We use culture/music, digital tools and provide institutional support ( ) to empower citizens/youth and local communities to build a better world International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges (IAAI) is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization established under Austrian law on associations in March 2007. The organization has its headquarters in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in Austria, a branch office in Ljubljana/Slovenia, strong presence at UN HQ in NY and ongoing institutional building activities on local level in several African countries (Ghana, Burkina Faso, South Africa, ..), China and Pakistan. IAAI's thematic focus are innovative systemic solutions (concepts, events, capacity building, ICT tools and communication campaigns) for multistakeholder sustainable development action helping young people to take action on global challenges with a particular focus on technology facilitation and resource mobilization/blended financing. IAAI is heavily involved in United Nations programs and goals related to sustainable development (Agenda 2030) in general and cimate action (SDG13) in particular by setting up the Global Challenges Action network GloCha (standing for Global Challenges). GloCha is a transinstitutional Global Action Network based on the conviction/ethics that every Global Citizen can and shall contribute to sustainable development on local and global level and thus to goals of United Nations system.
