UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network | Youth (UNSDSN | Youth) |
Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth sSustainable Development Solutions Network Youth started on the initiative of UNSDSN Australia/Pacific in May 2014. The main goal of this initiative, which is led by Australia, is to increase youth contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs, gathering the youth of the world under the roof the SDSN. Preparations for the establishment of SDSN Youth officially began in October 2014 with the support of Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute of Columbia University. The board, in which representatives from other networks also participate, formed the foundation of the SDSN Youth Initiative. In the light of these developments, SDSN Youth was officially found under the UNSDSN in April 2015. In this process, SDSN Youth was introduced in the conference “Solutions for Agri-Food Sustainability in Mediterrenean” hosted by UNSDSN Mediterrenean on 5-6 March 2015. At this meeting, where there were representatives also from Turkey, significant feedbacks were given and they played a major role in shaping the network. Therefore, this initiative, the foundations of which were laid in October 2014 by students from Australia, Turkey, and Italy as the official founders, was inaugurated on 4th June 2015 in Paris. SDSN Youth | Turkey joined the network under the supervision and guidance of Assoc. Prof. Nilgün Cılız, a lecturer at Bogazici University Institute of Environmental Sciences, director of the Bogazici University Sustainable Development and Clean Production Center (BU-SDCPC), a co-chair of the UNSDSN Turkey Office and coordinator of the Bogazici University Green Campus Programme. Http://www.sdsnyouth.org/
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