Youth are the future, but, as we all stated in the Global Youth Forum in Malaysia, are also the present, and the action starts now. With this in mind, the ICA Global Youth Network created the Replication Project with the goal of having young people come together to start new cooperative projects.
The Replication Project is an initiative of the Youth Network, led and managed by the Executive Committee (EC), in order to understand existing cooperative youth projects, and to support replication of existing models and create new ones. The program was launched in mid-2020 and aims to have a global reach. The EC will choose at least 8 projects (two per region) and fund them with a maximum of EUR 10,000 per project. They will also recruit mentors from the ICA network to help support the building of strong foundations and structures.
Applications will be reviewed by the members of the EC and a representative of the International Summit of Cooperatives. A minimum of two projects from each ICA region will be selected and we will fund the creation of different types of coops. The judges will evaluate the applications based on the answers to each question in the application form. The short-listed projects will have a Skype call with one of the EC members in their region and a second neutral evaluator. More information is available here
The call for applications is open until 16th August (midnight Brussels time).
