100 young leaders from over 30 countries collaborated to create impact projects addressing the UN
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a joint initiative of the St. Gallen Symposium and the
University of Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winning team was praised for leveraging the diversity of the group to come up with an impactful 100 young leaders from over 30 countries collaborated to create impact projects addressing the UNSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a joint initiative of the St. Gallen Symposium and theUniversity of Oxford. 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Between 9th-15th December, the Global Leadership Challenge (GLC) <\/a>convened 100 young leaders
from over 30 countries in a hybrid conference advancing responsible leadership that makes a
difference in the world – leadership that doesn\u2019t simply seek to fulfil personal ambition but furthers
societies\u2019 sustainable development. The participants were tasked with creating impact projects
focused on one of four Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Well-Being (SDG3), Quality
Education (SD4), Gender Equality (SDG5) and Climate Action (SDG13). Throughout GLC week,
participants joined design thinking sessions, responsible leadership workshops and global fireside
chats. In cross-generational dialogues, they engaged with more than 20 Senior Advisors from the
realms of business, policy and academia, including, among many others, Prof. Ngaire Woods,
founding Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford, Christian Mumenthaler, Group CEO
of Swiss Re, and Bogolo Kenewendo, African Economist and former Minister of Trade & Industry of
the Republic of Botswana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a live-streamed Closing Ceremony, three finalist teams pitched their projects to the judging
panel, highlighting how their idea could help to promote responsible leadership. A team of students
from the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge won the challenge for their Climate
Education project titled Global Access for Learning about the Environment (GALE), which uses
WhatsApp to make Climate Education accessible to those most affected by it.
The winning team members were Ben James (University of Cambridge – Master of Engineering),
Ruby-Anne Birin (University of Oxford – DPhil Archaeological Science), Arrey Bate (ARREYB Media \u2013
Founder) and Duong Vu (University of Oxford – MPhil in Development Studies). In his final pitch, Ben
James, who founded the Cambridge Climate Society, emphasised that \u201cThe most adverse effects of
climate change have fallen on those who are least educated about it\u201d. Their project aimed to meet the
needs of local communities and empower them with the knowledge \u201cto engage, explore and develop
their own solutions to local problems\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two other finalist teams were Medorum \u2013 A Medical Knowledge Transfer Platform enabling HCP
in developing countries to access relevant knowledge and \u201cBecome a Wife for a Day\u201d \u2013 an idea
recognising the consequences of unpaid domestic care work and promoting a new social narrative in
African countries. All three teams integrated the theme of GLC 2021 \u2013 “Power of Purpose” in their
projects, carefully considering their aim, audience and impact in the local communities. The winning
team members will be participating in the 51st St. Gallen Symposium<\/a> in May 2022 as Leaders of
Tomorrow<\/a> and all three teams will receive an exclusive mentorship opportunity offered by the Oxford
Character Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jury Members were Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs and
Associate Head (Doctoral and Research Training) of the Social Science Division, at the University of
Oxford, Kim Polman, Co-Founder and Chair of Reboot the Future, and Amanda Shantz, Professor of
Management and MBA Director at the University of St.Gallen. Prof. Alexander Betts reflected on the
value of the GLC: \u201cUniversities should be measured by their ability to put the greatest minds at the
service of humanity and the GLC I think encapsulates that idea. People who have skills and talents
from across the world, who have the privilege of university education can do more than just stay within
academia. They can reach out, work together, collaborate and have an impact on some of the defining
challenges of this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kim Polman added: \u201cI hope that all of the participants have enjoyed working on their projects and
especially learning about the SDG\u2019s and how important they are to embed in your work. We will
definitely have a changed world if such intelligent and ambitious people as you embrace them in your
work going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
project and generate local solutions to global problems. This project was particularly innovative for
empowering local people to contextualise knowledge and create bespoke solutions for their own
communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe GLC is an incredible event that brings together young, incredibly intelligent people and throws
them together in a week and gets them to think together, learn together and implement together,\u201d said
Prof. Amanda Shantz. In her final remarks, she said, \u201cA really important part about leadership,
something that we often forget when we’re educators, professors or students, is that leadership is
really about the action so I love all of the plans that I’ve heard today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Global Leadership Challenge is an annual week-long programme jointly organised by the
University of Oxford (Social Sciences Division and the Oxford Character Project) and the St. Gallen
Symposium, supported by the Lemann Foundation and the Templeton World Charity Foundation. To
learn more about the GLC, please visit https:\/\/www.leadership-challenge.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"