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Sojung LEE The United Nations Sustainable Development Rapunzel, and the Frog Prince. The Grimm Brothers
Goals (hereafter UN SDGs) is the global agenda systematically organized and archived fairy tales in
approved by UN member countries and their Europe and Asia for the first time. Then, the Grimm
How Does Documentary national representatives. It aims to be implemented Brothers' collection enjoyed tremendous popularity
globally from 2016 to 2030. It comprises 17 goals and became the standard in systematically
Heritage Change Our Lives? and 169 detailed targets. Including UNESCO, major organizing and archiving. It has been translated into
culture-related international organizations strive 160 languages.
In the content, characters become the main
to emphasize the role of culture in sustainable
: Finding UN SDGs on the development and to establish and execute the characters of Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and
the Frog Prince and achieve the UN Sustainable
implementation strategy.
In this line, UNESCO ICDH pursues parti-
Memory of the World cipation in the education and promotion of UN Development Goals.
The next content to be released was about
SDGs. "The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming 1939), produced
As part of the movement, UNESCO ICDH by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer" and inscribed by the
launched the Project "Let's Get Inspired by the USA in 2007. Four main characters – Dorothy,
Memory of the World (MoW)." This Project is one of Lion, Tinman, and Scarecrow – encounter various
the MoW utilization programmes. The short-format challenges on their journey to meet the wizard Oz to
animation reflects several UN SDGs along with its realize their long-held desires. During their journey,
storyline. It targets the youth who will be future they fight against a witch together. Finally, they get
generations to learn about the UNESCO Memory of what they desire: Going home, Courage, Heart, and
the World and the UN SDG's values. Wisdom. Also, they achieve what they want from
The first project content was released online themselves.
on August 25, 2022. The item is "Kinder-und These contents do not follow original storylines,
Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales)," which is why the Project is "Let's Get Inspired
inscribed by Germany in 2005. by MoW." The dramatized storylines reflect how
The "Kinder-und Hausmärchen" was first characters achieve UN SDGs along their journeys,
published in 1812. It is widely well-known and and this will encourage viewers to consider what
S G distributed following Martin Luther's Bible in UN SDGs mean and how we can implement MoW in
German Cultural History. It includes globally our lives.
famous stories such as Little Red Riding Hood,
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