Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2023 (€5,000 prize)

Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2023

Apply now for the Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2023. Over the last several decades, the world has been witnessing significant economic growth in many parts of the world. At the same time, we are seeing a rise in inequality, an exacerbating climate crisis and a rising sense of disempowerment. This trend can be described as the decoupling of economic prosperity from social prosperity and environmental sustainability.

The Global Solutions Initiative aims to address this trend by generating proposals to better align economic and political activities with environmental sustainability and social prosperity. With the Young Global Changers Recoupling Award they want to honor, and support projects that embody this approach. They want to draw attention to best practices but also learn from them.

About the Young Global Changers Awards

All eligible applicants will

Become members of the extended YGC network
Receive invitations to GSI events, workshops, contribute to on-going discussions and more

All applicants who qualify to the Top 50 will:

Become a 2023 Yong Global Changer
Present their project on the Global Solutions website
Connect with changemakers & experts
Receive invitations to events and collaborative projects

Young Global Changers Award finalists will receive:

Scholarship to participate in the Global Solutions Summit 2023!
Exclusive networking opportunities
A chance to present their project in front of jury and an international audience.

Benefits

The Young Global Changers Recoupling Award winners will receive

Prize: €5,000
Prize: €2,000
Prize: €1,000
Selected project will have a chance to receive mentoring, training and further support to help improve their project or initiative.

Eligibility Criteria

Young entrepreneurs or innovators who have started or are involved in a leading role in a social enterprise that aims at aligning economic activity with environmental sustainability and social prosperity.
Young business leaders aiming at changing “business as usual” from the inside (“intrapreneurs”).
Young non-profit actors, community organizers, advocacy leaders, campaigners, or implementers of social, economic, or environmental change on a local, regional or even on the global level.
The project, business or initiative that you apply with needs to aim at recoupling, i.e. a better alignment of economic or political activities with social well-being and environmental sustainability.
The applicant should have a leading position in the project/initiative they are applying with. (e.g. founder, co-founder, project-lead, initiator or a similar role.)
The applicant needs to be between the ages of 18 and 35.
Applicants need to be willing and motivated to become active members of a global network which aims at bringing about lasting global change.

Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2023 (€5,000 prize)