FAO elearning Academy Global Youth Contest 2026: from Learning to Impact (Fully-funded trip to Rome) – YOA

Deadline: July 31, 2026

Applications are open for the FAO elearning Academy Global Youth Contest 2026: From studying to influence. The Global Youth Contest invites you to share how studying with the FAO elearning Academy has formed your journey and enabled you to flip data into motion, whether or not by buying new expertise, advancing your research, profession, or creating constructive change in your neighborhood.

Take part by submitting a brief written story on how the FAO elearning Academy has remodeled your journey and the way you have got utilized your studying in apply. Support your story with verified course completion and authorized digital badges obtained from the FAO elearning Academy.

To have a good time and amplify younger voices, three chosen winners will obtain a totally funded trip to Rome to attend the World Food Forum (12–15 October 2026), and will likely be invited to share their tales in a video interview featured on the FAO elearning Academy homepage and throughout its social media channels.

Benefits

To have a good time and amplify studying journeys that lead to influence, three winners demonstrating the strongest studying-pushed influence will likely be chosen.

• Fully Funded Trip to Rome: All three winners will obtain a totally funded trip to Rome to attend the World Food Forum (WFF) from 12 to 15 October 2026, with all journey and participation prices lined.
• Video Interview and Global Visibility: The chosen winners will likely be invited to share their tales in a video interview featured on the FAO elearning Academy web site, the YouTube FAO Education Hub, and throughout social media channels.

Eligibility

To apply, you need to meet the next standards:

• Be aged 18–35 years.
• Be from any nation or area, together with underrepresented or weak teams.
• Be a registered learner of the FAO elearning Academy.
• Demonstrate how studying has contributed to your data and expertise, or tutorial or skilled growth.
• Have accomplished FAO elearning Academy programs and obtained licensed digital badges.

Note: The chosen winners should maintain a passport legitimate till at the very least April 2027.

Selection Criteria

Your application will likely be assessed based mostly on the next standards:

• Availability to take part within the international award course of, together with journey necessities.
• Number of licensed digital badges obtained.
• Quality and readability of your influence story, together with clear proof of how studying was utilized.
• Verified completion of FAO elearning Academy programs.
• Your application as younger learner belonging to underrepresented, weak or marginalized group will likely be positively thought of, consistent with FAO’s dedication to inclusive participation and leaving nobody behind.

Application

• Complete the web application type.
• Use the identical electronic mail tackle as your FAO elearning Academy account (required for badge verification).
• Provide an entire and correct record of your earned badges.
• Include your influence story (most 4 000 characters).
• Submit your application by 31 July.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to FAO elearning Academy Global Youth Contest.