The Earth Guards Foundation honors the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, Dr. Philippe Boullier, with the SDPs Pioneer Shield
The The Earth Guards Foundation honors the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, Dr. Felipe Boullier, with the Pioneer ShieldSDPs
Within the current global transformations, empowering youth and achievingSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains one of the most important keys to human and social renaissance. From this standpoint, international partnerships between countries and international institutions are renewed. In order to establish bridges of cooperation based on investment in people, as it is a basic pillar in any real development transformation.
In this context, the The Earth Guards Foundation honored Dr. Felipe Boullier, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations for Youth Affairs, by awarding him the SDPs (Sustainable Development Pioneers) shield, during a high-level ceremony held by the Foundation in a Cairo hotel, in appreciation of his exceptional efforts in supporting youth and sustainable development issues at the international level.
The highest international honors
The SDPs Shield is considered one of the highest honors given to sustainability pioneers at the global level, as it was launched by the The Earth Guards Foundation to be a symbol of excellence and leadership, awarded exclusively to personalities who leave a tangible imprint and inspire people towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Foundation has set strict conditions and precise criteria for selecting the winners of this shield, which has created a high status for this shield and international symbolic weight.
The Foundation’s strategy in selecting the honorees is based on a professional evaluation system, which includes a broad global impact that goes beyond local borders to reach multiple peoples and communities, the ability to inspire, lead and mobilize energies towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and provide documented achievements on the ground that go beyond rhetoric to tangible results, in addition to complete harmony with the UN Agenda 2030, and the continuity of giving in an extended manner that reflects a real commitment to issues. Sustainability.
Fulfilling all the organization’s requirements
The selection of Dr. Felipe Boullier to be one of the honorees with this shield came as a logical result of an impressive career that met all of the Foundation’s requirements. Dr. Boullier occupies one of the most important leadership positions in the United Nations system concerned with youth, a group that represents the backbone of any real development transformation, which makes his decisions and directions have a direct impact on millions of young people around the world. He also translated his vision into actual programs and initiatives aimed at empowering young people and involving them in decision-making, while his efforts directly intersect with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by linking international youth policies with major development goals.
An international tribute to the The Earth Guards Foundation
During his first official visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Boullier expressed his admiration for the pioneering experience of the The Earth Guards Foundation as a civil society institution that reflects the direction of the Egyptian state in sustainable development issues, especially youth empowerment. He praised the principles on which the The Earth Guards Foundation was built – targeting, continuity, partnerships – and specifically the genius of the mechanisms for targeting different sectors and people globally towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as he described it.
Dr. Muhammad Zeyada, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the The Earth Guards Foundation, handed over the shield to Dr. Felipe Boullier, in the presence of an elite group of international, global diplomatic and Egyptian governmental leaders.
New horizons for joint cooperation
Then the two sides agreed to continue coordination between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the United Nations Youth Office; In order to expand the scope of cooperation in implementing joint projects and programs, and to support youth initiatives in the fields of innovation, volunteer work and entrepreneurship.
From the perspective of Foundation Earth Guards, this cooperation reflects a mutual awareness of the importance of investing in young minds, and linking state policies to international goals within a framework of integration and partnership; Because every successful youth initiative is a seed for a more just and sustainable future, and Egypt today offers the world a model for transforming the energy of its youth into a driving force towards development and peace.
This event confirms the firm commitment of The Earth Guards Foundation to support the sustainable development agenda and enhance youth participation in shaping the future; Which reflects the values of creativity and shared responsibility to build a more sustainable and just world.
