Ideas for Action
Ideas for Action
Wharton and the World
Bank I4A Initiative:
Engaging Youth in the
Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
Dr Djordjija Petkoski
petkoski@wharton.upenn.edu
Jakarta,
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The
SDGs
are …
➤
A set of 17 goals for the world’s future, through 2030
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Backed up by a set of 169 detailed Targets
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Negotiated over a two-year period at the United
Nations
➤
Agreed
to by nearly all the world’s nations,
on 25
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THE KEY ELEMENTS UNDERPINING THE SDGs?
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Each
goal is
importa
nt
in itself
Each
goal is
importa
nt
in itself
…
And
they
are all
connect
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Innovative Partnerships
–
Strategic Collective Action
Partnerships
that go beyond the traditional models of
public-private partnerships; for example innovative partnerships with:
•
Business Partners
(PepsiCo and Youth Initiative in LAC)
•
Competitors
in the pre-
competitive phase (L’Oreal and SWM in
India; Firmenich and the Global Sanitation Initiatives)
•
Development organizations
(World Bank and GAIN)
•
Donor agencies
(Firmenich and DANIDA in Uganda),
•
Foundations
(Gates Foundation and GAIN), and
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Global Trend: Population of Urban Settlements with
750,000 Inhabitants or more in …
• 1900: Pop: 1.5 billion Urban share: 13% Gross World product: $2 trillion Urban share 30%
• 1950: Pop: 2.5 billion Urban share: 29% Gross World product: $7.0 trillion Urban share 45%
• 2013: Pop: 7.0 billion Urban share: 50% Gross World product: $70 trillion Urban share 70%
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SDG 11:
Make cities and human settlements
inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
City and regional governments need to be empowered constitutionally: legally, fiscally, and with institutional capacity.
•
Urbanization will have a massive impact on
countries’ ability to
develop sustainably
•
In some countries much of the urbanization is
slum-led
and
undermines sustainable development
• Productive cities are the key to decent jobs, employment for all, and thereby the reduction of poverty
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SDG 11 is Critical to:
•
Promote
integrated approaches
(infrastructure, services, housing)
•
Enhancing urban planning that promotes
youth participation,
gender equality,
compact cities and healthy rural settlements;
•
Strengthening resilience
to reduce the loss of lives, assets,
housing
and infrastructure to
natural disasters
;
•
Preventing slums
by ensuring equitable access to affordable,
durable housing
, basic services; and land tenure security;
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Engaging Youth for Financing the Future of Development
Mission
To support committed, visionary young
leaders around the world in developing
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Develop innovative ideas that positively shape both
the policy and
business ecosystem
, thus providing an enabling environment where
novel ideas can flourish and where a too narrow focus on “business
plans” can be avoided;
Influence leading development, public policy, and business
leaders
so that they can make more informed decisions that also
reflect the inspiration and dedication of young people and their
leadership and entrepreneurial spirit;
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Move from innovative ideas to
actionable solutions
in
technology, digital entrepreneurship, and partnership
models that can be scaled globally;
Provide young leaders from around the world with
access to knowledge, networking opportunities,
mentorship
, opportunities to connect with like-minded
youths, a dedicated incubator, and potential
financing
opportunities
; and
Advance universities’ global development
curricula
.
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Global Classroom
Build an online learning platform that will allow participants to access research materials,
exchange ideas, and collaborate with other passionate young leaders around the world.
Startup Accelerator Executive Committee
Consult for the winners of the I4A competition to help them implement their ideas.
Projects can cover a wide variety of topics.
Oversee the Ideas for Action globally. Functions include organizing the annual I4A competition, outreach, marketing, and strategy development.
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Executive Committee works directly with the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research and the World Bank to manage and oversee the Ideas for Action program worldwide. Projects include: • Organizing the annual I4A Competition
• Marketing & social media
• Managing corporate partnerships and university relationships
• Building a network of partner initiatives around the world
• Strategy development
1. Executive Committee
• Skills required:
• Entrepreneurial attitude and resourcefulness
• Strategic thinking
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Design a collaborative learning experience focused on international development and social entrepreneurship. Projects include:
• Build an online learning and exchange platform
• Assemble content modules and promote meaningful discourse around these topics
• Organize IdeaLabs in the U.S. and worldwide with our partner initiatives
2. Global Classroom
• Skills required:
• Passion for international development
• Creativity and an instinct for engaging and inspiring an audience
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Accelerator Teams consult for winners of the Ideas for Action competition to help them put their ideas into practice.
• Project scope:
• Tailored to the individual needs of the I4A teams
• Market research, proposal writing, outreach to potential partners and investors, marketing, programming, etc.
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Winning Proposals 2015
• First Place: Creating New Microinsurance Products for Remittance Service Providers in India
• Second Place: Innovative PPP Model for Promoting Financial Deepening and Inclusion in the Rice Value Chain in Nigeria
• Third Place: Decreasing Poverty in the Mining Communities of the World through the Empowerment of Communities in the Control of Mining Royalties
Winning Proposals 2016
• First Place: A Peer-to-Peer Hyperlocal Approach to Last-Mile Delivery in Nigeria
• Second Place: OINCS –Solving Traffic and Citizen Security Problems with the Help of Local Communities
• Third Place: Increasing Transparency in Indian Slum Labor Markets – Providing Access to Employment Information
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• Deadline for submitting Executive Summaries: December 31, 2016
• Announcement of Executive Summaries selected to submit full proposals: January 31, 2017
• Deadline for full proposal submissions: February 29, 2017
• Announcement of submissions selected for the final round: March 21, 2017
• Deadline for final submissions*: April 17, 2017
• Announcement of winners: May 3, 2017
I D E A S F O R A C T I O N Reach out to:
ideas4action@wharton.upenn.edu
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Dr Djordjija Petkoski
petkoski@wharton.upenn.edu
