World Bank’s Youth Summit 2013 and Development Case Competition

September 2, 2013 By fundsforngos

Deadline: September 8, 2013

The 2013 Youth Summit is a World Bank Groupsponsored event that will be held on October 3rd, 2013 in Washington DC using a development casecompetition as a platform for discussion and results. It is an event that will engage young staff at the World Bank directly with youth from around the world under a common theme: Youth Entrepreneurship: Cultivating an innovative spirit to alleviate global youth unemployment.

Several subtopics have been identified along this theme and continue to pose serious challenges to the development community, including education, youthemployment and
millennial communication. Participants of the competition can compete individually or join in teams of 2 – 5 people and submit proposals that create socially innovativesolutions to four real problems facing development practitioners today. The winners for each of the four development cases will be invited to 2013 Youth
Summit to share their proposals and gather with other youth from around the world for a day of learning and networking.

a) Increase the visibility of youth both within the World Bank and at a global level ;
b) Connect young change makers with young World Bank staff;
c) Recognize and learn from efforts by other young social innovators around the world;
d) Crowd source a knowledge exchange to solve global youth development issues ; and
e) Catalyze youth ideas to supplement current World Bank Group and private/multi sector firm social impact projects orprograms.

Any young person within the WBG or around the globe can participate in the competition. Non-WBG participants can be working professionals, college students or any young person in the world with the drive to innovate. For the purpose of this competition, ‘young person’ will be understood as a person between the ages of 18 to 35.

Submissions are accepted from both individuals and teams with a maximum of 5. In the vein of knowledge sharing, we encourage teams try to include both students and professionals within the groups.

Persons and teams outside the World Bank Group are highly encouraged to participate in this competition

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