Apply for the UN SDG Action Awards (finalists will attend the Ceremony in Rome, Italy)!

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Apply for the UN SDG Action Awards (finalists will attend the Ceremony in Rome, Italy)!

Apply or submit your nomination by Monday, 17 June 2024.

About the UN SDG Action Awards

The UN SDG Action Awards, a signature programme of the UN SDG Action Campaign, champions initiatives and committed individuals who are wielding the power of creativity and innovation to bring us closer to a more sustainable, equitable and peaceful world.

Anyone can mobilize action and achieve impact, even in the most challenging places and times. The campaign is committed to showcasing heroes changing the world, and sending a message of hope and infinite possibilities.

Each year, a high-level Panel of Judges and a technical review team consider over 5,000 applications and nominations from 190 countries. They select Finalists and then the Winners.

All Finalists (three for each award category) are invited to a one-day Induction Programme prior to the Ceremony offering creative workshops, skills development sessions and networking events. The UN SDG Action Awards Ceremony unveils and celebrates the winners with music, art and inspiring messages from leaders from all backgrounds and regions of the world.

The 2024 Induction Programme and Awards Ceremony will take place at the end of October in Rome, Italy. It will reach global and national audiences through UN WebTV and television and radio broadcasts in partnership with Rai, Italy’s public national broadcaster, which provides artistic, editorial and production support.

The UN SDG Action Awards programme is made possible by the generous financial support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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2024 UN SDG Action Awards Categories

Apply with your initiatives

Creativity

Award

UN SDG Action Campaign is looking for extraordinary campaigns that, through the power of creativity, have galvanized SDG action. Such campaigns have achieved measurable results in shifting people’s behaviours and public perceptions and/or influencing policies and budgetary allocations to achieve more sustainable, equitable and peaceful societies—the vision of the SDGs. They have successfully leveraged a creative medium, including music, art, poetry, digital and multimedia, theatre, documentaries, dance, street art and any other form of creative expression, to advance the goals and/or promote human rights.

Impact

Award

UN SDG Action Campaign is looking for outstanding initiatives that, through innovative approaches tackling current challenges, have achieved significant, measurable impacts in improving people’s lives and accelerating progress towards SDG achievement. Impact implies remarkable improvements in knowledge, skills, empowerment, inclusion, behaviours, health and/or living conditions. Impact can be measured by several indicators, including economic, sociocultural, institutional, environmental and/or technological.

(Self-)Nominate outstanding individuals

Changemaker

Award

UN SDG Action Campaign is looking for exceptional individuals who have made a difference in their communities and societies. They are the movers and the shakers but also the people quietly working behind the scenes to make a difference. A changemaker imagines a new reality, and then acts and collaborates with others to make it happen. A changemaker stands up for equality, justice and human rights, and leads movements to rewire our world and light up the SDGs. Changemakers are identified through nominations or self-nominations.

UN SDG ACTION AWARDS JUDGING CRITERIA

All applications and (self-)nominations will be assessed on the following criteria:

IMPACT

NOVELTY/ INNOVATION OF THE APPROACH

How innovative is this campaign/initiative? How does the initiative build upon a breakthrough idea? How innovative is its approach?

SCALABILITY/ REPLICABILITY

UN SDG ACTION AWARDS APPLICATION/ NOMINATION

UN SDG Action Campaign advise reading the guidance below and beginning your application as soon as possible to ensure that you have enough time to complete it.

To apply to the Creativity or Impact category or to (self-)nominate a Changemaker, please fill in each section of the application/(self-)nomination form. Your application/(self-)nomination can be saved and edited. Once submitted, you will no longer be able to edit or view your application/(self-)nomination.

ALL APPLICANTS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE APPLICATION FORM FIELDS BEFORE PREPARING THEIR APPLICATION.