World Bank Youth Summit Pitch Competition 2025 (Funded to Washington, D.C.) – YOA

Deadline: January 26, 2025

Applications are open for the World Bank Youth Summit Pitch Competition 2025. This is an thrilling OPPORTUNITY for younger changemakers to showcase their modern options addressing international challenges. Open to people aged 18-35 worldwide, this competitors offers a dynamic platform for presenting your concepts to a world viewers and gaining momentum in your improvements.

The Pitch Competition, a flagship occasion of the WBG Youth Summit, showcases the transformative energy of youth-pushed options in shaping a sustainable and inclusive future for all. It offers a worldwide stage for younger entrepreneurs, change-makers, and innovators to current their distinctive concepts and options to in the present day’s most urgent growth challenges.

They encourage submissions from various backgrounds and focus areas with a particular curiosity in addressing the next themes:

Theme: New Horizons: Youth-Led Innovation for a Sustainable and Equitable World

• Pillar 1: Data Driven Transformation
• Pillar 2: Climate Action & Resilience
• Pillar 3: Empowering Change by Creative Industries

Benefits

• Finalists will be part of the World Bank Group Youth Summit hosted on the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Travel bills, together with lodging and a nominal stipend for up to three nights, shall be coated for one consultant per crew. The consultant is required to receive a sound U.S. visa for his or her journey. Other crew members can take part within the occasion by the digital platform.

Eligibility

• All crew members are between 18 – 35 years outdated, on the date of the application deadline.
• Each crew member needs to be from one of many World Bank Group member international locations.
• The resolution ought to handle at the least one of many three thematic pillars (Data Driven Transformation, Climate Action & Resilience, Empowering Change by Creative Industries). Cross-thematic and scalable options throughout a couple of pillar are additionally accepted for consideration.

Application

Applicants and pitch decks shall be evaluated by an skilled committee. Shortlisted people/groups shall be introduced by early April and can proceed to the following stage. Applications will be submitted in Arabic, English, French or Spanish, and you need to use the pitch deck template for steerage.

Applications have to be obtained earlier than January 26, 2025, 11:59 pm EST.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to World Bank Youth Summit.