BKMC Annual Report 2023
We are excited to share that the Ban Ki-moon Centre 2023 Annual Report is out! Check out our progress on tackling climate adaptation, global citizenship education and SDG implemention, and empowering women-youth for our planet & its people! Big appreciation to our Board and all our partners who worked with us to contribute to a better future for all!
We are excited to share that the Ban Ki-moon Centre 2023 Annual Report is out! Check out our progress on tackling climate adaptation, global citizenship education and SDG implemention, and empowering women-youth for our planet & its people! Big appreciation to our Board and all our partners who worked with us to contribute to a better future for all!
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©<strong>BKMC</strong> – Accelerator Fund Review Committee Members.<br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> / Zoom screenshot from the Kick-off call of the program.<br />
ACCELERATOR FUND<br />
Goal:<br />
Provide resources and funds to <strong>BKMC</strong> alumni<br />
to scale and accelerate the impact of their SDG<br />
Micro-Projects.<br />
Key Partners:<br />
Ban Ki-moon Foundation, New York, USA<br />
There is a lack of financial resources available for<br />
emerging young intersectional leadership addressing<br />
the implementation of the SDGs and sustainable<br />
development across the world. Particularly, efforts<br />
led by historically excluded communities on the<br />
Latin American, African, and Asian continents are<br />
underfunded.<br />
Therefore, the “Accelerator Fund for Grassroots and<br />
Transnational Leadership” aims at providing seed<br />
grants to support grassroots leaders who are making<br />
waves for the SDGs; non-profits advancing local<br />
efforts via cross-sector partnerships that accelerate<br />
local progress toward the SDGs; and collaboration<br />
among grassroots leaders and networks between<br />
regions and countries on similar issues of transnational<br />
concern.<br />
Joining forces, the Accelerator Fund is a cooperative<br />
program between the <strong>BKMC</strong> and its sister organization,<br />
the Ban Ki-moon Foundation in New York.<br />
To ensure that the fund is distributed based on<br />
just, meaningful, and transparent criteria, the <strong>BKMC</strong><br />
©<strong>BKMC</strong> – Zoom screenshot from the closing call of the program.<br />
Network decided to collaborate closely with a<br />
committee of eight <strong>BKMC</strong> changemakers alumni on<br />
key decisions throughout the entire grant-making<br />
process.<br />
During the first grant cycle open only to <strong>BKMC</strong><br />
alumni, the fund received an outstanding 33 nominations<br />
including various projects within the piloting,<br />
full implementation, and scaling phases on issues<br />
including food security, quality education, gender<br />
equality, infrastructure, and climate change. The<br />
winners will be announced in Spring 2024.<br />
At its core, this program strengthens the<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong>’s mission to foster leadership towards the<br />
implementation of the SDGs and facilitates global<br />
partnerships whilst actively furthering the philanthropic<br />
agency of young changemakers. The<br />
<strong>BKMC</strong> is already exploring the possibility of further<br />
collaboration for future grant cycles.<br />
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