14–18 yrsWorkshopfree
UPSHIFT — Youth Social Projects
A global UNICEF programme for young people aged 14–24 that teaches human-centred design and helps create social projects. Youth form teams of 3–5 people, complete a 4-day training, receive mentoring support and funding to implement their projects. Total programme duration: 3–4 months.
- Age
- 14–18 yrs
- Cost
- Free
- Format
- In person
- Where
- Poltava, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia
- Organiser
- UNICEF Ukraine
Who can apply
- Age 14–18 yrs
- Вік 14-17 років і анкета
How to Participate
- Youth form a team of 3 to 5 like-minded people
- The team identifies a problem they want to solve and describes it in their application
- Registration for the open recruitment in your region
- Passing an interview
- Selected teams are invited to a 4-day training workshop
Programme
- During the training, young people develop their own project ideas and prepare a presentation
- Receiving mentoring support from a trained facilitator-mentor
- Approximately 3 months of direct work on implementing the project
- Selected teams receive funding to bring their projects to life
Important
- Total programme duration: 3–4 months (application and review period, 4 days of training, approximately 3 months working on the project)
- You don't need to have a ready solution — it's enough to simply identify a problem
- The programme operates in over 40 countries worldwide
- During the structured training, young people learn using Human Centred Design methodology
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