Aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is an international collaboration facilitated by local YMCAs around the world.

Last year, in 2019, the global YMCA movement gathered in London to celebrate 175 years of its founding and young people leading change. At the opening of the event, the United Nations Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, gave a call to action: for the world to deepen its commitment to elevating the voices of young leaders.