other pavilions allowed a<br />
dive into their countries and cultures: at the Korean<br />
Pavilion, Co-chair Ban was guided through an<br />
immersive experience of Korean pop culture while<br />
the Austrian Pavilion addressed the diverse ways of<br />
experiencing the country with all senses. In addition,<br />
Co-chair Ban met with Maher Nasser, Director of the<br />
Outreach Division in the United Nations Department<br />
of Global Communications to explore the United<br />
Nation’s Pavilion and how it strengthened public<br />
awareness of the SDGs.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon, CEO Monika Froehler at EXPO.<br />
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4GAMECHANGERS<br />
©PULS 4 / CEO Monika Froehler<br />
at a panel at the 4gamechangers.<br />
Europe faces multiple emergencies like the Ukraine-Russia War, energy crisis, climate change,<br />
recession, but how can the EU be made resilient and capable of action for the future? To<br />
answer this question, CEO Monika Froehler was invited as one of the gamechangers of the<br />
future to the 4Gamechangers Festival <strong>2022</strong> hosted in Vienna; she spoke at the panel “The<br />
Power of Europe – Why the future can only be experienced together”. In the spirit of global<br />
solidarity and cooperation, she highlighted how more decision-makers need to think with a<br />
global citizen mindset enabling them to look beyond national borders and see the linkages<br />
of global challenges. Other renowned speakers at the festival included Ukrainian President<br />
Volodymyr Zelenski, Austrian Minister of Justice Alma Zadic, and actor and United Nations<br />
Messenger of Peace George Clooney.<br />
GOALKEEPERS<br />
Thanks to the <strong>BKMC</strong>’s extensive work on the SDGs, in September <strong>2022</strong>, COO Katrin<br />
Harvey was officially nominated to participate in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s<br />
Goalkeepers Events in New York. The initiative focusses on the achievement of the SDGs<br />
and aims to speed up the progress by bringing together global leaders to exchange ideas<br />
and develop solutions. During several networking sessions, the leaders were encouraged to<br />
make new connections with like-minded people to further improve the reach of their own<br />
work. The event hosted a wide range of high-level speakers from government, academia<br />
and research, business, arts and culture, and entertainment. The <strong>2022</strong> Goalkeepers <strong>Report</strong><br />
was launched in conjunction with the event, and several trailblazers were awarded with the<br />
<strong>2022</strong> Goalkeepers Award, including the President of the European Commission Ursula van<br />
der Leyen and climate activist Vanessa Nakate.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / COO Katrin Harvey at<br />
the Goal Keepers Summit.<br />
GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL<br />
©Green Peak Festival / Co-chair<br />
Heinz Fischer, Board Member<br />
Jean Todt, CEO Monika Froehler<br />
In line with the <strong>BKMC</strong> efforts focused on sustainable agriculture, climate change adaptation,<br />
and environmental protection, in <strong>2022</strong>, CEO Monika Froehler joined the Green Peak<br />
Festival’s Advisory Board. In September <strong>2022</strong>, Co-chair Heinz Fischer, <strong>BKMC</strong> Board Member<br />
and UN Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, and CEO Monika Froehler took part in the<br />
first edition of the Green Peak Festival. The full-day conference covered panels, networking<br />
opportunities, and an award ceremony for startups. In his speech, Co-chair Heinz Fischer<br />
underlined that to achieve real change for our planet and people, words and promises<br />
must be followed by actions. Jean Todt spoke about the role of clean and safe mobility in<br />
the green agenda while Monika Froehler highlighted how smallholder farmers are on the<br />
frontlines of climate change, and how we must ensure that their livelihoods are protected<br />
to transform global food systems.<br />
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Martin Krachler / Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen, Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer meeting at the <strong>BKMC</strong> office.<br />
CO-CHAIR BAN KI-MOON IN VIENNA<br />
In September <strong>2022</strong>, Co-chair Ban Ki-moon traveled to<br />
Vienna for several engagements including high-level<br />
meetings, roundtable events and media interviews.<br />
As part of his meetings with representatives of<br />
the Austrian government, Ban Ki-moon and Heinz<br />
Fischer and the <strong>BKMC</strong> staff had the great pleasure<br />
of welcoming Austrian Federal President, Alexander<br />
Van der Bellen to the <strong>BKMC</strong> offices. Following a brief<br />
introduction of the <strong>BKMC</strong> staff and the Centre, the<br />
three governmental leaders sat down for an interview<br />
with the “Kronen Zeitung” on recent global affairs.<br />
With regards to climate change, President Van der<br />
Bellen underlined that the global community has<br />
been paralyzed in addressing the impact of current<br />
global challenges, which pose a dangerous threat for<br />
billions of people around the world. Co-chairs Ban Kimoon<br />
and Heinz Fischer highlighted the frustration<br />
for billions of people around the world, emphasizing<br />
the role of politics to give people hope and resolve<br />
conflict. Together, they concluded the interview with<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Martin Krachler / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon signing the book<br />
during a visit with Chancellor Nehammer.<br />
a joint wish for a world without war and poverty.<br />
His Excellency also met with Austrian Chancellor Karl<br />
Nehammer to discuss global affairs, climate change,<br />
and the war in Ukraine. He relayed his impressions of<br />
visiting Ukraine earlier the same year and witnessing<br />
evidence of human rights abuses committed by<br />
Russian forces in the cities of Bucha and Irpin. He<br />
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reiterated his personal support to Ukrainian President<br />
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the sovereignty of the state<br />
of Ukraine.<br />
In a separate meeting with Austrian Minister for the<br />
EU and Constitution, Karoline Edtstadler, Ban Ki-moon<br />
praised Austria’s leading role for the implementation<br />
and advancement of the SDGs as well as the their 5 th<br />
position in international rankings. Especially in the<br />
light of major global challenges such as the Ukraine<br />
crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change,<br />
Ban Ki-moon mentioned that the comprehensive and<br />
interlinked goals of the 2030 Agenda are becoming<br />
increasingly important.<br />
He also expressed his appreciation for the longstanding<br />
support the Austrian government provides<br />
to the Ban Ki-moon Centre. He underlined that the<br />
cooperation between the Chancellery and around the<br />
SDG Dialogforum is invaluable to further the dialogue<br />
between civil society, academia and decision-makers<br />
to further advance the implementation of the<br />
Sustainable Development Goals.<br />
During his visit, Ban Ki-moon also had the opportunity<br />
to host a virtual roundtable and discuss among other<br />
Ministers from the UAE and Egypt with the Austrian<br />
Minister for Climate Action, Leonore Gewessler about<br />
accelerating efforts for climate adaptation while<br />
focusing on mitigitation.<br />
Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer paid a<br />
courtesy visit to Mayor and Governor of Vienna, Dr.<br />
Michael Ludwig, and congratulated the City of Vienna<br />
for receiving the World City Prize. They conveyed their<br />
gratitude to the City of Vienna for their continuous<br />
support for the Ban Ki-moon Centre.<br />
The visit by Ban Ki-moon also provided an opportunity<br />
for the <strong>BKMC</strong> team to individualy present their work<br />
to the Co-chairs, highlighting their personal success<br />
stories and receiving valuable feedback.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> - Martin Krachler / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon and CEO Monika Froehler meeting with Federal Minister for the EU, Karoline Edtstadler.<br />
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©Scott Heins / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon and CEO Monika Froehler discussing the <strong>BKMC</strong> US Foundation.<br />
US FOUNDATION OF THE <strong>BKMC</strong><br />
From the beginning, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for<br />
Global Citizens has recognized the urgent need<br />
to mobilize both existing and emerging leaders of<br />
all backgrounds toward its mission – particularly<br />
across geographies, sectors, religious and political<br />
backgrounds.<br />
It is out of this ethos that the Foundation for the Ban Kimoon<br />
Centre was launched in <strong>2022</strong> in New York City,<br />
with the goal of mobilizing U.S. stakeholders across<br />
sectors to advance progress towards the Sustainable<br />
Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement.<br />
The Foundation’s work in the U.S., in collaboration<br />
with global partners, will focus on addressing four<br />
timely issues: gender equity in all sectors; climate<br />
and sustainability; public health equity; and peace,<br />
security, and justice.<br />
Three principal strategies will be employed to carry<br />
out the work:<br />
Leadership development, with the goal of creating<br />
a larger and more diverse “bench” of leaders and<br />
movements ready to the advance SDGs by 2030<br />
Education and advocacy, to increase financial and<br />
political commitments toward the implementation of<br />
SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement on key issues<br />
at the intersection of gender, racial, and economic<br />
justice<br />
Advancing SDG solutions through catalytic<br />
investment and scaling of local and transnational<br />
solutions led by youth, women and other historically<br />
excluded communities<br />
©Scott Heins / Strategic Engagement Director & Secretary Kate<br />
Landon presenting the Foundation’s work.<br />
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Fireside Chat: Climate Change and the Future of Leadership<br />
©Scott Heins / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon and Dean<br />
Costis Maglaras on stage.<br />
On November 3 rd , Co-chair Ban Ki-moon sat down with the Dean,<br />
Costis Maglaras, and the students at Columbia Business School for<br />
a Fireside Chat on Climate Change and the Future of Leadership,<br />
where they spoke about the urgent issues of our time and the paths<br />
we need to take for a sustainable future. The event was attended by<br />
300+ students, faculty, and allied partners and was followed by a<br />
reception where Ban Ki-moon formally announced the launch of the<br />
Foundation for the Ban Ki-moon Centre in the U.S.<br />
Engaging World Leaders<br />
©Scott Heins / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon meets UN<br />
Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed.<br />
On November 4 th , Co-chair Ban Ki-moon met with high-level officials<br />
at the United Nations to discuss how to mobilize political leadership<br />
around urgent global and climate issues. In attendance were UN<br />
General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi, UN Secretary-General<br />
Antonio Guterres, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed,<br />
and members of the UN Security Council, as well as the Elders. They<br />
discussed their shared concern about global crises, such as the war<br />
in Ukraine, climate adaptation, and more.<br />
Inspiring Next Generations<br />
©Scott Heins / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon gives a<br />
keynote at the unvailing of his selected papers.<br />
In addition, the United Nations Library Dag Hammarskjöld launched<br />
selected papers from Co-chair Ban Ki-moon’s tenure as UN Secretary-<br />
General, including his speeches, letters of note, passed resolutions,<br />
and repository of important documents. This step makes his decade<br />
long work and experience as Secretary-General available for all<br />
current and future leaders who are interested in understanding the<br />
origins of the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate<br />
Agreement.<br />
As we build our work in the United States, we thank<br />
all our local donors, institutions and partners for their<br />
support: Alexander Bodini Foundation, Benevity Fund,<br />
Bloomberg Philanthropies, Boh Yeon Han, Chi Family<br />
Foundation, Doris Choi, Elissa Oh, Grace and Hyung<br />
Myung Peak, Hee-Jung and John Moon, Karen and<br />
Samuel Choi, Geeta and Krishen Mehta, The New<br />
York Women’s Foundation, Frank and Veronica Oh<br />
and Wellspring Philanthropic Fund. In 2023, the US<br />
Foundation of the <strong>BKMC</strong> will focus on the creation<br />
of programmatic partnerships with NGOs, academic<br />
institutions, and private sector partners to launch the<br />
leadership development, education and advocacy,<br />
and SDG investment strategies outlined above, as well<br />
as growing our donor base to increase sustainability<br />
of this work in the years to come.<br />
For more information, including inquiring about<br />
opportunities for partnership, please reach out to:<br />
usfoundation@bankimooncentre.org.<br />
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03/<strong>2022</strong><br />
01/<strong>2022</strong><br />
Ban Ki-moon gives an interview with The<br />
ASEAN Magazine on multilateralism and<br />
sustainable development<br />
CEO Froehler joins the Green Peak Festival<br />
Advisory Committee*<br />
CEO Froehler urges that Global Citizenship<br />
Education and Education for Sustainable<br />
Development must be put into practice with<br />
Global Schools Program on International Day<br />
of Education<br />
Ban Ki-moon and CEO Monika Froehler travel<br />
to UAE, meet with Climate Minister Mariam Al<br />
Mheiri, attend GEMS School session for SDGs,<br />
and the Asia Business Leadership Forum*<br />
Ban Ki-moon and CEO Froehler pay visits to<br />
EXPO’20 pavilions of Dubai Cares, Republic of<br />
Korea, Republic of Austria, United Nations,<br />
and Ukraine<br />
Co-chair Heinz Fischer and CEO Froehler<br />
give celebratory remarks at Global Citizen<br />
Mentorship Closing Ceremony <strong>2022</strong> with<br />
ENLIGHT<br />
Launch of the Global Citizen Scholarship<br />
Program <strong>2022</strong><br />
02/<strong>2022</strong><br />
Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer open the<br />
Global Engagement and Empowerment Forum on Sustainable<br />
Development (GEEF)<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> hosts official session at GEEF on Global Citizenship<br />
Education and youth-led action for the SDGs<br />
Ban Ki-moon and COO Katrin Harvey speak up for Climate Smart<br />
Agriculture at the Food for Future Summit in UAE*<br />
Ban Ki-moon attends the Beijing <strong>2022</strong> Winter Olympics as<br />
torchbearer<br />
Ban Ki-moon addresses the power of youth participation and<br />
leadership with The Asia Foundation Lead Next Fellows<br />
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05/<strong>2022</strong><br />
04/<strong>2022</strong><br />
Prolongation of Board Members and<br />
Reappointment of CEO Monika Froehler<br />
Launch of the Youth Agri Champions Webinars<br />
Ban Ki-moon signs “Stand Up for Ukraine” Open<br />
Letter with Global Citizen and world leaders<br />
European Commission President Ursula von der<br />
Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> hosts an SDG Workshop at International<br />
Union of Social Youth*<br />
Ban Ki-moon urges for more action to achieve netzero<br />
and climate justice at Foreign Policy Climate<br />
Summit<br />
Ahead of G7 meeting, Ban Ki-moon calls<br />
on Germany to invest in climate resilient<br />
agriculture<br />
Co-chair Heinz Fischer and CEO Froehler<br />
attend United Nations System Chief<br />
Executives Board Meeting in Vienna*<br />
CEO Froehler hosts Afghan Women<br />
Roundtable “Voices of Hope: Realities of<br />
Afghan Women”<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> showcases SDG Micro-Projects at<br />
the RELX SDG Inspiration Day <strong>2022</strong><br />
06/<strong>2022</strong><br />
Ban Ki-moon speaks at Stockholm +50 about transforming<br />
agricultural innovation systems<br />
Ban Ki-moon opens the London Climate Action Week<br />
with a call on world leaders to channel more resources<br />
towards smallholder farmers<br />
Ban Ki-moon congratulates IIASA on their 50th Anniversary<br />
Co-chair Heinz Fischer gives keynote at IMPACT Days on<br />
sustainable development<br />
CEO Froehler speaks about global citizenship as key for the<br />
future of Europe at 4GameChangers Festival in Vienna*<br />
CEO Froehler moderates UNHCR Art Basel to highlight<br />
humanitarian crises<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> participates at the Austrian World Summit<br />
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07/<strong>2022</strong><br />
Mission 4.7 We Champion Speaker Series: CEO<br />
Monika Froehler in conversation with Education<br />
Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif<br />
Ban Ki-moon gives a keynote at the 20th YMCA<br />
World Council about youth empowerment<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> co-hosts High-Level Political Forum<br />
<strong>2022</strong> Side Event on linking SDG 5 and SDG 16<br />
in times of crises with Austria, Italy, Jordan, UN<br />
Women and SDG Watch Europe*<br />
08/<strong>2022</strong><br />
Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer<br />
commend the Austrian Peace Centre<br />
Schlaining on its 40th anniversary<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> participates as speaker at Africa<br />
Climate Week High Level Dialogue<br />
“Advancing the Adaptation and Loss and<br />
Gender Agenda”<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> hosts Peer2Peer Webinar Series<br />
for the Youth Agri Champions welcoming<br />
speakers Elizabeth Nsimadala and<br />
Denis Kabiito experts in Climate Smart<br />
Agriculture*<br />
Federal President of Austria Alexander van der Bellen, Co-chairs<br />
Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer speak to Krone Zeitung about a<br />
world without poverty and war*<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> hosts High-Level Ministerial Roundtable: “Climate<br />
Adaptation – The Road from COP26, COP27 to COP 28”<br />
CEO Monika Froehler co-hosts a Side Event at the Transforming<br />
Education Summit “Significant Initiatives of Transformative<br />
Education: A GCED Perspective”<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> Board Member Jean Todt, Co-chair Heinz Fischer and CEO<br />
Froehler speak at the Green Peak Festival about road safety, Agenda<br />
2030, and Agricultural Adaptation<br />
Ban Ki-moon urges world leaders to step up for climate adaptation at<br />
the Global Citizen Festival in Accra and New York<br />
COO Katrin Harvey speaks at “In a global food crisis, Africa’s<br />
opportunity for a climate-smart future” hosted by Accelerating<br />
Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research in Africa at New York Climate<br />
Week<br />
09/2021<br />
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10/<strong>2022</strong><br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> co-hosts the “SDG Dialogforum Austria <strong>2022</strong>” to foster partnerships<br />
between government and civil society in Austria<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> signs Memorandum of Understanding with Zambia’s Ministry of<br />
Green Economy and Environment<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> signs Memorandum of Understanding with Caritas Freiwilligen<br />
Einsätze*<br />
Launch of the EVWA Changemakers Campaign on International Rural<br />
Women’s Day<br />
11/<strong>2022</strong><br />
12/<strong>2022</strong><br />
Launch of the Foundation of the Ban Ki-moon<br />
Centre for Global Citizens in New York*<br />
Ban Ki-moon highlights the role of GCED to transform<br />
education at the European Congress on Global<br />
Education Dublin<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> attends and hosts COP27 Side Events on Climate<br />
Smart Agriculture and Empowerment of Women<br />
Farmers<br />
Launch of the Youth Agri Champion Demand Paper<br />
at COP27<br />
Announcement of EVWA Champion <strong>2022</strong> Lilian<br />
Nakigozi<br />
Ban Ki-moon speaks at G20 Global Town Hall with<br />
FPCI and Global Citizen<br />
Co-chair Heinz Fischer delivers speech at<br />
commemoration of 130 years of diplomatic<br />
relations between South Korea and Austria*<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> celebrates Human Rights Day and<br />
sets a sign against gender-based violence<br />
SDG Micro-Project Pitch and Closing<br />
Ceremony of the Global Citizen Scholarship<br />
Program<br />
Launch of Agricultural Adaptation <strong>Report</strong><br />
with Seek Development<br />
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OUR<br />
PEOPLE<br />
The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global<br />
Citizens is guided and supported by<br />
an international community of public<br />
and private sector representatives and<br />
institutions. The Centre boasts a wide<br />
range of financial contributors as well as<br />
knowledge and institutional partners.<br />
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PARTNERS<br />
NETWORKS<br />
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens | Vienna, Austria<br />
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, US Foundation | New York, USA<br />
Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future | Seoul, South Korea<br />
DONORS<br />
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation<br />
City of Vienna<br />
Dewey Centre<br />
Federal Chancellery of Austria<br />
GCA – Government of Norway<br />
GEMS Group<br />
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis<br />
Jean Todt<br />
RELX Group<br />
Royal DSM (Brighter Living Foundation)<br />
CONTRIBUTORS<br />
French Permanent Mission<br />
Green Peak Festival<br />
Korean Permanent Mission to the International<br />
Organizations in Vienna<br />
Management Center Innsbruck<br />
Vienna State Opera<br />
Youngsan<br />
MOUs<br />
Caritas Freiwilligen Einsätze<br />
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance<br />
Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, Zambia<br />
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BOARD MEMBERS<br />
Ban Ki-moon<br />
8th Secretary-General of<br />
the United Nations<br />
(2007–2016)<br />
Heinz Fischer<br />
11th President of<br />
the Republic of Austria<br />
(2004–2016)<br />
Ahmad Alhendawi<br />
Secretary General of the<br />
World Organization of the<br />
Scout Movement<br />
Márcia Balisciano<br />
Chief Sustainability Officer,<br />
Global Head of ESG and Corporate<br />
Responsibility at RELX<br />
Daniele D. Bodini<br />
President of the Alexander<br />
Bodini Foundation<br />
Irina Bokova<br />
Former Director-General<br />
of UNESCO<br />
Sofia Borges<br />
Senior Vice-President of<br />
UN Foundation<br />
Andrea Pfanzelter<br />
Senior Adviser<br />
to aable.com<br />
Monika Froehler<br />
CEO of the Ban Ki-moon<br />
Centre for Global Citizens<br />
Ed Futa<br />
Former General-Secretary<br />
of Rotary International<br />
Kevin Hin<br />
Secretary General of<br />
the Junior Chamber<br />
International<br />
Kim Won-soo<br />
Former UN High<br />
Representative for<br />
Disarmament Affairs<br />
Amb. Ham Sangwook<br />
Permanent Representative<br />
of the Republic of Korea to<br />
the UN in Vienna<br />
Jeffrey Sachs<br />
Director of UN SDSN and<br />
Former Advisor to the<br />
UNSG on SDGs<br />
Michael Sheldrick<br />
Co-Founder and Chief Policy<br />
Officer at Global Citizens<br />
Amb. Talal Sulaiman Alfassam<br />
Permanent Representative<br />
of Kuwait to the UN in Vienna<br />
Jean Todt<br />
UNSG’s Special Envoy for<br />
Road Safety<br />
Dimitri de Vreeze<br />
Co-CEO, COO & Member of the<br />
Managing Board of Royal DSM<br />
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COLLABORATORS<br />
The Ban Ki-moon Centre thanks all experts, speakers, mentors, and many more for their support<br />
throughout the year. We appreciate your contributions that truly make the difference.<br />
• AG Globale Verantwortung (AT)<br />
• Alexander Bodini Foundation<br />
• Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for<br />
International Understanding (APCEIU)<br />
• Belize<br />
• Bridge 47<br />
• Care Netherlands - Climate Change and<br />
Resilience Platform<br />
• Center for Sustainable Development at<br />
Columbia University<br />
• CGIAR<br />
• Climate Action<br />
• E3G<br />
• East African Farmers Federation<br />
• EmpoderaClima<br />
• ENLIGHT European University Network<br />
• Erzbischöfliches Amt für Schule und<br />
Bildung (AT)<br />
• Fairtrade International<br />
• Food & Agriculture Organization of the<br />
United Nations<br />
• Global Center on Adaptation<br />
• Global Citizen<br />
• Global Schools<br />
• Italy<br />
• Junior Chamber International<br />
• Kofi Annan Foundation<br />
• Korea Foundation<br />
• Ministry for European and International<br />
Affairs Austria<br />
• ÖKOBÜRO (AT)<br />
• Pan African Farmers Organization<br />
• Republic of Korea<br />
• Rotary International<br />
• SDG Academy<br />
• SDG Watch Austria<br />
• SDG Watch Europe<br />
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub<br />
• SEEK Development<br />
• Soroptimist International Austria<br />
• Sustainable Development Solutions<br />
Network<br />
• The Elders<br />
• The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan<br />
• The Institute for Global Engagement and<br />
Empowerment (IGEE)<br />
• UN Women Austria<br />
• United Nations Educational, Scientific<br />
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)<br />
• United Nations Foundation<br />
• United Nations Framework on Climate<br />
Change (UNFCCC)<br />
• United Nations Global Compact<br />
• United Nations Industrial Development<br />
Organization<br />
• United Nations Office on Drugs and<br />
Crime<br />
• Université de Bordeaux<br />
• UNODC – Government of Japan<br />
• Vienna School of International Studies<br />
• World Organization of the Scouts<br />
• Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi<br />
• YPARD<br />
• Zambia<br />
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW<br />
The Centre provides detailed narrative and financial<br />
reports on its activities to its donors complying with<br />
their individual reporting requirements.<br />
Furthermore, the Centre reports to Austrian authorities<br />
(Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs)<br />
regarding its finances as required respective to the status<br />
as Quasi International Organization under Austrian Law.<br />
The Centre also has two independent internal auditors<br />
and in addition subjects itself to a voluntary audit by<br />
Grant Thornton auditors which is shared with the Board<br />
and donors.<br />
Grants and donations are received in the understanding<br />
that the Centre´s reputation, integrity, impartiality and<br />
confidentiality of its work will not be put at risk.<br />
The financial year ended on 31 Dec <strong>2022</strong> with available<br />
funds amounting to 2.7 million Euros and expenses<br />
amounting to 0.98 million Euros covering <strong>BKMC</strong>´s<br />
activities including staffing cost in Vienna, consultancies,<br />
online hybrid and physical events, travel expenses,<br />
scholarships, micro-grants, mentorships, fellowships,<br />
events, symposia, conferences, communication cost,<br />
rent, maintenance, utilities, cleaning, bank fees and legal<br />
fees etc.<br />
SOURCES OF FUNDS IN <strong>2022</strong><br />
(newly received donations excluding the donations reserve)<br />
7%<br />
Private Sector<br />
5%<br />
Individuals<br />
36%<br />
Foundations<br />
52%<br />
Governments<br />
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ON THE HORIZON<br />
The <strong>BKMC</strong> celebrated its fifth anniversary on 3 rd January<br />
2023 and we are proud to say that we have positively<br />
affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of people<br />
globally in the past five years. Our Co-chairs continue to<br />
lead our efforts with vision, dedication, and vigor, and<br />
we can always count on an ambitious hard-working<br />
team to put our mission into practice.<br />
This year we will have lots of opportunities to widen<br />
and deepen our engagement for the SDGs and the<br />
Paris Climate Agreement with young change makers<br />
and global leaders.<br />
We will bundle our efforts to galvanize even more<br />
support for climate action, SDG 13, and particularly<br />
agricultural adaptation, from donor countries to<br />
increasing financial and political commitments. In<br />
parallel, we will continue to support the efforts to<br />
elevate the voices of women in agriculture in Africa and<br />
will also share success stories of innovative ideas and<br />
of the increasing resilience of smallholder framers to<br />
climate shocks.<br />
We will continue to conduct our <strong>BKMC</strong> trainings,<br />
fellowship, and scholarship programs, while<br />
contributing to the efforts of ESD and GCED with our<br />
partners at UNESCO and beyond. In addition, we plan<br />
to reach thousands of aspiring young changemakers<br />
globally with an online training program on green jobs<br />
including a self-assessment test on fields of work which<br />
contribute to climate action.<br />
We have already been entrusted with co-organizing<br />
the third edition of the SDG Dialogforum in Austria in<br />
light of supporting the national efforts to submit the<br />
2024 Austrian Voluntary National <strong>Report</strong> to the United<br />
Nations. In the first half of the year, we are also looking<br />
forward to publishing a report on our intensive multiyear<br />
collaboration with the Austrian government and<br />
civil society.<br />
We will use 2023 to consolidate, outreach, fundraise, and<br />
build the capacity of the <strong>BKMC</strong> Foundation in New York<br />
and co-implement our first joint fellowship program.<br />
We also see an opportunity to establish an SDG Micro-<br />
Project Accelerator Fund for existing and new projects<br />
of our <strong>BKMC</strong> changemakers.<br />
Our new and refreshed website will be the gateway<br />
to the work and impact of the <strong>BKMC</strong> in its sixth year of<br />
operations. Together with our partners we are looking<br />
forward to a year full of opportunity and growth.<br />
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