World Cleanup Day
World Cleanup Day is the WCI’s most important field of practice. The WCI provides scientific support to the movement, for example on impact measurement and on a sustainable data culture. World Cleanup Day in Germany is organised by Let’s Do It Germany e.V., worldwide by Let’s Do It World.
Let’s Do It Germany e.V.
World Cleanup Day in Germany. worldcleanupday.de
Let’s Do It World
The global World Cleanup Day movement. worldcleanupday.org
World Cleanup Day cleanup at Plötzensee, Berlin. Left: Prof. Dr. Günter Faltin (left) and Holger Holland, Director of the WCI. Right: the participants with the collected waste.
Recognition of World Cleanup Day
- UN SDG Action Award 2023 in the category Mobilization, presented to World Cleanup Day / Let’s Do It World at the award ceremony in Rome on 24 July 2023.
- Official UN international day: on 8 December 2023 the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 78/122, establishing 20 September as World Cleanup Day. UN-Habitat facilitates its observance.
The logos refer to the recognition of World Cleanup Day and Let’s Do It World.
Partners of World Cleanup Day and impact
Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund (DStGB)
Partner for World Cleanup Day and its impact in cities and municipalities.
Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement (BBE)
New partner. Let’s Do It Germany e.V. is a member of the network.
Funding: Kiez Connection
Kiez Connection was funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) with resources of the European Union and the State of Berlin, within the BBWA Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (Bezirkliches Bündnis für Wirtschaft und Arbeit). To the project
Project partners: Kiez Connection
YSI – Young Social Innovation
Project lead and practice partner
Jobcenter Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Municipal partner
Jugendberufsagentur Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Municipal partner
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberger Unternehmerverein e.V. (FKU)
Local business network
SchutzengelWerk e.V. Berlin
Follow-up structure for young people in acute need
Research consortium: LIFE COMPASS
Partners of the LIFE COMPASS proposal submitted to the EU LIFE programme, with the WCI at BCBT as scientific partner. To the project
| Organisation | Country | Role |
|---|---|---|
| ARPA Umbria | IT | Coordinator |
| Università degli Studi di Perugia | IT | Partner |
| NOESIS Srl | IT | Partner |
| Let’s Do It World | EE | Partner |
| Tallinna Tehnikaülikool (TalTech) | EE | Partner |
| BCBT Berlin College of Business and Technology GmbH | DE | Partner |
| IRRADIARE | PT | Partner |
| Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto | PT | Partner |
| Let’s Do It Germany e.V. | DE | Associated partner |
WCRI working group and pilot participants
These partners support the development of the World Cleanup Responsibility Index (WCRI) in the working group or take part in its pilot phase as test pilots.
Cofresco
Member of the WCRI working group, supports the development of the index and pilot participant.
Berlin-Mitte
Pilot participant of the WCRI.
Schönhauser Allee Arcaden
Pilot participant of the WCRI.
Sporthubs
Test pilot of the WCRI.
Sustainable data culture: Planet & Pixels
Fujitsu and Fsas Technologies
Partners of Planet & Pixels, the programme for a sustainable data culture. More
CIO NET
Involved in Planet & Pixels.
At the transform_D Summit 2025 of the Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt (DSEE), Let’s Do It Germany presented the Planet & Pixels programme. The DSEE supported a programme of Let’s Do It Germany, with the WCI as co-applicant and scientific partner.
Digital credentials
EQA SCE (Education and Qualification Alliance) is the WCI’s partner for wallet-based certificates and diplomas for lifelong learning. The cooperation started in June 2025.
Venues and community
CIC Berlin
Home of the BCBT campus and partner of the We Create Future Stage.
Venture Café Berlin
Host of the We Create Future Stage. venturecafeberlin.org