youth agenda

FOR THE FUTURE FOR THE PRESENT

Our challenges for impact week

These are the necessary actions we deem, in light of our age and experiences, as crucial. The proposals do not want to represent a generation – nonetheless, we are confident that the ideas we bring up can be appreciated and valued by our peers living in a socio-economic context that is close to ours.

Ecco le azioni necessarie che riteniamo, alla luce della nostra età e delle nostre esperienze, cruciali. Le proposte non vogliono rappresentare una generazione; tuttavia, siamo fiduciosi che le idee che solleviamo possano essere apprezzate e valorizzate dai nostri coetanei che vivono in un contesto socio-economico simile al nostro.

SDG #4 → QUALITY EDUCATION

Aspire to a CONTINUING EDUCATION for both teachers and students, especially concerning technology and human relationships
Launch AFTER-SCHOOL tutoring programs
Develop ONLINE LEARNING resources for remote education
Provide SCHOLARSHIPS for underprivileged students 
Restore, renovate, and reorganize school BUILDINGS
Work on the student-teacher RELATIONSHIP 
REDUCE the bureaucratic burden on teachers
Include the teaching of HISTORY OF RELIGIONS in school curricula (with a special connection to SDG#16)
Insert the teaching of AFFECTIVE EDUCATION and SEXUAL EDUCATION into school curricula
Provide at least a minimum amount of free SCHOOL SUPPLIES (i.e. books, stationery, etc.)
Organize IN-SCHOOL DAYS focusing on current issues and basic general knowledge with activities (e.g., lectures, workshops, working groups, etc.) managed through the cooperation and cooperativeness of students and teachers
Enhancing educational qualifications in the LABOR MARKET
Make EDUCATION FREE at any level of education 
Allow a higher number of students access to the study of STEM subjects, especially women. 

SDG #4 → QUALITY EDUCATION

Aspire to a CONTINUING EDUCATION for both teachers and students, especially concerning technology and human relationships
Launch AFTER-SCHOOL tutoring programs
Develop ONLINE LEARNING resources for remote education
Provide SCHOLARSHIPS for underprivileged students 
Restore, renovate, and reorganize school BUILDINGS
Work on the student-teacher RELATIONSHIP 
REDUCE the bureaucratic burden on teachers
Include the teaching of HISTORY OF RELIGIONS in school curricula (with a special connection to SDG#16)
Include the teaching of SEX EDUCATION  in school curricula
Provide at least a minimum amount of free SCHOOL SUPPLIES (i.e. books, stationery, etc.)
Organize IN-SCHOOL DAYS focusing on current issues and basic general knowledge with activities (e.g., lectures, workshops, working groups, etc.) managed through the cooperation and cooperativeness of students and teachers
Enhancing educational qualifications in the LABOR MARKET
Make EDUCATION FREE at any level of education 
Allow a higher number of students access to the study of STEM subjects, especially women. 

SDG #7 → AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

Promote INITIATIVES about RENEWABLE production systems in SCHOOLS and community centers and hold workshops for building and maintaining them
Funding for RESEARCH into long-scale, large-duration energy STORAGE and DISTRIBUTION systems
REDUCE EXTERNAL energy supply, in exchange for GREATER LOCAL renewable production 
Mandatory TAXATION system for the production of polluting and toxic EMISSIONS. Equip all fossil fuel plants with systems for MONITORING and CAPTURING EMISSIONS harmful to humans and the environment 
Ensure a stable ENERGY SUPPLY in all DEVELOPING countries
Agreements and incentives for the DECOMMISSIONING of POLLUTING energy plants, in favor of the construction of new renewable plants 
Reduce misinformation regarding the use of NUCLEAR technologies and encourage basic TRAINING for young people
Return to little energy-consuming practices by experiencing previous generations and rural peoples from all over the world
Adopt mindful ENERGY-SAVING methods to limit power demand from the grid.
Encourage and support LOCAL-PRODUCTION of the goods, instead of oversea equivalents.

SDG #7 → AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

Promote INITIATIVES about RENEWABLE production systems in SCHOOLS and community centers and hold workshops for building and maintaining them
Funding for RESEARCH into long-scale, large-duration energy STORAGE and DISTRIBUTION systems
REDUCE EXTERNAL energy supply, in exchange for GREATER LOCAL renewable production 
Mandatory TAXATION system for the production of polluting and toxic EMISSIONS. Equip all fossil fuel plants with systems for MONITORING and CAPTURING EMISSIONS harmful to humans and the environment 
Ensure a stable ENERGY SUPPLY in all DEVELOPING countries
Agreements and incentives for the DECOMMISSIONING of POLLUTING energy plants, in favor of the construction of new renewable plants 
Reduce misinformation regarding the use of NUCLEAR technologies and encourage basic TRAINING for young people
Return to little energy-consuming practices by experiencing previous generations and rural peoples from all over the world
Adopt mindful ENERGY-SAVING methods to limit power demand from the grid.
Encourage and support LOCAL-PRODUCTION of the goods, instead of oversea equivalents.

SDG #13 → CLIMATE ACTION

On a macro level, key actions should be represented by:

  1. Investment opportunities (recognizing the need for green investments)
  2. Proposals of actions (from local initiatives to global scale campaigns)
  3. Incentives requests (‘lobbying’ efforts/policy advocacy)

Provide lectures and laboratories in the schools EXPLAINING what climate change is and why it is happening
Organize TREE planting and environmental cleanup events INVOLVING children, youth, and small COMMUNITIES.
Support youth-led initiatives for climate change AWARENESS
Conduct EDUCATIONAL campaigns on sustainable practices
Host competitions or hackathons focused on climate-related problem-solving.
Electric mobility INFRASTRUCTURE
(Turin) GREEN Tax Credits
(Turin) GREEN Tech Incubator
Carbon-Neutral Neighborhoods and Other Pilot Initiatives
Whenever we talk about climate change on SOCIAL NETWORKS it is necessary to insert BANNERS that report to university sites that publish authoritative scientific studies (such as during Covid with the OMS). The same FACT CHECKING operation should be done with television broadcasts and newspapers.
Create a ROUND TABLE between associations of climate activists and governments. Include the same associations in the big global summits.

SDG #13 → CLIMATE ACTION

On a macro level, key actions should be represented by:

  1. Investment opportunities (recognizing the need for green investments)
  2. Proposals of actions (from local initiatives to global scale campaigns)
  3. Incentives requests (‘lobbying’ efforts/policy advocacy)

Provide lectures and laboratories in the schools EXPLAINING what climate change is and why it is happening
Organize TREE planting and environmental cleanup events INVOLVING children, youth, and small COMMUNITIES.
Support youth-led initiatives for climate change AWARENESS
Conduct EDUCATIONAL campaigns on sustainable practices
Host competitions or hackathons focused on climate-related problem-solving.
Electric mobility INFRASTRUCTURE
(Turin) GREEN Tax Credits
(Turin) GREEN Tech Incubator
Carbon-Neutral Neighborhoods and Other Pilot Initiatives
Whenever we talk about climate change on SOCIAL NETWORKS it is necessary to insert BANNERS that report to university sites that publish authoritative scientific studies (such as during Covid with the OMS). The same FACT CHECKING operation should be done with television broadcasts and newspapers.
Create a ROUND TABLE between associations of climate activists and governments. Include the same associations in the big global summits.

SDG #16 → PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

  1. STOP child trafficking: more targeted and stringent laws to control the emigration of children from one country to another
  2. STOP the weapons market
  3. ABOLISH the death penalty in ALL states, as it is not educational
  4. CONDEMN war crimes more severely
  5. REINVEST money wasted in corruption
  6. INCLUDE young people in global social decisions, like a youth council
  7. spread the culture of politics and active citizenship in SCHOOLS to avoid growing abstention

SDG #16 → PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

  1. STOP child trafficking: more targeted and stringent laws to control the emigration of children from one country to another
  2. STOP the weapons market
  3. ABOLISH the death penalty in ALL states, as it is not educational
  4. CONDEMN war crimes more severely
  5. REINVEST money wasted in corruption
  6. INCLUDE young people in global social decisions, like a youth council
  7. spread the culture of politics and active citizenship in SCHOOLS to avoid growing abstention