I AM EXTREMELY PLEASED TO JOIN GLOBAL NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS EXCITING ROLE! I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS UNIQUE INSTITUTION WHICH WAS SET UP WITH THE MISSION OF PREPARING YOUTH AS FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ABLE LEADERSHIP, UTMOST DEDICATION AND EFFORTS OF ITS FOUNDER PRESIDENT PROF. MAREK WOSINSKI, IT HAS ESTABLISHED ITS MARK AS A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION ONLY IN A SPAN OF FEW YEARS THROUGH ESTABLISHING A UNIQUE NETWORK OF DIVERSE PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS TO TRAIN FUTURE SUSTAINABLE LEADERS.
AS WE STEP AHEAD TOWARDS THIS JOURNEYPOST-COVID-19, MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT US IN NURTURING FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS IN HEALTH, EDUCATION, PEACE, AGRICULTURE, LIVELIHOODS, WATER, WASTE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO NAME A FEW. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT COVID-19 HAS COMPELLED US TO RETHINK OUR STRATEGIES IN EACH OF THESE AREAS. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT IN THE POST-COVID WORLD, WE SHALL SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE WORK AND EARN OUR LIVING, THE WAY WE PRODUCE AND EAT OUR FOOD AND THE WAY WE MANAGE OUR RESOURCES AND MANAGE WASTE. MORE SO, AN EVOLVING CULTURAL PARADIGM IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY WITH THE EXISTING PORTFOLIO OF TRAINING PRODUCTS SUCH AS SUSTAINABILITY CLUBS, PEACE CLUBS AND SISTER SCHOOLS PROJECT, WE ENVISION TO EXPAND OUR GEOGRAPHICAL REACH AND TRAINING CATEGORIES TO BUILD NEW PARTNERSHIPS THEREBY MAXIMISING OUR IMPACT AND GLOBAL PRESENCE. THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER DEMANDS THE YOUTH TAKE PROMINENT ROLE IN OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS SDGS. AND THIS IS POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH RAISING AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY BUILDING. AS WE MOVE AHEAD, WE ARE BOUND TO MEET WITH UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES. HOWEVER, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE STRONG TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE WITH GNSD SHALL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS JOURNEY AND MAKE GNSD A FRONT-RUNNER IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ARENA. BEST WISHES, SAPNA A. NARULA