The SDG Secretariat is pleased to announce that the invitation to the Festival is published
The SDG Secretariat is pleased to announce that the invitation to the Festival is published
The SDG Secretariat is pleased to announce that the SDG Public Forum which was originally planned for December 2021 but had to be rescheduled due to the Government travel restrictions connected with Omicron virus, will now take place on 22nd and 23rd of March 2022. International participants, Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Senate President Vicente Sotto III , House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco and Mayor Francisco "Isko" Domagoso of City of Manila as host will address it online. Civil Society leaders in Education, Communications, Culture, Science and Sports will be present as Interactive Commentators headed by Philippine Normal University President, Dr. Bert J. Tuga cross posted in its campuses in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao with delayed posting in International Theater Institute World Theater Week Celebration and among Media Partners, IBC 13, Manila Bulletin and DZRH Radyo Balintataw. We extended our invitation to all interested parties to join us online on the zoom on March 22-23, 2022 from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm Manila time
The first activity of the Manila SDG event was ASEAN Art camp which celebrates the use of visual art in strengthening peace, and contributing to the protection of environment. The event started with messages from Foreign Minister of Andorra, H.E. Maria Ubach Font and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Cultural Diplomacy, Mrs. Hedva Ser, also Policy Advisory Board member of SSCC. here then followed ASEAN Art Camp under the guidance of celebrated Philippine painter Nemesio Nemi Miranda.
Following the four workshops and ASEAN Art Camp, the Manila SDG event organized a session on connectivity between Latin America (through Ecuador) and Asia (through Philippines). The session consisted from messages from Rear Admiral Brumel Vazquez Bermudez, Chief of Navy of Ecuador, and H.E. Ivonne A Baki, the Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States, as well as presentation of the Chancellor of the Universidad del Pacifico, Sonia Roca. Following the presentation, there also followed demonstration of “musica llanera” from Colombian artist, Jahir Rivera, youth Ambassador of SSCC and member of board of the Colombian Centre of ITI.
Perhaps it is only Senator Vicente C. Sotto III among the present crop of senators who can seamlessly switch from one career to another--being an accomplished public servant, lawmaker, sportsman, and artist in his own right.
Francisco Moreno Domagoso (born October 24, 1974), also known by his screen name Isko Moreno or Yorme, is a Filipino politician and former actor who currently serves as the 22nd mayor of Manila since 2019.
Senator Pia S. Cayetano stands tall as a champion of women’s rights and staunch advocate of health. The youngest woman elected in the history of the Philippine Senate, she continues to prove that there is no limit to what Filipino women can achieve.
Secretary Christopher "Bong" Go is the Special Assistant of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the President of the Republic of the Philippines.
As Senator, he authored and sponsored several key pieces of legislation, among them the Local Government Code of 1991, the Cooperative Code, the Philippine Sports Commission Act, the Act Creating the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and the People’s Small-Scale Mining Act.
Cynthia Aguilar Villar earned her degree in Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines, which recognized her as one of its Distinguished Alumni in 2004. She completed her Masters in Business Administration at the New York University.
Richard "Dick" Juico Gordon Sr. (born August 5, 1945) is a Filipino politician, lawyer, and television presenter serving as a senator since 2016, and previously from 2004 to 2010. He is also the chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross since 2004.
Edgardo Migriño Chatto (born February 21, 1960), more commonly known as Edgar Chatto, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is currently the Representative of the 1st Legislative District of Bohol since 2019. He previously served in that position from 2001 to 2010.
Rufus Bautista Rodriguez (born September 13, 1953) is a Filipino legal scholar and politician. He is the president of the Centrist Democratic Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives representing the second district of Cagayan de Oro City from 2007 to 2016 and from 2019-present.
Francisco Tiongson Duque III is a Filipino physician and government official serving as Secretary of Health since 2017 in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte, a position he had previously held from 2005 to 2009 in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. From 2010 to 2015, he served as the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission.
Leonor "Liling" Mirasol Magtolis-Briones is a Filipino academician, economist, and civil servant who is the incumbent Secretary of Education under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Jose Claveria de Venecia Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [vɛˈnɛʃa]), also known as JDV, Joe De V or Mikey-Mikey (born December 26, 1936), is a former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, serving from 1992 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2008.
Teodoro "Teddy Boy" Lopez Locsin Jr. GOLH (born November 15, 1948) is a Filipino politician, diplomat, lawyer, and former journalist serving as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs since October 2018
Jose Claveria de Venecia Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [vɛˈnɛʃa]), also known as JDV, Joe De V or Mikey-Mikey (born December 26, 1936), is a former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, serving from 1992 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2008.
The Lagarde of Lorna Regina Bautista is a Filipino politician, environmentalist, cultural worker, and former journalist who is currently serving as the representative of an old and Vice-Chairman of the house of representatives. She previously served as Senator twice: from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2019.
Maria Lourdes Nancy Sombillo Binay-Angeles (born May 12, 1973) is a Filipino politician and legislator who is currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. She is the daughter of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. Without any prior experience, Binay placed a bid for a seat in the Senate in the 2013 general elections and won placing fifth overall. After being elected, Binay chaired both the Cultural Communities and the Tourism Committees of the Senate in the 17th Congress. Binay was re-elected in the 2019 general election for a second consecutive term.
Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian, more known by his constituents as “Win,” is no neophyte to public service with his almost two decades of experience marked by honesty, integrity, and a relentless drive to serve his countrymen.
Audrey Azoulay, born on 4 August 1972 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud (Yvelines – France) has been Minister of Culture and Communication since 11 February 2016. Her childhood was spent in France and Morocco, where she has family ties.
Hedva Ser is a UNESCO Artist for Peace, painter, sculptor, born in Petah-Tikva, Israel. She is of a French nationality. She is a contemporary artist, known for her sculptures, watercolors, tapestries, and jewelry since 1993. Her work experiments with balance, imbalance and, above all, energy.
Artists from the Philippines will also participate
Manila SDG Festival, Forum and Workshop owes it origin to the long standing efforts of Earthsavers Dream Center, UNESCO Artist for Peace, under Cecile Alvarez, but established by the late Senator and secretary Heherson Álvarez, to harness the power of art as a tool for peace and climate justice. In 2018, Mrs. Álvarez, organized under patronage of UNESCO and with support of the Senate and the Head of State, the 2018 forum to create the so-called Peace Movement: “Not by Force but by Art”. This was itself preceded by the 2017 Manila Declaration the Philippine Roadmap for the Paris Accord, held on 29-31 May.
These Manila events laid foundation for the Cartagena Declaration on Art as a tool for Peace and Afro Caribbean Integration which was adopted at the Conference organized by Earthsavers’ principal partner, South-South Cooperation Council in November 2018.
Manila SDG event also showcases the effort of organizers to join the Resiliart Movement launched by UNESCO Director General, Mme. Audrey Azoulay.
Finally, the Manila event is also a contribution to the vision of a world post covid, positioning culture as a “Vaccine against Pandemic”.
