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January 13, 2022

UEF & ARCHIKID PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

The Urban Economy Forum is delighted to announce that it has established a partnership with ArchiKID to explore engaging children and youth on the Sustainable Development Goals. Kids and youth are part of every urban society and provide a wonderful perspective that is energetic, visionary, and inspiring. This new partnership will lead to the development of pilot projects for kids of all ages and will work with schools and education organizations across Canada and the globe. 

The collaboration will also help build the capacity for the Pavilion's programs, particularly the Kids Awareness and Urban SDGs programs that are being developed to enhance the role of youth in economic growth, social development, and environmental sustainability. This new program is part of the World Urban Pavilion in Regent Park, a collaborative and inspiring partnership between Urban Economy Forum and UN-habitat with support from the Government of Canada. 

About ArchiKID

"We are an international team of award-winning architects and designers who believe in the importance of creative thinking in early childhood education and in response have launched special programs using architecture and the built environment as a medium for playful, open-end learning. Our professional experience working across different scales from master planning to architecture and product design alongside the cross-disciplinary capabilities of our work interconnect different fields of knowledge such as math, science, art, social sciences and environmental sciences into unique, inspiring briefs and creative learning strategies."