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Mentor a Young Social Entrepreneur!
ORGANIZATION: SDSN Association, Inc.
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1 person is interested
Do you want to make a difference in the life of a young innovator hoping to start a new social business? Do you want to help communities address tough challenges like lack of healthcare, poor education, or lack of modern energy by giving local youth the skills they need to scale up their idea? This is the opportunity for you!
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network is a US-based 501c3 organization that supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by all countries in 2015. The SDGs are ambitious goals for the world, such as ending poverty and hunger, achieving universal access to education and healthcare, protecting ecosystems and fighting climate change, and promoting peace and social inclusion.
SDSN Youth, the youth arm of the SDSN, publishes the ​Youth Solutions Report (YSR), which showcases transformative, youth-led initiatives to achieve the SDGs. It features businesses like Liter of Light, which brings safe, solar light to areas without electricity, or Bean Voyage, which works to ensure farmers get a fair share of profits from high-end, sustainably produced coffee.
The young solution-makers featured in the report have a passion for solving the world's most pressing problems, but given their young age, many lack the experience or entrepreneurial skills they need to launch or grow their social business. The Youth Readiness Program is a 16-week accelerator that will help participants build and refine their investor deck. Each week, participants will listen to a 1-hour webinar from an expert, draft a new component of their investment deck, and receive feedback from a mentor on their materials.
The SDSN is currently seeking volunteers to support this project:
Lecturers: Lecturers deliver one of the weekly webinar topics (1 hour) via a YouTube platform, and make themselves available to answer questions through the online platform for approximately 10 days after the lecture (about 3 hours total contribution).
Mentors: Mentors will meet with young entrepreneurs via Skype every 2 to 3 weeks to offer general advice, as well as concrete feedback on their materials via the online platform (about 8-10 hours total contribution).
For more information, please view the full prospectus at http://unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/SDSN-Youth-Readiness-Program-Prospectus-for-Mentors-Lecturers-Experts.pdf.
HOW TO APPLY
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About SDSN Association, Inc.
Location:
475 Riverside Drive, Ste 530, New York, NY 10115, US
Mission Statement
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is the world’s knowledge network to support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. With over 700 members worldwide, we mobilize universities, research institutes, and technical experts from other sectors to promote practical solutions for sustainable development.
Description
SDSN has operated under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General since its launch in 2012. From 2012 to the adoption of the SDGs in 2015, the SDSN focused on bringing the evidence base for good goal and target setting to policymakers. Key outputs include publications such as An Action Agenda for
Sustainable Development and Indicators and a Monitoring Framework for Sustainable Development Goals.
After the adoption of the SDGs by all countries in 2015, SDSN turned its focus to implementation of the SDGs, especially through our National and Regional SDSNs. Key contributions in this space include research on financing the SDGs, research on how to foster a data revolution to support the SDGs, guides on SDG implementation at the national, municipal, and university level, and indices on SDG achievement in countries and US cities. SDSN works closely with United Nations agencies, multilateral financing institutions, the private sector, and civil society in the implementation of projects.
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
November 22, 2017
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REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 22
- 3 hours over 10 days, or 10 hours over 16 weeks