The national SDG-Challenge

The mission of the SDG-Challenge is to connect and mobilize students and organisations to work together on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). These goals are set to combat climate change and to reduce the inequalities in the world.

We invite students from universities and universities of applied sciences all over the Netherlands to join our next National SDG-Challenge! After the application deadline, we select the best students and create interdisciplinary teams for the challenges within our partner network, to work together on the SDGs.

The organisation of the SDG-Challenge developed a special “pressure-cooker”, so that the teams will come up with tangible and actionable ideas that will contribute to the SDGs.

During the grand finale, teams present their solutions in front of a professional jury. The team with the biggest (potential) impact wins!

The SDG-Challenge is a formula of Soapbox and aims to trigger students to pursue a career in making the world more future-proof and to make organisations use the solutions to “sustainalize” their business.