Youth Ecopreneur Programme (YECO) 2026/2027 – YOA

Deadline: November 22, 2026

Applications are open for the Youth Ecopreneur Programme (YECO) 2026/2027. The Youth Ecopreneur Programme (YECO) is a worldwide accelerator that powers the inexperienced and simply transition by investing in younger entrepreneurs as catalysts for sustainable improvement, environmental justice, and local weather motion advocacy. The venture seeks to reinforce the competitiveness and scale of youth-led inexperienced companies, with a robust give attention to land restoration.

Through a Global Bootcamp, Accelerator, and Youth Ecopreneur Awards, it offers complete help, together with coaching, mentorship, and monetary help, to youth-led inexperienced companies.

The programme is powered by the ITC and the G20 Global Land Initiative/UNCCD in partnership with WIPO, Sidley Austin LLP, Google Startup for Sustainable Development and EY. The 5-12 months programme is designed as a multi-stakeholder initiative that enables ITC initiatives and companions to choose-in, leveraging and scaling throughout the current construction. The acceleration program onboards new members yearly.

Benefits

• Capacity-building for scaling your enterprise
• Seed Funding ($100,000 USD for the land-restoration cohort, fairness free)
• Access to a Global Network & Exposure
• Mentorship & Coaching
• Legal and IP Guidance
• Preferential entry to Pro-Bono Legal Services from Sidley Austin
• Preferential entry to the Google StartUp for Sustainable Development Programme
• One on One teaching with consultants from EY
• All-Expenses-Paid Trip to International Conference for Award Finalists
• Win the Youth Ecopreneur Award and get 10,000 USD prize cash (1 Award per class)

Eligibility

They are searching for candidates that meet the next profile:

Applicant

• Must be below the age of 35 (by the application deadline)
• Must be a Founder, Co-Founder, or CEO.

The Business

• Must be majority run by an adolescent
• Must be legally registered
• The bootcamp is open globally, the accelerator is reserved for eligible international locations
• Must promote land restoration, sustainability, circularity, and/or the inexperienced economic system

Application

• The application will take round 30 to 40 minutes to finish.
• Please guarantee you’ve got all of your paperwork (Passport, Business Certificate, Pitch Deck) prepared earlier than you start your application.
• This application might be accomplished in on one sitting or it can save you it and proceed it later.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Youth Ecopreneur Programme.