1 Million Youth Actions Challenge : Call for Proposals (Up to $5,000 CAD in funding) | APPLY NOW

This informs the public about the 1 Million Youth Actions Challenge: Call for Proposals. Details about the Program are given below.

1 Million Youth Actions Challenge

About 1 Million Youth Actions Challenge 2023

Youth for Water and Climate (YWC) is a platform developed by a consortium led by the International Secretariat for Water that aims to help turn youth ideas into reality by providing young people with financial and technical support and by connecting their initiatives with partners and mentors.

After 5 calls for projects and more than 25 projects funded on the platform, YWC and 1MYAC are joining forces in this call for projects with one main objective in mind: Encouraging and supporting youth-led actions for t clean water and sanitation, responsible consumption and production, climate action & biodiversity.

Program Details

The main objective of this call for projects is to support the implementation of youth-led initiatives related to clean water and sanitation, responsible consumption and production, climate action & biodiversity and to enhance the young leaders’ capacities as actors of change in the water and climate sector.

Eligibility

To be eligible, participants and their projects must correspond to the following rules:

  • The project must be conceived, led, and implemented by a 1MYAC Ambassador between 18 and 35 years old; If you are not yet 1MYAC Ambassador Click here to sign-up;
  • The project must include youth between 10 to 30 years old across all aspects of the project;
  • The project must address at least one of the four SDG’s addressed by 1MYAC;
  • The project must be submitted either in German, Spanish, French, or English;
  • The project must be a a newly registered action on the 1MYAC platform, but can be an ongoing project not already registered. (here’s how to register your action) 

The following criteria will be considered as an added value in the analysis of the project:

  • Projects from low- and middle-income countries,  projects led and/or benefitting disadvantaged people, projects developed by and for indigenous communities, projects led by young women and projects targeting women;
  • Projects with a direct impact on vulnerable communities;
  • Projects tackling socio-economic and  environmental challenges;
  • Project Leader demonstrates his ability to lead the project within their community.

1 Million Youth Actions Challenge 2023 Application

1) If you are already a 1MYAC Ambassador, you’ve already completed the first step! You can go straight to step 2 and prepare a short video about your project.

If you are not already a 1MYAC Ambassador, make sure to sign-up to join the 1MYAC family as an Ambassador.

How? By completing the online questionnaire to apply as a 1MYAC Ambassador. Please note that you can still submit your project on the YWC Platform for the call for projects before receiving your official confirmation that you have been selected as a 1MYAC Ambassador. The important thing is that by the end of the call, you are in the process of becoming one.

Complete the online questionnaire: Click here
The 1MYAC Team will contact you for an introduction session.
Attend the introduction session and confirm that you still want to be an ambassador.
You’re in! Please note that we expect ambassadors to remain active for at least two years.
2) Prepare a short project presentation video (max. 3 minutes) in which you shall reflect upon the following questions:

1MYAC Ambassador: Specify if you are already an ambassador or not. If so, what have you done so far as an ambassador? If not, why do you want to become one (max: 45 seconds)
Relevance: How relevant is the issue in the chosen community? How practical is the implementation of the project? Does the project appear meaningful in terms of issues to be addressed and could achieve real change?
Youth inclusion and leadership: Is the project conceived, led, and implemented by young people? Is youth participation included across all aspects of the project?
Impact: How has/will the project support needs at the local level?
Innovation: Does the project have ‘thinking outside the box’ elements? Is the project multidisciplinary in nature?
Local partnership and multi-stakeholder integration: Does the project consider stakeholders and actors involvement?
Finance: Is the project financially feasible?
Sustainability: How sustainable is the project and its ability for future adaptation? Is it possible to upscale or replicate the project?
Implementation: Does the implementation plan appear credible and adapted to the ambitions set out for the project? Does the implementation plan respect local public health rules and regulations?
IMPORTANT: In this video, you must clearly demonstrate that this project is conceived, led and implemented by young people aged between 18 and 35.

Tips for the video:

Be clear and concise!
Be dynamic and convince us that this project will have an impact and can be implemented
The technical video quality is of no importance, we simply want to clearly hear what you have to say
3) Upload your video on YouTube

To facilitate the video transmission, we ask that you upload your presentation video on YouTube. This video can be private (unlisted). Only people who have the link to the video will be able to see it. It does not appear in any public area of YouTube such as search results, your channel, or the navigation page.

For more information on how to upload your video on YouTube, click here.

4) Visit the Youth for Water and Climate platform to submit your project online. Follow the Submit a project steps and make sure to answer all questions!

In the Contributors section of the application form, we want to know a little bit more about you!

For those interested in 1 Million Youth Actions Challenge. Open this link to start the application process.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 16 July 2023.

Open this link for more details about the 1 Million Youth Actions Challenge.

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