MSRO and UNICEF Collaborate to Empower Youth to Take Climate Action

12 May 2023 [Malé, Maldives] - The Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) are working together with UNICEF to empower young people to take climate action. Within the collaboration, Maldivian young professionals and students received the opportunity to attend the Maldives' first space conference, the Space for Island Nations Conference (SINC), which took place from 2-4 May at Crossroads Maldives.

UNICEF expressed their enthusiasm to explore the opportunities for engaging young people around MSRO's focus on climate action. This holds especially true for Aisha Niyaz, Director of Climate Resilience at MSRO, who had previously worked as a consultant for UNICEF. UNICEF believes in empowering a climate-smart youth cohort to take action for their own country, and sees SINC as an opportunity to engage the next generation as the Maldives strive for climate resilient development.

As part of joint efforts with MSRO, as a first step, UNICEF enabled the participation of 40 youth delegates in SINC 2023. MSRO will continue to engage with UNICEF on their upcoming initiatives to keep the youth engaged, empowered and interested. Additionally, there is potential for MSRO to enter a partnership for the second iteration of imaGEN, a UNICEF Venture providing access to entrepreneurial skill building opportunities for young professionals as well as enabling them to be meaningfully engaged in the pre-COP28 process.

"We are thrilled to be working together with UNICEF " said Ahmed Niyaz, Co-founder of MSRO. "This collaboration will allow us to inspire and enable young youth to take ownership of their future and create a more sustainable world for generations to come."

During the event, MSRO captured the Youth Delegates' impression of the event. The overall feedback is overwhelmingly positive. "It has opened my eyes to a lot of new horizons," stated Manha Mohamed Shiham (18). She currently pursues her first professional steps working at the Council of Baa Fulhadhoo, one of the 1200 islands of the Maldives.

For more information about MSRO, SINC and their work, please visit www.msro.mv and www.sinc2023.com

Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO)
H. Niyasa, Male'
Maldives
Press contact

SINC 2023
Alexandra Sokolowski
Communications Lead for SINC at MSRO
sinc_comms@msro.mv
+31 615386886
Time zone: CEST

UNICEF Maldives Country Office
Aminath Jala Zuhury
Communications, Advocacy & Partnerships Specialist
+9607927727
azuhury@unicef.org

About the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO)

MSRO's vision is to help the Maldives become a space-faring nation that makes significant contributions to the exploration and use of space. It wants to create a space sector in the Maldives that can help the country become more climate resilient, protect its maritime domain, diversify its economy and empower locals using science and education of space.
MSRO is a result of an inspiring international collaboration of more than 100 members from around the world wanting to help the Maldives survive against climate change. MSRO is an NGO and was founded in 2022.

About SINC 2023

SINC is the world's first "Space for Island Nations Conference" and at the same time the first space conference set to take place in the Maldives. It ran from May 2nd to May 4th, 2023. This event brought together international space companies, policymakers from island nations and NGOs alongside experts in climate science and environmental management. SINC 2023 was hosted by the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO).

MSRO website www.msro.mv

Conference website www.sinc2023.com

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