A Nigerian anti-corruption youth group, the Creative Youth Initiative Against Corruption (CYIAC), has emerged the winner of the Innovative Category of the first United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Action Awards.
At the awards ceremony in Bonn, Germany, on Wednesday, Markus Hipp, the Director, BMW Foundation, presented the Innovative Category top award to Ms Foluke Michael, the Project Director of CYIAC, a statement by the ministry of Information and Culture said.
The UN SDG Action Campaign that led to the award demonstrated the extraordinary momentum towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in different parts of the world.
The Awards ceremony was held in tandem with the second edition of the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development in Bonn, and honoured initiatives in various categories.
The Global Director of the UN SDG Action Campaign, Mitchell Toomey said, “These are ‘Action’ Awards because we need more than words: our winners dared to believe and act for change. They are perfect examples of the wonderful work that’s happening around the world led by many people.”
The winning initiatives include fighting corruption in Nigeria, mobilizing Belgians to implement the SDGs in their daily lives, empowering children through photography and digital skills in Bangladesh, promoting human rights education in Sri Lanka and much more.
Over 700 nominations from 125 countries in 7 continents were submitted. An expert judging panel evaluated the submissions against the degree to which actions were deemed to be transformative, inclusive and impactful.
In addition, an open vote was held on the website of the UN SDG Action campaign, where visitors could rate their favourite among the 38 finalists to win the People’s Choice Award.
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