Arab Youth Sustainable Development Network (AYSDN) participates in the Emergency Change Event in India (Changemaker 20)
AYSDN, represented by its President Mr. Tariq Hassan, participated in the 20 Change Leaders Summit Event under the G20 Presidency in India.
This summit was organized as part of the activities of the G20 Summit held in India. This global event has brought together visionary leaders, change-makers, and youth from more than 25 countries to lead positive change and address pressing global challenges from August 15-20, with more than 200 sessions and discussions.
The Chairman of the network, Mr. Tariq Hassan, stressed the need to promote the fourth goal, which is quality education, and the need to add curricula on climate change and train educational staff on them and reflect them on our students so that there is full awareness about climate issues, as well as climate justice.
Mr. Hassan said, “Our participation is part of our goals at AYSDN by activating the role of youth, ensuring their participation in international forums, strengthening their status and maximizing their impact to achieve the goals of sustainable development.
He added that this is neither the beginning nor the end of the conversation; Discussions like these must continue so that everyone continues to inspire, support, and partner with each other so that everyone can achieve what has been aimed for:
“Ensuring equitable and inclusive quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all and leaving no one behind”. Involving young people in the decision-making and policy-making process and building strategic partnerships with them is the main way to achieve Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
It is worth noting that the discussion sessions touched on many topics, most notably:
inclusive education, climate education, mental health and well-being and education, financing education and its constraints, digital division of education and employability, youth participation in policy-making at the global level, youth cooperation and the initiatives they lead.
As for the outputs, there was consensus on many points, including: that young people know what is required, clarify it, and work on it in every possible way, and when we talk about quality education, and we say that it is for everyone, that should simply be translated through improving the quality of education for everyone, including everyone.
Education funding should not be limited to only those with high scores;
Funding education is a right for everyone, and it should be for everyone.
Taking care of our mental health and well-being starts at school, and it should be a priority there. And we need to get smart enough about where we spend our resources and how we can use those resources to overcome the digital divide and educational barriers.
Finally, climate education is not an option anymore, it has become a necessity and should be given a high priority.
