UPG Sustainability Leadership

Thank you for Nominating a UPG Sustainability Leader!

UPG Sustainability Leadership mobilises people and organisations to support positive citizen leadership on sustainability. We bring together people who are committed to impact by taking positive actions. One important way that we achieve this is by training “UPG Sustainability Leaders”. We are inspired by the strong response that we received in the applications for the Class of 2024: with over 13,000 applications from 160 countries and territories. And we are pleased to share a special opportunity for organisations that can make a difference for both the organisation and the young applicants.

Organisations are invited to nominate / endorse candidates for the next class of #UPGSustainability Leadership. Applicants who are selected are trained for FREE in positive citizen leadership on sustainability. They are required to fulfill two objectives after the training:
a) conduct a mini-training session and reach others
b) design and lead a project within their community or their organisation.

We have saved 100 places (20% of the class) for candidates who have the support of at least one organisation - a company, a nonprofit, or an institution. The support of the organisation strengthens their capacity to make an impact after the training - this increases their chances of being selected. And in turn, the organisation benefits in various ways by having an individual who has received training in positive citizen leadership on sustainability. The candidate that you nominate will have better chances to get access to a global community of like-minded and highly motivated young leaders (aged 18 to 35). This is an asset for your organisation. The training is also FREE. And there are many more benefits.

As an organisation, please share with us:

1 - The name of the candidate(s) that you are supporting;

2 - How you intend to support the candidate. The main support would either be with
a) helping the candidate with their mini-training session (e.g. providing IT support or a venue) OR
b) helping the candidate to realise their project.

Your nomination must be received by or before midnight (CET) on 31 December of the year prior to the Class for which you are nominating. For example, nominations should be received by 31 December 2024 for the Class of 2025. Please note that the applicant needs to submit a strong application by the same deadline and to meet all application criteria. To learn more please visit: https://upg.live/UPGSustainability.

P.S: Please, share this link with the applicant so he/she can submit the application: https://unitedpeople.global/sustainability/upg-sustainability-leader-application/.

Are you ready to enhance your organisation? Are you ready to give a life-changing opportunity to a young person? Then let's get started!

Eligibility: Organisations have to be Champions or Members (FREE) in the UPG Community. We know that the support to the candidate will be strong from an organisation that is also a UPG Champion or Member. Organisations that are Champions have an advantage with this special opportunity and their candidates are ranked ahead. You may complete this nomination now and join the UPG Community by or before the deadline above. If your organisation is not a UPG Champion, then you can use the following link to apply as a Champion Organisation: https://unitedpeople.global/join.

Your Organisation

Please tell us about your organisation.

Name of the Organisation *

If the organisation is part of an international group or company, then please specify in the name field whether this nomination is coming from a specific country office or regional office or other.

Motivation - Why do you want to do this? *

Why do you want to nominate a young person to have this opportunity? There is no wrong answer and this allows us to have a diversity of motivations in our final selection.

Is the Organisation a part of the UPG Community? *

Champion - Yes, the organisation is a Champion

Member - Yes, the organisation is a Member

We have applied to join UPG

No the organisation is not part of the UPG Community

If you are not part of the UPG Community, you may still complete this form. Please select "No" for more information.

Eligibility: Organisations have to be Members (FREE) or Champions in the UPG Community. We know that the support to the candidate will be strong from an organisation that is also a UPG Member or Champion. Organisations that are Champions have an advantage with this special opportunity and their candidates are ranked ahead. You may complete this nomination now and join the UPG Community by or before the deadline above. Please learn more about UPG Community here: https://unitedpeople.global/join.

First Name of the person who approved the nomination *

Please enter the name of the person at the organisation who is making the nomination.

Family Name of the person who approved the nomination *

Contact email address for the person who approved this nomination *

Job Title or Position of the Person who approved the nomination *

Please share the job title or position within the organisation of the person who is making the nomination.

Where is the organisation based? (Country / Territory) *

Please select the name of the country or territory or autonomous region where the organisation is based.

Your Nomination and Your Support

Understanding the Commitments and How You Can Support

Mini Training

Project

Please select one to learn about it.

Conduct at least 1 mini-training session within their community: UPG Sustainability Leaders commit to training others to demonstrate positive citizen leadership on sustainability. This is about helping citizens to recognise that we can all do something to create a more sustainable world and showing people different ways that each person can take positive action. These mini-training sessions are “classroom size” and typically reach about 30 people. The commitment is to deliver at least 1 such session. Several UPG Sustainability Leaders deliver sessions that reach, 50 or 100 people (in one case 300!). And several deliver more than one training session. Typical useful support ranges from providing a venue, or providing IT support, or providing an audience and other examples.

Lead at least one project in their community or organisation: Projects are determined by each UPG Sustainability Leader and it can be something that benefits people in a community or it can be a project within an organisation. Some examples include: helping girls from disadvantaged backgrounds to have access to sanitary pads, helping an organisation to design and to implement a community outreach programme, help people to establish vertical farms in their homes, helping an organisation to implement a new sustainability-related initiative and more. Typical useful support ranges from supporting the implementation of the candidate’s project with in-kind support (e.g. providing vehicles to support transportation, providing security, etc.), providing some funding for the project or paying for specific costs, providing some expertise, offering the candidate options for useful projects inside your organisation and other examples.

Will you provide some support to the candidate(s) that you nominate? *

Yes, we will provide support to the candidate(s)

No, we will only nominate and we will provide no further support.

Please tell us the name of the candidate(s) that you are nominating.

First Name *

Please enter the first name of this person. Please use the first name as in their identity documents (e.g. ID card, driver's license, passport)

Last Name *

Please enter the last name or family name of this person. Please use the last name as it appears in their identity documents (e.g. ID card, driver's license, passport)

Email *

Please enter this person's email address. This should be the same email address that the candidate uses in their application.

How do you intend to support this candidate? *

Support for the Candidate's Mini-Training session

Support for the Candidate's project

OtherOther

Please provide any additional information on your support.

Please note that the information that you provide here matters. The more generous and helpful your support is to the candidate's commitments, then the stronger the candidate's application becomes.

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Your Confirmation

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