To celebrate International Youth Day 2024, Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development Youth Coordinators and the Global RCE Service Centre at UNU-IAS will co-host the RCE Youth Webinar "Youth at the Digital Forefront and Sustainability". The event will highlight the potential of youth in leveraging digital innovations to advance sustainable development and ensuring sustainability in rapidly evolving technologies.
Today’s youth are at the forefront of digitalization, possessing the inherent ability to innovate, collaborate and implement digital technologies such as mobile devices, artificial intelligence (AI) data collection and virtual reality. Digitalization offers unprecedented opportunities for youth to achieve the SDGs. At the same time, new technologies raise concerns about digital divides, biased algorithms, and excessive consumption of energy and water.
The webinar will be designed and implemented by the International Youth Day Organizing Committee, which includes RCE representatives, UNU-IAS students, winners of various sustainability competitions and other youths who have been actively involved in sustainability movements across the world.
Participation & Registration
To participate online, please register in advance.
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Language
This event will be held in English.
Background
The Global RCE Network comprises 190 RCEs, each of which operates a local multi-stakeholder partnership on education for sustainable development. UNU-IAS serves as the secretariat of the network, as part of its Education for Sustainable Development project.
