Stiftung Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition 2026 – YOA

Deadline: May 4, 2026

Stiftung Entrepreneurship is now accepting entries for the 2026 Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition. The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) is aimed particularly at younger entrepreneurs and empowers them to develop concepts for a extra peaceable and sustainable world.

Participants are inspired to create concepts with social affect and to actively contribute to a number of of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , which deal with the important thing social, financial, environmental, and well being challenges of our time. Entrepreneurs from age 13 and up are invited to submit their concepts and turn out to be part of a global group.

Join a worldwide group for entrepreneurship and innovation. Develop concepts and options for right now’s challenges along with like-minded individuals. The Entrepreneurship Campus now connects members from 141 nations, encouraging dialogue, networking, suggestions, and peer assist. The CEC has been held yearly since 2014.

Benefits

There aren’t any money prizes, scholarships or different monetary assets within the CEC.

• You achieve information, contacts, a marketing strategy within the type of our Entrepreneurial Design (so long as you full it carefully)
• You obtain an official certificates from Stiftung Entrepreneurship (Foundation Entrepreneurship) on the completion of the Entrepreneurship programs and the position within the Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition.

Eligibility

• Open to younger entrepreneurs all over the world from age 13 and up.
• To take part within the CEC, you have to submit an concept that addresses a number of of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• All entries should embrace an revolutionary answer or proposal for a enterprise that addresses the Sustainable Development Goals. It could also be within the conception, planning, or begin-up part, however should not but have resulted in a begin-up.
• The CEC shall be held in English. Therefore, solely submissions in English may be thought-about.

Criteria

The jury will assess every finalist based mostly on a structured analysis questionnaire, awarding factors in key classes similar to:

🌿 Entrepreneurial imaginative and prescient
🍃 Feasibility
🌱 Innovation
🌍 Leadership
💚 Social affect
♻️ Sustainability

Application

The competitors runs in three phases:

1. Idea Submission & Entrepreneurial Design: Submit a brief pitch, have it reviewed towards the competitors standards , full the programs, and fill out the Entrepreneurial Design Canvas (EDC).
2. Voting: All concepts are printed, and individuals can collect votes whereas supporting one another.
3. Jury Decision: The ten submissions with essentially the most votes are evaluated by an professional jury and the winners are chosen.

Click here to apply.

For extra info, go to Stiftung Entrepreneurship.