Deadline: November 27, 2023.

This year, the awards will have an exciting new change! The 2024 YGC Recoupling Awards will be hosted in categories that acknowledge the different methods of effort towards recoupling objectives. As such, the Reimagine Business, Reimagine Social and Climate Action, and Reimagine Civic Engagement Awards were created!  

Are you a leader of a social enterprise that produces and operates sustainably? Does your business directly combat social or climate issues through its work? Maybe you are a leader of an organization that equips marginalized communities with the tools, resources, or skills to lead more empowered, healthier, safer lives? Are you working on ways to make decision making more participatory and inclusive? Perhaps you are creating avenues for people to become more engaged in their civic space.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The following criteria need to be fulfilled by all applicants to be eligible, independent from the category in which they apply. 

• Individuals Only: Only individual people can apply. You cannot apply as an organization, only as its representative. 
• Leading Role: Participants should have a leading position in the project or initiative they are applying with. (This can be the founder, co-founder, project-lead, initiator or a similar role.) 
• Strong English: Participants must have a command of the English language  strong enough to present their work in front of a jury and an audience, and to participate in group conversations. 
• Age: The Young Global Changers program aims to empower youth. Applicants should preferably be between the ages of 18 and 35. 
• Motivation: The applicants should show motivation to become active members of a global network which aims at bringing about lasting global change. 

The following criteria need to be fulfilled by all projects to be eligible, independent from the category in which they apply. 

• Recoupling: The project, business, or initiative with which you apply needs to aim at recoupling, i.e., a better alignment of economic or political activities with social well-being and environmental sustainability. This means putting the needs of people and environmental sustainability at the center of economic and/or political activities. 
• Organizational Stage: The project or initiative must be beyond the idea stage. It should be currently active and running.

BENEFITS

They are offering a full scholarship* for the finalists of the Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2024 to come to Berlin and attend the 2024 Global Solutions Summit.

The scholarship includes the following:

• Travel expenses to and from Berlin**
• Accommodation for the time of the Global Solutions Summit (five nights, May 3-8, 2024)***
• Free admission to the Global Solutions Summit 2024
• Networking opportunities with great minds from academia, business, politics & civil society
• Access to an exclusive global network of like-minded Young Global Changers
• Possibilities for further engagement

*Please note that all expenses must be paid upfront and will be reimbursed within 6 weeks after the Global Solutions Summit. Participants are responsible for submitting reimbursement claims. Currency fluctuations may lead to small changes in the total amount reimbursed.

Apply through the OFFICIAL LINK