Call for Youth Participants to the 2026 United Nations Youth Townhall – YOA

Deadline: September 7, 2026

Applications are open for the United Nations Youth Townhall 2026. Young individuals are driving change round the world — from local weather motion and peacebuilding to expertise, schooling, human rights and entrepreneurship. At the identical time, many younger individuals nonetheless face limitations to taking part in choices and processes that form their lives and futures.

The first-ever UN Youth Townhall will deliver over 1,000 individuals collectively in Heidelberg, Germany, to construct intergenerational belief, strengthen connections and create new alternatives for collaboration.

Convened by the United Nations Youth Office along with companions, the Townhall will deliver younger individuals, governments, the United Nations, civil society, the non-public sector and others into one area. At its core, the Townhall seeks to:

• Strengthen inclusion and variety — broadening participation in world youth engagement by reaching younger individuals and communities too usually excluded from worldwide areas and processes.
• Reduce fragmentation throughout the ecosystem — creating stronger connections and collaboration between the many actors working throughout the world youth agenda.
• Shape a collective path ahead — enabling stakeholders to rework dialogue into commitments, construct partnerships, and agree on actionable measures to speed up progress on youth priorities, their participation in determination-making and world cooperation.

Funding

• A restricted variety of funding alternatives can be found for younger individuals.

Eligibility

• Young individuals, organizations, establishments and companions from round the world are invited to be part of for the UN Youth Townhall;
• Applicants ought to be ideally between 18-35 years of age;
• Selection will think about gender steadiness, geographical illustration and youth from underrepresented and marginalized teams. Preference shall be given to candidates engaged in a grassroots group who’ve had restricted or no prior engagement with the UN.

Application

Completing the application will take roughly 30-45 minutes. Submit it by 7 September 2026, midnight ET. 

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to UN Youth Townhall.