AWARENESS ENGAGEMENT ACTION

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1 2030 Youth Force

2 OUR PURPOSE 2030 Youth Force is a youth network in the Asia-Pacific region working collectively towards a high quality life for all by 2030 with the vision of Leaving No One Behind.

3 HOW WE DO IT: AWARENESS ENGAGEMENT ACTION The network organizes and contributes to SDG awareness raising events, actions and campaigns. The young leaders also coordinate capacity building opportunities, youth advocacy events and campaigns, and lead actions, programmes and projects at the grassroots, the national and the regional level.

4 2030 Youth in NEPAL SDGs series in Colleges and Universities One of the Organizers: Youth Co:Lab Nepal, National Dialogue on Social Entrepreneurship

5 Library Cleanup: In collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Youth Council SMART GOAL SETTING TRAINING: For young university students

6 Making Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Engaging communities in discussions and planning for city improvements. Giving all people access to quality and safe housing. Increasing resilience to disasters. Ensuring monitoring of waste management and air quality.

7 Inclusive Cities: What: a city in which the processes of development include a wide variety of citizens and activities. These cities maintain their wealth and creative power by avoiding marginalization. Why: inclusiveness works against social and economic exclusion, preventing a division of the city into ghettoes of despair without opportunities for upward economic mobility. How: integrated understanding which maps the interrelationships between the spatial and the economic, social, cultural and historical aspects of poverty and social exclusion. Who: ethnicities, marginalized communities, businesses and the arts, goods production, knowledge work, students, workers, retirees, produce fromthe surrounding countryside, children and adults, people of all varieties of ability and disability, new immigrants, visitors, founding families and inclusivegovernance.

8 In Nepal: Now 1 in 3 people now live in municipalities. Youth make up 49% of the urban population. Nepal is the 11th most Earthquakeprone country in the world. The April 2015 earthquake caused 8,790 causalities, 22,300 injuries and impacted the lives of 8 million people. Nepal is ranked 4th last at 177 out of 180 countries in terms of air quality.

9 Nepal by 2030 The percentage of households living in safe houses will be doubled to 60%. Air pollution will be substantially reduced. Deaths and injuries due to disasters will be prevented. The National Youth Policy advises that youth be mobilized in the protection of the environment and cultural heritage sites.

10 Action Plan: Leading campaigns to clean up public spaces. Providing ways to have our voice heard for youth-friendly cities during city planning processes. Organizing dialogues among government bodies, communities, NGOs/INGOs and young people. Encouraging people to walk for short distances and take public transport in need. Spreading awareness on Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable cities.

11 Story: Sahil Shrestha, 29 Cycling for Sustainability: IgrewupinChitwanwherecyclingisawayoflife,sowhenIfirstcame to Kathmandu as an adult I was shocked to see the dust, pollution, traffic congestion and overcrowding in the streets. This inspired me to join a program called Campaign for an Effort where we discussed new solutions to our Nation's problems. It was through discussions in this group that I became a sustainability and urban campaigner. I began campaigning for the use of cycling in cities, especially through cycle lanes, vehicle free zones and sustainable city designs. Through the Digo Bikash Institute, I have been promoting the sustainable nature of our ancient cities and the potential that these traditions have for guiding how we build modern sustainable cities. Sincewestartedour campaign, there are now cycle lanes in some parts of Kathmandu and cycling campaigns have expanded to more than seven cities across Nepal, with public campaigns to promote cycling and lobbying local governments for cycling infrastructure and sustainable urban planning. With the impact that transport and cities are having on climate change, it needs to be a priority for us as a Nation to commit to policies that reduce carbon emissionsasrapidlyaspossible. Our goal is to make Kathmandu a cycle-friendly city by 2020 while ensuring a pedestrian focus and car-free zones in newly built urban areas in Nepal. Our goal is to make Kathmandu a cyclefriendly city by 2020

12 Thank you for your attention!