
SDG Festivals
We facilitate the convening of a national forum for civic engagement in SDG implementation; A public festival with debates, workshops, cultural events and exposition of solutions for the 2030 Agenda.
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Building on our experience with creating and facilitating the SDG platform, Verdensmålenes Plads, at Scandinavia’s largest democratic people’s festival ‘Folkemødet’ at Bornholm, Denmark, we facilitate the convening and co-creation of ‘SDG Festivals’. As a platform for civic engagement with local pioneers from all levels of society - state, civil society and the private sector.
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As such, we have been active in supporting the SDGs Village at the Kenyan People's Dialogue Festival taking place annually in March. And in 2023, Uganda had five SDG Festivals across the country, inspired by Verdensmålenes Plads.
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Get in touch if you would like to learn more about how you can host your own SDG Festival.
Festival features

Engaging debates

Pop-up expositions

Interactive Workshops
Panels and talks organised by cross-sector partners involving festival guests in democratic dialogue about SDG related topics
Pop-up expositions allow festival guests to experience sustainable solutions as they are presented and demonstrated live at the festival
​Interactive workshops engaging festival participants in co-creation of innovative solutions to local and global challenges

Food

Cultural events

Arts
Food is a conversations starter, and through our collaboration with vocational schools, we involve culinary students in presenting the food of the future to festival guests
Cultural events bring festival participants together in informal ways to foster dialogue and unify across divides
Just like food, arts is a language that unites across cultural differences. Through the arts, we can express fears and dreams, ideas and visions for the future
Watch the video from the Danish People's Meeting SDG Platform 2022: