Name of the Event: Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2025
Date: May 2025
Place: Berlin, Germany
Last Date of Application: 10 November 2024
Link to Apply:
With the “Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards” the Global Solutions Initiative aims to identify, recognize and reward young changemakers from all over the world who contribute actively towards a better alignment – a “recoupling” – of economic prosperity with environmental sustainability and the needs and demands of societies, communities and individuals.
The award seeks to recognize concrete practices and impactful youth-led projects and initiatives that drive change on the ground, while also serving as examples and inspiration beyond their immediate impact. Projects can be social enterprises as well as youth-led nonprofit initiatives.
The awards offer the chance to join the Young Global Changers Extended Circle, Young Global Changers Community, or the opportunity to receive a full scholarship to join the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin where you can present your project to a jury and global audience! Learn more about the awards and why you should apply below.
2025 Recoupling Award Categories
Reimagine Business
Reimagine Social and Climate Action
Reimagine Civic Engagement
What to prepare for your application?
The YGC application team suggests you prepare the following documents relevant to the category in which you are applying before submitting your application below. This will ensure the best application process for you.
General Information - General info. on the project and the organisation.
Executive Summary (850 characters max.) - Please submit an overview of your project/initiative including its history, mission, and values along with its commitment to economic, social, and environmental goals.
Alignment Summary (1500 characters max.) -
Reimagine Business: Your application must include a statement on how your business or social enterprise impacts the alignment of business activities with social and environmental prosperity. Please explain how you assess or measure your impact.
Reimagine Social & Climate Action: Your application must include a statement on how your project’s efforts directly impact social and environmental goals and explain how these impacts are measured.
Reimagine Civic Engagement: Your application must include a statement on how your project invigorates civic engagement and citizen agency, increases transparency and accountability or in other ways empowers people to become more active designers of their circumstances. Please also explain how these impacts are measured.
Short Bio (600 characters max.) - Please provide a short biography about yourself: one or two paragraphs about your experience, interests, and achievements.
Video (5 mins max.) - Provide a brief (5 minutes or less) video about your business or social enterprise. You can send an existing video or record one exclusively for the application.
We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers.