BKMC Annual Report 2022

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Annual Report
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
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Monika Froehler, Chief Executive Officer
Dear friends of the Ban Ki-moon Centre,
Looking back on 2022, it was an intense and successful
year for the Ban Ki-moon Centre. With the muchvalued
support of our Co-Chairs, the BKMC team
continued to work for the implementation of the SDGs
and the Paris Climate Agreement with professionalism
and dedication. We engaged with upcoming leaders
and current leaders thanks to the backing of our
BKMC Board as well as the wide network of young
changemakers and SDG champions on the ground all
around the globe.
In early 2022, on one of our first official post-pandemic
mission travels, we visited the Dubai Expo 2021 to
build on our engagement with partners in the Middle
East. We are looking forward to bringing some of
these exciting new ideas to fruition next in 2023.
In the first half of the year 2022, we focused heavily
on our women’s empowerment portfolio and offered
platforms to Afghan women fighting injustices in their
country. We connected women from Central Asia with
a European audience to discuss the situation on the
ground and appeal to the international community.
Also, together with the Austrian government and
UN Women, we highlighted the role of women in
peacebuilding in conflict areas including Afghanistan
and Ukraine at the UN High Level Political Forum in
New York.
We also made big strides with our “Young Women
Leadership on Climate Adaptation Program” and
added 30 young changemakers from six African
countries to our alumni. Like our 17 Ban Ki-moon
scholars, these young women ideated and realized
SDG micro-projects in their communities. In addition
to previous years, and thanks to our donors, we
provided seed funding for some of these microprojects
and intend to continue this effort to kickstart
local SDG implementation efforts even more
effectively.
In the latter half of the year, a focus on our highlevel
advocacy work saw us organize the second
Austrian SDG Dialogforum in Vienna, which reached
more than 21,000 people. The event brought
together the Austrian government and hundreds
of SDG advocating stakeholders for an exchange
during which clear actions steps were taken to carry
implementation partnerships forward. Moreover,
at the UNESCO Transforming Education Summit
during the UN General Assembly in New York, the
BKMC successfully gave prominence to Global
Citizenship Education and Education for Sustainable
Development. Working with the governments of
Finland, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Belize, as
well as UNESCO, we explored recent efforts and
next steps for GCED worldwide. The BKMC team also
traveled extensively to Africa including Ghana, Kenya,
and Uganda to work with our international and local
partners on agricultural climate adaptation efforts
and shine a light on the existential difficulties faced
by smallholder farmers, who bear the brunt of the
climate crisis. The BKMC gave a voice to governmental
champions at a climate adaptation roundtable and
cooperated closely with African smallholder farmers
to amplify the global need for increased adaptation
finance. To highlight these efforts, the BKMC hosted
four events at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, produced
a demand paper with young agripreneurs, and
produced a short documentary on the Ugandan
champion, Lilian Nakigozi, and her vertical farming
program “Women Smiles Uganda”.
Ending the year on a positive note in November, the
BKMC officially opened the BKMC Foundation’s office
in New York with a ceremony at the Columbia Business
School. We are reaching out to partners and donors in
the US to build on our fundraising efforts and increase
the programs in our pipeline. This year, I had the honor
to serve as Interim President and CEO of the New York
Foundation in addition to the BKMC in Vienna. With
all this extensive work and the prominent leadership
of our co-chairs, Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer, both
in front and behind the scenes, in 2022, the Ban Kimoon
Centre reached more people than ever before.
We want to thank our Co-Chairs, our board and all our
partners and supporters for their hard work and hope
that we can continue to contribute to a better future
for all – leaving no one behind – in 2023.
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These are the negative aspects of the year 2022 –
also not forgetting the ongoing consequences of
COVID-19, the climate emergency, and threats to
democracy and multilateralism.
Heinz Fischer, Co-chair
11 th Federal President of the Republic of Austria
Dear friends of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global
Citizens,
The year 2022 marks the 5th year since the founding
of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens in
Vienna at the beginning of 2018. A lot has been
achieved since then: I am delighted that the Ban Kimoon
Centre has firmly established its place in the
international community and is reliably working to
serve its goals, in particular empowering women and
youth in implementing the Sustainable Development
Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.
In addition to the Ban Ki-moon Centre in Vienna, this
year saw the establishment of the Ban Ki-moon US
Foundation in New York City. None of this would have
been possible without the continuous support of
our board members, team, partners, and friends from
around the world.
I am particularly grateful for my friend co-chair Ban
Ki-moon’s continuous leadership, cooperation, and
commitment. When co-chair Ban visited Vienna in
September 2022, we had the additional honor of
welcoming Austrian Federal President Alexander
Van der Bellen to our premises to update him on our
recent activities and plans for the future.
Of course, the conditions as far as the status of
international affairs are concerned have been making
every form of international cooperation more difficult.
Russia’s war against Ukraine, which started in February
2022, was not only a heavy attack on peace but also
an attack on human rights and the rule of law. A
highly volatile international economy also proved to
be an obstacle to international and harmonious cooperation.
On the other hand, we are proud to say that our
core activities have successfully continued and
expanded despite these troubling times. From our
active participation at the COP27 climate conference
in Egypt to hosting the second SDG Dialogforum in
Vienna, convening events at UNESCO’s Transforming
Education Summit in New York or our ongoing work
on Elevating the Voices of Women in Agriculture
and Climate Adaptation – to name but a few of our
endeavors – we have continuously striven to act
as a platform for positive change, leadership, and
advocacy.
I remain confident that the Ban Ki-moon Centre team,
together with our partners and friends, will continue
to advocate for the implementation of the SDGs and
Paris Climate Agreement and will work tirelessly to
empower women and youth around the world in
the spirit of global citizenship. A special thanks and
heartfelt greetings go to our Board Members in many
countries who are the backbone of the BKMC and
who are our good personal friends.
In this year’s report you can read about examples of
leadership, aspiration, empathy, and unity. I hope that
you too will be encouraged and inspired to join the
collective efforts around the world to make the world
a better place.
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the Global South. We now have a network of over 200
young leaders taking action in their communities for
the Sustainable Development Goals.
Ban Ki-moon, Co-chair
8 th United Nations Secretary-General
Dear Friends of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global
Citizens,
The culmination of the increasingly worrying
humanitarian crises, international conflicts, the
COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate emergency that
impacts the most vulnerable the hardest, requires
leadership and support from global citizens around
the globe. I am proud to say that the Ban Ki-moon
Centre team has worked tirelessly over the past
months on creating a lasting positive impact in a
world where humanity has been facing a multitude
of crises.
It means a lot to me to see that the BKMC has
expanded its portfolio on global citizenship education
and climate change, particularly focusing on women
and youth empowerment, policy recommendations,
advocating for political and financial commitments,
as well as growing its network, with the launch of an
office in New York, USA, and welcoming new team
members.
This year, I have witnessed the BKMC team make great
leaps in terms of building new partnerships across the
globe, with stakeholders ranging from government
ministries to activists, and deepening their expertise
in programs that aim to achieve the 2030 Agenda and
the Paris Climate Agreement. Working together with
decision makers, we advocated for global citizenship
education through our collaboration with Mission
4.7 at the Transformative Education Summit, and
at COP27 we called on world leaders to step up for
climate change adaptation. Throughout the year we
worked with our young changemakers on issues such
as gender justice by giving a voice to Afghan women
and training women farmers and entrepreneurs from
In 2021, as former UN Secretary-General I published
my memoir “Resolved” recounting 50 years of my
career. It gives me hope to continue advocating for my
legacy with leaders around the world while engaging
with many of our BKMC alumni who are taking the
reins in creating a world that is more peaceful and
more prosperous.
I also resumed my mission travels around the world. I
visited Ukraine to meet with President Zelensky and
witnessed the atrocities taking place there and called
for immediate ceasefire. Furthermore, I participated
in events and high-level meetings in Columbia,
Finland, Greece, India, the UAE, and the US. One of the
highlights was my trip to Vienna to meet with my dear
friend Heinz Fischer, some of our local BKMC board
members, and the BKMC team. Amongst interesting
discussions with Austrian government representatives,
I also had the honor to welcome Austrian President
Alexander Van der Bellen to our BKMC office. This was
a great honor for the BKMC. I also spent considerable
time with the team to observe their hard work and rest
assured that Vienna is my second home. I would like
to thank the leadership of President Heinz Fischer and
the commitment of the BKMC Board, management
team, and staff.
As you will read in this report, we have done a great
job creating an impact and touching thousands of
lives around the world. I remain confident that in
2023, which will mark the BKMC’s 5-year anniversary,
we will continue to make a difference and implement
far reaching programs.
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CONTENTS

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ABOUT US
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OUR WORK
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SDG MICRO-PROJECTS
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OUR OUTREACH
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OUR PEOPLE
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ABOUT
US
The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global
Citizens, established in January 2018,
is a Quasi-International Organization
located in Vienna, Austria focusing on
fostering leadership. The BKMC is cochaired
by Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-
General of the UN, and by Heinz Fischer,
11th President of the Republic of Austria.

©BKMC / CEO Monika Froehler conducts an SDGs workshop at the BKMC office.
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE
Our Vision
Our Goal
Our Role
humanity is guided by global citizen leaders who care for people, the planet, and prosperity.
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and fullfil the Paris Climate Agreement.
foster leadership towards our goal, based on the values of global citizenship.
Our Approach
Decision Makers
Change Makers
Advocacy
Policy
High-Level
Consultations
Media
Engagements
Leadership
Building
Trainings
Access to
Opportunities
Networking
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©UN Photo - Rick Bajornas / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon speaks to journalists on the entry of force of the Paris Climate Agreement.
OUR FRAMEWORK
When Ban Ki-moon first assumed his office as the
8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, he
vowed to make climate a priority. At the 2015 United
Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21 in
Paris, world leaders representing 195 nations accepted
responsibility to mitigate the threats of climate
change by adopting the Paris Climate Agreement.
It is the first-ever legally binding, international
treaty dedicated to limit global warming, reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, and provide financial
and capacity building support to those
countries most affected by our changing climate.
In the same year, at the 70th UN General Assembly,
Ban Ki-moon led the adoption of the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and their 169
targets. The SDGs are the world’s blueprint on
how to end poverty, address climate change, reduce
inequalities and empower women and girls.
The Paris Climate Agreement and Sustainable De-
velopment Goals are a plan of urgent action to
end extreme poverty and hunger, to reverse nature
loss and transform our food systems, a promise
to leave no one behind, realize the human
rights of all, and to set the world on a prosperous
and peaceful path of a more sustainable future.
As Co-chair of the BKMC, Ban Ki-moon’s two legacies
form the framework of the BKMC. Their implementation
is imperative to advocating with
current world leaders - decision makers and empowering
the next generation of leaders - change makers.
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OUR IMPACT
219
Young Leaders
Trained
216
SDG
Micro-Projects
100+
Partner
Organizations
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Partner
Governments
700
Outreach
Activities
158K+
Global Citizen
Actions Taken
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770K+
People Reached via
SDG Micro-Projects
70
Countries
Reached
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Donor
Organizations
40+
Co-Chairs’
Leadership Roles
32K+
Online Course
Registrations
51K+
Online
Followers
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OUR
WORK
We use our independence, network,
and expertise to engage with leaders,
governments, academia, civil society,
and international organizations to
promote global citizenship. We believe
in the impact of empowerment,
inspiring leadership, inclusive policies,
and global citizenship education.

©BKMC - Katre Olmez / Panel at COP27 official side event hosted by Ban Ki-moon Centre.
ELEVATING AGRICULTURAL
ADAPTATION
Goal:
Advocate for increased financial and political
commitment in research and innovation to
increase the resilience of smallholder farmers to
climate change
Key Partners:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Citizen
Target Recepient Countries:
Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zambia
The Elevating Agricultural Adaptation Program (EAA)
continues since its launch in January 2021 to advocate
for smallholder farmers and their ever-increasing
challenges in adapting to climate change.
This year was marked by several severe climate shocks
affecting already vulnerable regions: the floodings
in Pakistan, wildfires across Europe, and the drought
in the Horn of Africa. These events have devastating
effects on smallholder farmers and disproportionally
affect women and youth. Within EAA, the BKMC
encourages world leaders to significantly increase
their commitments to climate adaptation within the
Paris Climate Agreement, particularly for smallholder
farmers who are on the frontline of climate change.
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of youth, the BKMC launched the first cohort of BKMC
Youth AgriChampions, gathering young innovative
smallholders from Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, and
Zambia to collaborate on developing a demand paper
on climate adaptation for global leaders. The demand
paper was officially launched and handed over to
global leaders by several BKMC Youth AgriChampions
at COP27 in Egypt.
To further deepen partnerships, the BKMC signed
Memorandums of Understanding with the Ministry
of Green Economy and Environment, Zambia, and
the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance. In 2023, the
BKMC will seek to strengthen these partnerships and
build new ones around the world in order to continue
accentuating the need for financial support and
capacity building to help smallholder farmers adapt
to climate change.
©BKMC - Brian A. Gray / Woman farmer collecting harvest in the
AICCRA demonstration field in Cape Town, Ghana.
Throughout the year, BKMC’s Co-chair Ban Ki-moon
and the EAA team have taken part in close to 100
bilateral meetings, spoken at over 20 events, and
embarked on mission trips to locations including
Germany, Ghana, Kenya, the UAE, and the UK. In terms
of EAA’s outreach, the BKMC has published 5 op-eds
by Co-chair Ban Ki-moon, reaching over 150 million
readers, and 1.9 million people on social media,
enhancing awareness-raising efforts. The BKMC was
active at global key events such as the Bonn Climate
Change Conference, London Climate Action Week,
Global Citizen Festival, and Stockholm+50, and
on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of
Governments Meeting, Africa Climate Week, and the
Conference on Climate Change and Development in
Africa.
In autumn in Vienna, the BKMC hosted the High-Level
Ministerial Roundtable “Climate Adaptation – The Road
Beyond COP26: COP27 & COP28”, where Co-chair Ban
Ki-moon convened government representatives from
Austria, Egypt, Germany, and the UAE to promote the
adaptation agenda and ensure continued assistance
for vulnerable communities. To strengthen the voices
©BKMC - Katre Olmez / Farmers and entrepreneurs who succesfully
completed a micro-loan project with AFAWI in Acrra, Ghana.
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©BKMC - Martin Krachler / High-Level Roundtable hosted by the BKMC at the Impact Hub.
CLIMATE ADAPTATION – THE ROAD
BEYOND COP26: COP27 & COP28
On September 6th 2022 at the Impact Hub in
Vienna, Co-chair Ban Ki-moon convened a hybrid
roundtable event on “Climate Adaptation: The Road
Beyond COP26: COP27 & COP28” with Leonore
Gewessler, Austrian Federal Minister for Climate
Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation
and Technology; Yasmine Fouad, Egypt’s Minister
of Environment and host country representative of
COP27; Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister
of Climate Change and Environment of the United
Arab Emirates – the COP28 host country, and Jennifer
Morgan, German State Secretary and Special Envoy for
International Climate Action. Considering the Global
Goal on Adaptation, particular focus was put on
climate adaptation finance and the required progress
on increased financial and political commitment
and concrete action leading up to COP27 in Egypt
and COP28 in the UAE. Responding to Ban Ki-moon’s
calls for increased action to support communities
bearing the brunt of climate change, the high-level
representatives outlined their countries’ efforts and
plans in supporting climate adaptation, which,
amongst others, included the compilation of the
Progress Report on the Climate Finance Delivery Plan,
setting out a roadmap to mobilize USD100 billion for
climate finance per year, and the prospective efforts
of the COP27 and COP28 Presidencies to accelerate
adaptation action, inclusive of the agricultural sector.
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PEER TO PEER WEBINAR SERIES:
YOUTH AGRI-CHAMPIONS
Over the course of summer 2022, the Youth
AgriChampions, a group of outstanding smallholder
famers and agripreneurs from Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda,
and Zambia, came together through three online
workshops facilitated by the BKMC, to develop a
demand paper on agricultural adaptation to climate
change.
Inspired by guest input by Elizabeth Nsimadala,
President of the East Africa Farmers Federation, and
Denis Kabito, CEO and Founder of the Young Farmers’
Federation of Uganda, the Youth AgriChampions
developed a concrete set of demands to help
smallholder farmers adapt to climate change in the
areas of social risk management, funding and finance,
and training and capacity building.
The 11 Youth Agri-Champions, selected from over 400
participants, then presented their demands to the
BKMC’s co-chairs, Ban Ki-moon and Dr. Heinz Fischer.
This demand paper was unveiled at a BKMC-hosted
Official Side Event at COP27, “Accelerating Climate
Adaptation in Agriculture – A Youth Perspective”, and
handed over to global leaders, including Ministers
from Ghana, Rwanda, and Zambia. Furthermore, this
demand paper will be incorporated into the BKMC’s
future advocacy work within EAA.
Scan the QR code to read the Youth
Agri Champion demand paper
“Building Resilience of Smallholder
Farmers to Climate Change.”
©BKMC - Katre Olmez / Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda, Gérardine Mukeshimana, BKMC team and BKMC Youth Agri-champion Jean Claude
Niyomugabo from Rwanda discussing the Youth Agri Champion demand paper at COP27, Sharm El-Sheikh.
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©BKMC / EVWA Changemaker Anna Ngwenyi Mafor working at her social enterprise AgriDroneTech in Cameroon.
ELEVATING THE VOICES OF
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
Goal:
Raise global awareness for women farmers’
realities in Africa by giving global visibility to
innovative projects of young changemakers and
developing actionable policy briefs fostering
women farmers’ empowerment
Key Partners:
Royal DSM
In April 2022, the BKMC launched the “EVWA Campaign
– Elevating the Voices of Women in Agriculture” to
raise global awareness of women farmers’ realities and
showcase policy and grassroot actions that contribute to
their empowerment.
Women smallholder farmers produce 70 percent of
Africa’s food. Even though they play a key role in Africa’s
food security, gender inequality and climate change
have disproportionate effects on women farmers,
making them the most vulnerable members of the
farming community.
With the EVWA Campaign, the BKMC uses a two-fold
approach to respond to these challenges: The EVWA
Changemakers Campaign and EVWA Council.
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©BKMC - Nes Motion Media / Daily scenes from the Women Smiles Uganda initiative.
On International Rural Women’s Day, the BKMC kicked
off the EVWA Changemakers Campaign, an annual
“30 under 30” campaign, which recognizes and gives a
platform to 30 exceptional young African leaders with
projects contributing to women farmers’ access to land,
resources, inputs, and skills.
Through an exhibition and side event hosted at
the World Food Forum of the Food and Agriculture
Organization, and the BKMC’s website and social media
channels, 30 changemakers and their projects from 14
African countries received global visibility.
Of the 30, one EVWA Changemaker who leads the most
innovative, impactful, and inspiring project received the
title of the EVWA Champion 2022. Lilian Nakigozi won
the EVWA Champion 2022 award for her social enterprise
“Women Smiles Uganda”.
Women Smiles Uganda provides affordable training in
sustainable urban farming concepts, especially to those
who live in urban slums. Nakigozi and Women Smiles
Uganda received a seed-funding award of USD 5,000
to scale their organization, and they were featured in a
multi-media documentary.
©BKMC - Green Canvas Productions / EVWA Champion Lilian Nakigozi.
The documentary was premiered at a BKMC side event
at COP27’s first Children and Youth Pavilion and was
viewed over 2,000 times.
In 2023, the BKMC will establish the EVWA Council, a
group of experts, to formulate policy recommendations
from a youth perspective addressing the challenges
faced by women farmers.
Scan the QR code to access the
Exposure page for the details of
Lilian Nakigozi’s project and the
documentary created by the BKMC.
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©BKMC - Katre Olmez / Entrance of the COP27 event venue at Sharm El-Sheikh.
WHAT WE DID AT COP27
Event Title: Accelerating Climate Adaptation in
Agriculture – A Youth Perspective
This official side event at COP27, an outcome of the
Elevating Agricultural Adaptation program of the
BKMC, brought together two young agri champions,
high-level representatives from CGIAR and FAO, the
Director for International Partnerships of the European
Commission – Carla Montesi, and the Director of the
Zambian Ministry of Green Economy & Environment –
Crusivia Chilobe Hichikumba to discuss clear solutions
that can directly support smallholder farmers in Africa
secure the future of their livelihoods and of the world‘s
food system. The event acted as the official launch of
the BKMC’s Youth Agri Champions’ demand paper,
forming the basis of a dialogue for stakeholders from
every level to constructively build on these demands
to accelerate climate adaptation for smallholder
farmers.
©BKMC / Panelists at COP27 official BKMC side event.
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Event Title: Implementation Lab on Resilient and
Adaptive Food Systems
In response to climate change’s threat to global
food systems, the BKMC partnered with several
organizations to shine a spotlight on key breakthrough
innovations and policy approaches aiming to improve
food security and help build sustainable food systems.
Hearing from experts, civil society representatives, and
business leaders, participants discussed proposals for
resilient and adaptive food systems and the policies
and finance needed to enable them. BKMC COO Katrin
Harvey also made an intervention the importance of
women in climate finance.
©BKMC / Co-chair addresses the audience with a video message.
Event Title: Elevating the Voices of Women in
Agriculture – Challenges and Solutions toward
Empowerment in the Face of Climate Change
This event highlighted the role of women farmers in
achieving SDG2 and SDG13. Hearing from experts and
best practice initiatives, it discussed the challenges
African women farmers face due to gender inequality
and climate change. On-ground activists Josephine
George Frances, President of the Farmers Union
Network of Liberia and Elizabeth Akaba, Tuba Women
Farmers Association Leader spoke about climatesmart
agriculture and the importance of supporting
alternative sources of income for women farmers.
©BKMC / COO Katrin Harvey moderates the session.
Event Title: Seeds for Equality – Young Women
Shaping Regenerative Agriculture and Empowering
Female Farmers in the Global South
At the first ever Children and Youth Pavilion hosted
at COP, the BKMC’s session showcased concrete
initiatives led by young women, which empower
communities and female farmers and foster resilient
food systems. Speakers from LATAM and Africa
discussed the importance of women farmers in
the Global South. The announcement of the EVWA
Champion Lilian Nakigozi and the first screening of
a documentary about her social enterprise Women
Smiles Uganda were particular highlights of the event.
©BKMC / EmpoderaClima Founder and Director Renata Koch
Alvarenga starts session hosted at the Children and Youth Pavilion.
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© UN Photo - Ariana Lindquist / BKMC Board Member Jeffrey Sachs on stage at the opening of the Solutions Day of the TES.
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
Goal:
Bring together leaders from government,
academia, and civil society to accelerate the
implementation of transformative education,
Global Citizenship Education (GCED), and
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
around the world
Key Partners:
UNESCO, SDSN, Columbia University’s Center for
Sustainable Development, SDG Academy, Global
Schools Program, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education
for International Understanding (APCEIU)
The year 2022 was a milestone for transforming
education with the Transforming Education Summit
(TES) at the margins of the UN General Assembly in
New York.
Prior to this summit, Co-chair Ban Ki-moon held talks
with UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay, on
the importance of GCED in the midst of the global
education challenges. Subsequently the Ban Ki-moon
Centre hosted a session as part of the TES’s Solutions
Day entitled “Significant initiatives of Transformative
Education – a Global Citizenship Education
Perspective.”
The TES also dealt with the COVID-19 induced
crisis in education that has seen some 147 million
students missing over half of their in-person learning
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experience since 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic
evidently harmed the learning of more than 90%
of the world’s children – the largest disruption
in history – with half of all countries cutting their
education budgets, further deepening the crisis. In
2021, 244 million children and young people were
out of school.
During the summit, 130 countries made
commitments to prioritize education. Nearly
half of the countries announced measures to
address learning loss, while a third of the countries
committed to supporting the psycho-social
well-being of both students and teachers. At the
summit, the BKMC worked with UNESCO, the
governments of Finland, South Korea, Belize, and
Italy, high level academic representatives, youth
representation, and civil society to issue conclusions
on the importance of GCED in the midst of the crisis,
drawing upon examples from the US, Latin America,
Europe, Asia, and Africa. The conclusion paper was
submitted to UNESCO.
Throughout the year, the BKMC, with its partners
SDSN, Columbia University, the Pontifical Scientific
Academy, Global Schools, UNESCO, and the SDG
Academy, has continued its efforts around GCED as
part of Mission 4.7 to encourage leaders to make
meaningful commitments towards education,
continue to spotlight best-practices, and integrate
transformative education approaches into national
curricula.
The BKMC hosted one episode of the “We
Champion” speaker series of Mission 4.7, on how
to deliver quality education during humanitarian
crisis, featuring Yasmin Sharif, Director of Education
Cannot Wait. In addition, the BKMC contributed
to the 70th anniversary of UNESCO’s Institute for
Lifelong Learning, worked with the European
University Network ENLIGHT on their outreach
and global citizen orientation, and hosted an
online exhibition showcasing its Global Citizenship
Scholarship Programs at the 7th International
Conference on GCED, co-organized by APCEIU.
©Pontifical Academy of Sciences - Gabriella Marino / Snapshot of the Ministerial High-Level panel at TES hosted by Mission 4.7.
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©BKMC - Martin Krachler / SDG Dialogforum 2022, High-Level Segment, CEO Monika Froehler giving her opening remarks.
ADVISING THE AUSTRIAN
GOVERNMENT TO ACHIEVE THE SDGs
Goal:
Provide support for the Austrian Government’s
strategy on SDG implementation
Key Partners:
Austrian government, SDG Watch Austria, Interministerial
Working Group for the SDGs (IMAG)
In 2022, the BKMC successfully continued its support
of the Austrian Government to accelerate the
SDG implementation on a national level. This year,
the BKMC co-led the organization of a side event
to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development (HLPF) in New York on the topic of
Women in Peacebuilding as well as of Austria’s second
multi-stakeholder “SDG Dialogforum”.
In October 2022, the government of Austria, SDG
Watch Austria, and the BKMC, co-organized the
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“SDG Dialogforum 2022 – Current opportunities
and perspectives for the implementation of the
Agenda 2030”. The goal of this forum was to foster
innovative solutions, ideas, and partnerships for the
implementation of the SDGs in Austria, as a pathway
to resolving challenges like climate change, hunger
and poverty, and the energy crisis.
The two-day forum invited on day one experts
from government, civil society, academia, and the
private sector gathered in four Innovation Pools to
identify and prioritize concrete guiding principles,
good practice examples, and partnerships that can
be implemented by 2025. The discussions in the
Innovation Pools focused on energy transition, skills
for the 21st century, equal opportunities for youth,
and Austria’s development policy fostering resilience.
The following day held an in-person high-level
segment with Karoline Edtstadler, Federal Minister
for EU and Constitution; Leonore Gewessler, Federal
Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy,
Mobility, Innovation and Technology; Johannes
Rauch, Federal Minister for Social Affairs, Health,
Care, and Consumer Protection; Gerd Müller, Director
General of the United Nations Industrial Development
Organisation; and Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, General
Secretary at the Ministry of European and International
Affairs to discuss the results developed by experts in
the Innovation Pools. CEO Monika Froehler moderated
the overall Forum and PULS 4 News Chief, Corinna
Milborn moderated the high-level segment.
The forum managed to raise broad awareness on the
SDGs in Austria with its outreach efforts, reaching
over 21,000 people via social media, and with more
than 1,000 participants tuning in live and virtually, 12
media pieces, including press releases, op-eds, and
reporting by new outlets, and a press conference
with Ministerial participation by Minister Edtstadler,
Minister Gewessler, and Director-General Müller on
7th October.
Overall, the forum impressed with comprehensive
youth engagement as well as highlighting the
regional efforts towards implementing the Agenda
2030 in Austria. It brought forth concrete suggestions
on possible implementing partnerships. Key takeaways,
recordings, and summary documents were
delivered in a timely manner to the Inter-Ministerial
Working Group to support their ongoing efforts.
At the press conference, Minister Karoline Edtstadler
announced the Austrian government’s commitment
to work on the next Austrian Voluntary National
Review by 2024. This will be done through extensive
consultations with all relevant stakeholders, including
government, civil society, academia, the private sector,
and youth – a testament of Austria’s commitment to
keep the promise of the SDGs.
©BKMC - Martin Krachler / High-level speakers, rapporteurs of Innovation Pools and moderators on stage at MQ Libelle.
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©BKMC / Screenshot from the online roundtable.
VOICES OF HOPE: REALITIES OF
AFGHAN WOMEN ROUNDTABLE
Afghan women are increasingly trying to transform
the system they are living in and resisting the Taliban’s
oppression while questioning the international
community’s silence. In light of our women’s
empowerment portfolio and with the initiative by
our Afghan Global Citizen Fellows, we hosted a virtual
roundtable entitled “Voices of Hope: Realities of
Afghan Women”.
The goal of the event was to highlight the activism of
Afghan women on the ground and discuss challenges
and recommendations for increased solidarity
and effective action. Moderated by International
Gender Champion CEO Monika Froehler, the event
brought together, H.E. Manizha Bakhtari, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan to Austria, Hooria Sardar,
Global Citizen Fellow and women’s rights activist,
Marufa Shinware, Executive Director at Immigrant
Culture and Art Association and Dr Zahra Muhammadi,
Dentist and women’s rights activist.
H.E. Excellency Manizha Bakhtari emphasized the
risks to civil society leaders, activists, and reporters,
especially women, and their shrinking involvement in
public life due to the Taliban’s fundamentalist, hardline
policies. The speakers identified 13 challenges which
Afghan women face and urged the international
community to act on them.
Scan the QR code to read the
summary of the online event as
well as the clear 13 demands the
participants agreed upon.
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©BKMC / Panel discussion hosted by the BKMC at the HLPF, participants including Minister Karoline Edstadler.
HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM
SIDE EVENT
2022 was a year with dominating news headlines
on conflicts and humanitarian emergencies. Russia’s
aggression against Ukraine sparked a global energy
and food crisis; Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan, and
Yemen were experiencing worsening humanitarian
emergencies; and conflict and war continue to affect
every region of the world. But real change happens
when women peacebuilders are included.
To shed light on the role of women in peacebuilding
in ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Ukraine, as
well as the newly emerging field of environmental
peacebuilding, as a part of the cooperation with
Austria, the BKMC co-organized the High-Level
Political Forum Side Event “Linking SDG 16 & SDG
5 in a time of crisis – Women in Peacebuilding &
Justice” with UN Women, SDG Watch Europe, the
governments of Austria, Italy, and Jordan.
The panel discussion featured a number of outstanding
high-level experts and stakeholders: Karoline
Edtstadler, Federal Minister for EU and Constitution;
Sima Sami Bahous, UN Women Executive Director;
Fabio Cassese, General Director of Italian International
Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation; Adela Raz, Director of the
Afghanistan Policy Lab at SPIA; Maria Victoria “Mavic”
Cabrera Balleza, CEO of the Global Network of Women
Peacebuilders; and Brittany Roser, UN Advocacy
Advisor at PAX for Peace.
By discussing how peacebuilding efforts, the rule of
law, equal participation, and ending violence against
women are essential components to linking SDG 16
and SDG 5, the event highlighted these goals as central
pillars of the 2030 Agenda and kept the momentum
on women in peacebuilding at the HLPF 2022.
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©BKMC / Trainee Patience Sibanda from Zimbabwe with the beneficiaries of her Micro Adaptation Project.
ONLINE EXECUTIVE TRAINING:
YOUNG WOMEN LEADERSHIP ON
CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Goal:
Elevate the leadership of young African
women to be changemakers for climate
adaptation
Key Partners:
Global Center on Adaptation, CARE Climate
and Resilience Academy, Diplomatic Academy
of Vienna
Climate change is a reality with severe impacts, hitting
the most vulnerable the hardest. Women’s leadership
at all levels results in greater capability to respond to
climate-related threats. In 2021, the BKMC joined forces
with the Global Center on Adaptation to respond to this
fact and build women’s leadership on climate adaptation.
In cooperation with the CARE Climate and Resilience
Academy and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, the
BKMC developed an Online Executive Training that
elevates the leadership of young women to become
changemakers for climate adaptation. During 20 weeks
of training, participants build their knowledge on gendersensitive
climate adaptation, enhance their leadership
skills, and expand their professional networks.
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©BKMC / Zoom screenshot from the closing ceremony of the program.
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LEADERS
COUNTRIES
WEEKS
The pilot cycle of the Online Executive Training was
launched in October 2022 and brought together 30
outstanding young women from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria,
and Zimbabwe. Eager to foster climate adaptation, the
trainees have either founded their own initiatives or have
demonstrated remarkable leadership while working for
startups, NGOs, international organizations, governments,
or academia. Fifteen modules, facilitated by experts from
12 different countries, prepared the trainees to innovate
community-based solutions that build resilience to a
changing climate.
By building lasting connections with renowned experts,
leaders, and their peers, the participants were empowered
to transform the realities of many by elevating climate
resilience across regions, genders, and generations. Each
of the trainees received a certificate to honor their great
achievements throughout this intensive training. Since
the end of the training, the alumni have continued to be
active in the climate adaptation discourse by featuring
at landmark events, supporting peers to strengthen
their leadership, and implementing their own Micro
Adaptation Projects in their home communities. The
BKMC also continues to engage with the trainees, most
recently at COP27, where the young women were able
to apply their newly acquired knowledge in the crucial
climate negotiations.
In September 2022, the Online Executive Training for
young women was presented as a best practice example
at the Global Center on Adaptation’s Youth Dialogue on
Adaptation Action, and the next training cycle will take
place in 2023.
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©BKMC / Zoom screenshot from the closing ceremony of the program.
GLOBAL CITIZEN
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Goal:
Highlight and train young changemakers from
Africa and Asia to accelerate and scale their SDG
efforts
Key Partners:
RELX Group, University of Bordeaux,
Management Center Innsbruck (MCI)
The Global Citizen Scholarship Program empowers
exceptional young active global citizen leaders
engaged with the SDGs through tailor-made,
short-term academic trainings and supporting the
development of an “SDG Micro-Project.”
The scholarship includes the chance to interact
and network with high-level change makers, access
specialized educational seminars and trainings,
receive peer-to-peer exchange, gain insights from
expert mentors and workshops provided by the
Centre.
In 2022, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
granted 17 scholarships to young changemakers
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©Esther Wanza / BKMC Scholar Esther Wanza with the participants of her SDG Micro-Project.
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LEADERS
COUNTRIES
PARTNERS
from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and
the Philippines. The program was made possible with
the generous financial support of RELX Group and
was carried out in partnership with the University of
Bordeaux and their summer school program.
This year, the program included participation in
a multidisciplinary academic training course at
the University of Bordeaux on “Sustainable African
cities: Multidisciplinary research to meet health,
demographic, economic and political challenges”.
In addition, each scholar was matched with a mentor
from the BKMC network of experts to guide them in
their implementation of an SDG Micro-Project over
a 6-month period. Building further partnerships
with educational institutes, the Management
Center Innsbruck hosted a course on Responsible
Management.
The SDG Micro-Projects carried out by this years’
scholars ranged from portable filtration systems
in Ethiopia, and a climate-smart agricultural waste
management system in Ghana, to eco-friendly
permeable pavers to mitigate urban heat islands in
Kenya. The BKMC provided small seed-funding grants
of 500 Euros to each scholar for their projects.
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SDG
MICRO-
PROJECTS
SDG Micro-Projects are initiatives
created and implemented by BKMC
fellows, mentees, or scholars, that tackle
one or more SDGs on a local, national, or
international level. The projects vary in
size and concept with the common goal
of finding a solution for the challenges
faced in achieving the 2030 Agenda.

SDG MICRO-PROJECTS
Young changemakers have a crucial role to play
in the implementation of the SDGs. Therefore, the
BKMC encourages and trains young global citizens
all over the globe to undertake SDG Micro-Projects
in their local communities. BKMC fellows, scholars,
and mentees are encouraged to spot a real-world
challenge, work on solutions, and venture out to make
a change with targeted actions for the SDGs that reach
a wide network of people. With these projects, the
young leaders address a specific societal challenge
that needs to be transformed into an opportunity.
Everyone in the BKMC network shares the conviction
that small actions, taken by each person, can move
mountains and can ultimately play a crucial role in
achieving the SDGs. This conviction is integrated
into various BKMC programs to equip young and
dedicated individuals with the skills, knowledge, and
network they need to become agents of change for
the achievement of the SDGs.
For the success of the young leaders, the BKMC offers
guidance and mentorship from initial ideation to the
final steps of project implementation, and at scaling
the success and impact of their SDG Micro-Projects.
18-35
AGE
RANGE
216
SDG
MICRO-PROJECTS
770K+
PEOPLE REACHED
219
YOUNG
LEADERS
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TARGET
COUNTRIES
Regional Distribution of the SDG Micro-
Projects around the globe:
SDG Micro-Projects can be implemented in one or
many locations. While some tackle local community
issues, some go beyond borders, regions and propose
solutions for the globe. The BKMC aims to reach young
leaders all around world, therefore conduct programs
targeting different areas of the world. The pie chart
showcases the regional distribution of the total SDG
Micro-Projects implemented to day.
13%
Middle East &
North Africa
25%
Latin America &
Caribbean
4%
South Asia
27%
Europe &
Central Asia
31%
Sub-Subharan
Africa
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SDG 17
SDG 6
3
Distribution of Targeted SDGs by each SDG
Micro-Project
SDG 1
SDG 2
SDG 16
While the SDG projects address all 17 of the Global
Goals, there is a particular focus on SDG3, SDG4, SDG5,
SDG10, and SDG13 representing the BKMC’s work
in global health, gender justice, global citizenship
education, reducing inequalities, and climate change
action.
SDG 11
SDG 14
SDG 13
SDG 12
SDG 15
SDG 3
SDG 10
SDG 4
SDG 9
SDG 8
SDG 7
SDG 5
Distribution of Type of SDG Micro-Project
SDG Micro-Projects vary in method of ideation
and implementation. They fall into many different
categories from creating campaigns to conducting
workshops.
15 %
SOCIAL MEDIA & ONLINE PLATFORMS
18 %
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT & MATERIALS
22 %
ACTIVISM & CAMPAIGNS
45 %
WORKSHOPS & TRAININGS
Gender Distribution of Participants
To put women and girls at the centre of solutions to
get the SDGs back on track, the BKMC has dedicated
a majority of its programs to empower in particular
female changemakers.
14%
Men
86%
Women
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SDG MICRO-PROJECTS
SDG Micro-Projects are initiatives that tackle one or more SDGs on a local, national, or international level. The projects
on this map are created and implemented by Ban Ki-moon Centre fellows and scholars for achieving the 2030 Agenda.
Cécilia Dumar / France
Normalizing mental health struggles and
contributing to fighting the stigma attached to
it through a portrait photography documentary
project.
Emmanuel Hanyabui / Ghana
Creating affordable climate smart agricultural
waste management systems by converting
agricultural waste into biochar and compost for
sustainable agriculture.
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Paulina Kellersmann / Georgia
Raising awareness on the available services and
resources for domestic violence victims and
survivors through a sticker campaign informing
about the national hotline.
Elizabeth Okoye / Nigeria
Debunking the misconceptions around blood
donation in Nigeria through a social awareness
campaign including posters and discussions
targeting students and staff at the University of
Ibadan.
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© BKMC / Scholar Manasiti Omar with her community at her NGO Spring of the arid and semi-arid lands.
HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS 2022
Manasiti Omar, Kenya
BKMC Scholar
Manasiti Omar is the daughter of a pastoralist from
the indigenous Maasai community living in Kajiado
County in the southern part of Kenya. The pastoralist
communities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL)
have been experiencing extreme weather conditions
which lead to a loss of land productivity and livestock
mortality. Mana realized that communities such as hers
who live in the most marginalized areas lack knowledge
on climate adaptation and the world lacks knowledge on
their lived realities.
She found the NGO “Spring of the arid and semi-arid
lands” (SASAL) which educates the pastoralists on climate
change, advocacy and alternative livelihoods to build
resilience. To raise the voice of the unheard pastoralist
communities, SASAL created a docuseries. Through
storytelling, the project raises awareness on the life in the
ASAL area and the climate related problems being faced
by this community. The documentary aims to inspire
action for climate justice and push for representation of
the pastoralists in decision making processes.
©BKMC / Scholar Manasiti Omar with her community.
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Khadijah Abdul Samed, Ghana
BKMC Trainee
Khadijah Abdul-Samed has identified the challenging
intersection of women’s economic independence while
adapting to the effects of climate change. Her Micro
Adaptation Project seeks to empower rural women in
the Karanga region in Ghana to have multiple streams of
income sources, and thus, not to rely on farming only. In
addition to workshops on beekeeping, the beneficiaries
are taught poultry and sheep rearing. The diversification
of income enables them to support their families, meet
basic needs and increase decision making options while
being less dependent on climate conditions.
©BKMC / Khadijah Abdul Samed teaching beekeeping.
Liliana Oropeza, Bolivia
BKMC Fellow
Liliana Oropeza’s project “YAWAR – Towards menstrual
dignity” fights menstrual poverty in El Alto, Bolivia by
providing workshops on menstrual health and hygiene.
Working with 60 young women between the age of 16
and 21, the project aims to break the taboo around the
menstrual cycle through body autonomy workshops and
self-care. The participants, who in many cases lack basic
services such as running water and sewage, also receive
menstrual kits. Following a 5-month in depth-training
the women working become volunteers to ensure a
sustainable support system in the long term.
©BKMC / Liliana Oropeza teaching girls about menstruation.
Esmael Yimer, Ethiopia
BKMC Scholar
Esmael Yimer´s project “Save Lifes” provides road safety
knowledge, material and equipment in Wolkite Town,
Ethiopia. The project ensures that children can travel
safely to and from school. Weekly classroom and outdoor
road safety trainings, a Child Pedestrian Injury Prevention
toolkit and a training based on local risk factors and
good practices educated teachers, school directors and
local police officers. In total, the project offered safe road
crossing skills for over 200 children. This approach is
supported by the established of a Road Safety Clubs to
ensure a long-term effect of the project.
©BKMC / Esmael Yimer with participants of his SDG Micro-Project.
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OUTREACH
The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global
Citizens co-chairs and staff take part in
multiple opportunities to engage with
global citizens all around the world.
These include speaking engagements,
hosting events, conducting workshops
and trainings, creating digital campaigns
and competitions, as well as carving out
new partnerships.

©BKMC - Angela Reithuber / EXPO Dubai Site Entrance.
EXPO 2020 DUBAI
In March 2022, to strengthen our collaboration with
partners in the Middle East on agricultural adaptation
and global citizenship education, Co-chair Ban Kimoon
and CEO Monika Froehler visited EXPO Dubai
2021. The delegation held several meetings with
government leaders, attended events, and had tours
of multiple pavilions.
CEO Tariq Al-Gurg of Dubai Cares, a UAE-based
global philanthropic organization that advocates for
children’s rights, invited the team to the Dubai Cares
Pavilion. A high-level meeting between Ban and Al-
Gurg served to launch a partnership between the
BKMC and Dubai Cares on the future of education
and the role of lifelong learning. The BKMC is looking
forward to working together to foster quality
education globally.
Amid the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia,
Co-chair Ban Ki-moon expressed his support for the
Ukrainian people with a message of support at the
Ukrainian Pavilion. Many other pavilions allowed a
dive into their countries and cultures: at the Korean
Pavilion, Co-chair Ban was guided through an
immersive experience of Korean pop culture while
the Austrian Pavilion addressed the diverse ways of
experiencing the country with all senses. In addition,
Co-chair Ban met with Maher Nasser, Director of the
Outreach Division in the United Nations Department
of Global Communications to explore the United
Nation’s Pavilion and how it strengthened public
awareness of the SDGs.
©BKMC / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon, CEO Monika Froehler at EXPO.
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4GAMECHANGERS
©PULS 4 / CEO Monika Froehler
at a panel at the 4gamechangers.
Europe faces multiple emergencies like the Ukraine-Russia War, energy crisis, climate change,
recession, but how can the EU be made resilient and capable of action for the future? To
answer this question, CEO Monika Froehler was invited as one of the gamechangers of the
future to the 4Gamechangers Festival 2022 hosted in Vienna; she spoke at the panel “The
Power of Europe – Why the future can only be experienced together”. In the spirit of global
solidarity and cooperation, she highlighted how more decision-makers need to think with a
global citizen mindset enabling them to look beyond national borders and see the linkages
of global challenges. Other renowned speakers at the festival included Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenski, Austrian Minister of Justice Alma Zadic, and actor and United Nations
Messenger of Peace George Clooney.
GOALKEEPERS
Thanks to the BKMC’s extensive work on the SDGs, in September 2022, COO Katrin
Harvey was officially nominated to participate in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s
Goalkeepers Events in New York. The initiative focusses on the achievement of the SDGs
and aims to speed up the progress by bringing together global leaders to exchange ideas
and develop solutions. During several networking sessions, the leaders were encouraged to
make new connections with like-minded people to further improve the reach of their own
work. The event hosted a wide range of high-level speakers from government, academia
and research, business, arts and culture, and entertainment. The 2022 Goalkeepers Report
was launched in conjunction with the event, and several trailblazers were awarded with the
2022 Goalkeepers Award, including the President of the European Commission Ursula van
der Leyen and climate activist Vanessa Nakate.
©BKMC / COO Katrin Harvey at
the Goal Keepers Summit.
GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL
©Green Peak Festival / Co-chair
Heinz Fischer, Board Member
Jean Todt, CEO Monika Froehler
In line with the BKMC efforts focused on sustainable agriculture, climate change adaptation,
and environmental protection, in 2022, CEO Monika Froehler joined the Green Peak
Festival’s Advisory Board. In September 2022, Co-chair Heinz Fischer, BKMC Board Member
and UN Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, and CEO Monika Froehler took part in the
first edition of the Green Peak Festival. The full-day conference covered panels, networking
opportunities, and an award ceremony for startups. In his speech, Co-chair Heinz Fischer
underlined that to achieve real change for our planet and people, words and promises
must be followed by actions. Jean Todt spoke about the role of clean and safe mobility in
the green agenda while Monika Froehler highlighted how smallholder farmers are on the
frontlines of climate change, and how we must ensure that their livelihoods are protected
to transform global food systems.
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©BKMC - Martin Krachler / Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen, Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer meeting at the BKMC office.
CO-CHAIR BAN KI-MOON IN VIENNA
In September 2022, Co-chair Ban Ki-moon traveled to
Vienna for several engagements including high-level
meetings, roundtable events and media interviews.
As part of his meetings with representatives of
the Austrian government, Ban Ki-moon and Heinz
Fischer and the BKMC staff had the great pleasure
of welcoming Austrian Federal President, Alexander
Van der Bellen to the BKMC offices. Following a brief
introduction of the BKMC staff and the Centre, the
three governmental leaders sat down for an interview
with the “Kronen Zeitung” on recent global affairs.
With regards to climate change, President Van der
Bellen underlined that the global community has
been paralyzed in addressing the impact of current
global challenges, which pose a dangerous threat for
billions of people around the world. Co-chairs Ban Kimoon
and Heinz Fischer highlighted the frustration
for billions of people around the world, emphasizing
the role of politics to give people hope and resolve
conflict. Together, they concluded the interview with
©BKMC - Martin Krachler / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon signing the book
during a visit with Chancellor Nehammer.
a joint wish for a world without war and poverty.
His Excellency also met with Austrian Chancellor Karl
Nehammer to discuss global affairs, climate change,
and the war in Ukraine. He relayed his impressions of
visiting Ukraine earlier the same year and witnessing
evidence of human rights abuses committed by
Russian forces in the cities of Bucha and Irpin. He
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reiterated his personal support to Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the sovereignty of the state
of Ukraine.
In a separate meeting with Austrian Minister for the
EU and Constitution, Karoline Edtstadler, Ban Ki-moon
praised Austria’s leading role for the implementation
and advancement of the SDGs as well as the their 5 th
position in international rankings. Especially in the
light of major global challenges such as the Ukraine
crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change,
Ban Ki-moon mentioned that the comprehensive and
interlinked goals of the 2030 Agenda are becoming
increasingly important.
He also expressed his appreciation for the longstanding
support the Austrian government provides
to the Ban Ki-moon Centre. He underlined that the
cooperation between the Chancellery and around the
SDG Dialogforum is invaluable to further the dialogue
between civil society, academia and decision-makers
to further advance the implementation of the
Sustainable Development Goals.
During his visit, Ban Ki-moon also had the opportunity
to host a virtual roundtable and discuss among other
Ministers from the UAE and Egypt with the Austrian
Minister for Climate Action, Leonore Gewessler about
accelerating efforts for climate adaptation while
focusing on mitigitation.
Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer paid a
courtesy visit to Mayor and Governor of Vienna, Dr.
Michael Ludwig, and congratulated the City of Vienna
for receiving the World City Prize. They conveyed their
gratitude to the City of Vienna for their continuous
support for the Ban Ki-moon Centre.
The visit by Ban Ki-moon also provided an opportunity
for the BKMC team to individualy present their work
to the Co-chairs, highlighting their personal success
stories and receiving valuable feedback.
©BKMC - Martin Krachler / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon and CEO Monika Froehler meeting with Federal Minister for the EU, Karoline Edtstadler.
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©Scott Heins / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon and CEO Monika Froehler discussing the BKMC US Foundation.
US FOUNDATION OF THE BKMC
From the beginning, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for
Global Citizens has recognized the urgent need
to mobilize both existing and emerging leaders of
all backgrounds toward its mission – particularly
across geographies, sectors, religious and political
backgrounds.
It is out of this ethos that the Foundation for the Ban Kimoon
Centre was launched in 2022 in New York City,
with the goal of mobilizing U.S. stakeholders across
sectors to advance progress towards the Sustainable
Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement.
The Foundation’s work in the U.S., in collaboration
with global partners, will focus on addressing four
timely issues: gender equity in all sectors; climate
and sustainability; public health equity; and peace,
security, and justice.
Three principal strategies will be employed to carry
out the work:
Leadership development, with the goal of creating
a larger and more diverse “bench” of leaders and
movements ready to the advance SDGs by 2030
Education and advocacy, to increase financial and
political commitments toward the implementation of
SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement on key issues
at the intersection of gender, racial, and economic
justice
Advancing SDG solutions through catalytic
investment and scaling of local and transnational
solutions led by youth, women and other historically
excluded communities
©Scott Heins / Strategic Engagement Director & Secretary Kate
Landon presenting the Foundation’s work.
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Fireside Chat: Climate Change and the Future of Leadership
©Scott Heins / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon and Dean
Costis Maglaras on stage.
On November 3 rd , Co-chair Ban Ki-moon sat down with the Dean,
Costis Maglaras, and the students at Columbia Business School for
a Fireside Chat on Climate Change and the Future of Leadership,
where they spoke about the urgent issues of our time and the paths
we need to take for a sustainable future. The event was attended by
300+ students, faculty, and allied partners and was followed by a
reception where Ban Ki-moon formally announced the launch of the
Foundation for the Ban Ki-moon Centre in the U.S.
Engaging World Leaders
©Scott Heins / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon meets UN
Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed.
On November 4 th , Co-chair Ban Ki-moon met with high-level officials
at the United Nations to discuss how to mobilize political leadership
around urgent global and climate issues. In attendance were UN
General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi, UN Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed,
and members of the UN Security Council, as well as the Elders. They
discussed their shared concern about global crises, such as the war
in Ukraine, climate adaptation, and more.
Inspiring Next Generations
©Scott Heins / Co-chair Ban Ki-moon gives a
keynote at the unvailing of his selected papers.
In addition, the United Nations Library Dag Hammarskjöld launched
selected papers from Co-chair Ban Ki-moon’s tenure as UN Secretary-
General, including his speeches, letters of note, passed resolutions,
and repository of important documents. This step makes his decade
long work and experience as Secretary-General available for all
current and future leaders who are interested in understanding the
origins of the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate
Agreement.
As we build our work in the United States, we thank
all our local donors, institutions and partners for their
support: Alexander Bodini Foundation, Benevity Fund,
Bloomberg Philanthropies, Boh Yeon Han, Chi Family
Foundation, Doris Choi, Elissa Oh, Grace and Hyung
Myung Peak, Hee-Jung and John Moon, Karen and
Samuel Choi, Geeta and Krishen Mehta, The New
York Women’s Foundation, Frank and Veronica Oh
and Wellspring Philanthropic Fund. In 2023, the US
Foundation of the BKMC will focus on the creation
of programmatic partnerships with NGOs, academic
institutions, and private sector partners to launch the
leadership development, education and advocacy,
and SDG investment strategies outlined above, as well
as growing our donor base to increase sustainability
of this work in the years to come.
For more information, including inquiring about
opportunities for partnership, please reach out to:
usfoundation@bankimooncentre.org.
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03/2022
01/2022
Ban Ki-moon gives an interview with The
ASEAN Magazine on multilateralism and
sustainable development
CEO Froehler joins the Green Peak Festival
Advisory Committee*
CEO Froehler urges that Global Citizenship
Education and Education for Sustainable
Development must be put into practice with
Global Schools Program on International Day
of Education
Ban Ki-moon and CEO Monika Froehler travel
to UAE, meet with Climate Minister Mariam Al
Mheiri, attend GEMS School session for SDGs,
and the Asia Business Leadership Forum*
Ban Ki-moon and CEO Froehler pay visits to
EXPO’20 pavilions of Dubai Cares, Republic of
Korea, Republic of Austria, United Nations,
and Ukraine
Co-chair Heinz Fischer and CEO Froehler
give celebratory remarks at Global Citizen
Mentorship Closing Ceremony 2022 with
ENLIGHT
Launch of the Global Citizen Scholarship
Program 2022
02/2022
Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer open the
Global Engagement and Empowerment Forum on Sustainable
Development (GEEF)
BKMC hosts official session at GEEF on Global Citizenship
Education and youth-led action for the SDGs
Ban Ki-moon and COO Katrin Harvey speak up for Climate Smart
Agriculture at the Food for Future Summit in UAE*
Ban Ki-moon attends the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as
torchbearer
Ban Ki-moon addresses the power of youth participation and
leadership with The Asia Foundation Lead Next Fellows
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05/2022
04/2022
Prolongation of Board Members and
Reappointment of CEO Monika Froehler
Launch of the Youth Agri Champions Webinars
Ban Ki-moon signs “Stand Up for Ukraine” Open
Letter with Global Citizen and world leaders
European Commission President Ursula von der
Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
BKMC hosts an SDG Workshop at International
Union of Social Youth*
Ban Ki-moon urges for more action to achieve netzero
and climate justice at Foreign Policy Climate
Summit
Ahead of G7 meeting, Ban Ki-moon calls
on Germany to invest in climate resilient
agriculture
Co-chair Heinz Fischer and CEO Froehler
attend United Nations System Chief
Executives Board Meeting in Vienna*
CEO Froehler hosts Afghan Women
Roundtable “Voices of Hope: Realities of
Afghan Women”
BKMC showcases SDG Micro-Projects at
the RELX SDG Inspiration Day 2022
06/2022
Ban Ki-moon speaks at Stockholm +50 about transforming
agricultural innovation systems
Ban Ki-moon opens the London Climate Action Week
with a call on world leaders to channel more resources
towards smallholder farmers
Ban Ki-moon congratulates IIASA on their 50th Anniversary
Co-chair Heinz Fischer gives keynote at IMPACT Days on
sustainable development
CEO Froehler speaks about global citizenship as key for the
future of Europe at 4GameChangers Festival in Vienna*
CEO Froehler moderates UNHCR Art Basel to highlight
humanitarian crises
BKMC participates at the Austrian World Summit
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07/2022
Mission 4.7 We Champion Speaker Series: CEO
Monika Froehler in conversation with Education
Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif
Ban Ki-moon gives a keynote at the 20th YMCA
World Council about youth empowerment
BKMC co-hosts High-Level Political Forum
2022 Side Event on linking SDG 5 and SDG 16
in times of crises with Austria, Italy, Jordan, UN
Women and SDG Watch Europe*
08/2022
Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer
commend the Austrian Peace Centre
Schlaining on its 40th anniversary
BKMC participates as speaker at Africa
Climate Week High Level Dialogue
“Advancing the Adaptation and Loss and
Gender Agenda”
BKMC hosts Peer2Peer Webinar Series
for the Youth Agri Champions welcoming
speakers Elizabeth Nsimadala and
Denis Kabiito experts in Climate Smart
Agriculture*
Federal President of Austria Alexander van der Bellen, Co-chairs
Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer speak to Krone Zeitung about a
world without poverty and war*
BKMC hosts High-Level Ministerial Roundtable: “Climate
Adaptation – The Road from COP26, COP27 to COP 28”
CEO Monika Froehler co-hosts a Side Event at the Transforming
Education Summit “Significant Initiatives of Transformative
Education: A GCED Perspective”
BKMC Board Member Jean Todt, Co-chair Heinz Fischer and CEO
Froehler speak at the Green Peak Festival about road safety, Agenda
2030, and Agricultural Adaptation
Ban Ki-moon urges world leaders to step up for climate adaptation at
the Global Citizen Festival in Accra and New York
COO Katrin Harvey speaks at “In a global food crisis, Africa’s
opportunity for a climate-smart future” hosted by Accelerating
Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research in Africa at New York Climate
Week
09/2021
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10/2022
BKMC co-hosts the “SDG Dialogforum Austria 2022” to foster partnerships
between government and civil society in Austria
BKMC signs Memorandum of Understanding with Zambia’s Ministry of
Green Economy and Environment
BKMC signs Memorandum of Understanding with Caritas Freiwilligen
Einsätze*
Launch of the EVWA Changemakers Campaign on International Rural
Women’s Day
11/2022
12/2022
Launch of the Foundation of the Ban Ki-moon
Centre for Global Citizens in New York*
Ban Ki-moon highlights the role of GCED to transform
education at the European Congress on Global
Education Dublin
BKMC attends and hosts COP27 Side Events on Climate
Smart Agriculture and Empowerment of Women
Farmers
Launch of the Youth Agri Champion Demand Paper
at COP27
Announcement of EVWA Champion 2022 Lilian
Nakigozi
Ban Ki-moon speaks at G20 Global Town Hall with
FPCI and Global Citizen
Co-chair Heinz Fischer delivers speech at
commemoration of 130 years of diplomatic
relations between South Korea and Austria*
BKMC celebrates Human Rights Day and
sets a sign against gender-based violence
SDG Micro-Project Pitch and Closing
Ceremony of the Global Citizen Scholarship
Program
Launch of Agricultural Adaptation Report
with Seek Development
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5
OUR
PEOPLE
The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global
Citizens is guided and supported by
an international community of public
and private sector representatives and
institutions. The Centre boasts a wide
range of financial contributors as well as
knowledge and institutional partners.
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PARTNERS
NETWORKS
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens | Vienna, Austria
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, US Foundation | New York, USA
Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future | Seoul, South Korea
DONORS
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
City of Vienna
Dewey Centre
Federal Chancellery of Austria
GCA – Government of Norway
GEMS Group
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Jean Todt
RELX Group
Royal DSM (Brighter Living Foundation)
CONTRIBUTORS
French Permanent Mission
Green Peak Festival
Korean Permanent Mission to the International
Organizations in Vienna
Management Center Innsbruck
Vienna State Opera
Youngsan
MOUs
Caritas Freiwilligen Einsätze
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, Zambia
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BOARD MEMBERS
Ban Ki-moon
8th Secretary-General of
the United Nations
(2007–2016)
Heinz Fischer
11th President of
the Republic of Austria
(2004–2016)
Ahmad Alhendawi
Secretary General of the
World Organization of the
Scout Movement
Márcia Balisciano
Chief Sustainability Officer,
Global Head of ESG and Corporate
Responsibility at RELX
Daniele D. Bodini
President of the Alexander
Bodini Foundation
Irina Bokova
Former Director-General
of UNESCO
Sofia Borges
Senior Vice-President of
UN Foundation
Andrea Pfanzelter
Senior Adviser
to aable.com
Monika Froehler
CEO of the Ban Ki-moon
Centre for Global Citizens
Ed Futa
Former General-Secretary
of Rotary International
Kevin Hin
Secretary General of
the Junior Chamber
International
Kim Won-soo
Former UN High
Representative for
Disarmament Affairs
Amb. Ham Sangwook
Permanent Representative
of the Republic of Korea to
the UN in Vienna
Jeffrey Sachs
Director of UN SDSN and
Former Advisor to the
UNSG on SDGs
Michael Sheldrick
Co-Founder and Chief Policy
Officer at Global Citizens
Amb. Talal Sulaiman Alfassam
Permanent Representative
of Kuwait to the UN in Vienna
Jean Todt
UNSG’s Special Envoy for
Road Safety
Dimitri de Vreeze
Co-CEO, COO & Member of the
Managing Board of Royal DSM
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COLLABORATORS
The Ban Ki-moon Centre thanks all experts, speakers, mentors, and many more for their support
throughout the year. We appreciate your contributions that truly make the difference.
• AG Globale Verantwortung (AT)
• Alexander Bodini Foundation
• Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for
International Understanding (APCEIU)
• Belize
• Bridge 47
• Care Netherlands - Climate Change and
Resilience Platform
• Center for Sustainable Development at
Columbia University
• CGIAR
• Climate Action
• E3G
• East African Farmers Federation
• EmpoderaClima
• ENLIGHT European University Network
• Erzbischöfliches Amt für Schule und
Bildung (AT)
• Fairtrade International
• Food & Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
• Global Center on Adaptation
• Global Citizen
• Global Schools
• Italy
• Junior Chamber International
• Kofi Annan Foundation
• Korea Foundation
• Ministry for European and International
Affairs Austria
• ÖKOBÜRO (AT)
• Pan African Farmers Organization
• Republic of Korea
• Rotary International
• SDG Academy
• SDG Watch Austria
• SDG Watch Europe
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub
• SEEK Development
• Soroptimist International Austria
• Sustainable Development Solutions
Network
• The Elders
• The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• The Institute for Global Engagement and
Empowerment (IGEE)
• UN Women Austria
• United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations Foundation
• United Nations Framework on Climate
Change (UNFCCC)
• United Nations Global Compact
• United Nations Industrial Development
Organization
• United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime
• Université de Bordeaux
• UNODC – Government of Japan
• Vienna School of International Studies
• World Organization of the Scouts
• Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi
• YPARD
• Zambia
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
The Centre provides detailed narrative and financial
reports on its activities to its donors complying with
their individual reporting requirements.
Furthermore, the Centre reports to Austrian authorities
(Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
regarding its finances as required respective to the status
as Quasi International Organization under Austrian Law.
The Centre also has two independent internal auditors
and in addition subjects itself to a voluntary audit by
Grant Thornton auditors which is shared with the Board
and donors.
Grants and donations are received in the understanding
that the Centre´s reputation, integrity, impartiality and
confidentiality of its work will not be put at risk.
The financial year ended on 31 Dec 2022 with available
funds amounting to 2.7 million Euros and expenses
amounting to 0.98 million Euros covering BKMC´s
activities including staffing cost in Vienna, consultancies,
online hybrid and physical events, travel expenses,
scholarships, micro-grants, mentorships, fellowships,
events, symposia, conferences, communication cost,
rent, maintenance, utilities, cleaning, bank fees and legal
fees etc.
SOURCES OF FUNDS IN 2022
(newly received donations excluding the donations reserve)
7%
Private Sector
5%
Individuals
36%
Foundations
52%
Governments
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©BKMC - Martin Krachler / BKMC Co-chairs Ban Ki-moon and Heinz Fischer, CEO Monika Froehler, Stadt Wien
ON THE HORIZON
The BKMC celebrated its fifth anniversary on 3 rd January
2023 and we are proud to say that we have positively
affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of people
globally in the past five years. Our Co-chairs continue to
lead our efforts with vision, dedication, and vigor, and
we can always count on an ambitious hard-working
team to put our mission into practice.
This year we will have lots of opportunities to widen
and deepen our engagement for the SDGs and the
Paris Climate Agreement with young change makers
and global leaders.
We will bundle our efforts to galvanize even more
support for climate action, SDG 13, and particularly
agricultural adaptation, from donor countries to
increasing financial and political commitments. In
parallel, we will continue to support the efforts to
elevate the voices of women in agriculture in Africa and
will also share success stories of innovative ideas and
of the increasing resilience of smallholder framers to
climate shocks.
We will continue to conduct our BKMC trainings,
fellowship, and scholarship programs, while
contributing to the efforts of ESD and GCED with our
partners at UNESCO and beyond. In addition, we plan
to reach thousands of aspiring young changemakers
globally with an online training program on green jobs
including a self-assessment test on fields of work which
contribute to climate action.
We have already been entrusted with co-organizing
the third edition of the SDG Dialogforum in Austria in
light of supporting the national efforts to submit the
2024 Austrian Voluntary National Report to the United
Nations. In the first half of the year, we are also looking
forward to publishing a report on our intensive multiyear
collaboration with the Austrian government and
civil society.
We will use 2023 to consolidate, outreach, fundraise, and
build the capacity of the BKMC Foundation in New York
and co-implement our first joint fellowship program.
We also see an opportunity to establish an SDG Micro-
Project Accelerator Fund for existing and new projects
of our BKMC changemakers.
Our new and refreshed website will be the gateway
to the work and impact of the BKMC in its sixth year of
operations. Together with our partners we are looking
forward to a year full of opportunity and growth.
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