Apply Now: UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program 2025

 YOUTH IMPACT – BECAUSE YOU MATTER – For Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action is an initiative led by UNESCO in collaboration with Nestlé, powered by the Nestlé Youth Entrepreneurship Platform. It seeks to support young people to help their communities through climate action and environmental sustainability initiatives, by providing them with resources and skills necessary to implement their innovative projects.

Themes

• Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies that support local communities
• Sustainable food systems
• Regenerative agricultural practices
• Packaging sustainability innovations

• Table of Content
• About United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program
• Aim and Benefits of UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program
• Requirements for UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. Political and economic arrangements of governments are not enough to secure the lasting and sincere support of the peoples. Peace must be founded upon dialogue and mutual understanding. Peace must be built upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of humanity. I... continue reading

UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program

Aim and Benefits of UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program

• Immersion Training: Dive into dedicated workshops focusing on entrepreneurship, project management, and the power of youth-led action, guided by Nestlé experts from around the globe.
• Online Contextualized Trainings: Receive contextualized training based on your geographical location and the theme of your project, addressing local challenges and priorities with support from UNESCO regional partners.
• Monthly Online Trainings and Gatherings: Gain insight from UNESCO’s and its partners’ know-how on project management and integrating key societal issues in your projects, and experience Nestlé's Innovation Box, where you’ll learn ideation, consumer validation, prototyping, and how to pitch your ideas with confidence.
• One-on-One Mentorship: Benefit from personalized guidance from a Nestlé executive mentor, who will support you through your initiative and beyond.

To this end, 100 project leaders will be selected worldwide to receive:

•  Grant of USD 8,500 each , and
• Training and one-to-one mentorship , throughout their project implementation.
• 100 grants of USD 8,500  each are available globally, with 20 grants designated for each UNESCO region: Africa, the Arab Region, Asia and Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. 
• The  100 grantees  will embark on an exclusive  6-month transformative journey of training and mentoring  with experts from Nestlé and UNESCO.

Requirements for UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program Qualification

The project’s primary and direct beneficiaries will be young individuals, youth-led organizations, enterprises, associations, or networks who:

• Are identified as “youth” in their respective countries or (in lack of a national definition) within the age range of 18-30 years old from the beginning to the end of the project.
• Engage in activism and changemaking initiatives, entrepreneurialism, either individually or as members of entities/associations.
• Youth-led organization and networks, seeking impact at grassroots level, with regional, national, local scope, or chapters of international organizations, and based in the country where their proposal will be implemented.

All applications will propose projects that are:

• Relevant to the Initiative’s themes as elaborated above
• Implemented within 6 months
• Local or national in scope
• Delivered by a team of at least 3 young people with a clearly identified project leader.

Please refer to the Terms and Conditions for more details, including on the selection process.

Interview date, Process and Venue for UNESCO/Nestlé Youth Impact Program

Timeline:

• Call for Applications : Mar 18 – Apr 8, 2025
• Project Evaluation : 9 Apr – 9 Jun 2025
• Award Ceremony : September 18, 2025
• Capability Building Program : Aug 2025 – Apr 2026

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit UNESCO webpage