With great pleasure, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (BKMC) announces the hosting of the third Youth AgriChampions workshop series, a peer-to-peer initiative centred around agricultural climate adaptation. About fifteen youth delegates from backgrounds in agricultural business and grassroots farming in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zambia are brought together by this program. These speakers will discuss their personal experiences adjusting farming methods to the effects of climate change. A youth demand document will be created during the July 2024 workshops by BKMC Youth AgriChampions and presented in prestigious political venues by BKMC co-chair and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The Demand Paper for 2024 will include “locally-led adaptation for smallholder farming” as its main focus.
In past years, the BKMC delegation has travelled with a chosen group of Youth AgriChampions to COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh and COP28 in Dubai, where they introduced the Demand Paper and promoted the interests of farmers across the globe. Please visit our website to learn more about the pursuits of our 2023 BKMC Youth AgriChampions.
Workshop Objectives:
- The goal of the Youth AgriChampions Workshop Series 2024 is to include young people in small-scale farming, agricultural business, and the agricultural industry as a whole.
- It is anticipated that participants will range in age from 18 to 35.
- Zambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Rwanda are among the targeted nations.
Eligibility:
- Smallholder farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs, and young people actively engaged in the agricultural sector are among the people who can apply. They ought to want to work together to create a youth-demand paper for world leaders, share experiences, and support smallholder farmers.
- The age range for applicants must be 18 to 35.
- It is required to be a citizen or national of Zambia, Rwanda, Nigeria, Kenya, or Ghana.
- Applicants should have experience in the field or have worked on a project involving climate adaptation.
- It is necessary to have a keen interest in food systems, climate change, and agriculture.
- It is necessary to be available for all three of the July 2024 workshops, as well as to set aside time for pre-workshop preparations.
Benefits:
- The eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, will sign certificates for those who successfully finish the workshop series.
- Additionally, they will become a part of the growing BKMC Youth AgriChampions Alumni Network.
Document Requirements:
- Personal Information: Give a brief description of yourself together with your name, contact information, country, date of birth, educational history, and language skills.
- Professional Information: Give specifics about your position and the organisation you now work for.
- In the last phase of the application procedure, you must send in:
- A letter of motivation, no more than 250 words.
- a JPG or PNG image of you taken in portrait orientation.
- A 30-second, MP4 or MOV format video introducing yourself.
- Your Resume or Curriculum Vitae.
Deadline: May 20, 2024
