, where young people are equal citizens and are encouraged and supported to achieve their fullest potential as global citizens.
What is the importance of the Vision 2030 to 21st Century Global Citizens?
As in the 1940s, growing global crises today call for new approaches. Despite the allure of national sovereignty-based ideas of protectionism or isolationism, it is often more, not less, international cooperation that can deliver the future we need and seek.
A new custodial approach to the planet is urgently needed. Is it any wonder then, that many people, although justifiably proud of their own origin and identity, also see themselves simultaneously as citizens of one planet?
An Invitation to dialogue...
Clearly, globalised communications channels have made the world much smaller in one sense, and it becomes difficult not to see events within the broader context of what is happening across the planet. In this manner, it is almost impossible not to be a global citizen. We are citizens of countries, of course, but every country is inextricably linked to one other country in a matrix. The idea of interrelationships is embedded in 21st century epistemologies.
Today, we are witnessing another big shift in consciousness, this time centered on an ecological recognition that our common home is in distress. Planetary custodianship is deeply rooted in the histories and belief systems of native peoples and early civilizations.
Major advances in planetary science over recent decades confirm a basic and increasingly urgent truth that what impacts one part of our threatened ecosystem impacts us all.
In 1992 - at the Earth Summit, it was recognised that achieving sustainable development would require the active participation of all sectors of society and all types of people. Agenda 21, adopted at the Earth Summit, drew upon this sentiment and formalised nine sectors of society as the main channels through which broad participation would be facilitated in UN activities related to sustainable development.
Which bring us to matters of global governance. The UN Charter – adopted in June 1945 by 51 countries – famously begins with the words “We the peoples of the United Nations … determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind.”
The 1945 United Nations Charter was the innovation of its time.
So Why Change It?
And it was successful.
But it also struggled. How do the 21st Century Global Citizen Youth connect through the Inner Development Goals to meet the Vision 2030? This is a thought contribution at a critical time.
We, the peoples”—as the UN Charter preamble calls us—have a profound need for effective and credible mechanisms of international cooperation that will serve the current and future interests of humanity as a whole, and safeguard the planetary systems on which we rely.
And why now?
We are here to promote global governance to achieve unprecedented measures of prosperity, health, education, peace and justice.
As Global Citizens, we believe that many of the contemporary threats facing humanity can only be addressed by adopting a mindset that explicitly incorporates the notion that “we the peoples” means the entire human race.
Achievement of the Vision 2030 is a path to action that will see transfer of technology, both horizontal and vertical, strengthened.
Hope
Your genome is the operating manual containing all the instructions that helped you develop from a single cell into the person you are today. It guides your growth, helps your organs to do their jobs, and repairs itself when it becomes damaged. And it’s unique to you. The more you know about your innermost being and how it works, the more you'll understand your own place in society and make informed decisions to building the world we want to see leaving no one behind.
As Global Citizen youth community driven to bridge dialogue with action to unlock the potential of global citizenship for generations to come we invite you to Step into a world of Freedom, Mobility and Opportunity.
Together, we are igniting a primal journey to shed, unlearn, and unlock all our preconceived notions, in order to illuminate, empower, and catalyze the start of a new identity as global citizens through our perfected inner development.
Global citizenship is based on the deep conviction that humanity exists within a context of complete interconnectedness. As Citizens of the world, we understand that global challenges are not defined by borders, regions or nationalities and we share a social conscience to address and overcome them, together.
As a Global Citizen I guide hundreds of young people and their families each year on their journeys to acquiring The Global Goals Lifestyle implemented through the Inner Development Goals mindset.
As an award winning Global Citizen who understands the power of intergenerational allyship to assist young people in developing their mindsets drawing them closer to taking their steak when it comes to the Vision 2030 and implementing their visions and global citizenship transforming talent, empowering innovators, and cement partnerships.
Through formulated under the
Green Jobs Mentorship Program at Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens,
I am implementing my vision.
You too can realize your vision.
