One Young World 2022 Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 11 ($50,000 grant)

Published: 11 Jan 2022 1,178 views

Applications are open for the One Young World Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 11. This Challenge aims to find and support solutions that make cities greener by pushing the boundaries of sustainable construction and urbanization.

The challenge welcomes solutions from young innovators that:

• Deploy innovative and sustainable building materials and solutions that are affordable and scalable to enable low-carbon, circular, carbon neutral and even carbon negative cities.
• Increase access to sustainable infrastructure, from green mobility to green energy.
• Promotes sustainable lifestyles connecting nature and cities.
• Drive circular economy approaches to enable more recycling.

One Young World Lead2030 Challenge

Application Deadline	February 2, 2022
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	One Young World
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of One Young World Lead2030 Challenge

The winning solution will receive:

• Sponsorship to participate in the One Young World Summit 2022 in Tokyo from 16 to 19 May
• A US$50,000 grant from Holcim
• 12 months of mentorship from a team of Holcim professionals. The mentorship team will work to accelerate your solution based on the needs of your initiative or organisation, such as:
  • Business strategy
  • Best practices for data collection
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Product design

Requirements for One Young World Lead2030 Challenge

• Solutions should be evidently aligned with the Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 11 supported by Holcim.
• Founded by a person aged 18 – 30.
• Well-structured time horizon, identified key stakeholders and beneficiaries, and proposed outcomes that are reasonable and well thought out.
• Product/service already in market or ready to go to market.
• Solutions must have a positive social impact, for example generating employment, or developing skills.
• Impacts of solutions must have been adequately measured and/or be measurable.
• Must be able to achieve efficiency and to survive independently through the resources they generate and/or the investments and donations they attract.
• Potential to perform as well or better after expanding in scope or size and/or being transported to other regions.

Selection Process

Timeline

• 2 Februrary 2022: Applications close.
• 11 February 2022: Shortlisted candidates confirmed and invited to submit second round application.
• 28 February 2022: Second round application deadline.
• 8 - 18 March 2022: Candidate interviews.
• 25 March 2022: Challenge Winner confirmed.

Application Deadline

February 2, 2022

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to One Young World on www.oneyoungworld.com to apply