UN AT YOUR DOORSTEP

 

Don’t miss this opportunity!

We are excited to announce a new and dynamic initiative as part of this year's YRE programme—"UN at Your Doorstep: Ages of Globalization." This unique series of live online dialogues, hosted by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, connects today’s global leaders with tomorrow’s changemakers, offering YRE students the opportunity to engage with prominent figures like Malala Yousafzai, Antonio Guterres, Kylian Mbappé, Angelina Jolie, and more. Together, they will explore solutions to some of the world’s most pressing sustainable development challenges. Don't miss this extraordinary chance to inspire and be inspired!

 

Calling YRE students!

Did you know that you might be the lucky interviewer of some of today’s global leaders and tomorrow’s changemakers? As a part of new initiative this school year, the YRE programme is offering selected YRE students the unique opportunity to take part in important conversations about the world’s biggest challenges. A series of online live dialogues will take place over the academic year and for each session, one YRE student along with another young person will be interviewing high-ranking UN officials as well as cultural and environmental leaders of today.

We are looking for YRE alumni aged 14-24 to take an active lead in the UN at Your Doorstep sessions featuring world leaders and celebrities! We have three roles available for each of the sessions taking place over the next year.

  • One Interview Moderator: Lead live online interviews.

  • Two Social Media Influencers: Promote the online sessions and gather youth voices on the AOG and FEE international social media platforms.

Requirements:

  • Excellent English language skills

  • Strong communication and presentation abilities

  • A large following on social media (for social media takeover)

Sign up for the next live session!

Find out how to sign up by reaching out to the National Operator in your country. For more information about the sessions and what they entail, click on the button below to visit the Ages of Globalization website.

Live sessions

#1 Live Session 23rd October “Youth Empowerment”
Key Speakers: Felipe Paullier & Richa Gupta

Our first UN at Your Doorstep live session collaboration with Ages of Globalization started off on a high-note! An incredible 1,546 unique registrants from 127 countries! Of these, 790 participants identified as students or young people, and 564 as teachers or educators.

  • On the day of the event, AoG maxed out their Zoom capacity with 300 connections, while another 200 participants joined via livestream. There were more than 500 participants tuning in live, with full classrooms shown on screen!

  • Young Reporters Diandra (Montenegro) and Diogo (Portugal) had insightful conversations with the key speakers Felipe Paulier (UN Assistant Secretary General for Youth Affairs) and Richa Gupta (CEO and Co-Founder of Labya Foundation & Young Leader for the SDGs)

  • A Social Media takeover was done by YRE Alumni Alya and Iphendule and it was a total success! Check it out here.

#2 Live Session 25th November (11am-12pm ET) “Environmental Sustainability”

Key Speakers: Erik Solheim & Boyan Slat

Details about #2 Live Session:

  • Speaker 1 - Erik Solheim - former Norwegian Minister of the Environment & former Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)