Nestlé announces a new partnership with UNESCO to invest in youth potential ‘Because Youth Matter’
Nestlé and UNESCO have announced a new partnership to provide young people with the resources and the skills they need to develop and carry forward innovative solutions to achieve positive social impact in their communities. The project will begin in Latin America with a call for applications across the region. The end-goal is to scale-up the partnership to global level in the future. The partnership, ‘Because Youth Matter’, will be carried out by UNESCO in cooperation with Nestlé.
In 2023, twenty grants of 10,000 USD each will be awarded to young leaders, entrepreneurs and youth organizations to help them create and implement changemaking solutions for social impact. Grantees will benefit from training sessions and mentoring throughout the development of their projects from Nestlé’s and UNESCO’s experts. With UNESCO’s support, the grantees will also showcase their ideas and solutions to policy makers and civil society actors, to increase impact.
A global jury composed of young leaders and experts from Nestlé and UNESCO will assess the applications. The grantees, aged 18-30, will be selected on the basis of their potential to achieve social change in their communities.
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