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The Czech Republic knows the winning projects of the third year of the SDGs Awards 2019, a unique award for achieving the UNs Sustainable Development Goals.
The awards were presented under the auspices of the Social Responsibility Association on Thursday, May 30, 2019, at a gala evening at the Czernin Palace in Prague at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The SDGs Prize is based on a global commitment to the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A Joint Plan for a Better World, to which all UN member states, including the Czech Republic, have committed themselves.
This years third award was in the spirit of exceptional ideas with a unique impact on different areas that change the world for the better. The winner of a total of 213 submitted projects was selected by a professional jury. In addition, 3 782 votes in the public voting decided on the best in the Business and Public Spheres categories.
“The jury has a harder job each year with a selection of the best. Not only this indicates that the sustainability of the Czech Republic slowly swung the category "unknown" or "just for positive PR," a whole new dimension, which perceives the world in a much broader context and brings more sophisticated activities with real impact on society, " said Lucie Mádlová, founder and director of the Association of Social Responsibility, which organizes the SDGs Awards.
The GINA System project was awarded to the absolute winner of 2019. Gina Softwares software mapping technology helps connect paramedics, volunteers, and other necessary components to help in areas of difficult terrain such as in disaster relief areas.
“SDGs have an important place in our foreign policy, which is traditionally based on the values ??of humanism, democracy and human rights. The goals of sustainable development are the image of the world we are aiming for, ” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petrícek, whose resort is a partner of the SDGs Awards 2019, as well as the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and the Czech Development Agency.
This years novelty was the Equality for Men and Women Award. The prize for the project, which promotes the equality of women and men in society, was taken by the authors of the Mavimi project. Using a web application, Mavimi connects women to maternity with employers who are willing to meet their mothers and offer them the necessary work flexibility.
The Mens Equality Line opened the evening with its keynote speech, Majken Gilmartin, co-founder of the Global Goals World Cup womens football tournament, which the Czech Social Responsibility Association hosted for the first time this year.
The final was held the day before the SDGs 2019 Award Ceremony on Wednesday 29 May at Wenceslas Square in Prague. The game for a better world was played by 150 amateur players from 18 different teams from all over the country.
In the Business in Public Voting category, the project Be Safe Online was won by security experts from Avast in collaboration with influencer Jirka Král. The project teaches children and students how to move safely on the Internet, whether it is a secure connection or privacy. Nearly half of 9-12 year olds say they write online with people they have never seen before, and 56% of children of this age join dangerous networks.
The winner of the public voting in the Public Sphere category was the Czech Federation of Food Banks with a mandatory donation in practice. This came into force in 2018 with an amendment to the Food Act. Food banks, which are the biggest food waste fighter in the Czech Republic, have mobilized all their strengths and intensively collected food and help traders set up donation processes.
The prize in the Czech Development Agencys Foreign Development Cooperation category was awarded to Jaromir Novak with the project My MORINGA. In Ethiopia, she focuses on responsible trade in dried and crushed leaves of the moringa oleifera tree, which is an extraordinary superfood. The team trains local farmers and helps them reach the European market.
The winner of the Young Leader category, whose parterre is Forbes Cesko, was the 17-year-old Ondrej Gonzor who founded Pochopim.to with his classmates. This helps teachers to get important feedback so that lessons in schools are more beneficial to pupils and, on the other hand, the teacher knows what to look for in the future and where to improve.
The expert jury prize for Reporting by SDGs was awarded to Vodafone, who clearly demonstrates how his business-relevant SDGs can be fulfilled in his non-financial report.
Sustainable trophies for the winner were made by Conscious & Craft. Together with an international library of innovative materials, they chose seven materials for the future. Thus, individual trophies were made, for example, from rice husk building material, recycled textile, or experimental egg shell raw materials. At the same time, the traditional SDGs-shaped concrete medals, which they once again took care of in Gravelli, added to the trophies.
The SDGs 2019 Awards Gala, which was held in the spirit of a sustainable event, was hosted by moderator, actor and SDG ambassador Lukáš Hejlík. In the course of the evening, Tomáš Kaco, a pianist and composer who made himself self-taught among the best jazz students at the prestigious Berklee College in Boston and sold out Carnegie Hall in New York, played durata from the album My Home. |
