Theme | CODES

1

We will study sustainability in the elaboration and application of the SDGs in the African continent, from a non conventional point of view.

2

We will share the opinion of native people about the development dynamics of the continent through the study of social movements, artivisms, resistances, policies and international relations that have taken place in recent years. We will also take in account the development trends for the near future that are currently being held.

We will put this into practice along the 3 thematic blocks of CODES 2019:

ARTIVISM

Artivisms

WE WILL ANALYZE THE PEOPLE’S EXPRESSIONS BORN OF THE DIFFERENT AFRICAN COMMUNITIES BY DESCRIBING THE PROBLEMATIC THAT EACH ONE REPRESENTS AND THE BASE PROBLEM THAT THEY DENY, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL CULTURE. IN THIS THEMATIC BLOCK, WE WILL WORK ON THE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ABSENCE OF A SPECIFIC SDG THAT WORKS TOWARDS THE PROMOTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF INTERCULTURALITY AS A NEW REALITY OF THE CITIES OF THE PLANET. WHERE AN EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ADAPTATION FOCUSED ON THIS IS URGENT TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE GLOBALLY.

Workshops

To raise awareness about the cultural, traditional and modern expressions of the people of the continent and their relationship with the political and social situation in each specific context.
To promote a reflexion about the lack of access in occidental countries, to trends and cultural innovations of the African continent.

Conference

The study of the interactions between tradition and modernity in the socio-political framework of the continent, and its consequences for development.

Conference: African Identity: modernity and tradition

SDGs TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS SECTION

Objetivo 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructuras

Objetivo 11 - Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles

Objetivo 12 - Producción y consumo responsable

RESISTANCES

Resistances

WE WILL STUDY THE REACTIVE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS TO THE NEOCOLONIAL REALITY THAT GOVERNS THE CONTINENT BY LINKING THE DIFFERENT CASES OF STUDY WITH THE STRUGGLE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SDGs. NOT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BUT EMPHASIZING THE INITIATIVES BORN INSIDE THE CONTINENT.

Workshops

Show African society away from the stereotypes of being a static and futile society.
To raise awareness about the internal efforts of African societies for the achievement of the SDGs and the recognition of their cultural identities.

Life interview

Learn from the trajectory of African activists in their fight for the achievement of human rights and the SDGs in the continent.

Live interview: Activism in África

SDGs TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS SECTION

Objetivo 8 - Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico

Objetivo 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades

Objetivo 15 - Vida de ecosistemas terrestres

Objetivo 16 - Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas

POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Policies and international relations

FINALLY, WE BELIEVE THAT IS NECESSARY TO FINISH BY CARRYING OUT A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND RELATIONS IN THE PAST, AND THE NEW TRENDS (AFRICA-CHINA, BRICS ...) THAT DRAW A NEW GEOPOLITICAL MAP THAT DEFINETELY INFLUENCES THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, DECISION MAKING AND ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES ON THE CONTINENT. UNDERLINING THOSE THAT CONSTITUTE A REAL THREAT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SDGs.

Workshops

Study of state models and their influences in the continent.
Review of the actions carried out for the achievement of human rights and SDGs in the continent.
Analysis of current geopolitical trends (Africa-China axis, South-South interactions, BRICS ...) and its relationship with the achievement of the SDGs and development of the continent.

Round table discussion

Review of the development challenges of the continent and its representation in current international policies and relations.

Round table discussion: Neocolonialism and Development

SDGs TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS SECTION

Objetivo 7 - Energía asequible y no contaminante

Objetivo 17 - Alianzas para lograr los objetivos

MENTORSHIPS

In addition to the 3 thematic blocks that make up the congress, attendees will also have group work spaces with the support of a tutor, in order to generate publishable content that could carry the ideas that are born in this congress to the entire population. Generating demands for which we put at your disposal all the tools to explore original formats and new ways of doing activism!

To do this, we propose you to explore, through the 6 mentorships, the following questions:

- Study of the importance of education in interculturality and recognition of popular identities for an the achievement of an inclusive coexistence and governance.

- Study of initiatives born in the continent for the vindication of Human Rights and SGDs.

- Impact of the consequences of the occidental way of life and the non-achievement of the SDGs (those related to climate change in this case) in the particular situation of African communities and states.

It is not about a purely academic congress, but also a living and active movement, where work groups are created to lead a way for the voices and thoughts of many people to make this planet a more sustainable and fair world. That is why, within the proposed analysis of the SDGs, innovative ideas for its approach will be generated.