Training programme for advocates for a better world

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An opportunity for people to train as sustainable development advocates for Saolta, a programme for Adult and Community Education aimed at empowering people for a better world, is now open to applicants, writes Brian Byrne.

Saolta is organised by Development Perspectives,  an independent NGO involved in development education, headquartered in Drogheda, Co Louth. The organisation partners with groups both in Ireland and other parts of the world in pursuit of its objectives.

The Saolta initiative is in association with AONTAS, Concern Worldwide, Irish Rural Link and the Adult and Community Education Department of Maynooth University. Participants will explore a variety of global sustainable development goal (SDG) issues with stakeholders, along with encouraging action across Irish society. Poverty, inequality and climate change will feature strongly as areas of engagement.

The SDG Advocate Training 2021 programme will be limited to 21 participants, who will undertake a series of online, group, and residential training events through 2021, coronavirus restrictions permitting.

An information pack can be accessed here, while the application form is here. If you want to get a feel for the initiative, there's a short Youtube programme that can be viewed here. 

ED NOTE: Food for thought ... out of 18 Advocates in 2020, just four were men.

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