UNESCO Global Youth Grant Scheme
Young people have ideas, creativity and determination.
The only things they often lack are funds and support.
UNESCO鈥檚 Global Youth Grant Scheme mobilizes resources to support young people around the world.
The Grant Scheme supports two categories of youth-led initiatives: research and grassroots actions. It covers a wide range of topics related to UNESCO鈥檚 areas of expertise. Grant Scheme projects can be implemented from the local to the global levels.
This support is provided through grants and capacity-strengthening opportunities during the implementation of the grantees' actions and research.
What Do We Fund?
Youth-led solutions with social impact. We support youth-led grassroots actions and innovations that address pervasive systemic issues and crises worldwide, as well as research led by young people resulting in policy-oriented recommendations to support youth development.
How Does It Work?
UNESCO and its relevant partners launch a call for applications. Funding ceilings are defined to correspond to different scales of action or research.
During the implementation of their projects, the grantees benefit from training and mentoring. Grantees also have opportunities to showcase their actions and research and gain visibility throughout the process.
What鈥檚 Happening So Far?
- 鈥淏ecause Youth Matter - Impulso Joven鈥 is the pilot initiative of the Global Youth Grant Scheme, in partnership with Nestl茅. Launched in Latin America, it awarded twenty grants of 10,000 USD each to young leaders, entrepreneurs and youth organizations to help them create and implement changemaking solutions for social impact.
- 鈥淕oing Together 鈥 For Youth Creativity and Well-Being鈥, the Global Youth Grant Scheme with UNESCO and K-pop group SEVENTEEN.
- YOUTH IMPACT: BECAUSE YOU MATTER - For Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action, the Global Youth Grant Scheme led by UNESCO, in collaboration with Nestl茅.
Join UNESCO and our current partners, Nestl茅 and SEVENTEEN
in investing in youth potential by funding the UNESCO Global Youth Grant Scheme, through a Multi-Donor Special Account.
Contact
To join us or for any questions or suggestions, please contact: youthgrantscheme@unesco.org