The World Bank Group Youth Summit 2026 Pitch Competition for young Changemakers (Fully Funded to World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C., USA)

Application Deadline: March 11, 2026 – 11:59 PM (EST)

Applications are actually open for the 2026 World Bank Group Youth Summit 2026 Pitch Competition. The World Bank Group Youth Summit Pitch Competition 2026, a world alternative for young innovators and entrepreneurs to showcase daring, impactful options to at the moment’s most urgent improvement challenges. As a flagship initiative of the Youth Summit, the Pitch Competition highlights the ability of youth-led entrepreneurship in driving job creation, inclusive progress, and sustainable improvement. Each yr, the occasion brings collectively young change-makers, technical specialists, and world leaders to discover how revolutionary concepts can translate into real-world options.

Thematic Focus

While the Pitch Competition welcomes concepts from all sectors and backgrounds, individuals are inspired to show how their options leverage entrepreneurship to contribute to the Summit’s broader mission of job creation, in addition to advancing training and abilities, and agriculture.

Projects might align with a number of of the Summit’s thematic areas, whereas additionally showcasing cross-cutting views reminiscent of expertise and innovation, Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries (FCV), and financing methods.

Eligibility

• Participants have to be 18–35 years outdated all through the occasion (born on or after 13 June 1990, and on or earlier than 13 June 2008)
• Open to people and groups aged 18–35 from world wide, this occasion presents a novel platform to current your concepts to a world viewers and speed up your journey from idea to affect.
• Open to people or groups of up to 5 members
• All individuals have to be nationals of World Bank Group member international locations
• Solutions should show innovation, affect potential, and scalability

Benefits

• Finalists will obtain pitching teaching and undertaking suggestions from World Bank and accomplice technical advisors, and can current their tasks in the course of the World Bank Group Youth Summit 2026 hosted at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
• Winners will obtain tailor-made mentoring from IFC specialists, overlaying areas reminiscent of enterprise modeling, market evaluation, and context-specific suggestions. Travel help could also be offered for one consultant per finalist crew, topic to eligibility and visa necessities.

How to Apply

• Detailed submission necessities, together with the application kind, pitch deck, and video pitch are outlined immediately inside the online submission form. Applicants are inspired to rigorously evaluate all directions earlier than submitting to guarantee compliance with competitors standards.
• Applications shall be accepted solely in English.

Documents

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the World Bank Group Youth Summit 2026 Pitch Competition