Youth and Sports
Principle 12c of the Earth Charter stresses the importance to: “Honor and support the young people of our communities, enabling them to fulfill their essential role in creating sustainable societies.”
ACAD believes that youth engagement, empowerment, and capacity building are essential for building a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Over the past decade, the ACAD NGO has been implementing / offering platforms for youth to “learn the knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life.” ACAD plans to continue supporting youth and encourage them to embrace the Earth Charter sustainability vision and foster a sense of global citizenship, as well as empowering them with the skills, attitudes, and values necessary to contribute in shaping a sustainable present and future through several yearly youth courses.
ACAD work with youth includes :
- Inspiring and empowering young leaders to carry out sustainability projects and activities in their local contexts.
- Connecting young leaders to each other to share experiences and collaborate in different kinds of initiatives to make the Earth Charter principles a reality in their countries.
- Offering capacity building (both face-to-face and online) to young people through education programmes, workshops, and dialogues.
Collecting best practice narratives and case studies on how young people have been inspired by and are using Earth Charter.
- Partnering with youth led organizations to develop specific projects to implement the Earth Charter principles into a wide variety of topics of sustainable development.