SDG Events

To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we need to be able to count on each other. From businesses, consumers, schools, students, to governments and residents. Everyone has a link to make the world more sustainable and fair by 2030. The aim of the SDG Events is to be the connecting place in the region where practice, education and government come together for inspiration and awareness.

Young people are at the frontline. Whether it is about climate change, human rights or social justice. As a young person, do you also want your voice to be heard? Come to an SDG Event or become an SDG Student Ambassador!

Help organise SDG Events

Do you enjoy creating awareness in a creative and playful way? Would you like to stand up for a cause you feel personally involved with? Do so by joining the working group linked to one of the 17 causes. Join us in action. Your task: devising, organising and executing an awareness event, together with a working group.

Sign up
Sign up to organise an Awareness event can be done up to 6 weeks prior to the event, by emailing sdgevents@hz.nl. You can use the projects for HZ Personality.

Working groups
A total of 17 Awareness events are planned during the school year , all linked to the sustainability goals. Which goal do you want to get involved in? Register per Awareness Event and organise the event! You determine, together with your working group how you will create awareness on this goal linked to the (inter)national day.

Action reindeer (SDG 1: No poverty)

One in ten children in the Netherlands grows up in poverty. That is over 300,000 children up to 21 years of age who have anything but a carefree childhood. These children grow up in a family with an income below the 'not-much-but-sufficient' criterion of the Social and Cultural Planning Office. As a result, there is not always enough money at home for basic needs such as new clothes after a growth spurt, or a day out for relaxation.

Assignment
Between 14 November and 16 December, we are collecting presents for families on Walcheren with children between 0 and 18 years old. Will you help organise and implement this project? Sign up! After last year's great success, we want to roll out the campaign again this year. With the aim of raising awareness on the subject of poverty in our country.

The idea arose from the HZ to use the Action Reindeer to help families living in poverty. For them, this December month is often especially fraught.

Would you like to help with this project? Send an e-mail to SDG Events. You can sign up until Friday 28 October 2022.

World Refugee Day (SDG 2: No hunger)

Every year on 20 June, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. Every human being has the right to seek safety - whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.

Find more information here.

Assignment
The HZ would like to pay attention to World Refugee Day. The interpretation of this event is still open. Would you like to contribute to this project? Send an e-mail to SDG Events.

Valentine's Day (SDG 3: Good health and well-being)

February 14 is Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is a day when lovers give each other extra attention with gifts, flowers or cards. There is also a tradition of sending floral greetings or cards to people one is grateful to or particularly fond of or in love with.

Assignment
The HZ would like to draw attention to SDG 3: Good health and well-being on 14 February. Would you like to help think about how we can draw attention to this day through an action? Then sign up for the project group.

Would you like to contribute to this project? Send an e-mail to SDG Events. You can sign up until Friday 23 December 2022.

International Women's Day (SDG 5: Gender equality)

International Women's Day on 8 March 2023 is dedicated to the militancy and sense of solidarity of women around the world, usually based on a specific theme. International Women's Day originated in the 20th century as women stood up for their rights, including labour and women's suffrage. Women's Day was celebrated internationally for the first time in 1911, and for the first time in the Netherlands in 1912.

Assignment
The HZ wants to draw attention to International Women's Day on 8 March. Would you like to help us think of ways to draw attention to this day by means of an action? Then sign up for the project group.

Would you like to contribute to this project? Send an e-mail to SDG Events. You can sign up until Friday 20 January 2023.

International Day Against Racism and Discrimination (SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth)

On 21 March, the world reflects on the fight against racism and discrimination on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day was created by the United Nations (UN) in 1966 to commemorate the tragedy that occurred on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa. Police officers then opened fire on protesters who disagreed with the country's new apartheid legislation. The Sharpeville Massacre killed 69 people, including 10 children.

This year, the UN places particular emphasis on:

• the importance of meaningful and safe public participation and representation in all areas of decision-making to prevent and combat racial discrimination;
• the importance of respecting freedom of expression, the right to peaceful protest and the importance of protecting space for civil society;
• that the contributions and challenges of individuals and organisations taking action against racial discrimination be recognised. Industry, innovation and infrastructure.

Assignment
The HZ wants to draw attention to the International Day Against Racism and Discrimination. Would you like to help think about how we can draw attention to this day through an action? Then sign up for the project group.

Would you like to contribute to this project? Send an e-mail to SDG Events. You can sign up until Friday 20 January 2023.

Purple Friday (SDG 10: Reduce inequality)

Purple Friday is a day when schoolchildren and students can show their solidarity with lhbti+ people by wearing the colour purple at school. In the Netherlands, the day has been held on the second Friday of December every year since 2010.

Assignment
The HZ would like to express its commitment through Purple Friday. Would you like to help us think of ways to draw attention to this day? Then sign up for the project group.

Would you like to contribute to this project? Send an e-mail to SDG Events. You can sign up until Friday 21 October 2022.

World Environment Day (SDG 14: Living in water)

World Environment Day has been organised annually by the United Nations since 1974. The effort is to make governments and the public think about our environment. This special day is meant to improve awareness about it. 5 June was chosen because on that day in 1972 the international environmental conference began, also known as the United Nations Environment Programme. Each year, a particular host city in a different country each time organises the meeting. This day is related to Earth Day.

Assignment
The HZ wants to draw attention to World Environment Day. Would you like to help think of ways to draw attention to this day by means of an action? Then sign up for the project group.

Would you like to contribute to this project? Send an e-mail to SDG Events. You can sign up until Friday 7 April 2023.

Earth Day (SDG 15: Living on the land)

Earth Day is an annual event on 22 April dedicated to environmental protection. The first Earth Day took place in 1970 and was a result of growing ecological awareness due to Rachel Carson's 1962 bestseller Silent Spring. In a way, therefore, the day marks the beginning of the modern environmental movement.

Assignment
The HZ wants to draw attention to Earth Day. Would you like to help us think of ways to draw attention to this day by means of an action? Then sign up for the project group.

Would you like to contribute to this project? Send an e-mail to SDG Events. You can sign up until Friday 24 February 2023.