#SDGAction12180
SDGs in Saudi Arabia
Description/achievement of initiative

As the youth of the city of Al-Ahasa, we have come together to implement the 17 SDGs in Saudi Arabia starting from our city. We want to raise more awareness about them in schools, spread valuable knowledge in the community through our partners, and start a base for a youth team that shall focus on continuing the work on the next 14 years. We will use volunteering as our primary tool to get things done, and our main goal is to have our whole country become part of this youth-led movement. We commit to giving our all for this project.

Implementation methodologies

1. As mentioned above, our 17 teams will be under one umbrella, and they will be working together towards one goal. 2. The community of Al-Ahasa city is ready to help and volunteer. 3. Media coverage will play a huge role in letting the country know about our project and how it's going. 4. With the expansion of the sponosors, and partners, we hope to gain more volunteers who shall continue on this work. 5. We are introducing new programs to the community so we can benefit as many people as possible from this movement. 6. We aim for a sustained world at the end, and we want to make a positive change within our country first so we can reflect it on the world as a whole. 7. We shall have monthly meetings with our team members to discuss progress and ways of doing things better. 8. We will also hold trainings for our team to make sure that they are educated enough about this project and cause.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

1. Our partners are giving us meeting rooms and auditoriums to hold our meetings, trainings, and events. 2. We have spoken with several newspapers as mentioned above about full media coverage. 3. We will have a media team to keep our social media accounts full of continuous updates on our progress.

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

1. We will build an online identity for our movement on social media websites to spead the word about the start of this initiative in the city.2. We will start an online form for choose 17 youth from the city who shall lead one goal each. The selection process will be based on essay questions, and then an interview to test how qualified these youth are to carry on this mission. 3. Then we shall select team members for each goal who shall be led by that leader whom we chose previously, and they will undergo the same process. 4. With the help of our sponsors, each Goal's team will start setting up community events, and also visit to specific organizations to have them adopt the implementation the goal in their work environment. 5. One organization at a time, we shall have a big number of supports covered. Then we can move to more cities and expand. 6. With our media sponsors, we will have continuous media coverage of our movement in both Arabic and English, and in Online and Paper newspapers as well. 7. We hope to reach out to the Saudi Ministries on the long run to discuss with them the implementation of the goals within the government.

Partner(s)

1. Al-Ahsa Volunteerin Team 2. Ex365Events 3. Alkifah Co 4. Hzat karak Caffee 5. ARAS Gulf Co
Progress reports
Goal 17
03/2016
Starting to expand to more cities
08/2016
17 Youth Teams
12/2016
Full Coverage of the City
In-kind contribution
We want organization to give to this initiative to people who in need.
Other, please specify
We want our volunteers and team to learn something new out of working on this.

Basic information
Time-frame: 08/2016 - 08/2017
Partners
1. Al-Ahsa Volunteerin Team 2. Ex365Events 3. Alkifah Co 4. Hzat karak Caffee 5. ARAS Gulf Co
Countries
Contact information
Razan Alaqil, Project Leader , razan_alaqeel@live.com
United Nations