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Culture & Digital Innovation Program Manager
About the job
Company Description
The International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI) is a youth-focused entrepreneurial civil society organization. Our mission is to build the intellectual, technical, and organizational infrastructure for multi-stakeholder climate action and sustainable development goals implementation on the local and global level. We achieve this through our multi-stakeholder partnership, #GloCha.
Role Description
This is a part-time hybrid role as a Culture & Digital Innovation Program Manager – Paid Internship at IAAI. As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for managing and implementing culture and digital innovation programs. This includes developing program strategies, coordinating with stakeholders, organizing events, managing social media platforms, and supporting program evaluation and reporting. This role is based in Klagenfurt, with flexibility for some remote work.
Qualifications
Experience in program management and coordination
Excellent organizational and project management skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Knowledge of sustainable development goals and climate action
Proficiency in digital media platforms and social media management
Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities
Ability to work independently and in a team
Attention to detail and strong analytical skills
Experience with event planning and coordination
Knowledge of cultural innovation and youth engagement
Fluency in English (required) and German (welcome)
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (such as International Relations, Sustainability, or Communications)
Duration
June – September 2024
Remuneration
500 €/month plus a potential premium at the end of the internship, when program goals will be achieved (details to be specified at the hearing with candidates)
Application process
To apply, please send an email to polzer@glocha.info attaching
– a motivation letter (including your view on what #GloCha is and the potentials of #DigitalArt and #DigitalCollectibles for youth climate and SDGs action empowerment)
– a CV (highlighting your activities and accomplishments that you regard as particularly important for yourself and the world)
Background info about GloCha and its programs DigitalArt4Climate, Digital Collectibles and Challenges Mapping:
ACE_AT project and DigitalArt4Climate presentation: „Resource Mobilization Innovation for Action for Climate Empowerment, UNFCCC Capacity Building Hub presentation at COP26 https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/BEP_Day_Presentation_2-IAAI.pdf
GloCha and Global Challenges Mapping and Local Pacts for the Future presentation at UN STI Forum 2024: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1k139ki7g?kalturaStartTime=1825
No deadline: call for applications is open till the position will be filled
GloCha – Building a better world 🌍 with #Culture, #Knowledge and #Technology
IAAI’s youth led partner organization IYC – International Youth Conference has developed at a side event to the UN Commission on Social Development CSocD62 (link to event report on the homepage of UN DESA: https://social.desa.un.org/sdn/creating-the-future-with-youth) the proposal to organize an informal Youth Summit of the Future ahead of the official UN Summit of the Future in September 2024 as a forum for effective and inclusive youth participation in the work of the UN system, in line with SDG 16 – “.. build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels”.
At the proposed side event the organizers aim to discuss the feasibility of this idea and organizational details with youth leaders from around the world which will participate in the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2024, with member states representatives and other stakeholders.
The plan for the informal Youth Summit of the Future is, to have a set of non-state actors’ led programs and events, clustered around the UN Summit of the Future, which shall lead to an action plan for transformative global governance innovation towards inclusive and action and impact oriented citizens’ and youth engagement and empowerment in global goals implementation:
Youth capacity building, strategy and action plan development sessions in relation to the UN Summit of the Future and the UN Global Pact for the Future in the context of the 9th and 10th edition of the International Youth Conferencewww.internationalyouthconference.org
Call for visual art, music videos and documentary videos about youth focused challenges, challenges communities and solutions, to be launched by IAAI GloCha early June 2024 (in the context of the World Environment Day 2024) and selection of winners at the GloCha CoCreation Festival at Lake Turnersee in Austria 3-9 September 2024
Presentation of the IYC Youth Pact for the Future Action Plan, the GloCha CoCreation Festival Music and Art highlights and the Challenges Mapping and Local Pacts for the Future tool-set at the annual Youth, SDGs Localization and Digital Innovation conference of IAAI GloCha and UN Habitat at the UN HQ (planned for 19th of September 2024, to be confirmed) (link to past events: 2022, 2023)
Ongoing collection and dissemination of user generated edutainment content and citizen science knowledge collaboration on local and global challenges and youth led challenges action through the GloCha Streaming TV platform
Objectives of the side event, including relation with the SDGs identified in the Guidelines
With our side event we aim to provide concrete solutions for an inclusive and successful summit of the future and youth focused multilevel governance innovation, in line with SDG 16
With the “informal Youth Summit of the Future” and “Local Pacts for the Future” we aim to open up innovative communication channels and develop innovative engagement platforms and tools for young people from difficult-to-reach backgrounds and places, so that their creativity, ingenuity and passion can be harnessed for global goals implementation.
The future proof UN needs to reach the people’s hearts and minds, and IYC, GloCha and UN Habitat youth are here to help achieving this goal.
Programme and names of speakers/panelists
Ali Sayed Mustafa, IYC – Welcome and Presentation of the Informal Youth SoF proposal
Member States representatives
Aishu Narasimhadevara, Member of DGC Youth Representatives Steering Committee – Global South Youth Participation in SoF Preparations – the role of the UN Civil Society Conference in May 2024 in Nairobi
Doug Ragan, Yosuke Nagai, Milagros Costabel Bionda, UN-Habitat Youth programme – DeclarActions as a framework for action oriented youth engagement
Miroslav Polzer, GloCha – Presentation of the GloCha CoCreation Call for Music and Art 2024, GloCha TV, the GloCha CoCreation festival and Local Pacts for the Future as a multilevel governance innovations for the SoF
Alexandre Caldas, Yigang Li and Candice Chung, UNEP Early Warning and Data Analytics Branch – Youth as Key Actors on Early Warning and ‚Foresighting‘ the Future
Alina Karimamusama, NGOCSD-NY Youth Rep. & Founder of AfriHER, Zambia
youth delegates
Guiding Questions for discussion/s
What do young people care about?
How can the creativity, ingenuity and knowledge of young people be harnessed for local and global action for the common good (= SDGs implementation)?
How can we set up governance innovations that facilitate future, action and impact oriented engagement of citizens and especially youth in SDGs localization
How can we use the momentum of the UN Summit of the Future for the deployment of innovative citizens/youth engagement mechanisms in the context of the UN?
CoCreating the Future with New Thinking, Culture & Digital Innovation
Nsikaka Abasi Jacob (Nigeria), Dreams have Will, Winner of the “Top African Digital Artist Award” of the GloCha DigitalArt4Climate COP27 Digital Art Contest
The event focuses on the role of culture, digital innovation, and multi-stakeholder partnerships for all of society engagement in the localization and implementation of global goals in the context of preparations for the UN Summit of the Future 2024.
The multi-stakeholder partnership for global challenges action empowerment GloChawww.glocha.org will present its:
DigitalArt4Climate music and visual art contest, festival and edutainment programs and
Local Pacts for the Future as a governance innovationfor non-state actors’ engagement in global goals implementation – a new generation of Web3 technology enabled decentralized multi-stakeholder partnerships that solve grassroots challenges in a global context
Program (as of 24 January 2024):
Time
Speaker
Topic
1.15 – 1.25
Miroslav Polzer, IAAI GloCha
Welcome & Intro to GloCha and its solutions portfolio
1.25 – 1.35
– Stefan Pretterhofer, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Austria – Saša Jurečko, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia
Welcome by Government representatives
1.35 – 2.00
GloCha partners: – Christina Stevens, Revolution Love – Ethan Kring, Herefor.earth LA – Mack Okubo, Music for SDGs – Fernando Garibay, The Garibay Institute – Oscar Wendel, Wendel Institute – Gail Davis, Creator 2030 – Lisa Lang, EU Climate KIC
Music & Art in support of the UN Summit of the Future: – DigitalArt4Climate Contest, Festival & Edutainment – Call for Content Creator Partners – Presentation of Partners and associated initiatives
2.00 – 2.15
– Miroslav Polzer, IAAI GloCha & CCC – Doug Ragan, UN Habitat Youth Program – Ali Mustafa, International Youth Conference (IYC) – Hossein Hassani, IAAI GloCha
Local Pacts for the Future & Technology enabled Youth Engagement
2.15 – 2.22
– Nena Dokuzov, Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport, Republic of Slovenia – Samer Bishay, KarrierOne
Data & Digital Innovation Infrastructure for Global Goals
2.22 – 2.25
Margo LaZaro, NGO Committe for Sustainable Development NY
NGO perspectives
2.25 – 2.30
Discussion & Closing
GloCha is a multi-stakeholder partnership for global challenges action empowerment, which has been developed to complement the UN led inter-governmental efforts for global goals implementation. GloCha has been initiated by the Austria based, UN accredited civil society organization IAAI. GloCha is an open and participatory institutional ecosystem, for the cooperation of solution and resources providers. GloCha partners are going to develop the knowledge base and the digital tools for the delivery of the solutions listed below and for the mobilization of the necessary financial and intellectual resources.
‘Local Pacts for the Future’ – Pathways to All of Society SDGs and Climate Action The side event organizers propose the development of an information system in which citizens can localize and specify challenges in their neighbourhood in combination with SDGs led action and impact trajectories and stakeholder mapping. With local pacts for the future, collaboration of individuals, private sector stakeholders as well representatives of public authorities can be organized with concrete give and get relations. Local Pacts for the Future shall complement the main UN Summit of the Future 2024 outcome, the ‘Global Pact for the Future’, with (1) a data/evidence, impact and incentives focused socio- ecological contracts of individuals and local communities conceptual framework and (2) digital tools (incl. self-sovereign digital identities, global challenges action reporting and impact assessment standards, global challenges action registries, ..). The “Local Pacts for the Future”systemic innovation for non-state actors’ engagement in global goals implementation – a new generation of technology enabled and challenges focused multi-stakeholder partnerships – could be launched at the UN Summit of the Future 2024 as a symbol for the people round the world that the UN system is relevant in the collaborative response to the concrete challenges that people are facing in their lives and neighbourhoods.
Reference: Presentation of GloCha and the DigitalArt4Climate initiative at an official side event to the UN Climate Conference COP28, 6th of December 2023 in Dubai/UAE
Reference 2 – UNFCCC Video report about the COP21 Global Challenges Music Contest:
11th to 15th September 2023, Exhibit at the Curved wall exhibit space, 1st floor, UN Conference Building, NYC
Registration: link (please note: deadline for on-site participation registration: Monday 11th September noon EDT for UN security procedures)
This event serves as a space to spotlight the unique and innovative ways for youth led creativity and entrepreneurship to spur global and local change and to highlight the enabling role of digital innovation for the localization of the SDGs.
The Conference will include a Youth Empowerment exhibition, a 2-day conference, and a reception.
Organizers
Partners
Event Objectives:
The primary objective of the sessions are to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through localization and climate action at theUN SDG Summit 2023, the UN Climate Summit COP28 and to the UN Summit of the Future 2024. (hashtags: #GloCha #Youth2030Cities #Digital4Youth)
Specific aims are,
to present examples of youth localization of the SDGs globally, building on programmes such as Youth 2030 Cities, Climate Changemaker and the One Stop and Integr-Habitat Centres.
to present, in the context of the SDG Summit 2023, the open-source, white labelled, citizens and youth focused, web3 technology powered Individual SDGs and climate action app (which is being developed in the framework of the #GloCha #Digital4Youth partnership), as a systemic solution for accelerated SDGs implementation, which is going to be adjustable to specific global goals programs and local circumstances and can be used and individually branded by UN agencies, local authorities as well as civil society organisations for the measurement, reporting, verification, certification and incentivization/gamification of individual SDG action and impact (more info in the box below)
to present the Global Youth DeclarAction on Urban Sustainability adopted at the UN-Habitat World Urban Youth Assembly in June of 2022, and create “Local Pacts for the Future”, which will empower global citizens, especially young people, and articulate their vision of a sustainable urban . Such “Local pacts for the future” will add a citizens engagement avenue to the UN Summit of the Future 2024, which has as its main planned outcome a heads of states level Pact for the Future.
Agenda / Session Overview (as of 9th September 2023)
Session
Date/time
Topic
Speakers
Welcome Session and Thematic Introduction
13 Sept 14.00-14.45
Welcome by the organizers and partners & Thematic introduction
Moderator: Gwendolyn Myers, Founder and Executive Director, Messengers of Peace (MOP)-Liberia
Speakers: – Roi Chiti, UN Habitat Andean Countries Hub – Daniel Obst – AFS Intercultural Program – youth representative – ICLEI US – Hossein Hassani, IAAI GloCha, Challenges Mapping App for citizens engagement in just energy transition (virtual) – Edward Darling, The Life Map (virtual) – Ljubljana Forum on the Future of Cities (virtual)
Session 2
13 Sept 15.30-17.0
Digital Innovation / Blockchain4Climate / DigitalArt4Climate session
Presentation of Web3 Technologies and Digital Tools for the Empowerment of Youth Focused Local SDG action & Presentation of the COP28 Digital Innovation Pavilion & Launch of the Call for Submissions for the DigitalArt4Climate COP28 Art Competition & Launch of the CCC & GYDI COP28 Digital Innovation youth delegate program Call for applications
Reception & Exhibition Presentation venue: UN Conference Building, 1st floor, Curved Wall space
Session 3
14 Sept 10.00-11.30
Youth, Sports, Creativity, and Innovation Session
Moderator: UN Habitat Speakers: – UN Environment – World Environment Situation Room Youth engagement program – UN Habitat Andean Countries Hub – Climate Changemakers Program Partners – Ministry of Youth and Sport, Government of Türkiye (tbc) – Christina Stevens, IAAI: GloCha CoCreation Festival 2024 – Amy Seidman, Noble Profit & BFlo Technology, SDG Action Heroes
Session 4
14 Sept 11.30-12.30
DeclarActions – Local Pacts for the Future session (How can we bring local/youth voices to the UN Summit of the Future 2024?)
The “Localization of SDGs, Youth and Digital Innovation” exhibition will be on display in the curved-wall exhibition space at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from September 7th to the 15th, preceding the UN General Assembly High Level Week 2023.
Background:
The Localization of the SDGs, Youth & Digital Innovation UN HQ NY Conference and Exhibit 2023 is a joint initiative of the UN-Habitat, UNEP, theMunicipality of Balikesir and the UN accredited civil society organisation IAAI GloCha.
The Young Climate Changemaker initiative joins forces with the Balıkesir Environmental Centre, formerly known as the World Environmental Situation Centre (WESC), to foster a generation of environmentally conscious leaders. This collaboration leverages the Balıkesir Environmental Centre’s expertise as a data, information, and knowledge hub to emphasize the significance of early warning systems, as exemplified by the recent tragic Turkish earthquake, in safeguarding vulnerable communities from disasters induced by climate change. By learning from the lessons of the Turkish earthquake, this partnership underscores the pivotal role of early warning systems in advancing sustainable development and resilience, equipping young climate changemakers with crucial insights and tools to address climate-related challenges effectively and protect both lives and livelihoods.
UN-Habitat’s One Stop Youth and Integr-Habitat Centres play critical roles in UN-Habitat’s mission to address urbanization challenges and promote sustainable development. The One Stop Youth Resource Centres empower urban youth through education, vocational training, and community engagement, fostering a sense of belonging. Integr-Habitat Centres, on the other hand, focus on collaborative urban development planning involving multiple stakeholders. By linking these initiatives, UN-Habitat can harness the energy of young people to actively participate in sustainable urban development efforts, ensuring their voices are heard and integrated into comprehensive urban development plans. This synergy leads to more inclusive and effective urban development strategies, creating a stronger sense of community and shared responsibility for the future of cities.
IAAI is a youth focused entrepreneurial civil society organisation, based in Austria, which aims to build the intellectual, technical and organisational infrastructure for multi-stakeholder climate action and sustainable development goals implementation on local and global level with the multi-stakeholder partnership GloCha.
In addition to the GloCha Challenges Mapping tool/app for citizens engagement in Just Energy Transition, which is being developed by IAAI in the context of the EU INTERREG Central Europe project JETforCE, a leading initiative in the #Digital4Youth partnership is the DigitalArt4Climateinitiative, which has been presented recently at the SDGs learning special event of the UN HLPF 2023 (slides, video). At the event, the “DigitalArt4Climate COP28 Edition Call for Submissions” will be launched and inspiring artwork and stories of artists will be exhibited at the exhibit at the Curved Wall space of UN HQ NY Conference building ground floor.
IAAI GloCha, together with its #Digital4Youth lead partner, the Climate Chain Coalition, is is accredited also to the UNFCCC process and is going to convey the outcomes of the NY event to the UN Climate Conference COP28 in December 2023 in Dubai at the IAAI & CCC COP28 Blue Zone Digital innovation Pavilion and at the Slovenian EXPO City Dubai pavilion in the COP28 Green Zone.
The development of the Individual SDGs and climate action app meets a systemic need of the UN system in the field of all of society engagement for effective SDGs implementation. The initiative builds on the learnings of several UN agencies and global goals focused non-state actors (like e.g. the AWorld ActNow Campaign app and the UN Habitat SDGs Scorecard app), while harnessing new functionalities, enabled by Web3 technologies. The app is going to be developed by the #Digital4Youth consortium/partnership, led by IAAI GloCha, the Climate Chain Coalition and UN Habitat Youth program. ON 12th of September there will be a workshop for potential partners of the #Digital4Youth partnership where an action plan and terms of reference for the collaboration will be defined.The app is being developed as a global digital public infrastructure/ecosystem, a a key element of a set of next generation, interoperable digital tools, which are using Web3/blockchain technologies and advanced data science (digital identity management, youth climate action reporting framework, digital measurement-reporting-verification, crowd-evaluation, impact certification, global challenges action registry; (NFT) marketplace, participatory multilevel governance tools, digital finance, metaverse/VR/AR solutions, data collection/citizen science, education, gamification, ….) for effective and entertaining youth and citizens’ engagement and empowerment in local SDGs implementation. The initiative for the development of the Individual SDGs and climate action app is going to be registered on the SDG Summit Acceleration and Accountability Platform and put forward for recognition as a “Transformative Action” within the “Inclusive and Responsible Digital Public Infrastructure for SDGs” pillar of the High Impact initiatives of the UN SDGs Summit 2023 .
Contact:
Miroslav Polzer, executive director of the International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges, polzer@glocha.info, tel. (WhatsApp): +43 664 4203648
Research, Digital Innovation, Culture and Gamification for a better world
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee/Austria, 19th of January 2023, 9.00 – 20.00h CET (virtual participation possible during workshop part of the program 10 AM – 1 PM)
bring together research, technology development and educational competences in the field of emerging technologies (with a focus on Web 3.0 & blockchain technology) of the Alps-Adriatic region and beyond (starting with the membership of the Climate Chain Coalition)
serve as a meeting place for youth from around the world working on knowledge-based solutions to global challenges in the context of United Nations programs and global goals/SDGs, and
deliver digital solutions and services for energy transition, (micro) climate entrepreneurship and climate action gamification based on innovative multi-factor carbon credits schemes
support local and subnational authorities in the implementation of their decarbonization goals (like e.g. the city of Klagenfurt as well as other EU Mission Cities and the state of Carinthia)
support on a global level non-state actors (especially citizens/youth) climate action empowerment in the context of the EU Climate Pactand the UNFCCC Action for Climate Empowerment programme
Goals of the workshop
Stakeholder mapping, presentation & discussion of functions/ programs and Consortium formation
Designing the GloCha Center as an investment opportunity for cities, citizens, philanthropists and SDGs/ESG impact businesses/investors, with innovative funding instruments (e.g. tokenization of shares of GloCha TechGesmbH, first ideas, Climate Action NFTs Certification DAO, Future Carbon/SDG credits sales, Voluntary Carbon Footprint Compensation Cryptostamps, DigitalArt4Climate NFT sales)
13.30 – 15.00 – Lunch (Villa Lido restaurant at Lake Wörthersee)
15.30 – 16.00 – Site visit I: potential location(s) of the center
16.00 – 16.30 – Site visit II Lakeside STI Park with Educational lab
18.00 – 20.00 – GloCha reception 2023 & Presentation of the DigitalArt4Climate exhibit
Agenda – Detailed plan:
10.00 Workshop – The GloCha Research, technology development & Culture Center on Digital Innovation and Climate Action Empowerment, Klagenfurt (programs, partnerships, organization, funding and outreach)
10.05 – 10.15 Tour de table – brief personal introduction of workshop participants
10.15 – 10.30 Presentation dr. Wolfgang Hafner, City of Klagenfurt, The Climate action strategy of the City of Klagenfurt in the context of the EU Mission Cities programme + info about Innovation system in Carinthia (esp. Lakeside STI Park Klagenfurt) (10 min)
10.30 – 11.00 Presentation of initial ideas and programs for the “GloCha RTDI & Culture Center for Digital Innovation and Climate Action Empowerment Klagenfurt – Ljubljana – Dubai” (see Annex below) – 30 min
Tokenization (GloCha Tech GesmbH) in addition to investment of public authorities, foundations and other institutional public good focused organizations, individuals can become fractional (micro share) co-owners by buying “Building stones” of the center
12.00 – 12.30 GloCha Center Consortium formation with a particular focus on the City of Klagenfurt, Slovenia (with its EXPO City Dubai pavilion, MetaCOP & IRCAI) and UAE (DWTC/GITEX, WGEO, SUSTEX, Haqq Association)
Annex 1: Initial ideas and programs for the “GloCha RTDI & Culture Center for Digital Innovation and Climate Action Empowerment Klagenfurt – Ljubljana – Dubai”
identification, analysis and promotion of digital innovation solutions for climate action empowerment (focus on Web3.0/Blockchain) (GloCha product 1: Digital Innovation pavilion at COPs) and MetaCOP – COP in the metaverse
youth and citizens climate action engagement (open source) tools:
DigitalArt4Climate creative economy and social energy for a better world (COP28 edition with UAE Ministry of education and localization with (EU Mission) cities, …) (GloCha product 2: global art & music competition, GloCha product 2: local / city level art & music competition & NFT sales)
Global Challenges Mapping (note: IAAI has funding for this through the EU INTERREG Central Europe project JET4CE) (= foundation for a climate action impact information system, and blockchain based eco-social contracts based digital communities formation)
citizen / youth focused climate action certification (based on above mentioned tools: digital identities, digital measurement, reporting and verification (dMRV), global challenges action registry, Impact crowd-evaluation based on Challenges Mapping methodology and tools – research project proposal in the context of the 15th Call of the Austrian Climate Action Research Programme and creation of multi-factor carbon credits/SDGs credits for voluntary carbon markets based on citizens’/youth climate action
(micro) climate entrepreneurship business models and tools (e.g. climate action and impact NFTs marketplace)
GloCha Games (knowledge and impact focused gamification of citizens’ climate action)
Launched at COP26, UCO is rooted in the Action for Climate Empowerment Innovation Project, or ACE_AT. The purpose of this organisation is to build a bridge between the public and private sector and allow more equitable and efficient resource mobilisation for young climate activists across the globe, empowering them and giving them a better opportunity to put their ideas into action.
The United Nations announced 2021 as the Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development to recognise the value of creativity as a powerful resource for sustainable development and climate action. DigitalArt4Climate in partnership with UN-Habitat is an initiative to accelerate that force. The DigitalArt4Climate is an unprecedented multi-stakeholder partnership initiative which uses blockchain technology to turn art into digital assets or NFTs, which can be collected and traded, thus opening up a socio-technological innovation space which helps to unlock extraordinary potential for resource mobilization and climate empowerment.
COP26 Collection „Humanity challenged by Climate Change“, exhibited in Glasgow, UK 2021.
Visit https://digitalart4climate.space/#rec374020001 to meet the finalists & winners & find yourself in the Metaverse by Artgence (https://digitalart4climate.gallery/).
IAAI GloCha is one of the co-founders of the Climate Chain Coalition and IAAI GloCha executive director Miroslav Polzer, who is also the strategic director of the CCC helped to organize an official CCC COP26 press conference and a session on Systemic Transformation with blockchain technology at the COP26 UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub
FIABCI Italia – IL PUNTO Real Estate Advisor srl – Campagnoli & Calvi Studio Legale – Lex CC
Event Aims
Inspiring public support for bold and effective climate action with youth focused narratives, inspiring artwork (DigitalArt4Climate and its Art Competition (submission deadline 8 Oct 2021)), music and celebrities’ engagement
Mobilizing financial resources for systemic solutions to youth focused climate action empowerment
Movement building and individual (youth) climate action empowerment with social and digital innovation & blockchain based climate action digital collectibles/NFTs platform and app
Day 1: 27th of September 3 – 6 PM CEST
Venue: Viale dell’Innovazione, 2, 20126 Milano
youth climate action innovation panel
NFTs for Climate – Climate action as a digital badges collection game panel
Milan 2021 DigitalArt4Climate event badge (NFT) airdrop (=free distribution to event participants)
networking meeting with local digital art & climate action leaders
With the event we are building a new narrative of hope and collaboration in light of the climate crisis. The event title provides a thematic framework: The Storm, the Haven and the Angel (themes that are also guiding the DigitalArt4Climate art competition). The Storm: uncertainties and fears in a rapidly changing world. The Haven: people/communities joining hands towards mastering the climate crisis and The Angel: the individual global citizen as the centre of a value and cultural shift towards empathy, solidarity, who creates with his/her individual climate action legacy (documented/certified with digital badges) the foundation for a good life for all.
Detailed Agenda:
Agenda Day 1 – Monday,27th of September 3 – 6 PM CEST
(Clean) NFTs for Climate – Climate action as a digital badges collection game panel
Digital Innovation keynote:Mario Taddei, academic, science communication expert, digital artist. Reinventing art, markets and global cooperation with NFTs/digital collectibles
Bruno Škvorc, Web3 Foundation – a brief general introduction to Web 3.0, Proof-of-Stake on Polkadot/Kusama (Clean NFTs), RMRK/Kanaria, as example of NFTs as enablers of innovation in the domains of art, governance, business, .., explanation regarding the handling of our DigitalArt4Climate Milan2021 event NFT drop
Irina Karagyaur, Unique Network, a NFT chain for Kusama and Polkadot, Essential Art Tools
Miroslav Polzer, IAAI GloCha – DigitalArt4Climate overview & NFTs for GloCha ACE support ecosystem & COP26 plans
Alexandre Gellert Paris, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Unit, United Nations Climate Change Secretariat – UNFCCC (to be confirmed)
DigitalArt4Climate Milan 2021 event badge (NFT) airdrop (= free distribution to event participants)
Conversation with the artists who created the DigitalArt4Climate Global Angel: Theofilos Mantzoros (Greece) and Roger Haus (Switzerland)
Networking meeting with local and international digital art & climate action leaders
on-site participation capacity of the venue is limited because of COVID, please write an email to polzer@glocha.info if you would like attend in person
Introduction: videos & images from Pre-COP Youth event & from DA4C Day 1 event (5 min)
Presentation of the DigitalArt4Climate initiative (lead presenters: Anna Dart, ExquisiteWorkers & Irina Karagyaur, Unique Network & partners’ statements, potentially also DA4C Designathon winning team voice) (15 minutes)
Creative Industries for Climate Panel I – Visual Arts & Fashion (45 minutes)
Panel moderator: Liliana Carrillo, UNESCO Creative cities network, Social Digital Innovation Expert
Digital Art keynote: Refik Anadol,: Digital art/artists and their potentials for doing good
Panelists:
Maria Grazia Mattei, President and CEO of the MEET Digital Culture Center Milan
Olga Chernysheva, Chief Sustainability Officer, DRESSX – digital fashion
Katherine Foster, Social Alpha Foundation & Open Earth Foundation & DigitalArt4Climate partner
· Creative Industries for Climate Panel II – Music (20 minutes)
Ricky Kej, Grammy award winning musician, UN goodwill ambassador and GloCha partner (Earth Music Awards)
Sol Moran Broza: Be.Together For The Amazon: raising awareness, movement building and resource mobilization with music & outline of a collaboration with DigitalArt4Climate on music NFT collection
About the Action for Climate Empowerment Innovation Project ACE_AT:
Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) is a term adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to denote work under Article 6 of the Convention (1992) and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement (2015). The over-arching goal of ACE is to empower all members of society to engage in climate action, through education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information, and international cooperation on these issues. (source: https://unfccc.int/topics/education-youth/the-big-picture/what-is-action-for-climate-empowerment)
The Project ACE_AT is a collaborative global effort towards strengthening Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) within and beyond the UNFCCC process. The goal is to empower all members of society to engage in Climate Action and to change the perception on ACE.
About DigitalArt4Climate: DigitalArt4Climate is a multi-stakeholder partnership initiative which uses blockchain technology to turn art into digital assets or NFTs, which can be collected and traded, thus opening up a socio-technological innovation space which helps to unlock extraordinary potential for resource mobilization and climate empowerment, which is being used to enable realization of youth focused ACE programs of IAAI GloCha and UN Habitat. https://digitalart4climate.space/
References (related events and initiatives organized by IAAI GloCha in the past):
In commemoration of the International Youth Day (IYD) 2021, the DigitalAr4Climate initiative celebrates and mainstreams meaningful and rewarding youth engagement in sustainable development goals implementation and launches its art competition as an innovative mechanism to engage the creative community and to mobilize resources for youth climate action empowerment in the run-up to the 2021 UN Climate Conference COP26.
Agenda:
Welcome by the Moderators:
Timothy Damon, Global Youth Development Institute, YOUNGO (UNFCCC Youth Constituency) ACE Working Group & ECOS (Climate Education, Communication and Outreach Stakeholders Community)
Quratulain Tejani, IAAI youth delegate to the UN HQ in NY, co-founder Generation Next Youth network
Part 1 – Action for Climate Empowerment flagship initiatives & Youth Climate Action Empowerment Needs
Emmanuel Tachie-Obeng, Deputy Director Climate Change EPA Ghana & UNFCCC ACE National Focal Point in Ghana – Action for Climate Empowerment Innovation for and with youth in Ghana/Africa
Part 2 – DigitalArt4Climate Art Competition Launch by UN Habitat Youth Programme, IAAI GloCha and the Consortium Partners
Domenico Vito/Hubzine Italy (DigitalArt4Climate Marketplace UX/UI Designathon Coordinator) & Pravanjan Patnaik/Palette69 (UX/UI Design Mentor) & Wisdom Osenemendia (DigitalArt4Climate Designathon participant) & Daniel Thomas (Unique Network NFT Platform) – Pathways towards the DA4C Marketplace
Launch of the DigitalArt4Climate Art Competition: Themes, terms, conditions and submission process (visit https://digitalart4climate.space/ for more info)
Questions and Answers Session and Closing
International Youth Day is celebrated annually on 12 August to bring youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
International Youth Day (IYD) gives an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives, as well as their meaningful, universal and equitable engagement.
DigitalArt4Climate is a multi-stakeholder partnership initiative which uses blockchain technology to turn art into digital assets or NFTs, which can be collected and traded, thus opening up a socio-technological innovation space which helps to unlock extraordinary potential for resource mobilization and climate empowerment. www.digitalart4climate.space/ – explanatory video: www. youtu.be/UObkHpLTjDk
