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The onset and ongoing crisis of the global COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back years of progress on the SDGs. There is also a risk that investments in child rights and well-being as articulated in the Agenda 2030 Outcome Document and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda will be deprioritized in the face of economic shocks and recessions globally.
To that end, UNICEF and our partners encourage governments to call for urgent action to Protect Our Children and to make specific commitments, including financial commitments, to realize this pledge. Recognising the need to continue to invest in children to safeguard progress, UNICEF recently issued Financing an Inclusive Recovery for Children: A Call to Action This calls on governments and the
international community and the private sector to:
- Safeguard critical social spending and minimize the negative impacts of the economic crisis on people, children in particular, ensuring children are last in line for budget cuts.
- Ensure the effective and efficient use of financial resources across social sectors for human capital development, maximizing coverage and impact for all children.
- Identify and deploy additional international and domestic financing options, using innovative approaches as necessary to direct adequate finance towards an inclusive recovery that protects children (especially the poorest and most marginalized), tackles inequalities (including those of gender that have been revealed and deepened by the pandemic), and sets a course for more resilient economies to respond to future shocks.
Governments around the world have mobilized billions of dollars to save their economies. But there is another impending and devastating loss if we do not act: a lost generation of children. Progress towards the SDGs is slipping backwards, and children are the hardest hit. Not only does this have grave consequences for children now, it is a threat to their future and our shared humanity.
Building on the Member State pledge to Protect Our Children, initiated by the EU, GRULAC and Members of the Group of Friends of Children and the SDGs, a proposed Six Point Plan to Protect our Children includes urgent action to prevent, mitigate and respond to the worst effects of the pandemic as it continues to spread around the globe. It also proposes a set of practical and concrete actions to safeguard child rights now and to reimagine a better future. It aims to bring the world back together around a common cause: the health and wellbeing of current and future generations and the full realization of the SDGs and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
A proposed Six-Point Plan to Protect Our Children
In all the below six points, decision makers must prioritize one critical step: listening to children and young people and including them in decision-making. They will be living with the impact of this pandemic for years to come and must be included in decisions that affect their future. To fulfil our shared SDG pledge to Leave No One Behind, any action taken must prioritize the needs of the most marginalized children and young people – including girls; those facing poverty, exclusion, or violence; children with disabilities; children affected or displaced by humanitarian crisis; or children without parental care.
- By working together to prioritize the following areas, we can both mitigate the worst effects of the pandemic as it continues to spread around the globe and reimagine a better future in line with the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.
- Ensure all children learn, including by closing the digital divide.
- Guarantee access to primary health care and make vaccines affordable and available to every child.
- Support and protect the mental health of children and young people and bring an end to abuse, gender-based violence, and neglect in childhood.
- Increase access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene and address environmental degradation and climate change.
- Reverse the rise in child poverty and ensure an inclusive recovery for all.
- Redouble efforts to protect and support children and their families living through conflict, disaster, and displacement.
Source: Public Partner Advocacy, Visibility and the SDGs, UNICEF.
For more information, visit: https://www.unicef.org/sdgs
Current commitments include
ABBA
Private Philanthropist
Global level
The four members of the pop group ABBA will donate all the royalty payments they receive from their new single Little Things to UNICEF. The royalties are generated each time someone purchases the holiday season single, or streams it on Spotify, iTunes or YouTube. Funding will go to support UNICEF’s Global Child Protection Fund, to support the growing number of children who have been affected by economic shocks, school closures and interruptions in social services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Programmes supported by the fund aim to protect girls against violence and provide opportunities for empowerment, among other objectives. More than one billion children still experience violence, including sexual violence, every year, and this work is much needed. Listen to Little Things on Spotify or Youtube and support this initiative as well.
Category: Budgetary and financial
SDG 1, 5, 6, 11 and 17
Adventist Development and Relief Agency
Civil Society Organization
Regional/multi-country level
Taking the context of the impacts of COVID-19, Climate Change and environmental degradation, continuing conflict and displacement as well as the need for protection into consideration, ADRA is making a commitment to partners with UNICEF and other stakeholders in the sectors of education, health and emergency responses. ADRA will continue to strengthen equity, access and quality in education, and build resilience and adaptations to Climate Change. Specifically, ADRA will address barriers to education for vulnerable children. ADRA’s commitment will be in cash and kind, with the cash being about $30 million between 2021 and 2024.
Categories: Budgetary and financial, Programmatic action
SDG 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10 and 17
AstraZeneca
Business
Regional/multi-country level
AstraZeneca’s Young Health Programme (YHP) is a global disease prevention programme with a unique focus on young people aged 10 to 24, living in vulnerable environments and under-resourced settings around the world. The YHP aims to prevent the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, respiratory disease and mental ill health. Focused on NCD risk behaviours and delivered in partnership with Plan International and UNICEF and informed by research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the YHP aims to support the development of protective environments and empower young people to make informed choices about their health. YHP is a holistic and integrated programme that combines community programmes, research and advocacy and supports the development of young leaders. The YHP is part of AstraZeneca’s sustainability commitment to use our capabilities to make a meaningful impact in society.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial, Change or creation of legislation, Policy and guidance, Programmatic action.
SDG 3, 5 and17
Barca Foundation
Foundation
Global level
The Barca Foundation partnered with UNICEF-Innocenti to improve children’s lives through sport, play and protection. In 2021, funding went towards researching best practices in the various stages of sport for development programming, identifying key features that S4D programmes should have to maximize positive effects, especially for vulnerable and marginalized children. The Barca Foundation has committed to continuing this critical work in a new phase of research, which will explore how participation in sport for development programs impacts the mental health of refugee children.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 3, 4 and 5
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Foundation
Global level
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency have committed $150 Million Guarantee to support UNICEF’s procurement of vaccines and other health-related supplies for low- and middle-income countries. This new financing, effective through 2025, will help to sustain national immunization programs, including COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, and enable the timely procurement of essential health commodities while domestic financing is mobilized.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 3
CARE USA
Civil Society Organization
Regional/multi-country level
CARE commits $5m to reach 300,000 adolescents through education and COVID response mechanisms across Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia. This is supported by the Start Small Foundation
Commitment type : Budgetary and financial, Programmatic action
SDG 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Carlos Slim Foundation
Foundation
Global level
The Carlos Slim Foundation recognizes the importance of education for people’s holistic development. That is why, in addition to our commitment to early childhood education and mental health, the Foundation promotes the following initiatives:
• PruébaT: offers education for the 21st century and develops language, mathematics, digital, scientific and technological skills;
• Capacítate para el Empleo: contributes to the development of work-related competencies and offers training, certification and job opportunities to increase people's income and quality of life;
• Aprende: provides a diverse modern and world-class educational contents in different areas of knowledge to everyone; and,
• The alliance with Khan Academy en español: allows students and teachers to learn through mathematics, science and programming videos. Currently, the Foundation’s educational initiatives benefit 34.7 million people of all ages.
All the contents of these initiatives can be found at http://aprende.org
Commitment type: Programmatic action
SDG 3, 4 and 17
European Commission
Multilateral organization
Global level
The European Commission is committed to continuing working to guarantee the rights of children and youth, with all relevant partners and stakeholders. As part of its humanitarian mandate the European Commission will support, in particular displaced children and children in armed conflicts. In order to answer the consequences of COVID-19 and avoid losing a generation, we will actively support accelerated education. The Commission will also pursue its commitment to spend 10 per cent of its humanitarian budget on Education in Emergencies. We will support the fight against acute malnutrition and the strengthening and resilience of health systems so that children can continue to have access to basic services when disasters strike, including climate crises. The EU will also continue to advocate with its partners for the protection of children and youth and the respect of IHL. As part of its international partnership portfolio, the European Commission committed to invest at least 10% of its budget on education and skills to support partner countries to strengthen education systems, and ensure equitable and inclusive quality education for all children and youth. The European Commission is supporting partner countries to achieve all SDGs with children and youth at the center. The European Commission will advance on youth empowerment, leadership and participation at political, social and economic levels. It is committed to making youth engagement a core element of EU’s foreign policy and public diplomacy and to facilitating young people’s meaningful inclusion in decision and policy making. In line with its new Strategy on the Rights of the Child - and its zero tolerance approach against child labour - the European Commission will work towards making supply chains of EU companies free of child labour, and will continue to prevent, combat and respond to all forms of violence against children, including gender-based violence and harmful practices. As the European Union we renew our commitment to improve the lives of children and young people across the globe. We commit to further implement the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child in 2022 by tabling Legislation to Combat Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; presenting a Better Internet for Kids Strategy and a Youth Action Plan in EU external action. We will step up our investment in global education and in education in emergencies. We will continue to implement the Child Guarantee, and we will launch a Child and Teen Participation Platform. We will also celebrate 2022 as the European Year of Youth because we need the voices and engagement of all our youth.
Commitment types: Programmatic action, Policy and guidance
SDG 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 and 17
European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights
Multilateral organization
Global level
As Chair of the European Parliament intergroup on children's rights, I commit to joining forces with parliamentarians worldwide to promote and protect children’s rights everywhere.
Commitment type: Change or creation of legislation
SDG 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 and 17
Global Women Leaders Strategic Philanthropy
Private Philanthropist
Global level
Global Women Leaders Strategic Philanthropy commits to collectively leverage professional expertise, experience and global connections for children and youth around the world, working with UNICEF and partners to explore and develop new philanthropic models, blended finance, Islamic social finance & philanthropy, and innovative financial tools and public-private partnerships, as well as south-south and horizontal cooperation to ensure new solutions are found with speed and at scale.
Commitment type: Strategic philanthropy
SDG: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 17
Government of Belgium
Government
Regional/multi-country level
Besides our voluntary core contribution of 15M EUR per year for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, the Government of Belgium also decided to make an additional contribution of 2M EUR to support the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on grave violations in situations of armed conflict (2021-2022) as well as a contribution of 11.5M EUR to support comprehensive social protection systems in DRC, Uganda and Burundi (2021-2024)
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG: 1, 4, 5, 10 and 16
Government of Belgium
Government
Regional/multi-country level
Beside our multi-annual voluntary core contribution of 9.5M EUR per year for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, the Government of Belgium also decided to make an additional contribution of 2M EUR to support UNDPs Strenghtening Business opportunities and socio-economic inclusion of vulnerable youth, women and persons with disabilities project.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 8
Government of Belgium
Government
Regional/multi-country level
Beside our multi-annual voluntary core contribution of 4M EUR per year for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, the Government of Belgium also decided to make an additional contribution of 1.2M EUR to support UNWOMEN’s African Girls can code initiative.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 4 and 5
Government of Belgium
Government
Regional/multi-country level
Beside our multi-annual voluntary core contribution of 6.5M EUR per year for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, the Government of Belgium also decided to make an additional contribution of 2M EUR to support the Girl’s Education Accelerator funding window
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 1, 4 and 5
Government of Luxembourg
Government
Global level
Luxembourg, together with its partners, pledges to develop a Declaration on the rights of the child in the digital environment.
Commitment type: Policy and guidance
SDG 4,5,10,16,17
Government of Luxembourg
Government
Country level (one country)
Luxembourg pledges to promote the well-being of girls and boys by raising awareness and informing them about their sexual rights and all aspects related to their sexuality. Luxembourg also pledges to develop an information guide and recommendations in order to respond more effectively to the needs of LGBTI children and youth within education and care structures.
Commitment type: Policy and guidance
SDG 3, 4, 5, 10, 16 and 17
Government of Luxembourg
Government
Country level (one country)
Luxembourg pledges to develop legislation to protect the right of intersex children to physical integrity, autonomy and self-determination by prohibiting surgical and hormonal interventions during childhood without the informed consent of the individual.
Commitment type: Change or creation of legislation
SDG 3, 4, 5, 10, 16 and 17
Government of Luxembourg
Government
Country level (one country)
On top of the voluntary contributions amounting to 6 million euro that Luxembourg has already allocated to UNICEF for 2021, Luxembourg pledges to allocate to UNICEF an additional contribution of 1 million euro to promote access to water, sanitation and hygiene services for children, in particular girls, in Afghanistan.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 3, 5, 6, 10, 16 and 17
Government of Luxembourg
Government
Global level
Luxembourg pledges to continue advocating for the meaningful participation of children and youth in United Nations processes both in New York and in Geneva, including in the context of its mandate as a member of the Human Rights Council for the 2022-2024 term.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 10, 13, 16 and 17
Government of Spain
Government
Country level (one country)
The honour of children and adolescents will be protected and their memory will be honoured. In cases of violence against children, collaboration between public administrations and the media shall place special emphasis on respect for the honour, privacy and self-image of the victim and their families, even in the event of the death of the child. In this situation, the dissemination of any type of image must have the express authorisation of the heirs or parents.
Commitment types: Policy and guidance, Change or creation of legislation, Programmatic action
SDG 16
Government of Spain
Government
Country level (one country)
Families will be supported to promote "positive parenting". Family policies that support families so that they can adequately attend to the responsibilities derived from child-rearing and favours the equal exercise of these responsibilities by men and women will be promoted.
Commitment types: Policy and guidance, Change or creation of legislation
SDG 16
Government of Spain
Government
Country level (one country)
Children and adolescents will be treated well by the State security forces and bodies. Several criteria for action are established in the new Organic Law on the Protection of Children and Youth against Violence, among them, that "any type of direct or indirect contact in police stations" between the person under investigation and the minor will be prevented, that they will always be accompanied by a person they trust and that "the child will be treated well", "with language and manners adapted to their age, degree of maturity and other personal circumstances".
Commitment types: Change or creation of legislation, Policy and guidance, Programmatic action
SDG 16
Government of Spain
Government
Country level (one country)
Spanish schools and minor centers will designate welfare and protection coordinator Any person who perceives signs of violence against a minor will be obliged to report it "immediately" to the competent authorities and, if they believe that a crime may have been committed, they must report it to the State Security Forces and Corps. There will be protocols against violence in schools, leisure centres and in their sports teams. Schools will have protocols against abuse, mistreatment, bullying, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, gender-based violence, domestic violence, suicide, self-harm and any other form of violence, with the participation of children and adolescents. The implementation of specific protocols for the prevention and early detection of any manifestation of violence, especially in cases of sexual abuse, exploitation or trafficking, will also be mandatory in child protection centers.
Commitment types: Change or creation of legislation, Policy and guidance, Programmatic action
SDG 16
Government of Spain
Government
Country level (one country)
There will be more competent professionals to support children and adolescents. Professionals and teams for family intervention and intervention with children and adolescents in primary and specialised social services will be specially trained in early detection, assessment and intervention in the face of violence. Initial and continuous training programmes will be developed annually for professionals whose activity requires them to be in regular contact with children and adolescents with the aim of early detection of violence against them and that this violence can be reported. The Security Forces and Corps will create specialised units for the investigation and prevention, detection and action in situations of violence against minors. Spain will implement training and specialisation of judicial authorities and prosecutors.
Commitment types: Change or creation of legislation, Policy and guidance, Programmatic action
SDG 16
Government of Spain
Government
Country level (one country)
Spanish public authorities will guarantee that children and adolescents will be heard and listened to with all guarantees and without age limit in all administrative, judicial or other procedures related to violence and the reparation of victims. Children in need of international protection will be guaranteed access to the territory and to an asylum procedure regardless of their nationality and the way they enter Spain. New criminal offences are created to avoid impunity for conduct carried out through information and communication technologies. These new criminal offences punish those who, through these means, promote suicide, self-harm or eating disorders among minors, as well as the commission of crimes of a sexual nature against them. Children and adolescents who are victims of sexual aggression will have more time to file a complaint. Children and adolescents will be able to file criminal complaints on their own without the presence of adult preceded by adequate information.
Commitment types: Change or creation of legislation, Policy and guidance, Programmatic action, Data research and insights
SDG 16
Government of Spain
Government
Country level (one country)
"By means of the Organic Law on the Integral Protection of Childhood and Youth, Spain seeks to establish a new paradigm of prevention, good treatment and common protection regarding violence against children and adolescents. Spain will prioritize prevention and strengthen the capacities of children and adolescents themselves for the early detection of and appropriate response to situations of violence. The law introduces measures aimed at avoiding secondary victimisation. The Law reinforces the mechanisms for protection and participation, and the right of children to be heard: - It prohibits the performance of nudity and genital examinations as part of age determination tests for children and adolescents who migrate alone. - It prohibits the use of mechanical restraint measures and limits strictly the use of wristbands in specific protection centres. - The Government will create, within 6 months, the Children's Participation Council."
Commitment types: Change or creation of legislation, Policy and guidance, Programmatic action, Data research and insights
SDG 16
Government of Spain
Government
Country level (one country)
In June 2021, the Spanish Parliament adopted the Organic Law on the Integral Protection of Childhood and Youth against violence. The Law guarantees compliance with the legal obligations established in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in Article 3 of the Treaty of Lisbon and in Article 39 of the Spanish Constitution; it responds to the General Comments (12, 13 and 14) made by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and the international standards developed by the Council of Europe in its various conventions. Furthermore, it is geared towards compliance with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, in particular Goal 16 ("Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies") and target 16. 2 ("End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture against children").
Commitment type: Policy and guidance
SDG 16
Government of Sweden
Government
Global level
New multiyear commitment of SEK 3,1 billion to fund UNICEF’s core activities and the newly established Office of Innovation in Stockholm for the period 2022-2025
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 16 and 17
Government of Sweden
Government
Global level
Launch of a new global education partnership through Sida amounting to SEK 199M for the period 2022-2025
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 4, 5, 10 and 17
Government of Sweden
Government
Global level
The Swedish government announced its intention to double official development assistance (ODA) for climate finance by 2025.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 13 and 17
Government of the Netherlands
Government
Global level
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has launched the Youth at Heart Strategy– working to improve prospects for young people by investing in education and work, and by bridging the gap between the skills they learn and what the labour market demands. And meanwhile strengthening the voice of young people, in their community and within our policy. We need to get into the habit of structurally listening to what young people have to say. And not only listening, but also working together with young people as partners and leaders. A Youth Advisory Committee is established to advise the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and to provide a platform between youth from different countries and staff of the Ministry. We want to work with young people to ensure that youth can build a life for themselves and contribute to the societies in which they live.
Commitment types: Programmatic action, Policy and guidance
SDG 4 and 8
Inno Community Development Organisation
Civil Society Organization
Regional/multi-country level
Inno Community Development Organisation, as a non-profit organisation, is an advocate and driver of innovative community development projects. We aim at bringing actual improvements and promotions to communities by implementing our creative systems and solutions. Home&Away is one of Inno’s programmes and it bridges supply chain and family, the extended community of workplace. We are determined to improve left-behind children’s and migrant children’s physical and mental growth by rebuilding and strengthening communication between parents and children.
Commitment types: Programmatic action, Policy and guidance
SDG 3, 4, 5 and 8
International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
Civil Society Organization
Global level
1. ICVA takes action for support to really reach the most vulnerable children and families in a principled manner.
2. ICVA takes action on the implementation of climate action commitments.
3. ICVA take action in leveraging the capacities of NGOs to bring about change in policy and practice to achieve more inclusive systems and services. Include all children. We invite you to follow the implementation of our commitments in the ICVA2030 strategy adopted by the ICVA members this year.
Commitment type: Policy and guidance
SDG 3, 4, 5 and 8
Kambara Family & Flex Yang
Private Philanthropist
Global level
Miky, Shintaro, Kenta Kambara and Amy Yanai launched a fundraising project in Tokyo, Japan to which Babel Finance CEO Flex Yang committed a $1M personal gift this year, and has planned more next year. The project is to support UNICEF's work to promote social inclusion for all children and youth. As part of their commitment, they call for support for UNICEF to achieve a society where the rights of all children are realized, regardless of their abilities. They hope to build a better future together using new technology such as blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 4, 8, 10, 16 and 17
Ministry of Education and Children, Iceland
Government
Country level (one country)
Iceland has committed to making child participation, consultations and mutual discussions with children a red thread through all of our government structures. Active listening between people in power and children and young people is a necessary factor in the creation of a more equal and better society for all children, and we decided it was time to act. The implementation of our commitment has already started and will be in full effect by 2023. This committment will be implemented e.g. through the development of a national child participation platform developed in cooperation with children and young people and implementation of child rights impact assessments within the government.
Commitment type: Policy and guidance
SDG 3, 5 and 10
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Jordan
Government
Country level (one country)
A commitment from the Ministry of health to provide free consultation and prescription glasses to students from grade 1-10 in all public schools. The decision was made on Nov 8th by Mahmoud D. HMOUD, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN.
Commitment type: Policy and guidance
SDG 4
Pacific Asia Travel Association
Membership-Based Organization
Global level
A commitment from the Ministry of health to provide free consultation and prescription glasses to students from grade 1-10 in all public schools. The decision was made on Nov 8th by Mahmoud D. HMOUD, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 3, 8, 10 and 17
Procuraduría Federal de Protección de niñas, niños y adolescentes del Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia, México
Government
Country level (one country)
Our commitment is to promote and protect children and adolescents' rights.
Commitment type: Policy and guidance
SDG 16
Purvi and Harsh Padia
Private Philanthropist
Country level (one country)
India has more children than any other country in the world, and an estimated 1.5 million children grow up in residential institutions. Often privately run and poorly regulated, these institutions can leave children extremely vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and neglect. In response, we co-created a child protection program in partnership with UNICEF and named it Project LION, inspired by the 2016 movie LION which features 5-year-old Saroo Brierley who survived life on the streets after being separated from family. UNICEF Project LION aims to create sustainable, systematic change to improve the care of children who have to live in institutions and to implement non-institutional, family-based alternative care, because every child deserves to grow and thrive in a nurturing place they can call home.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 2, 3, 4 and 10
Rotary International
Civil Society Organization
Global level
Rotary International reaffirms our engagement to deliver on our promise to end polio. Together with our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Rotary and UNICEF reach over 400 million children every year with life-saving polio vaccines, and 19 million children are walking today who would have otherwise been paralyzed. We won’t stop or slow our efforts until all children are protected from this devastating disease. We urge you to join with Rotary and help to fulfil our promise of a polio-free world. Visit www.endpolio.org to learn more and donate.
Commitment type: Programmatic action
SDG 3, 5, 6, 10 and 17
SAP
Business
Global level
SAP is partnering with UNICEF and Generation Unlimited to drive strategic education and workforce development changes for students most in need.
Commitment types: Budgetary and financial, Programmatic action
SDG 4, 8 and 17
Siwon Choi
Private Philanthropist
Global level
UNICEF Regional Ambassador for East Asia and Pacific Siwon Choi is committed to supporting climate change initiatives for children.
Commitment types: Budgetary and financial, Advocacy
SDG 13
SOS Children's Villages
Civil Society Organization
Global level
YouthLinks is the digital platform of YouthCan!, SOS Children’s Villages employability initiative. Utilizing the power of technology, the platform aims to give vulnerable young people access to skills development opportunities: Employability and Entrepreneurship approaches are scaled through a central online platform; offering access to trainings, mentoring, virtual communities, a content library and online marketplace. The approach ensures equal access for all our program participants - providing young people without adequate parental care the same opportunities than their peers. Young people are thereby in the center of what we do, being actively involved in the design of the program. Skills development opportunities are mainly delivered by various partners – on a global level, we collaborate with major corporates while on regional and local levels hundreds of more partnerships have been established. We are looking forward to more public & private partners joining our journey.
Commitment type: Programmatic action
SDG 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 17
SOS Children's Villages
Civil Society Organization
Global level
“Applying Safe Behaviours” is a SOS Children’s Villages project, funded by the European Commission, aimed at preventing and responding to peer violence amongst children and young people without or at risk of losing parental care in five project countries (Italy, Belgium, Spain, Romania and France). The project, led by SOS Children’s Villages International, also aims to enable child and youth care professionals to respond appropriately to peer violence amongst children, including empowering children and young people to be active agents for creating a safe environment for themselves and their peers. The activities of the project include: development and delivery of face-to-face trainings; dissemination of online awareness-raising material on prevention of peer violence amongst children; and development of evidence-based policy recommendations as well as exchanges with public authorities.
Commitment types: Programmatic action, Data research and insights, Policy and guidance
SDG 3, 4, 16 and 17
State Agency for Child Protection, Bulgaria
Government
Country level (one country)
Bulgaria reaffirms its commitment to support child participation through proposing to the National Council for Child Protection to set up a mechanism for collecting and discussing opinions and suggestions coming from children. By 2030, the Bulgarian state is committed to ensuring that the share of 4-year-old children covered in pre-school education will reach at least 91% of all children, and the share of 7-year-old children covered in school education will be 98%. We will continue our efforts and invest enough sufficient financial resources to reach and retain as many children as possible at school.
Commitment type: Policy and guidance
SDG 4, 16 and 17
Stewart Butterfield & Jen Rubio
Private Philanthropist
Global level
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield and Away CEO Jen Rubio committed a $25M personal gift to UNICEF's work for COVAX to support the equitable distribution of vaccines and accompanied this with a call-to-action. As part of their commitment, Stewart and Jen have challenged tech leaders to raise $100M this year for UNICEF to help get the world closer to being protected from COVID-19.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 3
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Multilateral organization
Global level
“Every child should not only survive but thrive”. “Building a future fit for every child means putting their health first.” “As the world grapples with COVID-19, securing a bright future for our children depends on sustained and effective investment in health; both domestically and internationally. "
Commitment types: Policy and guidance, Programmatic action
SDG 3, 5 and 17
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
Government
Regional/multi-country level
Ensuring effective mechanisms for the realization of the right to health, education, social integration and psychological rehabilitation of children affected by the aggression of Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) unleashed in September-November, 2020.
Commitment type: Programmatic action
SDG 1, 2, 3, 4 and 10
UNICEF International Council
Private Philanthropist
Global level
The UNICEF International Council commits to invest $50M in UNICEF's role in the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the COVAX facility.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 3
UNICEF USA
Civil Society Organization
Regional/multi-country level
UNICEF USA commits to mobilizing $50 million over five years to accelerate a joint initiative of UNICEF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - the Joint Investment Mechanism - with the aim to accelerate shared goals and the SDGs through integrated, health-system strengthening approaches in select countries.
Commitment type: Budgetary and financial
SDG 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 17, 10, 16
Unilever
Business
Global level
Unilever will help equip 10M young people with essential skills to prepare them for job opportunities by 2025. We will achieve this goal through three key focus areas: soft skills, digital & financial skills, and professional skills.
Commitment type: Programmatic action
SDG 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 17
World Council of Churches
Civil Society Organization
Global level
The WCC's Churches' Commitments to Children programme will raise awareness on climate-induced violence against children, and the solutions which all organisations and governments can accelerate through climate-responsible finance, policies and procurement.
Commitment type: Programmatic action
SDG 16
Yuna Kim
Private Philanthropist
Global level
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Yuna Kim has committed to supporting UNICEF's global response to the pandemic and COVAX.
Commitment types: Budgetary and financial, Advocacy
SDG 3
Z Zurich Foundation
Foundation
Global level
Z Zurich Foundation is committed to support and promote mental well-being among young people worldwide. Through their partnership with UNICEF they will equip 400,000 adolescents and 150,000 caregivers in seven countries with information, skills and strategies on how to care for their own and each other's mental well-being. It will also support a global communication campaign that aims to reach 30 million people and promote positive conversations and connections that increase awareness, knowledge and action around mental well-being. A further goal is to build a coalition of public and private sector leaders who are willing to promote the positive mental well-being of young people and to support global and local advocacy on the importance of investing in mental health promotion and prevention for adolescents.
Commitment type: Programmatic action
SDG 3
Zonta Club of Cavite
Civil Society Organization
Community level
Zonta Club of Cavite commits to a community that is free from gender based sexual harrassment thru raising awareness and supporting programs of the government to address gender based violence. We are one with the the public sector, and other private organizations as we work hand in hand in ensuring a safe space for all, an environment that empowers and encourages growth.
Commitment types: Programmatic action, Data research and insights
SDG 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,16 and 17