We are delighted to announce that the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment is now seeking Expressions of Interest for participants in the 2025-2026 SDG Champions Programme.

Established in 2019, the SDG Champions Programme is a non-funded programme, developed to raise public awareness of the SDGs and to demonstrate, through best practice examples provided by the SDG Champions, that everyone in society can make a contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Under the Programme, the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, will appoint several organisations as SDG Champions for a period of 18 months, from September 2025. The organisations will be selected from a wide range of sectors of Irish society, representing the commitment to sustainable development across the public, private, community, voluntary, youth and NGO sectors.

Applications are sought from all organisations and groups, big and small, who would like to act as an advocate for the SDGs and a good practice example of how to promote and progress the SDGs. Applications will be accepted from organisations/groups based in the Republic of Ireland. This can include cross-border, multi-national organisations with Irish operations. We encourage all eligible organisations and groups to apply.

Applications must be submitted in written or video format (no more than 600 words or no longer than a 4-minute video).

For further details and guidance on how to apply, please see: gov.ie. Please also see attached Expressions of Interest document for full details (English and Irish).

Applications should be sent to SDGs@dcee.gov.ie. Please include your preferred contact details.

All Expressions of Interest must be received by 5pm, Wednesday 30th July, 2025.

(If you would like to request a Word version of the attached document, please don’t hesitate to get in touch).