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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Brain Builders International

    Description
    Description
    Brain Builders International (BBI), is a youth based non-profit making and non-governmental organization that promotes civic engagement and peaceful political participation, youth entrepreneurship and empowerment project, youth participation in community development, education development programme, human rights and good governance. BBI has since its establishment been promoting youth activities which range from leadership, entrepreneurship, empowerment and charity donations amidst other lofty programmes.
    Expected Impact

    1. We have started by holding a round table discussion this year with youth and Stakeholders.2. We did a Press Conference tagged #100DaysofSDGs where we reminded the government about the New York agreement and the need to stand by their words.3. We are planning #iEndorseTheSDGs campaign to all relevant stakeholders in Nigeria through physical and online endorsements.4. We are planning SDG map maker to track the implementation of the Goals5. We are working with the National Bureau of Statistics and the Media to get an accurate figures of some Project.6. We will continue to engage Government at all levels on the need to domesticate the SDGs7. Quarterly Youth Conference to reawaken the consciousness of the Youth for the Monitoring and evaluation of the Goals is also one of our methodologies8. Working with Rural communities to get the attention of the Government to address their plights9. Using all social network platform for the advocacy and implementation of the Goals

    Capacity

    We have done our First Capacity Building transfer for all our 36 Ambassadors in all States of the Federation. We have also released our call for application which would centre training Youths online for seven Days on how they can support the Global Goals by giving them some tools and resources. We have been using the social media to propagate and make SDGs go vial and we are poised to doing more.

    Governed

    We have appointed SDGsAmbassadors in all the 36 States in Nigeria. They have undergone the Train-The-Trainers workshop and they are to provide us the list of other volunteers across all Local Government in Nigeria. We have also started our Campus by Campus tour to get students union leaders aware of the Goal and the need to advocate for the implementation. We do meet with all our Voluntters(online and offline) every month to track and monitor our action plan.

    Partners
    National Youth Parliament, Nigeria, Campaign2015plus, Nigeria, Youth Alliance International, National Youth Council of Nigeria, National Association of Nigerian Students, YouthHubAfrica, YIAGA

    Goal 17

    Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

    Goal 17

    17.1

    Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

    17.1.1
    Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
    17.1.2
    Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

    17.2

    Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

    17.2.1
    Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

    17.3

    Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

    17.3.1

    Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

    17.3.2
    Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

    17.4

    Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

    17.4.1
    Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

    17.5

    Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

    17.5.1

    Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

    17.6

    Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

    17.6.1

     Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

    17.7

    Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

    17.7.1

    Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

    17.8

    Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

    17.8.1
    Proportion of individuals using the Internet

    17.9

    Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

    17.9.1

    Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

    17.10

    Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

    17.10.1
    Worldwide weighted tariff-average

    17.11

    Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

    17.11.1

    Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

    17.12

    Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

    17.12.1

    Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

    17.13

    Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

    17.13.1
    Macroeconomic Dashboard

    17.14

    Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

    17.14.1
    Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

    17.15

    Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

    17.15.1
    Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

    17.16

    Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

    17.16.1

    Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

    17.17

    Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

    17.17.1

    Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

    17.18

    By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

    17.18.1

    Statistical capacity indicators

    17.18.2
    Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
    17.18.3

    Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

    17.19

    By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

    17.19.1
    Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
    17.19.2

    Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

    Name Description
    17.14 Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
    SDGs Train-the-Trainers Workshop for all SDGs Ambassadors
    SDGs Roundtable discussion on Domestication of the goals
    #100DaysofSDGs Press Conferece. Advocacy Workshop/TweetChat
    Community Visitation/Training/Monitoring and Evaluation
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Conduct online application and screen Ambassadors
    Financing (in USD)
    1432
    In-kind contribution
    Promotion materials and logistics support
    Other, please specify
    Volunteer to distribute letters and travel for meetings
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    Timeline
    01 January 1970 (start date)
    01 January 1970 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Brain Builders International/National Coordinator
    SDGs
    Geographical coverage
    Ilorin/Kwara, Nigeria
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    Countries
    Nigeria
    Nigeria
    Contact Information

    Olasupo Abideen Opeyemi, Messr.