<p>In its first year, Lead 2030 will provide $500,000 to the most impactful youth-led initiatives, businesses or movements that are making a tangible impact on a selected Sustainable Development Goal. Funding is equally divided across different SDG Challenges, each of which is supported by a Lead 2030 Challenge Partner. In addition to funding, each Challenge Winner will be connected with a team of expert mentors from the supporting business and its partners.</p><h2><strong>Challenges:</strong></h2><ol><li>How to end hunger by 2030?</li><li>How do we fight the growing burden on non-communicable disease worldwide?</li><li>Preparing young people with the skills to succeed in 2030</li><li>Education: Generating Returns. Sustainably.</li><li>How do we achieve universal access to equitable sanitation and hygiene by 2030?</li><li>How do we increase the share of renewable energy by 2030?</li><li>How can we re-imagine solutions to finance the growth of SMEs and trade to unlock prosperity for the world&rsquo;s communities?</li><li>Turning waste to landfill generated by the packaging industry into raw materials of inherent value.</li><li>Scalable partnerships to accelerate education, literacy and skills development.</li></ol><h2><strong>Grant Value:</strong></h2><p>Winner solutions will get:</p><ol><li>A $50,000 grant from the challenge sponsor.</li><li>12 months of mentorship from a team of the sponsoring company employees and partners. The mentorship team will work to accelerate the winning solution by assisting with aspects such as:<ul><li>Business strategy.</li><li>Best practices for data collection.</li><li>Monitoring and evaluation.</li><li>Product design.</li><li>Marketing.</li></ul></li></ol><h2><strong>Selection Criteria:</strong></h2><p>This challenges seek solutions which meet the following criteria:</p><ol><li>Aligned: Evidently aligned with the SDG challenge.</li><li>Youth-led: Founded by a person aged 18 - 30.</li><li>Focused: Well-structured time horizon, identified key stakeholders and beneficiaries, and proposed outcomes that are reasonable and well thought out.</li><li>Proven: Readily available, in or past implementation phase.</li><li>Impactful: Solutions must have a positive social impact, for example generating employment, eradicating poverty, or developing skills.</li><li>Measurable: Impacts of solutions must have been adequately measured and/or be measurable.</li><li>Financially Viable: Must be able to achieve efficiency and to survive on their own through the resources they generate and/or the investments and donations they attract.</li><li>Scalable: Potential to perform as well or better after expanding in scope or size and/or being transported to other regions.</li></ol><h2><strong>About Lead 2030:</strong></h2><p>In 2015, 193 countries adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, an ambitious roadmap to create a better world by 2030. Formed by One Young World, Lead 2030 is the first coalition of global businesses working together to support youth-led innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><h2><strong>About One Young World:</strong></h2><p>One Young World was founded in 2009 by David Jones and Kate Robertson. We are a UK-based not-for-profit that gathers together the brightest young people from around the world, empowering them to make lasting connections to create positive change.</p>

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Sustainable Development Grants from One Young World 2018