Become a Global Goals World Cup Host
From the GGWCUP Finals 2019 in New York City. Location: SAP Next-Gen’s breathtaking event space. We transformed the 48th floor into a skyhigh football pitch overlooking Manhattan.
United by Goals: How GGWCUP Partners and Hosts Drive Change
Every GGWCUP tournaments are held in strong partnership with a country host and are designed to address local priorities and conditions.
Through the years, an amazing group of organizsers have contributed to the many GGWCUPs around the world. Some local organizing partners are players, others are organisations introduced to GGWCUP by their network or vice versa.
The venues are always built around a historic or iconic space, such as the front of an art museum, the historic Citadel ruins in Jordan or on the 48th floor of a skyscraper overlooking the Manhattan skyline.
No matter the size of our local organizers, we always aim to build a unique and successful GGWCUP within a budget that balance ambitions and opportunities.
The cultures, stories, songs, special places and experiences of every host is celebrated and each GGWCUP showcases the diverse communities that inhabit them. Football is merged with global citizenship and match day is an intersection of sports, art, culture and advocacy.
Impact Hub Medellín
Medellin, Colombia
Impact Hub was created in 2005 with the aim of strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystems with close alignment to the 2030 SDGs. It is led through the +100 locations and +60 countries in which it’s present, developing programs with +17,000 members.
Since 2018, the Impact Hub in Medellin has led the creation of a more user-centric ecosystem in the city. The results shown in their 2021 Impact Report outline.
In a nutshell:
+40 programs developed, involving +700 participants
+560 jobs created
Average increase of 892% in sales and combined investments of up to USD $ 1,255,000.00 of program participants
+1.100 connections created
Impact Hub Medellín was awarded by the Healthy Cities for Adolescents (HCA) Program, a five-year initiative managed by the International Society for Urban Health
The Medellin City Council awarded them with its highest recognition, the Orquid Award in the Enterprise Merit category in 2021
Please reach out to co-founder Majken Gilmartin and our local organizer Sebastian Bustamante if you would like to join the coalition of sports for sustainable development in Medellín, Colombia, in 2023. Webpage: www.copaodscolombia.com
UAK Young Women in Business
Iceland
UAK (Young Professional Women in Iceland) is an organization that strives for equality, paradigm shift, and advancement in society.
Founded in 2014, UAK is an organization for women who want to succeed in the professional environment, and do everything in their power to eliminate obstacles young professional women face.
Members of UAK, with a count of over 350, have a diverse professional background. Some members are already working in their field of expertise, while others seek higher education. The organization seeks to create a forum for women to learn from, promote, and empower each other.
Bærekraftsfestivalen
Kristiansand, Norway
Bærekraftsfestivalen is an initiative for the fields of sustainability, innovation, social gatherings and networking.
Please reach out to Berit Høisen to learn more about the opportunities to join the coalition of sports for sustainable development in Norway.
Sports for All Federation
Saudi Arabia
Sports for All (SFA) is committed to achieving the Ministry of Sports goals under the KSA Vision 2030, driving physical participation through endorsing, enabling, activating and promoting.
The objectives are to drive physical activity through developing the outdoor landscape, providing a range of accessible places and creating a network of sports professionals and volunteers.
Vision: To inspire and promote a healthy and nutrient lifestyle to all members of society through physical activity.
Mission: Drive regular physical participation in sports and physical activity through facilitation, enablement, promotion and investment.
Target: Increase to 40% of the population participating in physical activity at least once per week, that is under the 2030 Saudi Vision and specifically the Quality of Life Program, an objective towards Ministry of Sports in where the contributor to achieving this objective is Sports for All.
“The initiative (red:GGWCUP) is aligned with SFA’s own focus on wellness, community participation, and the SFA’s desire to play a leading role in fostering positive impact and lasting change. GGWCUP Saudi Arabia will be delivered as part of the Quality of Life program, a vertical of Vision 2030, and as part of the Federation’s ongoing commitment to increase participation in physical activity,” said SFA Managing Director Ms. Shaima Saleh Al-Husseini. (Read full Press release)
Sustainable Mindz
Dubai, The United Arab Emirates (UAE)
In 2018 GGWCUP was honoured to be invited to part of the commemorative events of The Year of Zayed. In 2019 Sustainable Mindz brought the tournament to Mumbai, India, for the second time.
The Mindz (from left): Vineetha Mathew - Dima Maaytah - Noora Moh’d.
The vision behind Sustainable Mindz is to be a center of excellence to create a unique platform that will allow a better world by helping others to impact theirs. Sustainable Mindz find unusual solutions to unusual challenges.
We are proud to have Sustainable Mindz as our partner in the MENA region. Please contact Dima Maaytah on how you and your organization can be involved and advance the impact of the tournament.
In 2018 GGWCUP was honoured to be invited to part of the commemorative events of The Year of Zayed.
In 2019 Sustainable Mindz brought the tournament to Mumbai, India.
In 2020 we will continue our collaborate with Sustainable Mindz and bring GGWCUP to both Mumbai and Dubai, UEA.
Twitter: @SustainableDXB / Instagram: @sustainablemindz / Facebook: SustainableDXB.
Rise For Good
Amman, Jordan
“At Rise For Good we believe there is no greater value than “doing good”. Simply, we believe that each of us are better off when we are all better off.
The Rise for Good Team: Her Royal Highness Princess Lara Faisal, Tala Mauge & Nisreen Faouri.
Our goal is to mobilize and support individuals and organizations to take positive actions to ensure positive outcomes for community, for society, and for the natural environment in which we live. If our purpose is to do good, our mission is to change behavior by investing in values and identifying the passion and purpose that fuels human potential and fosters positive action.
Rise For Good creates, identifies, and fosters, local and global initiatives in Jordan and the Arab world, that both directly and indirectly promote universal human values among our youth, among our corporations and businesses, within our school systems and within our public and private institutions because we believe that education in values is a key ingredient for changing behavior for good.”
Association of Social Responsibility
Prague, The Czech Republic
The Association of Social Responsibility is the largest initiative of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Czechia. Within its unique vision, and with more than 300 members, the Association brings together involved parties and it links organizations from the corporate, non-profit, educational, and public sectors to increase their CSR and sustainable business potential and abilities.
Since 2016, A-CSR has been the national ambassador of a major global event Giving Tuesday and as such, the Association has contributed to the culture of donation in Czechia. Since 2017, the Association has been organizing the prestigious SDGs Awards that are a unique way of recognition of fulfilling the UN SDGs in Czechia. In cooperation with its members, the Association brings to Czechia other global initiatives such as Plogging Czechia, an eco-friendly activity combining jogging with picking up litter. As the national partner of the United Nations Global Compact, A-CSR helps to bring to Czechia the global and unique know-how of this world’s largest sustainable business platform within the United Nations.
Twitter: @Asociace_CSR / Instagram: @asociacecsr_cz / Facebook: Asociace společenské odpovědnosti.
Mariam Mpaata & The Soccer Divas Club
Mombasa, Kenya
Mariam Mpaata (Captain, Soccer Divas) is the founder of the Soccer Divas Club in Mombasa, Kenya, and have played in a GGWCUP twice: GGWCUP Nairobi 2017 and GGWCUP Johannesburg 2018. In 2020 Mariam brought the GGWCUP to Uganda and East Africa for the very first time.
“One other memorable moment was taking an eight hour bus ride all the way from Mombasa to Nairobi we giggled and laughed like little girls all the way. It was so refreshing for all of us.
When we arrived in Nairobi, the best part was meeting all the other 27 teams advocating for the different goals. There were so many young girls and women all pursuing common global goals. Taking part in the GGWCUP also gave our youngest player the zeal to master all the 17 global goals.
The experience has indeed been priceless. We continue to deliberately look for ways in which we can speak about these global goals. We have become global goals ambassadors without knowing it.” Mariam Mpaata.
Read the full blog here.
Mariam is goalkeeper and team captain.
17GoalsAfrica
Lagos, Nigeria
17GoalsAfrica is an organisation set up to inspire, engage and empower everyone to support the realization of SDGs in Nigeria, and by extension, Africa.
Part of its objectives is to build and manage an impactful platform, using sports, entertainment, media, technology, events and other identified creative and effective tools, to drive the awareness and advancement of SDGs.
As noted in the design of our performance measurement framework, the level of participation and involvement of females in our activities towards achieving our goals is key. We want women, ladies and girls to share in the joy that comes with advancing the global goals and also use their influence to carry the male folks along.
And what a time to tap into the opportunity provided by the Global Goals World Cup! It's excitement unspeakable, a dream come true and a challenge worth facing!
World Merit
Casablanca, Morocco
Officially World Merit is a charity that offers rewards and opportunities in exchange for the members taking action toward social issues. Unofficially, they are a global team of creative, academic, crazy and friendly activists that are trying to make the world a better place. They offer opportunities based on merit and nothing else. Whomever you are, wherever you are, you'll fit right in.
World Merit is a global community of young activists.
Sapphire Carrington
Roseau, Dominica
By holding the GGWCUP in Dominica in 2018, Sapphire wants to raise awareness of the Global Goals, and give the people of Dominica a sense of being part of a bigger movement. Giving them an opportunity to connect their struggle to an international mindset.
Sapphire is originally from the Commonwealth of Dominica and now lives in Connecticut. She started a National political party called The People’s Party, which adopted the UN Global Goals as their platform – with a specific focus on climate change. People of the Commonwealth of Dominica live in fear of their towns flooding due to heavy rainfall.
Unfortunately, this became a reality when Hurricane Maria hit the island nation on September 18th, 2017. Although Carrington was among the first to help prepare relief funds and supplies, she had extremely limited communication with her friends and family in Dominica. All she could do during at the time was wait.
Sapphire’s efforts to bring the Sustainable Development Goals into the hearts and minds of Dominicans has already made a difference. We are looking forward to have the GGWCUP return to Roseau, Dominica.
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