The Fondazione per l’Innovazione Urbana, in partnership with the City of Bologna, Next Generation Italy, and the Municipality of San Lazzaro di Savena, is one of the proposers of Goal 2030 – Youths and Cities for the 2030 Agenda.

We presented the project to the regional call to assign contributions to local entities under the European project Shaping Fair Cities coordinated by the Emilia-Romagna Region, for projects to communicate and build awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals in the 2030 Agenda and we won first place.

Starting with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the project aims to promote the crucial role of public administrations and integrate the 2030 Agenda in local policies. The particular objectives and activities are:

1. Mobilizing citizens to implement the 2030 Agenda on the local level through innovative communication focused particularly on the SDGs.
   To this end, an inclusive communication campaign was run to raise awareness in the city through the involvement of and proposals by young people who have recently mobilized around environmental issues and other high school students in Bologna. From 22 May to 25 June 2020, the call ‘A communication campaign for sustainability. Sustainable Development Goals as told by young people’ was open. Eighteen proposals were submitted for the call and the winners were announced via the Foundation’s communication channels and those of other partners in the project.
   
   
2. Increasing citizens’ awareness and knowledge about the 2030 Agenda, in particular regarding the following SDGs: 5 Gender equality; 11 Sustainable cities and communities; 13 Climate action; 16 Peace, justice, and strong institutions; and 17 Partnership for the goals.
   The Fondazione per l’Innovazione Urbana has held some events under ‘A Shared Courtyard. Cultural festival for the city of the future’ during the summer in Cortile Guido Fanti in Palazzo d’Accursio, including the presentation and awarding of the young winners of the call on 3 September 2020.

The project Goal 2030 – Youths and cities for the 2030 Agenda, coordinated by the City of Bologna, is financed by Shaping Fair Cities, a European project coordinated by the Emilia-Romagna Region.