Goalkeepers
Project
GoalkeepersPartners
Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationThe Campaign
Launched in 2017 in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Goalkeepers is a multiyear campaign dedicated to accelerating progress towards the U.N Sustainable Development Goals. Using powerful stories, data, and partnerships, Goalkeepers highlights progress achieved, holds governments accountable and brings together a new generation of leaders to address the world’s major challenges.
The Approach
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Goalkeepers features an annual data report co-authored by Bill and Melinda Gates, which tracks progress towards the Global Goals, a yearly awards ceremony and event in New York during the UN General Assembly, a set of ‘Accelerators’ demonstrating a tangible example of progress and a community of leaders committed to achieving the Global Goals.
There is no such thing as a national solution to a Global crisis.”
The Delivery
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The New York event is a combination of statistics, stories and show-and-tell sessions focused on the challenge of fighting global inequality to ensure no one is left behind with musical, cultural and interactive moments woven in-between. Each year a diverse range of sessions are presented featuring inspiring speakers including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, former US President Barack Obama, Malala Yousafzai,Graca Machel, Bill and Melinda Gates, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Stephen Fry,Trevor Noah, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Executive Director of UNICEF, Henrietta H. Fore, Richard Curtis, Priyanka Chopra, Christiane Amanpour, Queen Rania of Jordan; Casey Neistat and many more.
The audience is made up of a curated community of over 400 leaders from over 50 countries around the globe and across government, business, technology, media, entertainment, and civil society.