Press Conference on the Occasion of the

Pre-Launch of the 2017 Global Challenges Youth Music Contest at the Bonn Climate Change Conference May 2017

Thursday, 11th May 2017 - World Conference Center Bonn, Germany

Speakers

• Miroslav Polzer, secretary general of IAAI

• Christina Stevens, author & filmmaker, IAAI

• Alex Zekai Wang, Youthink Center

• Danaé Espinoza, youth leader, Mexico

• Tim Damon, Global Youth Development Institute

The Challenge: Communicating Climate Change/Agenda2030

and Inspiring Action of all Stakeholders

The Answer Music, Youth Engagement and

globally connected local action

The Communication Intervention Logic is simple: using Music – the universal language of humanity - as a tool for global community building, innovative science communication and global citizenship education; reducing complexity of global challenges/climate change in a way that ordinary people can relate to.

Pre-Launch of the 2017 Global Challenges Youth Music Contest at the Bonn Climate Change Conference - June 2017

Call for Music! For People, for Shared Propserity and for the Planet!

"Let the music talk, let the rhythm play, let the world know what the youth have to say!"

Scope of the initiative:

The 2017 Global Challenges Youth Music Contest consists of 2 main parts:

• the 2017 GYMC online competition and

• the 2017 GYMC TV Show which will be held during COP23 at an appropriate location in Bonn and shall be globally broadcasted

(Deutsche Welle TV studio would be nice)

2017 Global Challenges Youth Music Contest

The 2017 Global Challenges Youth Music Contest has the overall aim to engage and empower young people for global challenges action in the context of goals and programs of United Nations system.

An instrumental goal for this is to develop and support new mechanisms of resource mobilization for youth climate action in the context of #GiveYouthAChance initiative

Organizers and Partners

The 2017 GYMC is being organised jointly by

• International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI) and

• Youthink Center China

in cooperation with

• WorldWeWant2015 online consultation platform,

• UN partners

• media partners

• et al.

References:

• Fighting Climate Change with Music - UNFCCC video report about #GYMC15 http://bit.ly/2iV0urL

• Rio+20 GYMC Photo Documentary http://bit.ly/1LXIUMX • ECOSOC Youth Forum 2016, UNFCCC newsroom article

http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/youth-demand-stronger-voice-in-shaping-international-climate-action/

• #GYMC15 Youth and Media Alliance Building Workshop at UNESCO HQ in Paris, April 2015, http://www.glocha.info/index.php/latest-news/263-cop21youth-and-media-workshop

• Children "Astronauts" Awarded by Bonn and UN for Climate Song, UNFCCC newsroom article, http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/local-winners-of-global-youth-music-contest-celebrated-in-bonn/

Messages of the Pre-Launch Press Conference • UN System

– we are commited to support non-state actors engagement in Paris Agreement implementation and to develop new education, communication, outreach and resource mobilization tools

• Artists – Get Ready – Start Composing, Singing, Filming

• Media – Include the GYMC COP23 TV Show in Your program for climate change awareness

raising – Consider sponsoring a national, regional or thematic GYMCx Award

• Youth organizations – Consider organizing local GYMC activities like concerts etc., using #GloCh

#GiveYouthAChance brand in social franchise setting

Many details still to be defined, but ..

.. this will be fun !!

Get connected:

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GloChaMusic/

twitter: https://twitter.com/glochamusic

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ClimateECOS/

Climate Change Education, Communication and Outreach Stakeholders Group in the context of UNFCCC

More Info and Contact: www.glocha.info

polzer@glocha.info

Music will save the World