Global Solutions Competition for Young professionals and Entrepreneurs and Full Paid Travel to Germany 2020

The Young Global Changers is offering the opportunity to participate in its competition for Young entrepreneurs and professionals. They must have developed a project or an initiative to turn these ideas into action. This project can be a research project, a social project, a global campaign or a local neighborhood initiative, a business idea a social enterprise. The project needs to be connected to a current global challenge and must aim to make an impact at the global and local levels.

Eligibility Requirements:

1. Young researchers and academics involved in a research project that tackles issues related to the recoupling of economy, society and environmental sustainability.
2. Young entrepreneurs and innovators involved in a social enterprise, and young business leaders aiming at changing “business as usual”.
3. Young non-profit leaders, the implementer of social, economic or environmental change on a local or global level.
4. Who are between the ages of 21 and 35.
5. Who want to become longstanding, active members of a strong global network which aims at bringing about lasting global change.
6. Who commits to working constantly towards recoupling the economy with social well-being.
7. Who want to become regular contributors to the Global Solutions Summit and other events and activities of the Global Solutions Initiative.

The Award:

1. Travel expenses to and from Berlin
2. Accommodation
3. Free admission to the Global Solutions Summit 2020
4. Lectures with global thought-leaders from academia and beyond
5. Comprehensive summer school workshops 
6. Networking opportunities with great minds from academia, business, politics & civil society 
7. Access to an exclusive global network of like-minded Young Global Changers

Required Documents:

1. Personal information (name, age, nationality...)
2. Upload your CV (one-two pages) (300 characters or fewer)  (pdf)
3. Provide a very short summary of the project or initiative that you are actively working on (500 characters or fewer)  (pdf)
4. Select a relevant global policy area and explain briefly (600 characters or fewer) how this relates to your current project
5. Write a short description of what makes you a Young Global Changer? (800 characters or fewer)
6. Write a short description of how you can contribute to the Young Global Changers community? (1000 characters or fewer)
7. Upload your latest academic transcript/grade sheet (PDF)

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