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Call for Nominations: 2019 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year

Call for Nominations: 2019 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year

United Kingdom 31 Oct 2018
Commonwealth Commission

Commonwealth Commission

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OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

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Area
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Deadline
31 Oct 2018
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Opportunity type
Opportunity funding
Full funding
Eligible Countries
This opportunity is destined for all countries
Eligible Region
All Regions

Duration: Not mentioned

Eligibilities

  • Nominees must be aged 15 to 29 years;
  • Nominees must be a citizen of a Commonwealth member country;
  • Applicants must have been engaged in development work for more than 12 months either in a professional or voluntary capacity
  • Nominees must have a strong track record of implementing innovative ideas and linking their development work and its impact to one of the 17 SDGs;
  • Nominees must have demonstrated an understanding of the importance of youth engagement in key areas of development.
  • Entrants can nominate themselves or be nominated by someone who is not a relative and who can testify to their work.

Eligible Regions: Commonwealth Member Countries

Application Deadline: October 31, 2018 

Benefits

  • Finalists will receive a trophy, a certificate and cash grants to help them continue their development work.
  • All finalists will be awarded 1,000.
  • Each selected regional winner will receive an additional 2,000, bringing their total win to 3000, and the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year will also receive an additional cash grant of 2,000, bringing her/his total award to 5000.
  • The award gives the nominees a global platform to promote their innovations, and some funding to help them scale up their development projects.

 

Application Process

Entrants are required to apply online through the given link.

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