Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize 2025 (up to $10,000) – YOA

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Know a younger chief who has proven distinctive management in selling or defending democracy? Nominate them for the third version of the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize. The Prize seeks to recognise distinctive management proven by a younger activist in defending, renewing and selling democracy.

The Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize goals to:

• Recognise distinctive mental and/or “in action” management proven by a younger activist in defending, selling or renewing democracy;
• Provide the recipient of the prize with assist, together with via a one-yr mentorship with a recognised democracy knowledgeable or senior chief;
• Inspire younger individuals to commit to the development of democracy.

Prize

• The Prize features a financial prize of USD 10,000. The award might be introduced on the Athens Democracy Forum, and all journey and lodging bills linked to the Awardee’s participation within the Forum might be coated by the organizers. Awardees might be invited to take a number one position in organising a panel session on youth and democracy on the following yr’s Forum.

Eligibility

• Nominees should be aged between 18 and 30 on the time of nomination.
• There aren’t any restrictions by way of nationality, gender, or occupation.
• Nominations should come from an organisation.

Selection Criteria

The Selection Committee will think about the next when deciding the winner:

• Impact: The nominee’s actions had a demonstrated final result, as an example, a change in coverage in a given nation, the speed of participation in elections, the variety of individuals reached via a particular marketing campaign, the variety of customers of a particular application, the variety of college students gaining a wider understanding of the significance of the democratic course of, the variety of group associations engaged in an academic marketing campaign and many others.
• Innovation: The modern character of those actions.
• Sustainability: Whether the nominee has superior the reason for democracy and human rights for a sustained interval of 1-yr minimal, and whether or not her/his actions are sustainable over time and replicable in different contexts;
• Values: The values displayed by the Nominee via her/his actions.
• Benefit: The added worth the Award might carry to the nominee by way of worldwide notoriety and assist.

Nomination

Organisation representatives: Send your accomplished nomination to [email protected] by midnight CET, 31 March 2025

Nominations should embody the entire following:

• Completed Submission Form
• A Cover Letter of assist (max 500 phrases)
• Short video testimony from the nominee (2 minutes max, might be shot on a smartphone)

For extra data, go to Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize.