Sustainable Development Goals for the inclusion of young people with disabilities

"<< Background >>For years scientists have warned us that environmental problems, which are the consequence of human activity,represent a danger both to our health and that of the planet. Organisations including the European Union (EU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have already come out in favour of a Green Recovery to overcome this health, financial and social crisis by following the path mapped out by the 2030 Agenda in the search for a more sustainable world. This Agenda is made up of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), further broken down into 169 targets with the intention of ""leaving no-one behind"". The threat of climate change is now more real than ever and the SDGs are crucial if we want to avoid compromising our children's future. Goal 13 take urgent action to combat to combat climate change and its impacts. In order to fight against climate change, SDGsIY will contribute to raise awareness of the GOAL 13, exploiting inclusivesocial media campaigns as tool to raise awareness among youth workers and young people with and without disabilities,with the intention of ""leaving no-one behind"" in contributing to the SDGs.<< Objectives >>SDGsIY aimed at contributing to the creation of a suitable environment to make young people with and without disabilities aware of the environmental sustainability in the Sustainable Development Goals, promoting an active dialogue among EU young people with and without disabilities, building future active and aware citizens of the EU, enhancing at the same time an effective inclusion of PWD, enabling young people to play an active role in the community and the environment at local, European, and international levels.Specific objectives:SO1: SDGsIY provided youth workers with knowledge, competences, and skills to exploit digital tools to promote inclusive non-formal and informal education actions, pathways, and initiatives around GOAL 13 of the SDGs.SO2: increased awareness of young people and young people with disabilities on the importance of GOAL 13 by exploiting social media campaigns.SO3: increased awareness in local communities of the importance of GOAL 13, inviting youth workers and youth organizations to adopt the results reached.<< Implementation >>A1. Development Management and follow up A2. Development of a Vademecum for inclusive social campaigns on the GOAL A3. Development of the training for youth workers on increasing youth awareness on the GOAL 13 through an inclusive social media campaign A4. Development of Inclusive Social Media Campaigns on the GOAL 13 A5. Organizing local events<< Results >>The project has achieved several concrete outputs and results, which are as follows:The Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were developed within the framework of Activity 1.A comprehensive research report and vademecum were created as part of Activity 2.Activity 3 involved organizing and conducting training sessions for youth workers in Barcelona.Activity 4 involved the implementation of workshops targeting both young people with and without disabilities, along with campaigns focused on Goal 13.Local events were successfully organized in Spain and Italy during Activity 5.Overall, these outputs and results demonstrate the project's tangible achievements and progress."