Nominations Invited to Feature Volunteer Action for the Peoples’ Voices Challenge Award

The People’s voices challenge is the new platform for the Global Conversation on the post-2015 agenda. Building on the experience of MY World and the wider post-2015 dialogues, this initiative aims to engage people in a more active way towards the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In particular, it calls for using the peoples’ voices collected so far to remind world leaders and policy-makers what’s at stake, and for taking action in preparation for the implementation of the SDGs. Volunteering is one of these actions!

The initiative also features a number of awards, some of which can be of special interest for volunteers: one is to honor longstanding contributions to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through volunteer action, others focus on best communications and outreach efforts regarding the MDGs and the Global Conversation.

Therefore take action! Think about ways to communicate the new SDGs and foster citizen engagement, including volunteer action, in planning, implementing and monitoring the goals. You canuse the data collected from the Global Conversation to present people’s voices to decision-makers and the general public.

Join the competition for the people’s voices award in the dedicated category for volunteerism, or on best communications and outreach efforts regarding the MDGs and the Global Conversation.D