The document summarizes updates regarding the rescheduling of the Manila SDG Art Festival and Forum from September 2020 to March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will now be called the "SDG ART FESTIVAL AND FORUM FOR PEACE AND CLIMATE JUSTICE: RESILIART AS A HEALER OF TRAUMAS CAUSED BY COVID." It also discusses cooperation with the Senate of the Philippines, plans for an Art Camp for ASEAN, forums and workshops on strengthening peace between countries, commemorating Heherson Alvarez, and youth initiatives related to the SDGs.

1. In This Issue
Provisional program
Cooperation with the
Senate of the Philippines
Art Camp for ASEAN
Manila SDG Festival
Forum and Workshops
In memoriam: Heherson
Alvarez
NewsletterSecretariat for the Manila SDG Art Festival and Forum
JUNE 7 2020ISSUE 7
New dates and new
focus of the SDG
Event
In view COVID 19 pandemic, and uncertainty about the
full resumption of commercial flights the organizers of
this important programme have decided to reschedule
the dates from September 2020 to 7th to 14th March
2021.
Secretariat Members
Cecile Guidote Alvarez, Director, Earthsavers,
UNESCO
Dr. SunOck Lee, Secretary General, APPAN
Dr. Viktor Sebek, Chairman SSCC
Susan Claudio, Executive Assistant
Nelson Zamora, Director SSCC
Edgar Avilan, Executive Director SSCC
Regine Guevara, Co-founder, Asian Youth
Peace Network
Jul Rashid Dilangalen, Intern
Valerio Ferri, SSCc research Assistant
P. 15
P. 23
P. 14
P. 3
P. 22

2. In view of the pandemic which has reshaped the world
in every possible way, the organizers believe that it
was necessary to emphasize the power of art to act as
a healer of traumas caused by covid and other
disasters, both man made and natural. This is reflected
in the new title of the event is SDG ART FESTIVAL
AND FORUM FOR PEACE AND CLIMATE JUSTICE:
RESILIART AS A HEALER OF TRAUMAS CAUSED BY
COVID
The new provisional Programme is attached. The
event has already received endorsement from UNESCO
headquarters, and from UNESCO offices of 45
countries of Asia and Pacific and from Southern Africa.
NEW DATES AND NEW FOCUS
OF THE SDG EVENT
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14. COOPERATION WITH THE
SENATE OF THE
PHILIPPINES
The international Secretariat expresses its gratitude to the Senate of the Philippines
for its cooperation, under leadership if the Senate President, Tito Sotto, in
cooperation with Senator Pia Cayetano, Chairperson of the SDG Committee and
Senator Cynthia Villar , Chairperson of the Environment Committee

15. ART CAMP FOR
ASEAN
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ART
CAMP
The ART CAMP, ̈colours for the planet ̈ is
an important UNESCO Project, initiated by
the Andorran National Commission for
UNESCO and ̈godmother ̈ of Art Camps,
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Special
Envoy for Cultural. Diplomacy, Mrs. Hedva
Ser . It brings together artists painters from
countries in conflict so that their work
constitutes an example of art serving
cultural diplomacy in strengthening peace,
reconciliation and dialogue. It was set up
at the global level in Andorra and at the
Mediterranean level in Malta. Bearing in
mind the great success of this Project, UN
Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy,
UNESCO Artist for Peace, Earthsavers
UNESCO Dream Center, Philippines and
SSCC are facilitating its extension to ten
ASEAN countries in Manila.
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22. M A N I L A S D G
F E S T I V A L F O R U M A N D
W O R K S H O P S A N D
S T R E N G T H E N I N G O F
P E A C E
North and South Korea: Panelists are Dr. SunOck Lea, President of APPAN
form South Korea, and North Korean panelist tba·
Israel and Palestine: Panelists are Mr. Michel Platnik, Founder of ReGensis,
Israel and Palestine member tba·
Sudan and South Sudan: Panelists are Ambassador Ali Mahdi Nouri,
UNESCO Artist for Peace, Sudan and Dr. Justin John Bial, Jopa University,
South Sudan.
The International Secretariat and SSCC and proud to announce a major
panel on the first day of the Forum, 8th March, dealing with strengthening
of peace. Senator Koko Pimentel, Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee
and H.E. Ivonne Baki, currently Ambassador of Ecuador to the USA and
member of SSCC Board are expected to co-chair the session: Ambassador
Baki will draw on her previous experiences in assisting, together with the
former US President Clinton, in ending the last war in South America:
between Peru and Ecuador.
Three regions were selected:
We are proud to be able to contribute to a debate whereby Art can be seen
as a binding agent between countries currently or previously in conflict.
SELECTED
THREE REGIONS WERE

23. IN MEMORIAM:
HEHERSON
ALVAREZ
SONNY ALVAREZ
October 16, 1939
April 20, 2020
Public recognition of
the important contribution to
environment of former senator
and minister Heherson Álvarez, a
distinguished member of SSCC
Board, who died as a result of
covid, continue across the world.
Included here are a resolution by
the House of Representatives of
the Philippines and an article in
New York Times.

24. ARTICLE FROM NEW YORK TIMES

25. As Manila will be the venue of the major event in March 2021 for Earthsavers
UNESCO Dreamcenter and SSCC, a major emphasis is placed for events in Asia,
especially ASEAN. One activity, just completed, were celebrations of earth day from
home, poetry trends on ASEAN Wildlife, organized by the head of Asian Youth Peace
Network, Ms.Regine Guevara, also member of the International Secretariat for the
Manila event, and member of youth section of SSCC. The presentation of the contest,
just completed, is as follows: We wish everybody had a meaningful International Day
for Biological Diversity and UNESCO Arts Education Week, especially the winners of
“Earth Day from Home Poetry Contest.” We received 200 inspiring entries through
Friends for Leadership international platform for next generation of leaders and
entrepreneurs. Credits also to Facebook Asia and Earth Day Network for supporting
this social media movement. All 6 winners will receive gift packs from ASEAN Centre
for Biodiversity, and invitations to the "SDG Art Festival Forum for Peace and Climate
Justice." Truly, creativity isn’t cancelled. Let’s continue to make the most out of
staying at home, for people and planet. And remember - the health of our ecosystem
is inextricably linked with human health.
E A R T H D A Y F R O M H O M E : P O E T R Y T R E N D S O N
A S E A N W I L D L I F E

26. SDG VILLAGES PHOTOJOURNALISM CONTEST
ON PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY
SSCC Youth Ambassador, Regine
Guevara launched a sustainable
livelihood project called:
“SDG Villages” to respond to COVID19
crisis by empowering local actors such
as youth councils and women’s
leagues. In cooperation with National
Bookstore Foundation, they launched
a Photojournalism Contest for
Philippine Independence Day, June 12,
2020.
The contest aims to: 1) Support
children and youth in reflecting upon
their homebound experiences during
the COVID19 pandemic, 2) Provide a
creative space for them with ‘art as a
medium of healing’ and 3) Collect
community data on various needs.
Contestants from Quezon City and
Pasig City will be judged by Artdialogo
Asia, SSCC and Earthsavers UNESCO
Dreamcenter.

27. Our hopes for the PLANET: COVID 19 is just the latest disease arising from our
unwillingness to coexist with the environment. Young professionals continue to work
towards e-ducation to protect biodiversity at all costs.
Our hopes for PROSPERITY: Quarantine asks of us to break the silos of financial
institutions, especially in the emerging Asian economies. Small, medium and micro-e-
nterprises amplify the agency of local actors in the economic revival.
Our hopes for the PEOPLES: The definition of poverty is ever-changing, as well e-
mployment opportunities. In a region like that grows its own food, there needs to be
a conversation around urban-rural gaps with the rise of gardening projects.
Our hopes for PEACE: An impending call to a global ceasefire, comes safe, voluntary
and dignified return of all refugees and internally displaced persons around the
world. Multiple lenses are needed to ensure holistic e-mpowerment of all peoples.
SSCC, together with UNESCO Artist for Peace Earthsavers UNESCO DREAM Center and
the President of ITI Social Change Network, under leadership of its youth ambassador,
Regine Guevara, announces publication of an Asian Innovation E-book, for publication
on 1st July 2021. CALL FOR ENTRIES: 17 Asian-based innovations that amplify the
Sustainable Development Agenda during COVID19 pandemic COVID-19 is a wake-up
call for regional and global communities to come together – the next generation wants
to inherit a world where everyone is free and equal - both offline and online. Now more
than ever, with over 60% of the world’s youth living in the Asia Pacific, the region carries
a significant stake in the future we want
ASIAN INNOVATIONS E-BOOK
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