What is it?

S4G, the un-mediated, not moderated social platform

Have you ever thought you have something to “express” with a social dimension but never had the opportunity to do it?

Then S4G is what you are looking for:

  • Open, unrestricted and easy to use
  • Three mediums to choose from: TEXT, VIDEO, PHOTO
  • A way to express your ideas, reflections and expertise, on social issues and broader development and society at large
  • You do not need to be an expert but just passionate about what you share

Latest Sharings

FAO elearning Academy: Methodologies and good practices for designing and delivering e-learning solution (15th july)

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The FAO elearning Academy offers over 350 multilingual elearning courses, free of charge, as a global public good and is the result of a collaborative effort which involves over 200 partners throughout the world.

Oceans and marine ecosystems: challenges, drivers and solutions (IDS) TODAY

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Sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems is a key priority for the Convention on Biological Diversity’s post 2020 Biodiversity Framework. Conservation, protection and restoration interventions can deliver benefits for people, Nature and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM 2O21: REVIEWING THE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SDGs

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The programme of the HLPF 2021 will focus on the theme of the forum “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development: building an inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”.

EAUC Virtual Climate Conference 2021 (8th JULY)

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A day of Celebration and Challenge, Learning and Scaling. Powerful Global Climate Collaboration and Action - in partnership with UNEP A virtual global collaboration bringing together the world’s leading university and college students, academics, visionaries and professionals to put learning institutions at the heart of addressing the Climate and Ecological Emergency

Filling the gaps in further education for the 2030 Agenda and inspiring action towards the SDGs

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The session will offer a much important follow up to the recent UNESCO's World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, ESD with a special focus that higher education institutions can play.

EVENT: SDG 12 Hub virtual launch at the HLPF

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Join the official launch of the SDG 12 Hub at the HLPF on 7 July, 1:45 PM (NY time) / 7:45 PM (CEST). The SDG 12 Hub is a new tool to support Member States in the achievement of SDG 12. It is the central location for accessing official government reporting against SDG 12 indicators and includes all information needed for the official monitoring and reporting

Volunteers and COVID-19: How Volunteers Help Build Back Better during the Pandemic to Achieve the 2030 Agenda

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COVID-19 has highlighted how the one-billion volunteers globally are helping communities respond to the pandemic. How has volunteering changed during the pandemic? What were volunteers’ experiences and motivations during these times? How can volunteers contribute to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and building forward better to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals?

Generation Equality Forum concludes in Paris with Announcement of Revolutionary Commitments and Global Acceleration Plan to Advance Gender Equality by 2026

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Paris, France, 2 July 2021 – The Generation Equality Forum Paris concluded today with the announcement of bold gender equality commitments and launch of a global 5-year action journey to accelerate gender equality by 2026. The Forum’s bold, action-oriented agenda will be under-written by nearly USD 40 Billion of confirmed investments as well as ambitious policy and programme commitments...

Applications Open: 2021 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme

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We are pleased to announce that the 2021 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme will be held from 14th – 24th September, 2021, in a virtual format, hosted by UNU-IAS and Social Innovation Japan. The theme of this year’s Leadership Programme is ‘Climate Change: Global issues, local actions and transdisciplinary solutions’

Carbon Neutrality & Social Transformation: Are We on Track to Arrive at a Justice-based Transition?

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DATE / TIME: 2021•07•06 07:30 - 09:00 LOCATION: Online (EDT). This online side event of the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will explore the policies needed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and the deep transformations required in our economic and social systems.

UNDP and Nesta launch new publication series on collective intelligence for sustainable development

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Nesta’s Center for Collective Intelligence Design launched the first two reports of its new publication series Collective Intelligence for Sustainable Development: Getting Smarter Together, a comprehensive research over 277 case studies that presents how diverse collective intelligence approaches are being used to speedp progress on the SDGs.

Global Leadership Training Programme for Sustainable Development in Africa (UNU-IAS)

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UNU-IAS has implemented the Global Leadership Training Programme for Sustainable Development in Africa (GLTP) since 2013 with generous support from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT). The main objective of the programme is to train future global leaders who can contribute to solving various challenges toward the achievement of Sustainable Development

Belgium’s experiment in permanent forms of deliberative democracy (IDEA)

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The Brussels Region of Belgium has followed in the footsteps of the small German-speaking Community in establishing a permanent procedure to engage randomly selected citizens in policy making alongside parliamentarians, who will sit together in deliberative committees. The process creates significant opportunities for popular influence on policy.

Asia Gender Network (AVPN)

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The first pan-Asia Network that moves capital to causes that empower women and girls in Asia to drive gender equality across the region.

The Mittal Institute’s 2021 Seed for Change Winners

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With a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship in India and Pakistan, the Mittal Institute’s annual Seed for Change (SFC) competition aims to award Harvard students with grant prizes for interdisciplinary student projects that positively impact societal, economic, and environmental issues.

Global Education Summit: Financing GPE 2021-2025 (July 28 and 29, 2021) by GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION

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The Global Education Summit: Financing GPE 2021-2025 will be a key moment for the global community to come together and support quality education for all children. A centerpiece of the summit will be the opportunity for leaders to make 5-year pledges to support GPE's work to help transform education systems in up to 90 countries and territories

Disability Innovation Strategy 2021 – 2024 Global Disability Innovation Hub

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GDI Hub is a research and practice centre driving disability innovation for a fairer world. Operational in over 35 countries, we work with more than 70 partners, delivering projects across a portfolio of £50m. GDI Hub has reached 12 million people since its launch in 2016 by developing bold approaches, building innovative partnerships, and creating ecosystems to accelerate change.

Online Course on Civil Resistance and Nonviolent Conflict

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Centre for Social Change (CSC) calls for a four weeklong online course on Civil Resistance and Nonviolent Conflict. It offers youth, students, practitioners, and scholars a great opportunity to learn about and reflect upon ways to achieve social change nonviolently. This course intends to enhance a general knowledge about the dynamics and effectiveness of civil resistance and provides opportunity

The Handbook to Guide the Reception and Integration of Resettled Refugees (UNHCR)

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The Handbook to Guide the Reception and Integration of Resettled Refugees grew from a seed planted in 2001 at the International Conference on the Reception and Integration of Resettled Refugees (ICRIRR) hosted by the Government of Sweden. Several hundred government officials, UNHCR andNGO representatives and resettled refugees gathered for intensive discussions on how to help resettled refugee

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